Kai Sun, Ph.D.
I am a Postdoctoral Fellow in Department of Management Science and Statistics housed in Alvarez College of Business at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA).
I am also an Adjunct Assistant Professor (researcher/consultant in healthcare operations and analytics) in Department of Anesthesiology at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHealthSA).
My primary research interests center around optimal and equitable resource planning in service systems via the development and application of
(a) Optimization under uncertainty
(b) Multi-objective optimization
(c) Graph-based models and algorithms
(d) Data analytics and machine learning
The examples of the applications includes:
(1) In healthcare: operating rooms and intensive care units management, data-driven patient and provider scheduling;
(2) In product development and manufacturing: process planning and scheduling, product lifecycle management (PLM) systems, product-service manufacturing systems.
I received Ph.D. and M.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering with a focus on Operations Research from Syracuse University in 2020 and 2015, respectively. I received a B.E. in Automotive Engineering from Hefei University of Technology in 2013.
Latest News
- Our work, “Artificial intelligence and machine learning: Definition of terms and current concepts in critical care research,” has been published in Journal of Critical Care. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2024.154792
- A brief talk on our paper, Equitable Anesthesiologist Scheduling under Demand Uncertainty Using Multi-Objective Programming, has been uploaded to POMS YouTube channel.
- I will be delivering the Grand Rounds presentation, entitled Equitable Anesthesiologist Scheduling under Demand Uncertainty Using Multi-Objective Programming, at University Hospital 6th floor Conference room S6-233, on Monday, November 20, 2023.
- I will be chairing the session on “WA21. Data-driven Decision Making in Healthcare II,” at CC-North 128B on Wednesday, October 18, 8:00 AM – 9:15 AM MST at 2023 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, and
I will present my work, Equitable Anesthesiologist Scheduling under Demand Uncertainty Using Multi-Objective Programming, in this session. - I will be teaching the workshop series on “Data Analytics with Python” at UTSA Alvarez College of Business from 9/16/2023 - 10/7/2023.
- Our work, “Equitable Anesthesiologist Scheduling under Demand Uncertainty Using Multi-Objective Programming,” has been published in Production and Operations Management. https://doi.org/10.1111/poms.14058
Contact
kai.sun@utsa.edu
sunk1@uthscsa.edu
Office: 213A, Department of Anesthesiology, Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, UT Health San Antonio 7703 Floyd Curl Dr, MC 7838, San Antonio, TX 78229