NEWS

  • Sep 02, 2010 - Made in honor of Pierre Hansen
    This octagonal whisky glass was designed to maximize its volume for a fixed diameter; the diagonals represented below share the same length. This glass was made in the honor of Pierre Hansen’s 70th birthday celebrated during the TOGO 2010 meeting in Toulouse.

  • Jul 28, 2010 - An Award for the Best Canadian Doctoral Dissertation in Applied Mathematics for a GERAD’s student
    Gerardo Berbeglia, a Ph.D student, directed by Jean-François Cordeau and Gilbert Laporte, HEC Montréal and GERAD has won the 2010 Cecil Graham Award for the best doctoral dissertation in applied mathematics defended at a Canadian university in the year 2009, for his thesis, entitled "Complexity Analyses and Algorithms for Pickup and Delivery Problems".

    For more information.

    Congratulations!
  • Jun 29, 2010 - Pablo Andrés Domenech wins the "Best student presentation award"
    Every two years, the International Society of Dynamic Games organizes an International Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications. During the 14th edition, which occurred in Banff from June 19-24, 2010, M. Pablo Andrés Domenech received the "Best student presentation award" for is presentation named: Towards a sustainable and time consistent use of the forest.

    For more information.

    Congratulations!
  • Jun 14, 2010 - La SCRO remet le 1er prix de la pratique 2010 à l'équipe de Gilbert Laporte
    Lors du congrès annuel MITACS-SCRO, qui se déroulait du 25 au 28 mai 2010, la Société canadienne de recherche opérationnelle a remis le 1er prix de la pratique 2010 à l'équipe constituée de : Gilbert Laporte, de HEC Montréal, Burcin Bozkaya, de l'Université Sabanci d'Istanbul, en Turquie, Erhan Erkut, de l'Université Ozyegin, aussi d'Istanbul, en Turquie, et Dan Haight, de l'Université de l'Alberta, à Edmonton. Leur projet consistait à effectuer le redécoupage de la carte électorale de la ville d'Edmonton.

    Pour plus de renseignements, lisez l'article sur hec.ca.
  • Jun 08, 2010 - IAMC elect one of ours
    The International Academy of Mathematical Chemistry newly elected Gilles Caporossi as a member.

    Congratulations, we hope this new partnership brings interesting discoveries!
  • Jun 03, 2010 - Sabbatical leave
    Three of our members, also Professors in the Department of Management Sciences at HEC Montréal, will be in sabbatical leave from June 1, 2010 to May 31, 2011, they are:

    - Gilles Caporossi
    - Jacques Desrosiers
    - Marc Fredette
  • Jun 03, 2010 - Two new Associate Professors
    On June 1, 2010, Chantal Labbé and Sylvain Perron have been promoted as Associate Professor of the Department of Management Sciences at HEC Montréal.

    Congratulations to both of you and good luck!
  • May 28, 2010 - Sunday, interview of Alain Hertz on 95.1 FM
    Sunday, May 30, 2010 at 12:15, M. Alain Hertz will be interviewed by Sophie-Andrée Blondin from the radio station of Radio-Canada (95.1 FM) regarding his latest book l'Agrapheur.
  • May 17, 2010 - The Department of Management Sciences will have a new Director
    Starting June 1, Mr. Denis Larocque, as the new Director of Department of Management Sciences of HEC Montréal, will take charge of Mr. Jacques Desrosiers’ work which is at this position since June 2004.
  • May 07, 2010 - Winners of GERAD's internal competition
    Dear fellow GERAD members,

    It is my great pleasure to announce the names of the winners of our internal GERAD postdoctoral competition. The selection committee, of which I was not a member, has declared Drs Guillaume Goffaux and Ibrahim Karakayali each the winner of a half postdoc GERAD fellowship of $17000/each, to be complemented by the GERAD researchers who backed their candidacy.

    As to the visiting undergraduate summer trainees GERAD competition, the Committee has attributed three scholarships of $3000/each respectively to Yosra Neji, Sidina Biha and Fabien Brulard.

    For GERAD, I would like to congratulate all of the winners. My warm thanks also go to the members of our selection committee, Professors Jacques Desrosiers, Gilles Savard and François Watier for their thorough and conscientious deliberation process.

    I encourage you to submit candidates at our next GERAD competition whenever it will be announced.

    Roland Malhamé
  • May 07, 2010 - Award for Best Innovation at Hatch in 2009
    Alain Hertz, Odile Marcotte and Asma Mdimagh have developed innovative methods for the automatic generation of an optimal system for gathering energy in a windmill park.

    These developments have been made in collaboration with Michel Carreau from Hatch.

    Hatch is a global company operating in 150 countries in the mining and metals, infrastructure and energy and has over 8,000 employees. Many projects from various offices around the world and industries have been nominated. The project carried out by three members of GERAD won the award for Best Innovation at Hatch in 2009, all sectors.

    Congradulation to our members.
  • Apr 20, 2010 - 2008-2009 Annual Report
    The 2008-2009 annual report of GERAD is now available:

    2008-2009 annual report
  • Apr 06, 2010 - Release of the Dynamic Games and Applications Journal
    Dynamic Games and Applications is devoted to the development of all classes of dynamic games, namely, differential games, discrete-time dynamic games, evolutionary games, repeated and stochastic games, and their applications.

    For more information, please visit Springer website.
  • Mar 26, 2010 - Easter Holiday!
    Our offices will be closed on April 2 and 5, 2010.
  • Mar 10, 2010 - Alain Hertz's inspector, Maurice Manori, has been released in l'Agrapheur
    Je m’appelle Maurice Manori. Je suis inspecteur de police à la Sûreté du Québec à l’Institut de Police Scientifique de Montréal. Bien que j’habite au Québec, mes origines sont italiennes. Mes collègues m’appellent tout simplement Manori. Je sais cependant que, derrière mon dos, certains me surnomment « l’agrapheur ». N’allez surtout pas imaginer que j’ai pour habitude de brandir une agrafeuse… j’agrafe les suspects à l’aide de la théorie des graphes.
    Je me trouve actuellement dans un avion, en direction de Genève. Je me rends en Suisse pour participer au congrès COPS de la Police Scientifique. J’ai pour mission de convaincre mes collègues que les graphes pourraient leur être utiles dans leurs enquêtes.


    To learn more or to make an order, visit Les Presses internationales Polytechnique
  • Feb 19, 2010 - Ève Lacasse-Guay has been nominated as coordinator of the Mathematics Help Center
    On February 18, 2010, Program Director at HEC Montréal, Mrs. Ruth Dupré was proud to welcome in her team Mrs. Ève Lacasse-Guay as coordinator of the Mathematics Help Center.

    She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from École Polytechnique and a Master of Science in Administration, Logistics option from HEC Montréal. Mrs. Lacasse-Guay will apply her training and expertise to coordinate all activities of the Mathematics Help Center. She will ensure to offer students a range of activities to acquire or consolidate prior mathematical knowledge of administration studies and monitoring fiscal activities.

    We wish our best wishes to Mrs. Lacasse-Guay.
  • Jan 19, 2010 - Peter Caines, lecturer at the IEEE
    McGill University's Professor Peter Caines has been the prestigious Henrick Bode lecturer at the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control in Shanghai, China, December 2009. This choice is in recognition of his distinguished contributions to Systems Science and Engineering. He has presented his work with Roland Malhamé and their common Ph.D. student Minyi Huang, now Professor  at the Mathematics and Statistics Department of Carleton University.

    Congratulations Peter!

    Here is a summary of the presentation Mean Field Stochastic Control
  • Jan 19, 2010 - Michel Perrier has been nominated Chairman
    We are proud to announce that Michel Perrier, Professor from École Polytechnique, has been nominated Chairman of the Chemical Engineering Department.
    Congratulations Michel!
  • Jan 12, 2010 - Opening of a competition for GERAD fellowships contest for undergraduate foreign student trainees
    We are pleased to announce the opening of an internal competition for four undergraduate foreign student trainees scholarships of $3000 each. Candidate proposals must be presented together with letters of support and candidate CV's, by one or more members of GERAD.

    Please send your prospective candidates data to Marie Perreault, marie.perreault@gerad.ca, under the title GERAD fellowships contest, from now until April 15, 2010.
  • Jan 12, 2010 - Opening of a competition for GERAD fellowships contest for post doctoral research
    During the 2009-2010 fiscal exercise, GERAD will offer two half post doctoral research fellowships of $17000 each at the end of an internal competition.

    Candidate proposals must be presented together with letters of support and candidate CV's together with copies of up to 3 publications, by one or more members of GERAD who then in effect commit to completing the fellowships using other funds, if the candidate they propose is retained by the center’s selection committee.

    Please send your prospective candidates data to Marie Perreault, marie.perreault@gerad.ca, under the title GERAD post doctoral fellowships contest, from now until April 15, 2009.
  • Jan 04, 2010 - Charles Audet has been promoted
    We sincerely congratulate Charles Audet, Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematical and Industrial Engineering at École Polytechnique de Montréal, for is promotion as Full Professor since June 2009.

    Furthermore, we are proud to inform you that he will be an Associate Editor for the Pacific Journal of Optimization (http://www.ybook.co.jp/pjo.html).
  • Dec 18, 2009 - GERAD Newsletter
    The latest GERAD Newsletter is available online. Don't hesitate to read it!
  • Dec 17, 2009 - Holidays!
    Our offices will be closed from December 23, 2009 to January 3rd, 2010 included.
  • Dec 09, 2009 - Soccer: GCC saddest victory
    On October 18th GERAD’s soccer team, GCC, ended the regular season with a victory 7-3 against Super Seven, their big rivals of the previous season. With this last victory GCC ended in first position of the league with a perfect score of five victories in the five games of the regular season.

    The first place in the league allowed GCC to play the playoffs (semifinals) for the soccer championship. GCC was to encounter United Nations on October 25th for a place in the tournament final. The match against United Nations was easier than expected and GCC qualified for the final of the championship after defeating United Nations with a final score of 6-2 for our GERAD footballers.

    On November the 1st GCC was to play the final against Karpaty. The match would certainly be tough. GCC had previously encountered Karpaty twice this year and their players were young and energetic, but GCC relied on the two previous attempts on their greater experience and team concentration to defeat.

    The day of the final all GCC players were ready for the occasion with the only exception of Andrew McCann who was out for a research trip. Gerardo and Anthony were fully recovered from their season injuries and GCC was determined to end with the curse of three consecutive playoff defeats in the last three tournaments.

    The atmosphere prior to the match was excellent and GCC did not lack the support of other GERAD members who came to cheer for their fellow friends.

    Since the starting whistle Karpaty were extremely rough and physical and kicked GCC players’ legs without penitence or restrain. Despite aggressive Karpaty play, GCC was the first to score by means of Anthony who found his way to the goal in the middle Karpaty defense after a shoot on the goal by Stefano.

    Karpaty came back with more energy and intensity and little later they scored a goal on a counterattack. The score was even and the first half was far from being over.

    A few seconds prior to half time Karpaty did a rough tackle foul on Kasper, GCC’s left defender, as he initiated an attack on GCC’s left side. The referee whistled and GCC had a clear occasion close to Karpaty’s goal. Pablo put the ball in play and Stefano jumped over the defense and touched the ball slightly with his head. It was enough to put the ball far from the reach of Karpaty´s goalkeeper. The score was 2-1 for GCC. The first half came to an end.

    During the intermediate GCC players commented on the extreme roughness with which Karpaty’s players played. GCC’s players conjured themselves to resist.

    The second half started, GCC had the control of the pace of the game and was more accurate in attack. Several minutes later Pablo intercepted a pass in the midfield and ran without opposition in front of Karpaty’s goalkeeper and scored. By then GCC led 3-1 and the tournament seemed closer than ever.

    However, the match was far from being over and GCC’s players did not know that the worse surprise was yet to come. After the goal, Karpaty players continued to show a very rough play.

    Only eight minutes prior to the completion of the match one of Karpaty’s players came to intercept Ricardo. He impacted without any self restrain. A second later Ricardo was crying with pain on the floor. Karpaty’s player had broken Ricardo’s leg. He broke Ricardo’s tibia and fibula but did not even apologize.

    The rest of the tournament was meaningless. GCC won 3-1 and an ambulance came to pick Ricardo up.

    Epilogue:

    Ricardo had surgery on his leg. He is doing much better now.  

    GCC in their fourth attempt managed to win the championship. It was, though, the saddest victory ever.

    GCC wants to thank GERAD for their moral and financial support as well as Mouna, Hafedh, Maaike and Quentin for following GCC and coming to cheer for us.


  • Nov 10, 2009 - Diane Riopel at Radio-Canada network
    Diane Riopel, professor at École Polytechnique, GERAD member as well as co-founder and co-holder of the Marianne-Mareschal Chair promoting engineering to women, was Louis Lemieux's guest, this past November 7, at the RDI matin week-end show. She spoke of the Journées du Savoir and did the Saturday's press review.

    Congratulations Ms Riopel!
  • Nov 04, 2009 - Congratulations to Michèle Breton for her election to the Royal Society of Canada!
    Michèle Breton, member of GERAD and a Full Professor with the Department of Management Sciences, has been elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) and will be welcomed into this select group at the induction and awards ceremony on November 28.

    The mandate of the Society, consisting of eminent scientists, researchers and men and women of letters, is to recognize academic excellence, promote research and learning in the arts and sciences, and advise governments and organizations. It currently has about 2,000 members, selected by their peers for their outstanding contributions to the natural and social sciences and in the humanities and the arts.

    For more information, please see the HEC Montréal website.
  • Apr 28, 2009 - Subvention du Regroupement Stratégique du FQRNT
    Le GERAD a vu renouveler sa subvention du Regroupement Stratégique du FQRNT pour les six prochaines années, soit de 2009-2015.  Le directeur, Roland Malhamé, souligne l'excellent travail de tous et de toutes ainsi que des contributions des membres impliqués dans cette démarche.

    Bonne route et félicitations!