Assistant Professor
Operations & IT Management
About
Park Sinchaisri is an Assistant Professor in the Operations and Information Technology Management Group at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. His primary research interests center around combining tools from operations management, economics, machine learning, and behavioral sciences to (i) study how humans learn and make decisions in complex environments, (ii) develop tools to improve human decision-making, and (iii) optimize strategies to manage human-centric operations. Currently, he is focusing on the gig economy, the future of work and services, and the human-AI interface.
Park received his PhD in Operations, Information, and Decisions and AM in Statistics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he also served as a Wharton Social Impact Fellow. He also holds an SM in Computational Science and Engineering from MIT, and an ScB in Computer Engineering and Applied Mathematics-Economics from Brown University. Previously, he worked for Oracle, Goldman Sachs, and Deloitte Consulting.
Park, who grew up in Bangkok, Thailand, hopes to expand his research to solve urban challenges, help marginalized populations in the workforce, and make a positive social impact.
Expertise and Research Interests
- Behavioral and Human-centric Operations Management
- Empirical Operations Management
- Future of Work
- Gig Economy
- Human/AI interface
- Decision-Making
- Urban Analytics
- Gad Allon, Maxime C. Cohen, and Wichinpong Park Sinchaisri. 2022. The Impact of Behavioral and Economic Drivers on Gig Economy Workers. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (Forthcoming).
- Wichinpong Park Sinchaisri, Shane T. Jensen ST. 2021. Community Vibrancy and Its Relationship with Safety in Philadelphia. PLoS ONE 16(12): e0257530.
- Improving Human Decision-Making with Machine Learning
Hamsa Bastani, Osbert Bastani, and Wichinpong Park Sinchaisri - Markdown Pricing with Quality Perception
Rim Hariss, Georgia Perakis, Wichinpong Park Sinchaisri, Yanchong Zheng
At Haas since 2021
- July 2021-present, Assistant Professor, Operations and Information Technology Management, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
- July – August 2021, Lecturer, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Winner, INFORMS Data Mining Best Paper Award
2022
Finalist, INFORMS Service Science Best Cluster Paper Award
2022
Winner, INFORMS Behavioral Operations Management Best Working Paper Award
2021
2nd Place, INFORMS Technology, Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Section Best Working Paper Award
2021
2nd Place, POMS College of Behavioral Operations Junior Scholar Paper Competition
2021
Finalist, POMS College of Behavioral Operations Junior Scholar Paper Competition
2020
Best Student Paper in Operations and Supply Chain Management Division, Academy of Management
2019
2nd Place, Wharton People Analytics Conference Research Paper Competition
2019
3rd Place, INFORMS Behavioral Operations Management Best Working Paper Award
2019
Excellence in Student and Community Engagement Award, University of Pennsylvania
2019
Goldberg Barclay Fellowship (best research in the area of entrepreneurship)
2018
2nd Place, Wharton People Analytics Conference Case Competition
2018
Honorable Mention, MIT Operations Research Center Best Student Paper
2017
Albert M. Greenfield Intercultural Center Award
2017
Sigma Xi (The Scientific Research Honor Society)
2012
Karen T. Romers Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award
2011
Omicron Delta Epsilon (International Economics Honor Society)
2011
Tau Beta Pi
2010
The Center for Growth Markets Research Grant
2022-present
Open Research Commons Research Grant
Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR)
2022-present
Mack Institute PhD Research Fellowship
Mack Institute for Innovation Management
2019-2021
George James Term Fund Award
The Wharton School
2019
Baker Center Research Grant
Baker Retailing Center
2018-2021
Russell Ackoff Doctoral Student Fellowship
Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
2018-2021
WISE Fellowship
Wharton Social Impact Initiative
2018-2020
- WISE Fellows Use Real-World Data to Help Inform Philadelphia City Policy, Wharton Social Impact Initiative, 04/29/2020
- What Motivates Workers in the Gig Economy?, Knowledge@Wharton, 01/07/2019