Two scholarships of $10 000 each respectively will be attributed to:
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A scholarship of $3500 will be attributed to:
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Pierre L'Ecuyer received the Outstanding Simulation Publication Award during the 2018 Winter Simulation Conference that took place at Gothenburg, Sweden, in December 2018.
The selection committee gave this award to Boris N. Oreshkin, Nazim Réegnard, and Pierre L’Ecuyer for their paper: Rate-Based Daily Arrival Process Models with Application to Call Centers, Operations Research 64 (2) 510–527, 2016.
We are proud to announce that Mr. Utsav Sadana, candidate presented by Georges Zaccour and Mr. Mohammad Afshari, candidate presented by Aditya Mahajan are the winners of the 2018-2019 – FRQNT International Internship Program.
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Title : Integrated crew pairing and personalized crew assignment problems for pilots and copilots simultaneously
Full Professor Gilbert Laporte has been made a member of the Order of Canada, in recognition of his contributions to the advancement of decision science and the development of new methods in operational research. This is one of our country's highest civilian honours.
The announcement was made on December 27 by Governor General Julie Payette. Professor Laporte will be invited to receive his insignia at a ceremony on a later date. "Created in 1967, the Order honours people whose service shapes our society; whose innovations ignite our imaginations; and whose compassion unites our communities," explains the press release issued to announce the new appointments. "Close to 7,000 people from all sectors of society have been invested into the Order."
The last issue of the Newsletter is now available. Enjoy!
Title: Méthodes de décomposition pour la parallélisation du simplexe en nombres entiers
The Polytechnique Montréal administration is proud to be awarding the Order of the White Rose scholarship today to Viviane Aubin, a MSc student under the supervision of Miguel F. Anjos. This $30,000 scholarship created in 2014 is awarded annually to a Canadian woman engineering student who plans to enrol in graduate studies in this field, in Canada or elsewhere in the world.
Title: Agrégation d’un grand nombre de petites charges en incluant l’incertitude de la disponibilité des ressources
HEC Montréal has saluted the exceptional career and teaching contribution of Professor Michèle Breton, by giving her the Jean-Guertin Award for Teaching Excellence at the annual award ceremony on November 28.
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This year’s Pierre Laurin Award, recognizing the recipient’s research excellence and contribution to the scientific reputation of HEC Montréal, has been given to Jean-François Cordeau. He received this distinction on November 28, at the HEC Montréal’s annual award ceremony.
Lê Nguyên Hoang, a student who obtained his PhD in January 2015 under the direction of Mr. François soumis and Mr. Georges Zaccour, publishes a book La formule du savoir.
Title: Individual Treatment Effect Estimation for Survival Data
Title: Placement et chainage dynamique de fonctions réseau sur multiples centres de données
Gilbert Laporte received the 2018 Marie-Victorin Award. The 2018 Quebec Awards ceremony was held on November 21 at the Parliament Building.
Title: Three essays on nonparametric prediction intervals and robust variable selection
Professor Yossiri Adulyasak have been appointed to hold the Canada Research Chair in Supply Chain Analytics.
The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, federal Minister of Science and Sport, made the official announcement on November 13, when she revealed the details of the Canada Research Chairs Program. The chair will receive $100,000 in annual funding over a renewable five-year period.
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.
On October 29th, the 3rd edition of the GERAD Day was held for members and students of GERAD only. For this occasion, five GERAD members made a presentation on their research interests. They were Daniel Aloise and Michel F. Anjos (Polytechnique Montréal), Yang Cai, James Richard Forbes and Christian Genest (McGill University) and Sara Séguin (UQAC). The day attracted more than 80 people.
Thank you all for your participation!
