Hi there! 👋

I graduated from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Supervisor: Prof. Shuaian Wang) & Tongji University (Supervisor: Prof. Xiaoli Wang), earning two PhD degrees. Now I am a postdoctoral fellow at Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. I also collaborate with Prof. Zhongzhen Yang, Prof. Kang Chen and Mr. Tao Zhang closely. So far, I have published 30+ SCI/SSCI papers with . If you are seeking any form of academic cooperation, please feel free to email me at x.xin@polyu.edu.hk or xu-david.xin@connect.polyu.hk.

My research interest includes:

• Port management (e.g., berth allocation, berth allocation and quay crane assignment)
• Shipping management (e.g., liner shipping network design, vessel scheduling)
• Transportation and logistics system optimization (e.g., electric vehicle transportation network design, flow shop scheduling)
• Emergency management (e.g., humanitarian logistics network design)

💼 Work experience

• 2025.11 - Present, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Postdoctoral fellow (In cooperation with Prof. Shuaian Wang and Prof. Anthony Pang).

🎓 Educations

• 2023.09 - 2025.10, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, PhD (Supervisor: Prof. Shuaian Wang).
• 2018.09 - 2025.12, Tongji University, School of Economics and Management, Shanghai, PhD (Supervisor: Prof. Xiaoli Wang).
• 2014.09 - 2018.06, Dalian Maritime University, School of Maritime Economics and Management, Dalian, Liaoning, Bachelor, GPA: 4.22/5，Rank: 1/32.

📝 Publications

English articles

TRB 2025

• Zhang, T., Wang, S., & Xin, X*. (2025). Liner fleet deployment and slot allocation problem: A distributionally robust optimization model with joint chance constraints. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 197, 103236. doi: 10.1016/j.trb.2025.103236 [HTML] [PDF]

TRC 2025

• Xin, X., Wang, S., & Zhang, T. (2025). Truck-drone supported humanitarian relief logistics network design: A two-stage distributionally robust optimization approach. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 178, 105231. doi: 10.1016/j.trc.2025.105231 [HTML] [PDF]

• * represents corresponding author.

• Xin, X., Zhang, T., Xiang, Z., & Liu, M. (2025). Battery electric vehicle transportation network robust pricing-infrastructure location model with boundedly rational travelers. Applied Energy, 386, 125606. [HTML]

• Xin, X., Zhang, T., Wang, X., He, F., & Wu, L. (2025). Risk-averse distributionally robust optimization for construction waste reverse logistics with a joint chance constraint. Computers & Operations Research, 173, 106829. [HTML]

• Xin, X., Zhang, T., He, F., Zhang, W., & Chen, K. (2023). Assessing and simulating changes in ecosystem service value based on land use/cover change in coastal cities: A case study of Shanghai, China. Ocean & Coastal Management, 239, 106591. [HTML]

• Xin, X., Jiang, Q., Li, C., Li, S., & Chen, K. (2023). Permutation flow shop energy-efficient scheduling with a position-based learning effect. International Journal of Production Research, 61(2), 382-409. [HTML]

• Xin, X., Wang, X., Ma, L., Chen, K., & Ye, M. (2022). Shipping network design–infrastructure investment joint optimization model: a case study of West Africa. Maritime Policy & Management, 49(5), 620-646. [HTML]

• Xin, X., Liu, M., Wang, X., Chen, H., & Chen, K. (2022). Investment strategy for blockchain technology in a shipping supply chain. Ocean & Coastal Management, 226, 106263. [HTML]

• Xin, X., Liu, M., Wang, X., Zhang, T., Gao, L., & Chen, K. (2022). Evolutionary analysis of Japan’s nuclear wastewater discharge events considering the impact of participants’ emotions. Ocean & Coastal Management, 225, 106231. [HTML]

• Xin, X., Wang, X., Chen, Z., & Chen, K. (2021). Coastal shuttle tanker inventory routing model with a discrete loaded quantity. Applied Economics, 53, 6120-6137. [HTML]

• Liu, M., Xin, X.*, Wang, X., Zhang, T., & Chen, K. (2025). Dual-channel slot sales strategy for container liner shipping companies with blockchain technology adoption. Transport Policy, 162, 200-220. [HTML]

• Xiang, Z., Xin, X.*, Zhang, T., Chen, K., & Liu, M. (2025). Asia‒Europe liner shipping network design model considering Arctic route and black carbon tax. Ocean & Coastal Management, 261, 107492. [HTML]

• Chen, K., Su, S., Gong, Y., Xin, X.*, & Zeng, Q. (2024). Coastal transportation system green policy design model based on shipping network design. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 27(3), 428-449. [HTML]

• Li, Z., Wang, L., Wang, G., Xin, X.*, Chen, K., & Zhang, T. (2024). Investment and subsidy strategy for low-carbon port operation with blockchain adoption. Ocean & Coastal Management, 248, 106966. [HTML]

• Chen, K., Guo, J., Xin, X.*, Zhang, T., & Zhang, W. (2023). Port sustainability through integration: A port capacity and profit-sharing joint optimization approach. Ocean & Coastal Management, 245, 106867. [HTML]

• Li, D., Xin, X.*, & Zhou, S. (2023). Integrated governance of the Yangtze River Delta port cluster using niche theory: A case study of Shanghai Port and Ningbo-Zhoushan Port. Ocean & Coastal Management, 234, 106474. (ESI Top 1%) [HTML]

• Gao, S., Xin, X.*, Li, C., Liu, Y., & Chen, K. (2022). Container ocean shipping network design considering carbon tax and choice inertia of cargo owners. Ocean & Coastal Management, 216, 105986. [HTML]

• Chen, K., Yi, X, Xin, X., & Shan, H. (2026). Spatial evolution of liner bunkering hubs in Asia–Europe: Green fuel adoption under demand and fuel price uncertainty. Transport Policy, 178, 103956. [HTML]

• Liu, M., Lai, K. H., Wong, C. W., Xin, X., & Lun, V. Y. (2025). Smart ports for sustainable shipping: concept and practices revisited through the case study of China’s Tianjin port. Maritime Economics & Logistics, 27(1), 50-95. [HTML]

Chinese articles

• Yang, Z., Yang Y., & Xin, X. (2023). Review on research of global major disaster event related port and shipping operation and management. Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, 23(5): 1-18. (EI)
  杨忠振，杨云茜， 辛旭. 全球性重大灾害事件背景下港航运营管理研究综述. 交通运输工程学报. 2023, 23(5): 1-18. (EI) [HTML] [PDF]

🏅 Honors and Awards

🏆 Honors

• 2017.12 National Scholarship
• 2019.12 National Scholarship
• 2023.12 National Scholarship
• 2024.04 HKSAR Government Scholarship Fund — Reaching Out Award [HTML]
• 2024.04 HKSAR Government Scholarship Fund — Talent Development Scholarship [HTML]
• 2025.04 HKSAR Government Scholarship Fund — Talent Development Scholarship [HTML]
• 2025.05 Outstanding Graduate of Shanghai Universities

🎏 Competitions

• 2016.05 Win the National 2nd Prize in the 11th National Competition of Transport Science and Technology for Students (NACTranS) (Instructor: Prof. Zhongzhen Yang)
• 2016.06 Win the National 2nd Prize in the 2nd National Shipping Innovation Competition for College Students (Instructor: Prof. Kang Chen)
• 2019.05 Win the 3rd Prize in the Tan Kah Kee Inventors’ Award (Shanghai)
• 2019.07 Win the Provincial 2nd Prize in the 9th National E-commerce “Innovation, Creativity & Entrepreneurship” Challenge for College Students
• 2019.08 Win the National 3rd Prize in the 12th National College Social Practice and Science Contest on Energy Saving & Emission Reduction
• 2019.12 Win the National 2nd Prize in the 16th China Post-Graduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling
• 2020.08 Win the National 2nd Prize in the 13th National College Social Practice and Science Contest on Energy Saving & Emission Reduction
• 2021.08 Win the Provincial 2nd Prize in 11th National E-commerce “Innovation, Creativity & Entrepreneurship” Challenge for College Students
• 2021.10 Win the National 3rd Prize (Bronze Award) in the 7th China College Students’ “Internet+” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
• 2022.07 Win the Provincial 1st Prize in the 12th National E-commerce “Innovation, Creativity & Entrepreneurship” Challenge for College Students
• 2022.08 Win the National 1st Prize in the 15th National College Social Practice and Science Contest on Energy Saving & Emission Reduction [Newsreport]
• 2023.08 Win the National 2nd Prize and National 3rd Prize in the 16th National College Social Practice and Science Contest on Energy Saving & Emission Reduction
• 2024.08 Win the National 2nd Prize in the 17th National College Social Practice and Science Contest on Energy Saving & Emission Reduction
• 2025.05 Win the National 2nd Prize in the 20th National Competition of Transport Science and Technology for Students (NACTranS) (Instructor: Prof. Shuaian Wang) [HTML]
• 2025.05 Guide students to win the National 1st Prize (Outstanding Instructor Award) in the 15th National Market Research and Analysis Competition [Newsreport]
• 2025.08 Guide students to win the National 3rd Prize in the 18th National College Social Practice and Science Contest on Energy Saving & Emission Reduction

💬 Conferences

• 2020.11.5-7, The 3rd International Conference of the Yangtze-River Research and Innovation Belt (Y-RIB), Ningbo, China. Topic: Intermodal Cargo-Container Joint Flow Equilibrium and Pricing.
• 2024.3.24-28, The 2nd International Symposium on Data-Driven Intelligent Optimization for Decision Making (DIODM 2024), Matsue, Japan. Topic: Port sustainability through integration: A port capacity and profit-sharing joint optimization approach. [HTML]
• 2024.8.29-30, The 2nd PolyU Research Student Conference (PRSC 2024), Hong Kong, China. Topic: Liner shipping fleet planning with uncertain demand: a data-driven distributionally robust chance-constrained optimization approach. Award: Best Presentation Award. [Newsreport]
• 2025.7.2-4, The 3rd PolyU Research Student Conference (PRSC 2025), Hong Kong, China. Topic: Liner fleet deployment and slot allocation problem: A distributionally robust optimization model with joint chance constraints. Award: Best Paper Merit. [Newsreport]
• 2025.8.26-29, The 19th International Conference on Innovative Computing, Information and Control (ICICIC2025), Kitakyushu, Japan. Topic: Liner shipping fleet planning with uncertain demand: a data-driven distributionally robust chance-constrained optimization approach. [HTML]

💻 Services

Committee Service

• Faculty Research Committee (FRC) Member, Faculty of Business, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2024-2025

Conference Organization

• The 3rd PolyU Research Student Conference (PRSC 2025), 2-4 July 2025, Hong Kong: Student Organization Committee General Co-chairs. [HTML]

Editorship

• PLOS One (Academic Editor)
• Frontiers in Marine Science (Guest Editor), SI: Challenges and Opportunities for Decarbonizing the Maritime Industry, 2024 (with K. Chen, Z. Yang and L. Xu) [HTML]
• Systems (Guest Editor), SI: Advanced Transportation Systems and Logistics in Modern Cities, 2025 (with K. Chen) [HTML]

Ad Hoc Journal Reviewer

• Transportation Research Part B: Methodological; Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies; Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review; Transport Policy; IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management; Computers & Operations Research; Computers in Industry; Computers & Industrial Engineering; Maritime Policy & Management; Maritime Economics & Logistics; Applied Economics; Applied Energy; Cities; International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics; Research in Transportation Economics; International Journal of Logistics; Advanced Engineering Informatics; Ocean & Coastal Management

🤟 Friends

• Mr. Tao Zhang (A joint PhD student in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University & Tongji University. Focusing on logistics system optimization, shipping management.)