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Obituaries - Pierre Hansen, 1940-2025

Pierre Hansen

We learned with regret of the death of Pierre Hansen, a member of GERAD for over 35 years and tenured researcher in the Department of Decision Sciences of HEC Montréal. He was also GERAD director from 1996 to 2001.

He devoted his life to solving problems in the real world with mathematics. He published over 400 papers in his career, was recognized with the EURO Gold medal and was inducted into Canada’s Academy of Science. He and the late Nenad Mladenovic founded Variable Neighborhood Search, an insightful Metaheuristic to find solutions for large and complex problems. He touched many lives as a professor, mentor, patron of the arts, and world traveler.

Regarding the funeral that will take place on January 22, you will find the details here..