Xu Xin (辛旭), David

Xu Xin (辛旭), David

Postdoctoral fellow

Hi there! 👋

I am currently serving as a postdoctoral fellow at Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. 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.

I graduated from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Supervisor: Prof. Shuaian Wang) & Tongji University (Supervisor: Prof. Xiaoli Wang), earning two PhD degrees. I also collaborate with Prof. Zhongzhen Yang, Prof. Kang Chen and Mr. Tao Zhang closely.

So far, I have published 40+ SCI/SSCI indexed papers with and H-index 21 at the top international journals such as TR-Part B, TR-Part C, TR-Part E, COR, and IJPR.

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

🎓 Educations

📝 Publications

English articles

TRB 2025
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  • 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
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  • 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]

  • * 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]

  • Zhang, T., Wang, S., & Xin, X*. (2026). Humanitarian relief logistics network design considering facility location, inventory pre-positioning and evacuation planning: A two-stage distributionally robust optimization approach. Computers & Operations Research, 189, 107390. [HTML] [PDF]

  • 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, Z., Xin, X., Aiymbubu, K., Yang, Z., Chen, J., & Chen, K. (2026). Carbon-priced LNG inventory routing with a single FSRU hub: Robust Branch-and-Price for heterogeneous fleets. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, xx, xx.

  • 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 D: Transport and Environment; Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review; Transport Policy; IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems; IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management; Computers & Operations Research; Annals of 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.)