Professor Yao Cheng is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Data and Systems Engineering at The University of Hong Kong official website. She earned her PhD in Industrial Engineering from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Leveraging tools from stochastic modeling and data analytics, Professor Cheng’s research primarily focuses on developing theoretical methodologies for reliability and resilience-based performance modeling and optimization, with applications in engineered systems across various sectors, including service systems and new energy systems. Her work has been published in and featured by leading journals in reliability and industrial engineering, such as IISE Transactions, Naval Research Logistics, Transportation Science, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, the International Journal of Production Research, and Computers & Industrial Engineering. Her research has been supported by funding from the Research Grants Council, the University Research Council, and industry partners.

Research Interests

• Reliability modeling and reliability testing design
• Resilience modeling and resilient system design
• Maintenance policy design

Experience

• 2018.08-now, Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong
• 2018.03-2018.06, Assistant Professor, Beihang University
• 2018.01, Ph.D., Rutgers University