Maxime Cohen

Maxime C. Cohen Associate Professor, McGill University Co-Director, McGill Retail Innovation Lab Bensadoun Faculty Scholar Associate Member, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (by courtesy) Member of CIRRELT Advisor @ Sarona Ventures Data Science and AI @ Conflict Analytics Lab and @ MyOpenCourt.org

About

I am an Associate Professor of Retail Management and Operations Management, the co-director of the McGill Retail Innovation Lab, and a Bensadoun Faculty Scholar at McGill University. 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. Besides university teaching and academic research, I am actively advising corporations and startups on topics related to pricing, retail, and data science.

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, and social networks. I have collaborated with different companies including Google, Waze, Oracle Retail, IBM Research, Via (ride-sharing), Spotify, Aldo Group, Couche-Tard/Circle K, Cargo, Staples as well as several retailers and 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.

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