Ben Ali, Mahaمشاهده پروفایل
دانشیار
Maha Ben Ali is an Associate Professor at the Department of Mathematical and Industrial Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal. She is also an Adjunct Professor at Université Laval and a member of the Interuniversity Research Centre on Enterprise Networks, Logistics and Transportation (CIRRELT) and the Laboratoire Poly-Industries 4.0 . Education: Bachelor’s in Industrial Engineering, École Nationale des Ingénieurs de Tunis M.Sc. in Industrial Systems Engineering, École Nationale des Ingénieurs de Tunis M.Sc./Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Industrial concentration), Université Laval Research Interests focus on Industrial Engineering , with emphasis on Demand Management , Supply Chain Optimization , Simulation Modeling , Industry 4.0 , and Data Valorization . Her work combines Operations Research with Machine Learning to solve complex production and logistics challenges, particularly in softwood lumber and bioethanol supply chains . Publications (34 total) include studies on reinforcement learning for demand-driven systems, hybrid recommendation systems in B2B contexts, and symbiotic bioethanol network design . She has presented at conferences like the Winter Simulation Conference and IISE Annual Conference . Scientific Awards: Best paper – CIGI-QUALITA-MOSIM 2023 David Martell Student Paper Prize in Forestry – CORS 2018 NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship FRQNT Doctoral scholarship Fast-tracking scholarship Teaching includes courses like Production and Inventory Planning , Simulation of Production Systems , and Logistic Networks . She has supervised 9 completed Master’s theses on topics ranging from multi-project scheduling to CO₂ emission reduction in freight transportation .










