Telfer School of Management · University of Ottawa
RIO Lab
Risk Intelligence and Optimization Lab
We develop analytical foundations for learning risk and making reliable decisions through optimization and machine learning, with applications across finance, operations, health care, and AI.
Led by Jonathan Yu-Meng Li.
Postdoctoral fellows
Xinqiao Xie
Previously a visiting PhD student, 2024–2025.
2026–
Doctoral students
Xinzhi Ji
Digital Transformation and Innovation
2026–
Griffin Liu
Finance · Co-supervised
2026–
Wei Zhou
Finance · Co-supervised
2026–
Penghao Mao
Finance
2025–
Ziwei Zhang
Digital Transformation and Innovation
2024–
Saeed Asadi
Digital Transformation and Innovation
2024–
Nima Afsharhajari
Finance
2023–
Reza Valimoradi
Health Systems
2022–
Alumni
Qinyu Wu
Postdoctoral fellow · 2025
Saeed Marzban
Co-supervised with Erick Delage.
PhD · 2016–2021
Data & code
Research software, datasets, and replication materials.
Code and datasets will be listed here as they are released.