Thesis title: O
ptimization and Simulation for Behavioural Revenue Management. Dr Barbier was awarded a BMP Innovation Scholarship jointly by NSERC and FRQNT for 2014-2017 with ExPretio Technologies Inc. as the industrial partner. He
is now a Senior Scientist at ExPretio Technologies Inc. Thesis title: Mixed-Integer Programming Approaches for Generator Maintenance Scheduling in Hydropower Systems. Dr Rodríguez Sarasty was awarded a Mitacs Accelerate Internship for 2016-2017, in partnership with Rio Tinto. He is pursuing postdoctoral research at HEC Montreal. Thesis title: Global Optimization of the Max-k-Cut Problem. After graduating,
Dr Rodrigues de Sousa pursued postdoctoral research at Polytechnique Montreal.
Thesis title: User-oriented demand response for smart buildings. Dr Gómez Herrera is now a research associate at Polytechnique Montreal.
- Adham Ismail (PhD in Industrial Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, 2016)
Thesis title: Lissage optimal de la charge électrique en présence de sources d’énergies renouvelables via le pilotage de la consommation des chauffe-eau. Dr Ismail is now Technical Lead (Operations Research) at Kronos Inc.
Thesis title: Semidefinite Programming Approaches and Software Tools for Quadratic Programs with Linear Complementarity Constraints.
Dr Gillett is now a Senior Data Scientist at Shopify.
- Elspeth Adams (PhD in Engineering Mathematics, Polytechnique Montreal, 2015)
Thesis title: A Novel Approach to Tightening Semidefinite Relaxations for Certain Combinatorial Problems. This thesis was nominated for the Best Thesis Prize at Polytechnique Montreal, and Dr Adams was a member of the Polytechnique team that placed second at the MOPTA 2014 Competition. She is now a Senior Analyst at Electronic Arts.
- Bissan Ghaddar (PhD in Management Sciences, University of Waterloo, 2011)
Thesis title: New Conic Optimization Techniques for Solving Binary Polynomial Programming Problems. Dr Ghaddar was awarded an NSERC CGS for 2009-2011, and Ontario Graduate Scholarships (OGS) for 2007-2008 and 2008-2009. She was awarded the Fraser Research Prize 2008 for the Best Research Paper by a graduate student in the Department of Management Sciences at the University of Waterloo. She was also a member of the Waterloo team that won the CORS 2008 SIMUL8 Simulation Competition. She is now an Assistant Professor of Management Science at the Ivey Business School.
- Chaomin Luo (PhD in Electrical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2008)
Thesis title: Novel Convex Optimization Techniques for VLSI Floorplanning. Dr Luo was awarded an NSERC Doctoral Scholarship for 2003-2005, and an Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) for 2005-2006. He was awarded the SWORD 2007 Best Presentation Award for the talk entitled Large-Scale Fixed-Outline Floorplanning Design Using Convex Optimization Techniques. He is now an Associate Professor at
Mississippi State University.
- Andrew Drake (PhD in Operational Research, University of Southampton, 2009)
Thesis title: Approaches for Solving Some Scheduling and Routing Problems. Dr Drake was supported by a scholarship from
EPSRC. After graduating, he was hired as a Researcher at the University of Southampton.
Masters Students
- Émilie Chénier (MScA in Energy Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, 2018)
After graduating, Ms Chénier was hired by ENERCON.
- Rachel Stephenson (MSc in Operational Research, University of Edinburgh, 2017)
- Diego Beas Lagos (MSc in Operational Research, University of Edinburgh, 2017)
- Xiaoxi Xu (MScA in Applied Mathematics, Polytechnique Montreal, 2013)
After graduating, Ms Xu was hired as an Analyst by GIRO.
- Thibault Barbier (MScA in Applied Mathematics, Polytechnique Montreal, 2013)
Dr Barbier is now a Senior Scientist at ExPretio Technologies Inc.
- Giuseppe Costanzo (MScA in Electrical Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, 2011)
Dr Costanzo subsequently completed a PhD at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and is now an R&D Engineer at ETEL S.A.
- Uwe Truetsch (Diplom Wirtschaftsmathematik, University of Cologne, 2010)
After graduating, Dr Truetsch completed a PhD at the University of Tilburg, The Netherlands.
- Jie Hu (MASc in Management Sciences, University of Waterloo, 2011)
After graduating, Mr Hu was hired as a Business Analyst by Canadian Tire.
- Sabrina Bernardi (MMath in Computational Mathematics, University of Waterloo, 2010)
Ms Bernardi was awarded an Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) for 2009-2010. She received the Best Presentation Prize in Computational Mathematics for 2010. After graduating, she was hired as a Business Application Analyst by One-Eighty Corp.
- Elspeth Adams (MASc in Management Sciences, University of Waterloo, 2010)
Ms Adams was awarded an Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) for 2009-2010. After graduating, she completed a PhD at Polytechnique Montreal under my supervision.
- Jason Landry (MASc in Management Sciences, University of Waterloo, 2009)
Mr Landry was awarded an NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship for 2007-2009. After graduating, he was hired as an Analyst by Concentra (UK).
- Ginger Yen (MASc in Management Sciences, University of Waterloo, 2008)
Ms Yen was awarded an Ontario Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (OGSST) for May 2007 - August 2008. After graduating, she was hired as an Analyst by IMS Health.
- Bryan Leung (MASc in Management Sciences, University of Waterloo, 2008)
Mr Leung was awarded an Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) for 2006-2007. After graduating, he was hired by Ontario Power Generation Inc.
- Ibolya Jankovits (MASc in Management Sciences, University of Waterloo, 2007)
Ms Jankovits was awarded an Ontario Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (OGSST) for 2005-2006, and an Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) for 2006-2007. After graduating, she was hired as a System Analyst for Deloitte.
- Bissan Ghaddar (MASc in Management Sciences, University of Waterloo, 2007).
Ms Ghaddar was awarded the Annual Clough Memorial Award 2006 and the El-Gabbani Annual Scholarship 2006, both from the Department of Management Sciences at the University of Waterloo, in recognition of superior scholarship. After graduating, she completed her PhD under my supervision.
- Jonathan Hall (MSc in Operational Research, University of Southampton, 2003)
After graduating, Mr Hall was hired as an Operations Research Analyst by Scott Wilson (UK).
Research Internship Students
- Vilmar Jefté Rodrigues de Sousa (ISIMA, Université Blaise Pascal), April-August 2014
The internship of Mr de Sousa was supported by a Visiting Undergraduate Trainee Scholarship from GERAD.
- Tristan Rigaut (ENSTA ParisTech), April-October 2014
- Quentin Laudereau (Ecole Polytechnique Paris), April-July 2014
- Dorien Meijer Cluwen (University of Twente), August-December 2013
- Monishaa Manickavasagam (University of Calgary), October-December 2013
The internship of Ms Manickavasagam was supported by a full scholarship from the Fonds de recherche du Quebec -- Nature et technologies (FRQNT).
Undergraduate Researchers
- Guillaume Baggio Ferla, undergraduate research assistant, October 2016 - April 2017.
Mr Baggio Ferla was awarded a competitive Unité de participation et d'initiation à la recherche (UPIR) undergraduate research scholarship by Polytechnique Montreal.
- Frédéric Ebacher, undergraduate research assistant, October 2014-April 2015
Mr Ebacher was awarded a competitive Unité de participation et d'initiation à la recherche (UPIR) undergraduate research scholarship by Polytechnique Montreal.