Jasmine Chang

Biography [CV]

Dr. Jasmine (Aichih) Chang is an Assistant Professor at the Martin Tuchman School of Management, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). She received her Ph.D. and M.B.A from the Rutgers Business School at Rutgers University. Her research focuses on Innovative Technology for Supply Chain Management (e.g., Blockchain and IoT), healthcare operations management, food supply chain, FinTech, etc. Currently, she has been teaching Business Data Analytics and Finance courses at NJIT.  Professionally, Jasmine holds CPIM (Certified in Production and Inventory Management) and the SAP ERP Certificate. 

Research Interest 

        Interface between Finance and Supply Chain 

        Supply Chain Analytics (Data-Driven Analytics), 

        Technology for Supply Chain (e.g., Blockchain, SAP/ERP) 

        Textual Data Analytics  

        Healthcare Operations and Information Technology

Research Publications [Google Scholar]

1. M. Mohammadi, R. H. Assaad, A. Chang, "An Intelligent IoT Device for Real-Time Cloud-Based Tracking of the Terms of Service in Smart Cities", Conference Proceeding, i3CE, June 25-28, 2023, Corvallis, Oregon.

2. N. El-Rayes, A. Chang, J. Shi, "Plastic Management and Sustainability: A Data-Driven Study", Sustainability , Volume 15, 7181, 2023.

3. Z. Li, A. Chang, Z. Zou, "Mechanism Design to Coordinate Hierarchical Healthcare Services: Capacity Investment vs. Patient Subsidy", Omega , the International Journal of Management Science, Volume 118, 102852, 2023.

4. J. Wang, Z. Dai, A. Chang, H. Liu, "Robust Surgical Scheduling for Non-Operating Room Anesthesia (NORA) under Surgical Duration Uncertainty", Decision Sciences Journal (DSJ), 2022.

5. A. Chang, N. El-Rayes, J. Shi, "Blockchain Technology for Supply Chain Management: A Comprehensive Review", FinTech, 2022, 1(2), 191-205.

6. Z. Dai, J. Wang, and A. Chang, "Surgical scheduling by Fuzzy model considering inpatient beds shortage under uncertain surgery duration", Annals of Operations Research (ANOR), Mar. 2022, 22:1-43.

7. P. Ouyang, J. Wang, A. Chang, "Patients need emotional support: Managing physician disclosure information to attract more patients", International Journal of Medical Informatics, Volume 158, February 2022, 104674.

8. A. Chang, M.N. Katehakis, J. Shi and Z. Yan, "Blockchain-Empowered Newsvendor Optimization", International Journal of Production Economics (IJPE), Volume 238, August 2021, 108144.

9. U. Ali, Y. Li, J. Wang, X. Yue, A. Chang, "Dynamics of Outward FDI and productivity spillovers in logistics services industry: Evidence from China", Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review , Volume 148, April 2021, 102258.

10. J. Wang, Z. Li, J. Shi, A. Chang, "Capacity Reallocation via Sinking High-Quality Resource in a Hierarchical Healthcare System", Annals of Operations Research (ANOR), 300, 97-135 (2021).

11. J. Wang, Z. Li, J. Shi, A. Chang, "Hospital referral and capacity strategies in the two-tier healthcare systems", Omega, the International Journal of Management Science , Volume 100, Article 102229, 2021.

12. C. Fang, H. Lu, Y. Hong, S. Liu, A. Chang, "Dynamic Pricing for Electric Vehicle Extreme Fast Charging", IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Jan. 2021, p. 531-541.

13. J. Shi, Y. Zhao, K. Kiwanuka, and A. Chang, "Optimal Selling Policies for Farmer Cooperatives", Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), Volume 28, No. 12, pp. 3060-3080, 2019.

14. A. Chang and H. Lu, "Stock-Out Risk of the Production/Inventory Systems with Compound Poisson Demands", Omega, the International Journal of Management Science, Volume 83, 181-198, 2019.

15. X. Chen, C. Fang, A. Chang, Y. Yang, Y. Hong, and H. Lu, "Chinese Address Standardization via Hybrid Approach Combining Statistical and Rule-Based Methods", Conference Proceeding, 39th International Conference on Information Systems, 2018.
    
    (ISAP Excellent Paper Award, 2018)

16. A. Chang and J. Shi, "Pricing American Options via Transform-Expand-Sample (TES) Forecasting Method", Journal of Business and Economics, Volume 7, No. 11, pp. 1756-1763, 2016.

17. J. Shi, and A. Chang, "Revenue and Duration of Oral Auction", Journal of Service Science and Management, Vol. 2, No. 4, Dec. 2009.

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Teaching

Teaching Interest

• Business Analytics and Data Analytics
• Financial Modeling and FinTech Courses
• Supply Chain Analytics (Data-Driven Analytics)

Courses Instructed 

• Business Data Analytics [Syllabus]
  • Undergraduate Core
  • Each semester since Fall 2019 at NJIT
• Corporate Finance [Syllabus]
  • MBA Online
  • Fall 2020 at NJIT
• Data-Driven Financial Modeling [Syllabus]
  • FinTech major core course
  • Each semester since Spring 2021 at NJIT
• Quantitative Analysis with Applications for Business [Syllabus]
  • Business major core course
  • Fall 2021 at NJIT
• Demand Planning & Fulfillment [Syllabus]
  • Undergraduate Core
  • Fall 2018 at Rutgers Business School

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Selected Research Grants

• Co-PI, NJIT RETDIC Faculty Seed Grand, Co-PI, “An Intelligent Cloud-Based IoT System for Automated Water Quality Assessment and Leak Detection in Smart Real Estate Facilities”, 2023.
• Co-PI, USDA (Federal Grant), Impact of Rising Diesel Prices and Truck Driver Availability on Food Transportation and Distribution, 2022-2023
• Co-PI, NJIT RETDIC Faculty Seed Grant, An Intelligent and Dynamic-Pricing IoT Prototype to Improve the Reliability of a Shared Economy System: Towards Smart Real Estate, 2022-2023
• PI, LRI Faculty Seed Grant, Plastic Recycling Supply Chain Driven by Data Science and Blockchain Technology, 2022-2023
• PI, USDA (Federal Grant), Understanding the Impact of the Transportation Network on Food Distribution in Rural and Urban Areas, 2021-2023

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Selected Awards

• 2023 NJIT MTSM Teaching Excellence Award (Lower Division Undergraduate Instruction)
• 2022 NJIT MTSM Junior Faculty Research Excellence Award
• 2021 Poets & Quants' list of the 50 Best Undergrad Professors, selected from a pool of more than 1,000 nominees
• 2021 OMEGA Best Reviewer Award
• 2021 NJIT Virtual Immersive Technology Active Learning (VITAL) Initiative Award for course development (MGMT116)
• 2021 NJIT MTSM Teaching with Technology Enhancement Initiative Award for course development (MGMT116)
• 2019 Open & Affordable Textbooks (OAT) AY2020, NJIT (MGMT216)
• 2018 ISAP Excellent Paper Award, Association for Information Systems Special Interest Group in Asia Pacific (ISAP)
• 2018 Rutgers TA/GA Professional Development Fund Award
• 2016 Ph.D. Teaching Assistant Scholarship for 4 years, Rutgers Business School
• 2009 Beta Gamma Sigma Honored Lifetime membership
• 2009 Scholarship Award, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) NJ
• 2008 Scholarship Award, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) NJ
• 2008 Alfred J. Battaglia Memorial Fellowship Award for Supply Chain Management

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Professional Services

• Advisor NCSC NJIT Chapter, Sep. 2023 to Sep. 2024
• Guest Editor: FinTech, Jan. 2022 to Jan. 2023
• Guest Editor: Mathematics, Jan. 2023 to Dec. 2023
• Associate Editor: Data Science and Management (DSM), 2020-2024
• Conference Session Chair: 2018 INFORMS International, Taipei, Taiwan, June 17-21, 2018.
• Scholar membership: APICS, CSCMP, ISM, INFORMS, Beta Gamma Sigma (honored lifetime)
• Visiting scholar: Visiting scholar at University of Moscow in the summer, 2002
• Journal Referee: Omega, DSJ, IJPE, Transportation Science Part E, EJOR, among others.

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Professional Experience

• DP&C ENTERPRISES, LLC (East Brunswick, NJ) 
  Project Manager for DPC SmartfleetTM (ERP-Logistics Management)                   6/2009-8/2010 



• BASF FUEL CELL INC (Somerset, NJ) 
  Supply Chain Researcher (Intern)                                                                          5/2008-8/2008