Ling-Chieh Kung is an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Management at National Taiwan University, specializing in operations research, platform economics, and optimization. He has served in academic leadership roles supporting digital learning and teaching innovation and has led and contributed to interdisciplinary projects with strong industry engagement across manufacturing, transportation, healthcare, and service systems. His research focuses on two-sided platforms, facility location, scheduling, predictive maintenance, and network effects, with influential contributions published in leading journals such as Transportation Research Part E, European Journal of Operational Research, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, and Computers & Operations Research. His scholarship bridges rigorous theory and real-world decision-making applications with demonstrated impact. His achievements have been recognized through numerous awards for research excellence, teaching distinction, mentorship, and institutional service, alongside prestigious professional and best paper honors. His research impact includes 406 citations, 32 publications, and an h-index of 8.