Assistant Professor of Decision Science Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management McCombs School of Business University of Texas at Austin Contact 2110 Speedway, Austin, TX 78712 Phone: +1 (512) 232-2495 Office: CBA 5.210 Email: rui.gao@mccombs.utexas.edu [Google Scholar][Curriculum Vitae]

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. My primary research focus is on data-driven decision-making and artificial intelligence. I received my Ph.D. in Operations Research from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2018, and my B.Sc. in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics (Honors Class) from Xi'an Jiaotong University in 2013. I currently serve as an Associate Editor for Mathematical Programming.

Research Interests

• Optimization under Uncertainty: Robust Optimization, Stochastic Programming

• Learning Theory: Deep Learning, Gradient Flow

• AI for Business: Supply Chain Management, Revenue Management, Mechanism Design