Education

  • Postdoc, Management Science and Statistics — University of Texas at San Antonio (2024)
  • Ph D, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering — Syracuse University (2020)
    Solving Process Planning and Scheduling Problems Using the Concept of Maximum Weighted Independent Set
  • MS, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering — Syracuse University (2015)
  • BS, Vehicle Engineering — Hefei University of Technology (2013)

Publications

Presentations

  • LLM-Enhanced, Data-Driven Personalized and Equitable Clinician Scheduling: A Predict-then-Optimize Approach 2025 IEEE Baltimore Technical & Professional Development Colloquium · IEEE · Poster Wanqing Chen (Author & Presenter), Sun Kai (Author)
  • Solving Process Planning and Scheduling Problems Using the Method of Maximum Weighted Independent Set 2025 2025 INFORMS Annual meeting · The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) · Oral Presentation

Grants and Contracts

  • Exploring machine learning approaches in the domain of clinician well-being and burnout 2025 University of Maryland Baltimore County · Grant · Funded
  • Machine Learning Guided Clinician Well-being Metrics and Scheduling Tools Combining Electronic Health Record (EHR) Data and Surveys 2025 University of Maryland Baltimore County · Grant · Funded Sun Kai (Principal), Ian Stockwell (Co-Principal), Jianwu Wang (Co-Principal)
  • AI-Driven Modeling of Clinician Well-Being and Workforce Optimization Using Multi-Modal EHR Data and Knowledge Graphs National Institutes of Health · Grant · Currently Under Review Sun Kai (Principal), Ian Stockwell (Co-Principal), Karuna Joshi (Co-Principal), Jianwu Wang (Co-Principal)

Courses Taught

  • Decision Making Support IS 603 · Fall 2024