Li Duan

Biography

Duan Li is currently Chair Professor of Operations Research in the Department of Management Sciences and also serves as Associate Provost (Strategic Development) for the University. Before he joined City University of Hong Kong in December, 2017, he was with the Chinese University of Hong Kong from 1994 to 2017, where he was Patrick Huen Wing Ming Professor of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management and served as the Department Chairman from 2003 to 2012 and the Director of Center for Financial Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong from 2014 to 2017. He was also the founding Director of the Master of Science Programme in Financial Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen). Duan graduated from Fudan University, received his M.E. degree in automatic control from Shanghai Jiaotong University, and received his Ph.D. degree in systems engineering from Case Western Reserve University. From 1987 to 1994, he was a faculty member in the Department of Systems Engineering at the University of Virginia, where he also served as the Associate Director of the Center for Risk Management of Engineering Systems. Duan Li is currently Chair Professor of Operations Research in the Department of Management Sciences and also serves as Associate Provost (Strategic Development) for the University. Before he joined City University of Hong Kong in December, 2017, he was with the Chinese University of Hong Kong from 1994 to 2017, where he was Patrick Huen Wing Ming Professor of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management and served as the Department Chairman from 2003 to 2012 and the Director of Center for Financial Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong from 2014 to 2017. He was also the founding Director of the Master of Science Programme in Financial Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen). Duan graduated from Fudan University, received his M.E. degree in automatic control from Shanghai Jiaotong University, and received his Ph.D. degree in systems engineering from Case Western Reserve University. From 1987 to 1994, he was a faculty member in the Department of Systems Engineering at the University of Virginia, where he also served as the Associate Director of the Center for Risk Management of Engineering Systems.

Research Interest

Statistical Modelling, Survey Methods, Market Research