I-Lin Wang

I-Lin Wang王逸琳

Professor · Department of Industrial & Information Management,
National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan

  • Office No. 1 University Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan
  • Tel +886-6-2757575 ext. 53123  ·  Fax +886-6-2362162
  • Email ilinwang [at] mail.ncku.edu.tw
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Journal Articles
142
Conference Papers
80
Master's Theses Advised
90
Student Research Awards

About

I am a Professor of Industrial & Information Management at National Cheng Kung University. My research is in operations research and optimization—designing efficient, effective algorithms and integer-programming models for network-flow, logistics, transportation, and scheduling problems. Recent work spans shared-mobility systems, coordinated routing of unmanned-vehicle fleets, post-disaster network restoration, warehouse robotics, and network interdiction.

I enjoy working on problems that look “easy” or “fundamental” but are in fact challenging—where a real breakthrough takes genuine effort. That is what keeps me returning to shortest paths and maximum flows. See the Research page for details.

Education

  • Ph.D., Industrial & Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003
    Advisor: Prof. Ellis L. Johnson · Thesis: Shortest Paths and Multicommodity Network Flows
  • M.S., Operations Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 1996
    Advisor: Prof. James B. Orlin · Thesis: Implementing the Premultiplier Method for Minimum Cost Flow Problem
  • B.S., Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, 1991

Academic Appointments

  • Professor, IIM, National Cheng Kung University, 2014–present
  • Associate Professor, IIM, National Cheng Kung University, 2007–2014
  • Assistant Professor, IIM, National Cheng Kung University, 2003–2007
  • Research Assistant, ISyE / TLI / TLI-AP, Georgia Tech, 2000–2003
    Air-cargo optimization research with Prof. Ellis L. Johnson
  • Foreign Researcher, Communication Network System Research Lab, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan, 1996–1997
    Wavelength assignment & routing algorithms for optical networks

Editorial Service

  • Area / Associate Editor, Computers & Industrial Engineering
  • Associate Editor, International Journal of Operations Research
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering

Selected Honors

  • INFORMS RAS Problem-Solving Competition — led team “NCKU” to seven top finishes: 1st place (2017); 2nd place (2014, 2016, 2019); 3rd place (2011); Honorable Mention (2010, 2013). The first seven-time winning team.
  • Lu Feng-Chang Memorial Medal (呂鳳章先生紀念獎章), Chinese Management Association, 2013
  • Best Poster Award (four times), OR Group, MOST/NSC IE Division — 2009, 2016, 2018, 2022
  • Outstanding Young Scholar Research Grant, NSC IE Division, 2013
  • NCKU Excellent Teaching Award (2021); Teaching Innovation & University Social Responsibility Award (2022)

Students advised have earned 74 master’s thesis & paper-competition awards and 16 undergraduate project awards. See Awards.

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