Gilbert Laporte

Gilbert Laporte received the 2018 Marie-Victorin Award. The 2018 Quebec Awards ceremony was held on November 21 at the Parliament Building.

Maximilian Schiffer, an associate member of GERAD, received the best doctoral thesis award during the 2018 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix that took place on November 2018. This award is the oldest and most prestigious honor for doctoral dissertations in the transportation science and logistics area. The award includes a plaque and cash prize.

His thesis entitled "Logistics Networks with Intermediate Stops, Innovative Design and Green Solutions", was defended in August 2017 at RWTH Aachen. It was directed by Michael Schneider and Gilbert Laporte.

A new phase in the 10 Together campaign to promote the universities in Greater Montreal, an urban art installation entitled "The Roaming Classroom," was unveiled on May 25 at the Mount Royal lookout. The inauguration ceremony was attended by Montréal Mayor Valérie Plante, along with representatives of the 10 universities involved in the campaign. ...