Concours du meilleur article par un étudiant de la SCRO

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Chaque année, la Société canadienne de recherche opérationnelle organise un concours du meilleur article par un étudiant pour souligner la contribution d’un article, soit directement au domaine de la recherche opérationnelle par le développement d'une méthodologie, soit à une autre discipline par une application de recherche opérationnelle. Le concours permet de faire valoir la grande qualité de l’enseignement en RO et le haut niveau d’excellence de la nouvelle génération de chercheurs opérationnels au Canada. Les prix sont décernés dans deux catégories : Niveau baccalauréat et Ouvert à tous.

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Lauréats du Concours du meilleur article par un étudiant

2024

Ouvert à tous

Premier prix: "Online Stochastic Optimization for Real-Time Transfer Synchronization in Public Transportation Networks"

Laura Kolcheva (Polytechnique Montréal)

Mention honorable: "Reducing Diagnostic Imaging Wait Times: Lessons from a Large-Scale Empirical Analysis"

Benjamin Ravenscroft (University of Waterloo)

Niveau baccalauréat

Premier prix: "Inventory Slotting Optimization for Stable Palletization in Distribution Centres"

Claudia De Fazio, Anika Gapczynski, Chloe Pilon, Kayley Brash, Michaela Trevisan (U of Waterloo)

2023

Ouvert à tous

Premier prix: "Learning Consumer Preferences from Bundle Sales Data"

Setareh Farajollahzadeh (University of Toronto)

Mention honorable: "Capacity Planning in Stable Matching: An Application to School Choice"

Federico Bobbio (University of Montreal)

Mention honorable: "A Machine Learning Approach to Solving Large Bilevel and Stochastic Programs: Application to Cycling Network Design"

Bo Lin (University of Toronto)

Niveau baccalauréat

Premier prix: "A Time-Discretized Mathematical Model and Heuristic for Breast Cancer Radiotherapy"

Scholar Sun (University of Waterloo)

Mention honorable: "Optimizing Product Allocation for Grocery E-Commerce Fulfillment"

Jenya Sourgaeva, Angelika Nowlan, Sanjay Alwani, Weiyi Liu (Simon Fraser University)

2022

Ouvert à tous

Premier prix: "Inverse Mixed Integer Optimization: Polyhedral Insights and Trust Region Methods"

Ian Yihang Zhu

(University of Toronto)
Mention honorable: "Model-Free Assortment Pricing with Transaction Data"

Saman Lagzi

(University of Toronto)

Niveau baccalauréat

Premier prix: "Miss It Like Messi: Extracting a Signal from Off-Target Shots in Soccer"

Ethan Baron

(University of Toronto)
Mention honorable: "The Vehicle Routing Problem for E-Commerce Grocery Delivery"

Kevin He, Lacey Liang, Sherlyn Ng, Viet Trinh, Ashutosh Dubal

(Simon Fraser University)
2021

Ouvert à tous

Premier prix: "An Inverse Optimization Approach to Measuring Clinical Pathway Concordance"

Nasrin Yousefi

(University of Toronto)
Mention honorable: "Heatmap design for crowdsourced delivery"

Aliaa Alnaggar

(University of Waterloo)

Niveau baccalauréat

Premier prix: "A Vehicle Routing Problem for Livestock Feed Distribution"

Theodore Morissette, Eric Entz, Andrew Veldhuis, Razi Sayed

(University of Waterloo)
Premier prix: "Static bike relocation optimization applied to Montreal's BIXI bike sharing system"

Imad Mechmachi, Philippe Lavoie, Reda Kzaz, Jean-Yves Potvin

(Université de Montréal)
2020

Ouvert à tous

Premier prix: "A Combinatorial Cut-and-Lift Procedure with an Application to 0-1 Chance Constraints"

Margarita Castro

(University of Toronto)

Niveau baccalauréat

Premier prix: "Smart Scheduling Tool: Improvement of Elementary School Timetables"

Sarah McCurdy, Meghan Stronach, Allison Jacobs, Alyssa Hopkins

(University of Waterloo)
Mention honorable: "Implementing Constraint Generation Methods for Solving Large-scale IMRT Treatment Optimization Problems"

Lucy Fountain

(University of Waterloo)
2019

Ouvert à tous

Premier prix: "Tight-and-cheap conic relaxation for the AC optimal power flow problem"

Christian Bingane, Miguel Anjos, Sébastien Le Digabel

(Polytechnique Montreal)
Mention honorable: "Calculus Identities for Generalized Simplex Gradients: Rules and Applications"

Gabriel Jarry-Bolduc, Warren Hare

(University of British Columbia)

Niveau baccalauréat

Premier prix: "Optimal Re-allocation of Pay and Display Machines for Toronto Parking Authority"

Milan Kaur, Mandeep Hanspal, Jui Champaneri, Sathana Srikanthan

(University of Waterloo)
2018

Ouvert à tous

Premier prix: "Spatial separability in hub location problems with an application to brain connectivity networks"

Taghi Khaniyev

(University of Waterloo)
Mention honorable: "UAV Service with Competition under Technological and Regulatory Limitations"

Gohram Baloch

(University of Waterloo)
Mention honorable: "Multiple Observations and Goodness of Fit in Generalized Inverse Optimization"

Rafid Mahmood

(University of Toronto)

Niveau baccalauréat

Premier prix: "The Walking School Bus Routing Problem"

Negin Bolkhanian, Matthew Reyers

(Simon Fraser University)
Mention honorable: "Evaluating NFL Game States using a Markov Reward Process"

Craig Fernandes

(University of Toronto)
2017

Ouvert à tous

Premier prix: "Vehicle Routing Problems with Synchronized Visits and Stochastic/Time-Dependent Travel and Service Times: Applications in Healthcare"

Seyed Doulabi

(École Polytechnique de Montréal)
Deuxième prix: "Optimal Vaccine Administration Policies Using Multi-dose Vials of Different Sizes"

Gizem Nemutlu

(University of Waterloo)

Niveau baccalauréat

Premier prix: "End-to-End Analytics: Wait Time Management of Ontario MRI Services"

Alexandra Hayes, Christian Gould, Kevin Chu, Srikajan Santhirakumaran

(University of Waterloo)
2016

Ouvert à tous

Premier prix: "Dynamic Type Matching"

Yun Zhou

(University of Toronto)
Mention honorable: "The Value of Flexibility in Robust Location-Transportation Problems"

Amir Ardestani-Jaafari

(HEC Montréal)
Mention honorable: "Cold supply chain design with environmental considerations: A simulation-optimization approach"

Ahmed Saif

(University of Waterloo)

Niveau baccalauréat

Premier prix: "To Drone or Not to Drone: Investigating Drone Deliveries"

Taha Mirza, Rupan Dandiwal, Shayan Altaf, Brady Lee

(University of Waterloo)
Mention honorable: "A Queueing Network Model for Refugee Language Courses in Vancouver"

Oshane Jackson, Ismael Martinez

(Simon Fraser University)
Mention honorable: "Reducing Blood Distribution Costs for Canadian Blood Services"

Brianna Horton, Constance Gervais, Danielle Shawcross, Juliana Gonzalez

(University of Waterloo)
2015

Ouvert à tous

Premier prix: "Modeling Yellow and Red Alert Durations for Ambulance Systems"

Amir Rastpour

(University of Alberta)
Mention honorable: "Coalitional Operating Room Planning and Scheduling"

Vahid Roshanaei

(University of Toronto)

Niveau baccalauréat

Premier prix: "Redesigning Fischer Canada's Facility Layout and Scheduling Operations"

Zahra Bodla, Ahad Ismail, Ra'd Daoud, AbdulRehman Shaheen

(University of Waterloo)
Mention honorable: "Feeding Iqaluit: A Consolidated Shipment Ordering System"

Jordan Moreau, Ian Gresel, Andrew Scott, Mohamed-Akeel R. Hasham

(University of Waterloo)
2014

Ouvert à tous

Premier prix: "Robust Facility Location Under Demand Location Uncertainty"

Auyon A. Siddiq

(University of Toronto)
Mention honorable: "Allocation Policies in Blood Transfusion"

Vahid Sarhangian

(University of Toronto)

Niveau baccalauréat

Premier prix: "Selecting Optimal Tolling Levels: A Case Study for the Fraser River in the Greater Vancouver Area"

Kishley Bhalla, Craig Mathews, W Brett Robinson, Katie Sclater

(Simon Fraser University)
Mention honorable: "Optimal Locations of Telecommunication Equipment: A Case Study for the City of Richmond, British Columbia, Canada"

Nicole Mo, Alborz Namazi, Joyce Tai, Eric Yuen

(Simon Fraser University)
2013

Ouvert à tous

Premier prix: "Generalized Inverse Multi Objective Optimization with Application to Cancer Therapy"

Taewoo Lee

(University of Toronto)
Mention honorable: "Bayesian control chart for multi-state processes in infinite horizon"

Jue Wang

(University of Toronto)

Niveau baccalauréat

Premier prix: "Selecting Optimal Locations of Food Trucks:A Case Study for the City of Vancouver"

Benny Wai, Alex Liu, Lawrence Huen

(Simon Fraser University)
Mention honorable: "The University Course Selection Problem: Efficient Models and Experimental Analysis"

Bo Chen, Luheng Wang, Wenjiao Chen, Xiao Luo

(Simon Fraser University)
2012

Ouvert à tous

Premier prix: "Joint Optimization of Sampling and Control of Partially Observable Failing Systems"

Michael Jong Kim

(University of Toronto)
Mention honorable: "Adaptive and robust radiation therapy optimization for lung cancer"

Velibor Misic

(University of Toronto)

Niveau baccalauréat

Premier prix: "The TA assignment problem with open tutorials"

Issac He, Mark Strange, Hans Aisake

(Simon Fraser University)
Mention honorable: "Intersection Optimization Analysis: Cambie & W. Broadway, Vancouver"

Sam Maggs, Michelle Leung, Svyatoslav Glazyrin

(Simon Fraser University)
2011

Ouvert à tous

Premier prix: "Portfolio Selection under Model Uncertainty: A Penalized Moment-Based Optimization Approach"

Jonathan Y. Li

(University of Toronto)
Mention honorable: "The development and application of a new simulation model for multi-agricultural biomass"

Mahmood Ebadian

(University of British Columbia)

Niveau baccalauréat

Premier prix: "Staffing Requirements Based on Stochastic Arrivals and Infinite Server Model (M/M/s)"

Shuang E, Derek Hewitt, Jenny Morrow, Scott Van Bolhuis

(University of Alberta)
2010

Ouvert à tous

Premier prix: "A Markov Chain Model for the Performance of an EMS System with Repositioning"

Ramon Alanis

(School of Business, University of Alberta)
Mention honorable: "New Relaxations for Binary Quadratic Problems Using Second-Order Cone Programming"

Bissan Ghaddar

(Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo)
Mention honorable: "A New Class of Neighborhood Path-Following Interior Point Algorithms for Semidefinite Optimization with O(√nlog(Tr(X0S0)/ε)) Iteration Complexity"

Yang Li

(Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster University)

Niveau baccalauréat

Premier prix: "Community Facility Services: Drive Time and Market Share Analysis"

Erin Hrycyschyn, Felicia Ng, Brent Ouwerkerk, Jimmie Tom, Sean Tomilin

(University of Alberta)
2009

Ouvert à tous

Premier prix: "Product Differentiation and Operations Strategy in a Competitive Market"

Sachin Jayaswa

(Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo)
Mention honorable: "Fuzzy Hierarchical Production Planning"

Mahmood Ebadian

(Department of Wood Science, University of British Columbia)
Mention honorable: "Appointment Scheduling with Discrete Random Durations"

Mehmet A. Begen

(Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia)

Niveau baccalauréat

Premier prix: "Robust Portfolio Selection for Index Tracking"

Chen Chen

(Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto)
Mention honorable: "Production Facility Optimization"

Maxine Cunningham, John Schmidt, Jonathon Braamms

(School of Business, University of Alberta)
Mention honorable: "Disabled Adult Transit Service –Optimal Shift Design and Demand"

Mike Clay, Yvan Fortier, Chris Samuel

(School of Business, University of Alberta)
2008

Ouvert à tous

Premier prix: "Supply Chain Coordination Through Pricing and Bundling"

Chirag Surti

(DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University)
Mention honorable: "Product Differentiation & Operations Strategy in a Capacitated Environment"

Sachin Jayaswal

(Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo)
Mention honorable: "A Nested Benders Decomposition Approach for Optimal W-CDMA Telecommunication Network Planning"

Joe Naoum-Sawaya

( Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo)

Niveau baccalauréat

Premier prix:
Non attribué
Mention honorable: "ETS Customer Service Standards"

Angela Kercher, Arthur Lee, Shawn Halvorson

(School of Business, University of Alberta)
Mention honorable: "Optimization of Transit Services – Through Class Scheduling"

Sterling Todd Keys, Sean Lelacheur, Greg Ninowsky

(School of Business, University of Alberta)
2007

Ouvert à tous

Premier prix: "Optimal Release of Inventory Using Online Auctions: The Two Item Case"

Fredik Odegaard

(Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia)
Mention honorable: "A Theoretical Comparison of Feasibility Cuts for the Integrated Aircraft Routing and Crew Pairing Problem"

Anne Mercier

(CRT, Universite de Montreal)
Mention honorable: "Response Time Reduction in Make-to-Order and Assemble-to-Order Supply Chain Design"

Navneet Vidyarthi

(Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo)

Niveau baccalauréat

Premier prix: "Capital Health: Forecasting Demand Beyond Population Growth of MRI / CT / Ultrasound"

Allison Bouthillier, Amanda Meleshko, Peter Wares

(University of Alberta School of Business)
Mention honorable: "Simple Solutions: Inbound Truck Scheduling"

Kieran Ryan, Stewart Wilson

(University of Alberta School of Business)
2006

Ouvert à tous

Premier prix: "A Robust Approach to IMRT Optimization"

Timothy C Y Chan

(Operations Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Mention honorable: "L’optimisation du transport dans l’industrie forestière"

Catherine Gingras

(HEC Montréal)
Mention honorable: "Incorporating Employee Satisfaction in Workforce Scheduling and Rostering"

Yong Yue Li

(University of Alberta School of Business)

Niveau baccalauréat

Premier prix: "Fountain Tire: British Columbia Retreading Plant Location"

David Mann, Anh Nguyen, Sean O’Donnell

(University of Alberta School of Business)
Mention honorable: "Vendor Performance Evaluation and Cart & Warehouse Reorder Point Analysis"

Megan Inglis, Jen Tyrkalo, Jillene Wiebe, Mark Zschocke

(University of Alberta School of Business)
2005

Ouvert à tous

Premier prix: "Improving Resource Utilization for Diagnostic Services Through Flexible Inpatient Scheduling"

Jonathan Patrick

(University of British Columbia)
Mention honorable: "A simplex Algorithm For Piecewise-Linear Fractional Programming Problems"

Pooja Pandey

(University of New Brunswick (Saint John))
Mention honorable: "A Tactical Planning Model for the Railroad Transportation of Mixed Freight"

Manish Verma

(Memorial University)

Niveau baccalauréat

Premier prix: "Dynamic Simulation for Rail and Terminal Services Used in Sulphur Distribution"

Chelsea Baron, Jennifer Der, Lukas Deeg, Mark Zschocke

(University of Alberta)
Premier prix: "A Heuristic for Solving the Bottleneck Traveling Salesman Problem"

John LaRusic

(University of New Brunswick (Fredericton))
2004

Ouvert à tous

Premier prix: "Sensitivity Analysis in Convex Quadratic Optimization: Simultaneous Perturbation of the Objective and Right-Hand-Side Vectors"

Oleksandr Romanko

(M.Sc., McMaster)
Mention honorable: "New solvable cases of the traveling salesman problem on permuted Monge matrices"

Zhihui Xue

Mention honorable: "La localisation de centres de tri de colis chez Postes Canada"

Rémy Monfet

Niveau baccalauréat

Premier prix: "TELUS Operator Services Estimation Tool Project"

Alden Christianson, Wilson Mok, Gabriel Wong, Kelly O’Byrne

Mention honorable: "Standards for Prostate Treatment in Alberta"

Daniel Bowker, Jared Poplawski, Scott Knibbs

(University of Alberta)
2003

Ouvert à tous

Premier prix: "Real Options Valuation and Optimal Operation of Electrical Power Plants in Competitive Markets"

Matt Thompson

(Ph.D., Western Ontario)
Mention honorable: "Exact solution of the centralized network design problem on directed graphs"

Fatma Gzara

(Ph.D., McGill)
Mention honorable: "Aggregate Logistics Optimization for a Large Beverage Company"

Ernest Hongtu Wu

(M.Sc, UBC)
Mention honorable: "Strategic Revenue Management Under Price and Seat Inventory Competition"

Xuan Zhao

(Ph.D., UBC)

Niveau baccalauréat

Premier prix: "Basis Identification Procedure"

Ayako Watanabe

(McMaster)
Mention honorable: "Improving Forecast Accuracy for Purolator Courier"

Adam Crowe, Andrea Denney, David Fath, Elaine Siu, Linda Tarshahani

(University of Alberta)
2002

Ouvert à tous

Premier prix: "A Continuous-Time Strategic Capacity Planning Model for Multi-Product, Multi-Machine Manufacturing Systems under Demand Uncertainties"

W.T. Huh, R.O. Roundy

(Cornell University)
Mention honorable: "A Compact Model and Tight Bounds for a Combined Location/Routing Problem"

M. Albareda-Sambola, J.A. Diaz, E. Fernandez

(CRT)
Mention honorable: "Designing Distribution Networks: Formulations and Solution Heuristic"

S. Lapierre, A.B. Ruiz, P. Soriano

(CRT)
Mention honorable: "A Penalty-Evaporation Heuristic in a Decomposition Method for the Maximum Clique Problem"

P. St-Louis, J.A. Ferland, B. Gendron

(University of Montreal)

Niveau baccalauréat

Premier prix: "Supporting Wood Supply Chain Decisions with Simulation for a Mill in Northern BC"

J.A. Myers

(University of New Brunswick)
Mention honorable: "Simulating a Job Shop: Metal Fabricators and Welding Ltd."

A. Benjamin, M. Noel, R. D'Ilio

(University of Alberta)
Mention honorable: "Resource Simulation at Air Canada"

K. Chong, M. Grewal, J. Loo

(University of Calgary)
Mention honorable: "Inventory Management and Reorder Point Analysis at the Edmonton Component Rebuild Center of Finning"

K. Bessette, J. Litchfield, J. Johnson, M. Riskin

(University of Alberta)
2001

Ouvert à tous

Premier prix: "The Integration of Interior-Point Cutting Plane Methods within Branch-and-Price Algorithms"

Samir Elhedhli

(Faculty of Management, McGill University, Montreal)
Mention honorable: "Le problème du postier chinois mixte avec pénalités pour les virages"

Nathalie Perrier

Mention honorable: "Developing an Airline Network Inventory Control Policy Using Markov Decision Processes and Simulation"

Kyle Biswanger

Niveau baccalauréat

Premier prix: "A Forest Landscape Generator"

Gregory Paradis

(Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, University of New Brunswick)
2000

Ouvert à tous

Premier prix:

Brian Denton

(Scheduling Start Times for Jobs With Uncertain Durations)
Mention honorable: "Cellular Manufacturing System Design: A Price-directed Decomposition and Genetic Algorithm Approach"

Aaron Luntala Nsakanda

Mention honorable: "Identifying High-Risk Claims within the Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia's Claim Inventory by using Logistic Regression Modelling"

Ernest Urbanovich

Niveau baccalauréat

Premier prix: "Cost-effective and Reliable Grinding Schedules for Inland Cement"

Joey Cherdarchuk, Shahnoor Lalani, Kimberley Mik, Thaddeus Sim

(University of Alberta)
Mention honorable: "Équilibrage d'une chaîne d'assemblage par Recherche Tabou"

Pascal Forget

1999

Ouvert à tous

Mention honorable: "A Markov Decision Process Model for Airline Meal Provisioning"

Jason H. Goto

Mention honorable: "A fast Algorithm to Minimize Makespan for the Two-Machine Flow-Shop Problem with Release Dates"

Jinliang Cheng, George Steiner, Paul Stephenson

Niveau baccalauréat

Premier prix: "TAU Utilities: Speciality Crew Location"

Chris Goodwin, Joanne Kok, Steve Kabanuk

(University of Alberta)
Mention honorable: "Locating a Meat Processing Plant in the Prairies"

Laura Morrison, Les Stelmach, Mark Gannon

1998

Ouvert à tous

Premier prix: "On the interaction of time and money invested in new ventures"

Moren Lévesque, Kenneth R. MacCrimmon

(University of British Columbia)
Mention honorable: " A goal programming approach to strategic resource allocation in acute care hospitals"

John T. Blake, Michael W. Carter

(University of Toronto)

Niveau baccalauréat

Premier prix: "Delivering results in the pizza industry"

Jay Baraniecki, Chris Neuman, Laura Morrison

(University of Alberta)
1997
"Topological Design of Two Level Telecommunication Networks with Modular Switches"

Steve Chamberland

(École Polytechnique de Montréal)
1996
"A mixed-integer, non-linear program for oil field production planning"

Bob Dawson

(University of Waterloo)
1995
"Application de la méthode de recherche avec tabous au tracé d'une ligne de métro"

Hélène Dufourd

(École Polytechnique de Montréal)
"Balancing Just-In-Time Production Units: The N U-Line Balancing Problem"

David Sparling

( McMaster University)
1994
"Bus garage location for the Vancouver Regional Transit System: A mixed integer programming analysis"

Keith Willoughby

(University of Calgary)
1987
"Bulk Milk Distribution in Cape Breton"

Mike MacDonald, Bernie Lee

(Technical University of Nova Scotia)