Will (Wei) Ma
he/him/his
- Roderick H. Cushman Associate Professor of Business
- Decision, Risk, and Operations Division
- Areas of Expertise
- Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business Analytics, Operations & Supply Chain Management
- Contact
- Office: 951 Kravis
- E-mail: [email protected]
Will Ma is the Roderick H. Cushman Associate Professor of Business at the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University. His research centers around online algorithms in e-commerce systems, both for supply-side problems like inventory and fulfillment, and revenue management problems like dynamic assortment optimization. He specializes in designing simple online algorithms with performance guarantees, that can be tuned to historical data. Will also has miscellaneous experience as a professional poker player, video-game startup founder, and karaoke bar pianist.
- Education
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BS, University of Waterloo, 2010; PhD, MIT, 2018
- Joined CBS
- 2019
All Activities
Finalist, TSL Data-Driven Research Challenge
Award Institution:
INFORMS
Finalist, Applied Probability Society (APS) Best Student Paper Prize
Award Institution:
INFORMS Applied Probability Society (APS)
1st Place, INFORMS Undergraduate Operations Research Prize
Award Institution:
INFORMS
AI Breaks Down in Inventory Management—is the Fix Right in Front of Us?
- Case ID
- 250205
Temu: Slow and Cheap Win the Race
How did online marketplace Temu gain market share in the US and what are the next strategic steps for expansion?
- Case ID
- 210201
Ventilator Rationing During the COVID-19 Pandemic
What system should be employed by the US federal government to equitably distribute ventilators, life-saving breathing machines, during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic?