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Gilles Savard is a Full Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal. He serves as Director General of the Institute for Data Valorization (IVADO), a position he held until July 2021 when Luc Vinet succeeded him. He is also a member of the Research Group in Decision Analysis (GERAD) and the Interuniversity Research Center on Enterprise Networks, Logistics and Transportation (CIRRELT). In October 2021, he was appointed Acting President of Polytechnique Montréal.
His research spans operations research, revenue management, and mathematical optimization with applications in transportation networks, energy systems, and logistics. He has made significant contributions to bilevel programming, network pricing, demand forecasting, and combinatorial optimization. His work bridges theoretical advances in mathematical programming with practical applications in revenue management systems across transportation and energy sectors.
Analysis of his recent publications reveals a strong focus on integrating machine learning techniques with traditional optimization methods for revenue management problems. His work increasingly addresses smart grid optimization and energy market applications while maintaining core expertise in transportation revenue systems. The publications demonstrate sophisticated use of bilevel programming frameworks to model complex decision hierarchies in pricing problems.
- Order of Academic Palms from the French Ministry of National Education (2018)
- Innovation Personality Award from ADRIQ (2017)
Professor Savard has supervised 23 PhD students and 28 Master's students throughout his career, with research spanning revenue management, transportation optimization, bilevel programming, and energy systems. His students have addressed problems in airline revenue management, railway demand forecasting, media placement optimization, and inventory management. He has participated in numerous research projects related to transportation networks, smart grid systems, and revenue optimization frameworks. Professor Savard has been instrumental in establishing Montreal as a hub for artificial intelligence research through his leadership at IVADO.
