Gilles Savard

Member, GERAD

Professeur, Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal

gilles.savard@gerad.ca

gilles.savard@polymtl.ca

Phone: 514 340-4943

Other titles and affiliations

Jan 2022 – Aug 2022

Interim President , Polytechnique Montréal

Oct 2021 – Jan 2022

Acting President, Polytechnique Montréal

Jan 2017 – Jul 2021

Director, IVADO - Research, training and knowledge mobilization consortium in artificial intelligence

Research Axes

Axis 1: Data valuation for decision making
Axis 2: Decision support made in complex systems

Research Applications

Energy, environment and natural resources
Smart infrastructure (telecommunications, public transport, smart cities)

Publications

Jul 2025

Bidding in day-ahead electricity markets: A dynamic programming framework

Jérôme De Boeck, Bernard Fortz, Martine Labbé, Étienne Marcotte, Patrice Marcotte, and Gilles Savard

Computers & Operations Research, 179, Paper no: 107024, 2025 BibTeX reference

Oct 2021

Deep reinforcement learning boosting via action generation to solve large-size customer choice-based seat inventory control problem

Neda Etebari Alamdari and Gilles Savard

Journal of Revenue & Pricing Management, 20, 566–579, 2021 BibTeX reference

May 2021

Application of machine learning techniques in railway demand forecasting

Neda Etebari Alamdari, Miguel F. Anjos, and Gilles Savard

International Journal of Revenue Management, 12(1/2), 132–151, 2021 BibTeX reference

117 publications

News

GERAD members ranked among top scientists

Aug 25, 2025

Research.com, a leading academic platform for researchers, released in November 2024 the 4th edition of its ranking of the best scientists in several fields.

GERAD members ranked among top scientists

May 21, 2024

Research.com, a leading academic platform for researchers, released in November 2023 the 3rd edition of its ranking of the top 1000 scientists in several fields.

GERAD members ranked among top scientists

May 24, 2023

Research.com, a leading academic platform for researchers, released in December 2022 the 2nd edition of its ranking of the top 1000 scientists in several fields.

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Events

Jul 21 — 26, 2024

25th International Symposium on Mathematical Programming (ISMP 2024)

Conference

Palais des congrès de Montréal

Prizes and awards

2022

Professor among the top scientists in the fields of mathematics and computer science

Research.com

2022

Tribute Award, Strategic Forum on AI, Montréal

2018

Badge Chevalier

Order of Academic Palms - Ministry of National education (France)

2017

Innovation Personality Award

Association for the Development of Research and Innovation in Quebec (ADRIQ)

Supervision

Neda Etebari Alamdari Ph.D.

Greta Laage Ph.D.

Neda Etebari Alamdari Master's degree

Greta Laage Master's degree

Thibault Barbier Ph.D.

Hassan Rahnama Master's degree

Shadi Sharif Azadeh Postdoctoral research

François Gilbert Postdoctoral research

Sezin Afsar Ph.D.

All supervisions (31)