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

I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management at 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.

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