[1] Her research focuses on the modeling, simulation, and optimization of large-scale systems for smart manufacturing, supply chains, and communications.
[1][2] Shi studied mathematics at Nanjing Normal University, graduating in 1982.
[1] Her doctoral dissertation, Optimization of Discrete Event Dynamic Systems, was supervised by Yu-Chi Ho.
[3] After joining the University of Wisconsin, Shi founded a spinoff company in 1995 named LS Optimal.
[2] In 2010 she took a leave from Wisconsin to join the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management at Peking University.