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Faculty Profile

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Marcus Ang is a leading educator and researcher in operations management, specializing in inventory management, stochastic models, and robust optimization, with a strong record in teaching innovation and impactful case studies.

Recognized for bridging rigorous operations research with real-world applications in healthcare, logistics, and education; highly awarded for teaching excellence and innovation; developer of impactful case studies and digital learning tools; influential in curriculum development and academic leadership.

Focused research areas include Inventory management, stochastic modeling, robust optimization, and the application of analytics to operations and service systems, with a focus on healthcare, warehousing, and supply chain efficiency.
Areas of Expertise
Inventory ManagementStochastic ModelsRobust Optimization

Education

2008

Ph.D.
National University of Singapore

2003

S.M. 
High Performance Computing for Engineering Systems (HPCES)
Singapore-MIT Alliance under National University of Singapore

2002B.Sc. (Hon), Mathematics
National University of Singapore
2001B.Sc., Mathematics
National University of Singapore

Current Position(s) Held

2024 - NowAcademic Director and Track Coordinator, International Trading Institute (ITI)
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
2017 - NowAssociate Professor of Operations Management (Education)
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
2013 - 2016Assistant Professor of Operations Management (Education)
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University

Awards, Recognition and Honors

  • Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) Research Fellow, AY2022/2023, AY2020/2021 and AY2019/2020
  • Nominee of the SMU Undergraduate Excellent Teacher Award 2025 (university-level)
  • Nominee of the SMU Undergraduate Innovative Teacher Award 2021 and 2022 (university-level)
  • Winner of the SMU Undergraduate Excellent Teacher Award 2020 (university-level)
  • Winner of the SMU Undergraduate Innovative Teacher Award 2018 (university-level)
  • On SMU Dean’s Teaching Honour List (Undergraduate) in AY2024/2025, AY2023/2024, AY2022/2023, AY2021/2022, AY2020/2021, AY2019/2020, AY2018/2019, AY2017/2018, AY2016/2017, AY2014/2015 and AY2011/2012
  • On SMU Dean’s Teaching Honour List (Postgraduate) in 2024, 2022, 2021 and 2018
  • On the Dean’s list in AY1998/1999, AY1999/2000 and AY2000/2001 (Department of Mathematics, National University of Singapore)

Research Interests

  • Inventory Management
  • Stochastic Models
  • Robust Optimization

Selected Journal Articles (Refereed)

  • Wang, S. Li, J., Ang, M. and Ng, T.S., 2024, "Appointment Scheduling with Delay-Tolerance Heterogeneity", INFORMS Journal on Computing, 36(5), 1147-1358.
  • Dang, Y. Ang, M. and Sun, J., 2023, "An Inertial triple-projection algorithm for solving the split feasibility problems", Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization, 19(3), 1813-1826.
  • Lim, Y.F., Song, J. and Ang, M., 2021, "Integrating Anticipative Replenishment Allocation with Reactive Fulfillment for Online Retailing Using Robust Optimization", Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 23(6), 1616-1633.
  • Xie, J., Zhuang, W., Ang, M., Chou, M.C., Li, L. and Yao, D.D., 2020, “Analytics for Hospital Resource Planning - Two Case Studies”, Production and Operations Management, 30(6), 1863-1885.
  • Ang, M. and Lim, Y.F., 2019, “How to Optimize Storage Classes in A Unit-Load Warehouse”, European Journal of Operational Research, 278(1), 186-201.
  • Ang, M., Sun, J. and Yao Q., 2018, “Constrained dual representation of coherent risk measures", Annals of Operations Research, 262(1), 29-46.
  • Ang, M., Sigman, K., Song, J.S. and Zhang, H., 2017, “Closed-form approximations for optimal (r,q) and (S,T) policies in a parallel processing environment”, Operations Research, 65(5), 1414-1428.
  • Han, D., Sun, J. and Ang, M., 2014, “New bounds for the price of anarchy under nonlinear and asymmetric cost”, Optimization, 63(2), 271-284.
  • Ang, M., Song, J.S., Wang, M. and Zhang, H., 2013, “On properties of discrete(r; q) and (s;T) inventory systems”, European Journal of Operational Research, 229, 95-105.
  • Ang, M., Lim, Y.F. and Sim, M., 2012, “Robust Storage Assignment in Unit-Load Warehouses”, Management Science, 58(11), 2114-2130.

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