Maxime Cohen

Maxime C. Cohen Professor, McGill University Co-Director, Retail Innovation Lab Bensadoun Faculty Scholar Associate Member, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (by courtesy) Member of CIRRELT Scientific Advisor in AI and Data Science @ IVADO Labs Associate Director for Strategy and Partnership @ Conflict Analytics Lab Scientific Director @ MyOpenCourt.org Advisor @ Sarona Ventures New Book: "Demand Prediction in Retail - A Practical Guide to Leverage Data and Predictive Analytics," Springer Series in Supply Chain Management (launching end of 2021)

About

I am a Professor of Retail and Operations Management, co-director of the Retail Innovation Lab, and a Bensadoun Faculty Scholar at McGill University. I am also a Scientific Advisor in AI and Data Science at IVADO Labs and a Scientific Director at the non-profit MyOpenCourt.org. Before joining McGill, I was an Assistant Professor of Technology, Operations, and Statistics at NYU Stern and a Research Scientist at Google AI. I previously worked as a high-frequency trader and co-founded a real estate investment company.

My core expertise lies at the intersection of data science and operations management. I have worked on retail, ride-sharing, airline, sustainability, cloud computing, online advertising, peer-to-peer lending, real estate, and conflict analytics. I have collaborated with many companies including Google, Waze, Oracle Retail, IBM Research, Via (ride-sharing), Spotify, Aldo Group, Couche-Tard/Circle K, Cargo, and Staples and I serve on the advisory board of several startups. In each project, I have worked closely with the company to develop solutions using tools such as optimization, machine learning, stochastic modeling, econometrics, game theory, and field experiments.

I serve as an Associate Editor for Management Science and for M&SOM, a Senior Editor for Production and Operations Management, and an Advisor for Management and Business Review. I have also served as a guest Associate Editor for NRL.

Ph.D., Operations Research, MIT

M.S., Electrical Engineering, Technion

B.S., Aerospace Engineering, Technion

Contact

Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University
1001 Sherbrooke St W, Montreal, QC H3A 1G5