Journal Papers

[8] Stall Economy: The Value of Mobility in Retail on Wheels. [pdf]
(Accepted, Operations Research)
Second Place, INFORMS Service Science Section Best Cluster Paper Award, 2022
Junyu Cao, Wei Qi.
[7] Intertemporal Pricing via Nonparametric Estimation: Integrating Reference Effects and Consumer Heterogeneity. [pdf]
(Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 2022)
Finalist in 2020 MSOM Data-Driven Research Challenge
Hansheng Jiang, Junyu Cao, Zuo-Jun (Max) Shen.
[6] Last-Mile Shared Delivery: A Discrete Sequential Packing Approach. [pdf]
(Mathematics of Operations Research, 2021)
Finalist in INFORMS IBM Service Science Best Student Paper, 2019
Junyu Cao, Mariana Olvera-Cravioto, Zuo-Jun (Max) Shen.
[5] Unraveling Why We Sleep: Quantitative Analysis Reveals Abrupt Transition from Neural Reorganization to Repair in Early Growth. [pdf]
(Science Advances, 2020)
Junyu Cao, Alexander B. Herman, Geoffrey B. West, Gina Poe, Van M. Savage.
[4] Connectivity of a General Class of Inhomogeneous Random Digraphs. [pdf]
(Random Structures & Algorithms, 2020)
Junyu Cao, Mariana Olvera-Cravioto.
[3] Connected Population Synthesis for Transportation Simulation. [pdf]
(Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 2019)
Junyu Cao*, Danqing Zhang*, Sid Feygin, Dounan Tang, Zuo-Jun (Max) Shen, Alexei Pozdnoukhov.
(* stands for equal contribution)
[2] Some Discussions About The Best Approximate Element For A Closed Set In Euclidean Space.
(Studies In College Mathematics, 2015, 18(1))
Tong Xin, Junyu Cao.
[1] An Alternative Proof of Cauchy Criterion.
(Studies In College Mathematics, 2012,15(5))
Junyu Cao.

Conference Papers (Machine Learning)

[4] Fatigue-aware Bandits for Dependent Click Models. [pdf]
(Thirty-Fourth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) 2020)
Junyu Cao, Wei Sun, Zuo-Jun (Max) Shen, Markus Ettl.
[3] Dynamic Learning with Frequent New Product Launches: A Sequential Multinomial Logit Bandit Problem. [pdf]
(Thirty-Sixth International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) 2019)
Junyu Cao, Wei Sun.
[2] Dynamic Learning of Sequential Choice Bandit Problem under Marketing Fatigue. [pdf]
(Thirty-Third AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) 2019)
Junyu Cao, Wei Sun.
[1] Social Discrete Choice Models. [pdf]
Danqing Zhang, Kimon Fountoulakis, Junyu Cao, Michael Mahoney, Alexei Pozdnoukhov.

Work in Progress

Sequential Choice Bandits: Learning with Marketing Fatigue. [pdf]
Katta Murty Best Paper Prize
Junyu Cao, Wei Sun, Zuo-Jun (Max) Shen.
Urban Courier: Operational Innovation and Data-driven Coverage-and-Pricing. [pdf]
Mengxin Wang, Meng Qi, Junyu Cao, Zuo-Jun (Max) Shen.
Contextual Decision-making under Parametric Uncertainty and Data-driven Optimistic Optimization. [pdf]
Junyu Cao, Rui Gao.
Dynamic Tiered Assortment Optimization.
Junyu Cao, Wei Sun.
Adaptive Data Acquisition for Personalized Recommender Systems with Optimality Guarantees on Short-Form Video Platforms. [pdf]
Second prize in Revenue Management and Pricing Data-driven Research Challenge
Junyu Cao, Yan Leng.
Online Facility Location.
Junyu Cao, Wei Qi, Yan Zhang.
Pricing under the Generalized Markov Chain Choice Model: Learning through Large-scale Click Behaviors. [pdf]
Mo Liu, Junyu Cao, Zuo-jun (Max) Shen.

Patents

System and method for merchandise planning with short life cycle products
Status: submitted to U.S. Patent Office
System and method for automated discovery of personalized offers
Status: submitted to U.S. Patent Office

Selected Talks

Amazon, 2022.6
INFORMS Annual Conference, 2021.10
YINZ OR, 2021.8
Amazon SSAI Research, 2021.7
Revenue Management and Pricing Conference, 2021.6
Department of Mathematics, University of California San Diego, 2021.6
INFORMS Annual Conference, 2019.10
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, 2019.8
Applied Probability Society Conference (APS), 2019.7
International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2019.6
POMS Annual Conference, 2019.5
IBM Research - Almaden, 2019.5
AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2019.1
INFORMS Annual Conference, 2018.10
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, 2018.8