Zeyu Lin

Zeyu Lin

Incoming Ph.D. student in Operations Management and Statistics at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Research: OR/OM, network games, shared mobility, and on-demand platforms.

Zeyu Lin

I am an incoming Ph.D. student in Operations Management and Statistics (OMS) at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, starting Fall 2026. I received my M.S. (2026) and B.E. (2023) in Industrial Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU).

My research lies at the intersection of Operations Research and Operations Management, with a focus on:

  • Shared Mobility & On-demand Platforms — operational strategies for e-bike sharing systems, including fleet rebalancing, battery management, and user incentive design
  • Network Competition & Game Theory — Cournot-type network games, crowd-sourced labor in competitive rental markets
  • Learning-Augmented Optimization — reinforcement learning for competitive fleet allocation in shared mobility markets

I am particularly interested in problems where strategic interactions among firms, platforms, and users shape operational outcomes. My work combines analytical modeling (Markov chains, game theory, optimization) with empirical validation on large-scale real-world data.

News

  • Jul 2026 — New working paper “Moving Lifelines: Fixed Sites or Mobile Fleets for Emergency Medical Device Delivery?” (with Weiliang Liu and Jingwei Zhang) is now available on SSRN.
  • Sep 2025 — Paper “User-based relocation for e-bike sharing systems through power-level recommendation” published in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (vol. 26, no. 9).
  • 2025 — Working paper “Who benefit from crowd-sourcing in rental network competition” received Reject & Resubmit (Invited) from Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (MSOM).
  • 2025 — Paper “Towards sustainable urban mobility: User-collaborative battery swapping for shared electric micromobility” submitted to Transportation Research Part B: Methodological.

Awards

YearAward
2024Scholarship, School of Mechanical Engineering, SJTU
2023First Prize, China Mechanical Engineering Innovation and Creativity Competition
2021Scholarship, Chun-Tsung Scientific Research Fund
2021First Prize, China Industrial Engineering Application Case Competition
2021Second Prize, Contemporary Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling (CUMCM)
2020First Prize, Toyota Cup National Industrial Engineering Innovation Competition

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