Quentin Cappart

Quentin Cappart is an Associate Professor at Polytechnique Montréal since 2020, specializing in artificial intelligence, combinatorial optimization, and constraint programming. His work integrates machine learning and operations research to solve complex industrial problems, particularly in transportation, logistics, and healthcare.

Affiliations:

• Co-founder and Head of the Combinatorial Optimization and Reasoning in Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CORAIL)
• Interuniversity Research Centre on Enterprise Networks, Logistics and Transportation (CIRRELT)
• IVADO researcher
• Affiliate member of MILA
• Researcher at IMC2 institute

Research focus: Hybrid algorithms combining logical reasoning, machine learning, and operations research to enhance decision-making tools. His group emphasizes accessibility for non-experts and small companies.

Scientific Awards:

• 2025: Early Career Engineer Award (Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec)
• 2025: Early Career Professor Award (Polytechnique Montréal)
• 2025: Prix Méritas (Polytechnique Montréal)
• 2024: Early Career Researcher Award (ACP)
• 2024: Best Paper Award (ACP Machine Learning track)
• 2023: Winning approach for Citylearn challenge (NeurIPS)

Teaching: Courses include INF8175: Artificial intelligence - methods and algorithms and INF6102: Local search and metaheuristics. He also teaches at ACP Summer/Winter Schools.