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Jean-Yves Potvin is a Full Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Operations Research at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Université de Montréal. He focuses on integrating operations research and artificial intelligence techniques to solve complex transportation and telecommunications problems.
- Role: Full Professor
- Affiliation: Université de Montréal, CIRRELT, OPTIM
- Contact: jean-yves.potvin@umontreal.ca, potvin@iro.umontreal.ca, Jean-Yves.Potvin@cirrelt.ca
Research Interests: Potvin specializes in combinatorial optimization and vehicle routing with time-dependent constraints. He develops metaheuristics like tabu search and genetic algorithms for real-time applications, particularly in dynamic vehicle dispatching and network design.
Article Trends: Recent publications focus on time-dependent vehicle routing, technician scheduling with multiple constraints, and parallel implementations for efficiency. Key areas include workload equity, stochastic item routing, and real-time adjustments using machine learning.
Grants and Projects: He has been involved in several funded projects related to vehicle routing, network design, and telecommunications expansion, supported by organizations like NSERC and FRQNT.
Labs and Teams: Potvin is affiliated with CIRRELT (Interuniversity Research Centre on Enterprise Networks, Logistics, and Transport) and OPTIM (Optimization Simulation Laboratory).




