Biography
Dr CHEW Ek Peng received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Management at the National University of Singapore. He also holds positions as Director for the Centre of Excellence in Modeling and Simulation for Next Generation Ports and Director for Centre of Maritime Studies. He was a Visiting Scholar and a Visiting Professor, respectively, at the Georgia Institute of Technology and University of British Columbia in 2006. His research interests are in port logistics and maritime transportation, simulation optimization and inventory management. Some of his research works are published in journals such as Transportation Science, Transportation Research Part B, IISE Transactions, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control and Naval Research Logistics. He is serving as Editor-in-Chief of the Asia Pacific Journal of Operational Research and a member of the Editorial Board Editors of the Transportation Research Part B. He has also co-edited a book in “Advances in Maritime Logistics and Supply Chain Systems’, a special issue for OR Spectrum on “IT-based planning and control of seaport container terminals and freight transportation systems” and three special issues for Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal on “Maritime Container Logistics and Onshore Transportation Systems (Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3)”. He has brought in a total of approximately SGD35 mil of research grants as Principal Investigator. He and the late Dr. Lee Loo Hay had led a team of multidisciplinary researchers and experience practitioners to win the Next Generation Container Port Challenge with a grand prize of US$1 mil by proposing a revolutionary double-storey container terminal, called the SINGA port.
Education
- BEng. (1st Class Honours), National University of Singapore, Civil, 1987
- BEng., National University of Singapore, IE, 1989
- MS.I.E., Georgia Institute of Technology, IE, 1990
- PhD., Georgia Institute of Technology, IE, 1992
Awards and Honours
- 2019 – IISE Best Paper under Logistics & Supply Chain Track
The paper “Vinsensius, A., D, Ng, E.P. Chew and L. H. Lee, “Dynamic Delivery Slot Management for E-commerce Attended Delivery Through Incentives”, IISE Annual Conference & Expo (May 18- 21, 2019)
- 2017 – Placed under the Faculty of Engineering Teaching commendation list in AY2016/17.
- 2016 – Placed under the Faculty of Engineering Teaching commendation list in AY2015/16.
- 2013 – Next Generation Container Port (NGCP) Challenge
An international competition to design future container port which can provide a quantum leap in port productivity. Chew EP and LH Lee has lead a multidisciplinary team of leading researchers and experience practitioners to win the grand prize of US$1 mil by proposing a revolutionary double storey container terminal, called the SINGA port, and it has received a wide coverage both in local and international media.
- 2012 – Placed under the Faculty of Engineering Teaching commendation list in AY2011/12.
- 2012 – LOGMS Best Student Paper Award
The paper “Sheng, X , L.H. Lee and E.P. Chew, “Dynamic determination of vessel speed and selection of bunkering ports for liner shipping under stochastic environment” presented at the LOGMS2012 in Bremen, Germany (Aug 22-24, 2012)
- 2011 – IARIA Best Paper Award
The paper “Lee LH, EP Chew and Y Luo, Inventory based empty container repositioning in multiport system” presented at the INFOCOMP2011 in Barcelona, Spain (Oct 23-29, 2011)
- 2010 – LOGMS Best Student Paper Award
Y Long, L.H. Lee and E. P. Chew, “A Study on Stochastic Empty Container Repositioning Problem”, presented at the LOGMS2010 in Pusan, Korea (Sep 15-17, 2010)
Research Interests
- Port Logistics and Maritime Transportation
- Simulation optimization
- Inventory Management
Selected Publications
- Liu H; Xiao H; Lee LH; Chew EP (2023) A convergent algorithm for ranking and selection with censored observations IISE Transactions 55 (5), 523-535
- Liu H; Xiao H; Lee LH; Chew EP (2022) Offline sequential learning via simulation, IISE Transactions 54 (11), 1019-1032
- Lin YH; Wang Y; Lee LH; Chew EP (2022) Omnichannel facility location and fulfillment optimization (2022), Transportation Research Part B: Methodological 163, 187-209
- Liu H; Liang J; Lee LH; Chew EP (2022) Unifying offline and online simulation for online decision-making, IISE Transactions 54 (10), 923-935
- Liu H; Wang Y; Lee LH; Chew EP (2022) An approximate dynamic programming approach for production‐delivery scheduling under non‐stationary demand, Naval Research Logistics (NRL) 69 (4), 511-528
- Zhou C; Ma N; Cao X; Lee LH; EP Chew (2021) Classification and literature review on the integration of simulation and optimization in maritime logistics studies, IISE Transactions 53 (10), 1157-1176
- Vinsensius A; Wang Y; Chew EP; Lee LH (2020). Dynamic Incentive Mechanism for Delivery Slot Management in E-Commerce Attended Home Delivery. Transportation Science, 54 (3), 567-587.
- Li J; Liu W; Pedrielli G; Lee LH; Chew EP (2018). Optimal Computing Budget Allocation to Select the Nondominated Systems-A Large Deviations Perspective. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUTOMATIC CONTROL, 63 (9), 2913-2927.
- Jiang XJ; Xu Y; Zhou C; Chew EP; Lee LH (2018). Frame Trolley Dispatching Algorithm for the Frame Bridge Based Automated Container Terminal. TRANSPORTATION SCIENCE, 52 (3), 722-737.
- Zhou C; Chew EP; Lee LH (2018). Information-Based Allocation Strategy for GRID-Based Transshipment Automated Container Terminal. TRANSPORTATION SCIENCE, 52 (3), 707-721.
- Zhen L; Liang Z; Zhuge D; Lee LH; Chew EP (2017). Daily berth planning in a tidal port with channel flow control. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART B-METHODOLOGICAL, 106 (null), 193-217.
- Li H; Zhou C; Lee BK; Lee L; Chew EP; Goh RSM (2017). Capacity planning for mega container terminals with multi-objective and multi fidelity simulation optimization. IISE TRANSACTIONS, 49 (9), 849-862.
- Zhang S; Lee LH; Chew EP; Xu J; Chen C-H (2016). A Simulation Budget Allocation Procedure for Enhancing the Efficiency of Optimal Subset Selection. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUTOMATIC CONTROL, 61 (1), 62-75.
- Pan J; Tao Y; Lee LH; Chew EP (2015). Production planning and inventory control for a two-product recovery system. IIE TRANSACTIONS, 47 (12), 1342-1362.
- Li H; Lee LH; Chew EP; Lendermann P (2015). MO-COMPASS: a fast convergent search algorithm for multi-objective discrete optimization via simulation. IIE TRANSACTIONS, 47 (11), 1153-1169.
- Yao Z; Lee LH; Chew EP; Hsu VN; Jaruphongsa W (2013). Dual-channel component replenishment problem in an assemble-to-order system. IIE TRANSACTIONS, 45 (3), 229-243.
- Zhen L; Chew EP; Lee LH (2011). An Integrated Model for Berth Template and Yard Template Planning in Transshipment Hubs. TRANSPORTATION SCIENCE, 45 (4), 483-504.
- Lee LH; Chew EP; Teng S; Goldsman D (2010). Finding the non-dominated Pareto set for multi-objective simulation models. IIE TRANSACTIONS, 42 (9), 656-674.
- Chew EP; Lee LH; Lau YL (2006). Component commonality in assembled-to-stock systems. IIE TRANSACTIONS, 38 (3), 239-251.