Title: Prediction problems using maximum entropy models

Title: Trees and random forests for nonhomogeneous count data processes

The Master of Science in Administration Program Office of HEC Montréal had listed 17 students whose outstanding marks earned them a place on the program’s winter and summer 2015 Honour Roll! Every term, the students who achieve the highest GPA in their specialization, after completing at least 15 credits, are listed on the Honour Roll.

• Marie-Christine Bastarache-Roberge for the specialization Business Intelligence. She is supervised by Professor Marc Fredette.

• Philippe Gagnon for the specialization Business Analytics. He is supervised by Professors Gilles Caporossi and Sylvain Perron.

• Pauline Laurainne for the specialization Operations Management. She is supervised by Professors Jean-François Cordeau and Marie-Hélène Jobin.

Title: Application du Principe de Maximum d’Entropie dans la prédiction des évènements récurrents dans le cas des processus de Poisson

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:

Congratulations to Professor Marc Fredette for becoming an Associate Professor as of June 1st, 2009!

Marc Fredette, assistant professor at the Department of Management Sciences at HEC Montréal and GERAD member, received the Award for teaching excellence for an assistant professor, in Montréal.

Five new members have joined GERAD’s research group. Indeed, at our last members’ meeting held on September 15, 2006, Marc Fredette, Chantal Labbé and Sylvain Perron (HEC Montréal), François Watier (UQAM) and Jean-François Frigon (École Polytechnique de Montréal) became members.