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DSLab Welcomes New Spring 2026 Researchers

The DSLab welcomes five new research team members for the Spring 2026 term. They are MET students Florence Metivier (MS candidate in Supply Chain Management), Nursaya Imamurat (MS candidate in Supply Chain Management), Ishwarya (Ish) Jose (MS candidate in Enterprise Risk Management), Devina Mayori (MS candidate in Enterprise Risk Management), and Yiqiu (Cho) Li (MS candidate in Enterprise Risk Management)  Florence and Nursaya will work on a project that explores the use of LLM's for applying Lean methods in manufacturing and services. Ish, Devina, and Cho will work on a project that follows-up on a previous COVID-19 project that evaluates the state of ERM programs in biopharma companies post-COVID. They join continuing research assistants Xindi (Cindy) Liao (MS candidate in Enterprise Risk Management), Preethi Srinivasan (MS candidate in Supply Chain Management), Irene Skandalakis (BS candidate in Mechanical Engineering), and Artemiy Yakushin (BS candidate in Chemistry).

Florence, Prof. Canan, Prof. John, and Nursaya
Ish, Devina, and Cho (with Professors John and Dave)

DSLab researchers publish journal article motivated by MBTA collaboration

Ruthairut Wootisarn (SCM graduate from MET; currently a second year PhD student at University of Cincinnati), Jingran Xu (ABA graduate from MET; currently a third year PhD student at University of Connecticut) and Professor John Maleyeff co-authored a journal article entitled "Simheuristics with metamodel initialization for determining repair system inventory policies" in the Computers & Industrial Engineering journal (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2026.111811). This work, performed in the MET Decision Sciences Research Lab (DSLab) over the past several years, was motivated by a SCM capstone project done for the MBTA that concerned the management of parts inventories used to repair MBTA facilities (buses, trains, tracks, platforms, etc.). The work has previously been the subject of several conference presentations by DSLab researchers at DSI and INFORMS annual meetings. Information about current research being done by the DSLab can be found on their web site (https://sites.bu.edu/met-dslab/).

DSLab Attends DSI 2025

DSLab alumnus Shuting (Tina) Peng accompanied DSLab director John Maleyeff to the 2025 Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) annual meeting in Orlando, Florida on November 21-23, 2025. Tina presented her work on supply chain supplier selection (co-authored by DSLab alumnus Boyu Wang). This paper, titled "Applying a Common Economic Scale to Multi-Criteria Supplier Selection" will also appear in the conference proceedings.  Dr. Maleyeff presented two other papers, also to appear in the conference proceedings, that were co-authored by DSLab researchers who were unable to attend the meeting. They were “Visualizing Risks for Comparative Treatment Decisions,” (co-authored by Fangzhou Xie and Yangyuechen Zhao), and "Transforming a Chemical Supply System Consistent with My Green Lab Certification" (co-authored by Chenxi Feng).  For more information about the DSLab and our research, please visit https://sites.bu.edu/met-dslab/.

DSLab Participates at INFORMS 2025

Four DSLab researchers, DSLab director John Maleyeff, and MET Professor Canan Gunes Corlu participated in the annual Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) conference in Atlanta, Georgia (October 26-28). The two posters submitted by DSLab researchers were chosen as finalists in the poster competition. They were Fangzhou Xie and Yangyuechen Zhao, whose poster concerned shared medical decision making, and Chenxi Feng, Xinyue Zhang, and Xindi Liao, whose poster concerned sustainability of laboratory operations (Chenxi was unable to attend the conference). In addition, Yangyuechen Zhao made a presentation entitled "Real-Time Digital Twin Approach for Personalized Medical Decision Making" (Fangzhou Xie was her co-author).
          The annual INFORMS conference brings together over 6000 faculty, graduate students, and practitioners from around the world to share and exchange ideas.  Our participation at the annual INFORMS 2024 international conference underscores our commitment to advancing decision sciences and operations research.  For more information about the DSLab and our research, please visit https://sites.bu.edu/met-dslab/.

DSLab Receives Campus Climate Lab Research Funding

Three DSLab researchers will be funded by the Boston University Campus Climate Lab during the Fall semester. Their research aims to create a roadmap for green lab certification for interested BU teaching and research laboratories on the Charles River and Medical campuses. Its scope will encompass green chemistry, sustainable purchasing, and energy-efficient equipment procurement. In total, four students will do the research: MET student Xindi (Cindy) Liao (MS candidate in Enterprise Risk Management), MET student Xinyue (Yvette) Zhang (MS candidate in Supply Chain Management), CAS student Artemiy Yakushin (BS candidate in Chemistry), and ENG student Irene Skandalakis (BS candidate in Mechanical Engineering).

Photo caption: Artemiy, Irene, Cindy, and Yvette

DSLab Welcomes New Fall 2025 Researchers

The DSLab welcomes four new research team members for the Fall 2025 term. They are MET students Xindi (Cindy) Liao (MS candidate in Enterprise Risk Management), Xinyue (Yvette) Zhang (MS candidate in Supply Chain Management), Preethi Srinivasan (MS candidate in Supply Chain Management), and Jingran (Lily) Li (MS candidate in Supply Chain Management). Cindy and Yvette will work on a project, sponsored by the Boston University Campus Climate Lab, that creates a roadmap for green lab certification for interested BU teaching and research laboratories. Preethi and Lily will work on a project that creates a multi-criteria decision analysis method for hospital ancillary services outsourcing vendor selection. They join continuing research assistants Fangzhou (Luna) Xie and Yangyuechen (Fiona) Zhao (both MS candidates in Health Informatics).  

Photo caption: Cindy, Yvette, Lily, and Preethi

DSLab Participates at the Annual POMS International Conference

Five current DSLab researchers, two DSLab alumni, and DSLab director John Maleyeff participated in the annual Production and Operations Management (POMS) conference in Atlanta, Georgia (May 9-12). DSLab researcher Chenxi Feng delivered a presentation entitled “Integrating Sustainability and Inventory Practices for University Chemical Materials,” which was co-authored by BU Environmental Health & Safety staff members Ron Morales and Dawn Hengl (this project was funded by the BU Institute for Global Sustainability). DSLab researcher Fangzhou Xie delivered a presentation entitled “A Visual-Based Consumer Health Informatics Decision Support Methodology for Informed Patient Treatment Decisions,” which was co-authored by DSLab researcher Yangyuechen Zhao. DSLab researcher Shuting Peng delivered a presentation entitled “Multi-Criteria Supplier Selection Using a Unified Economic Scale,” which was co-authored by DSLab researcher Boyu Wang and Professor Dave Weidman. Prof. John Maleyeff delivered a presentation entitled “Choosing a Climate Risk Response for a University Facility Considering Ripple Effects,” which was co-authored by DSLab researchers Kunsinee Srivichaiin and Kaumudi Dande (who were unable to attend the conference). Also attending the conference were DSLab alumni Ruth Wootisarn (currently a PhD student at the University of Cincinnati) and Tianyu (Tina) Xu (currently a PhD student at The Ohio State University).

The annual POMS conference (https://pomsmeetings.org/conf-2025/) brings together faculty, graduate students, and practitioners from around the world to exchange ideas concerning operations management topics. Our participation at the annual POMS 2025 international conference underscores our commitment to advancing decision sciences and supply chain management research and practice.

For more information about the DSLab and our research, please visit https://sites.bu.edu/met-dslab/.

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Chenxi Feng to Deliver Presentation at the BU Institute for Global Sustainability

Chenxi Feng will be among the presenters invited to the BU Institute for Global Sustainability's Campus Climate Lab symposium on April 23, 2025. Her project concerns an evaluation of the chemical supply inventory across the two BU campuses (Charles River and Medical) that are used for research and education. The ultimate goal is to improve sustainability at BU and set the stage for My Green Lab certification.

Chenxi Feng's Project co-sponsored by the BU Campus Climate Lab

DSLab Welcomes New Spring 2025 Researchers

The DSLab welcomes 3 new research team members for the Spring 2025 term.  They are MET students Fangzhou (Luna) Xie (MS candidate in Health Informatics), Chenxi Feng (MS candidate in Supply Chain Management), and Yangyuechen (Fiona) Zhao (MS candidate in Health Informatics). Luna and Fiona will do research on using visualizations of uncertainty to support patient-centered decision making for medical treatments. Chenxi will collaborate on a project supported by the BU Institute for Global Sustainability's Campus Climate Lab that creates more sustainable chemical inventory management practices at BU.   They join continuing research assistants Shuting (Tina) Peng (MS candidate in Enterprise Risk Management), Boyu (William) Wang (MS candidate in Applied Data Analytics), Kaumudi (Anu) Dande (MS candidate in Applied Business Analytics), and Kunsinee (Kelly) Srivichaiin (MS candidate in Supply Chain Management).  These 7 researchers, along with recent DSLab graduates Ruth Wootisarn and Rainy Xu, will attend the POMS (Production and Operations Management Society) annual conference in Atlanta (May 2025), where they will make 4 presentations.

Pictured: Chenxi, Fiona, Luna

DSLab participates at Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) conference

Four current DSLab researchers participated in the 2024 Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) conference held in Phoenix, Arizona (November 2024).  DSLab researchers Kunsinee (Kelly) Srivichaiin and Kaumudi (Anu) Dande presented a paper titled “Supporting Climate Risk Mitigation Decision Making For University Facilities.”  Shuting (Tina) Peng and Boyu (MK) Wang presented a paper titled “A Methodology for Incorporating Resilience into Supplier Evaluation.”  DSLab director John Maleyeff presented a paper (co-authored by Ruth Wootisarn , Zoe Zhang, and Jocelyn Wang who were unable to attend) titled "Metamodel Initialization of a Search Algorithm for Repair Kit Applications."

For more information about the DSLab and our research, please visit https://sites.bu.edu/met-dslab/.