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Taotao He

Associate Professor of Management Science
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
hetaotao (at) sjtu.edu.cn


Hello! Welcome to my website! I am an associate professor (untenured) at Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU). I received my Ph.D. in 2019 from the Quantitative Methods at Mitch Daniels School of Business, Purdue University, where I was advised by Professor Mohit Tawarmalani.

My research interests lie in mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP), including theory, algorithms, computation, and applications. I am particularly interested in developing convexification techniques and efficient algorithms for solving MINLPs. More recently, I have been exploring how ideas from MINLP can be used to improve decision-making in assortment planning, pricing, data selection, and revealed-preference testing.

Here is my SJTU webpage in Chinese.

Research Papers [Google Scholar]

  1. A Polynomial-Time Test for Peak-Oriented Rationalizability
    Taotao He, and Runfa Hu
    Economic Theory Bulletin (under review)
    arXiv
  2. Disjunctive Submodular Functions: Envelopes and Applications to Inventory and 0-1 Quadratic Optimization
    Zhongqi Wu, Taotao He, and Mohit Tawarmalani
    Mathematical Programming (under review)
  3. Assortment Optimization under Logit-Based Multi-Purchase Choice Models
    Taotao He, Zhongqi Wu, and Yating Zhang
    Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (under review)
    arXiv
  4. Axis-Aligned Relaxations for Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming
    Haisheng Zhu, Taotao He, and Mohit Tawarmalani
    Mathematical Programming (major revision)
    arXiv
  5. Optimal Data Reduction under Information-Theoretic Criteria
    Taotao He, Jun Luo , and Junkai Zhao
    INFORMS Journal on Computing (minor revision)
    arXiv
  6. Discreteness to Convexity: Promotion Planning via Simplotope Triangulation
    Taotao He and Mohit Tawarmalani
    Operations Research (major revision)
    arXiv BibTex
  7. Assortment Optimization under History-Dependent Effects
    Taotao He, Yating Zhang, and Huan Zheng
    Operations Research (2026)
    arXiv BibTex
  8. An Integer Programming Approach for Quick-Commerce Assortment Planning
    Yajing Chen, Taotao He, Ying Rong, and Yunlong Wang
    Management Science (2026)
    arXiv BibTex
  9. Convexification Techniques for Fractional Programs
    Taotao He, Siyue Liu, and Mohit Tawarmalani
    Mathematical Programming (2025)
    arXiv BibTex
  10. MIP Relaxations in Factorable Programming
    Taotao He and Mohit Tawarmalani
    SIAM Journal on Optimization (2024)
    Code arXiv BibTex
  11. Tractable Relaxations of Composite Functions
    Taotao He and Mohit Tawarmalani
    Mathematics of Operations Research (2022)
    PDF BibTex
  12. A New Framework to Relax Composite Functions in Nonlinear Programs
    Taotao He and Mohit Tawarmalani
    Mathematical Programming (2021)
    PDF BibTex

Teaching

Personal

I love playing soccer. Now, I play for SJTU Football Team. At Purdue, I was a member of Purdue Chinese Football Club.

Contact

Address: Antai College of Economics and Management, No. 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai
Office Location: Room 1707
Email: hetaotao (at) sjtu.edu.cn