Laurent ALFANDARI

Professor
department: Information Systems, Data Analytics and Operations
Campus de Cergy
+33 (0)1 34 43 32 84
Decision Sciences – Operations Research – Scheduling, Queueing and Location Optimization – Supply Chain Management
Career
Biography

Laurent Alfandari is a Full Professor at ESSEC Business School, in the Information Systems, Decision Sciences and Statistics (IDS) Department. His research field is Operations Research and Decision analytics. He published book chapters and articles in international journals such as the European Journal of Operational Research, Annals of Operations Research, Computers and Operations Research, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Journal of Scheduling, Transportation Science, Transportation Research Part B, Omega, Theoretical Computer Science. He teaches Decision Analytics and Operations Research courses in various ESSEC Business School programs (Grande Ecole Master in Management, Executive MBA, Executive Education SCM programs, PhD). Until 2023 he was Academic Co-Director of the ESSEC-CentraleSupélec Master in Data Sciences & Business Analytics (#3 worldwide QS ranking 2023), and coordinator of the Operations & Data Analytics PhD concentration until 2021. He was also before the Academic Director of the ESSEC specialized master in Logistics and Supply Chain Management. He carried out consulting studies and industrial contracts for SNCF, Babcock-Wanson, ESSEC BS, Aid-Impact. He was a member of the research team ranked #4 for the ROADEF-EURO international Challenge proposed by EDF in 2010, and also participated to the 2012 Google Challenge. He was Vice-President of the French Society of Operations Research & Decision-Aid (ROADEF) from 2012 to 2015.

Certificates

  • 2010: International Teachers Program (ITP) (Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University United States of America)

Diplomas

  • 1999: Doctorate in Operations Research (Université Paris-Dauphine, PSL France)
  • 1995: Master of Research in Management Science (Université Paris-Dauphine, PSL France)
  • 1993: M.Sc in Management (Grande Ecole program) (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 1990: Bachelor in Mathematics & Social Sciences (Université Paris-Dauphine, PSL France)
Career
Other Academic Appointments
    • 2019 – 2023 : Academic co-director of ESSEC-CentraleSupélec Master in Data Sciences & Business Analytics (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 2018 – 2021 : Head of PhD concentration in Operations & Data Analytics (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 2013 – 2021 : Coordinator of MiM Business Analytics Methods track (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 2009 – 2011 : Academic director of ESSEC Master in Logistics & SCM (ESSEC Business School France)
Other appointments
    • 2012 – 2014 : Department head (IDS Department) (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 2002 – Now : Member of the LIPN Laboratory (Sorbonne Université France)
    • 1995 – 2002 : Member of the LAMSADE Laboratory (Université Paris-Dauphine, PSL France)
Full-time academic appointments
    • 2010 – Now : Professor (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 2007 – 2010 : Associate Professor (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 2000 – 2007 : Assistant Professor (ESSEC Business School France)
Professional appointments
    • 1993 : Consulting in Town Planning and Development of Specialized Retail (PROCOS France)
    • 1992 – Now : Audit reporter (TOTAL France)
    • 1992 : Management controller (Hachette France)
    • 1991 : Marketing (Hachette France)
Distinctions

Awards

  • 2020 : Teaching Awards ESSEC Top 4 Permanent Professors (ESSEC Business School, France)
Research

Journal articles

Book chapters

Presentations at an Academic or Professional conference

Working Papers

Teaching

Thesis co-director

  • 2020 : Exploring and optimizing data-drive service operations. (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 2012 – 2018 : Four essays on allocation problems in supply chain management (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 2014 : Solving strategic and tactical optimization problems in City Logistics (Université Sorbonne Paris Nord (XIII) France)
  • 2011 : Problèmes de couverture en nombres entiers: génération de colonnes, heuristiques d’approximation et schémas hybrides. Applications en transport ferroviaire et planification de production. (Université Sorbonne Paris Nord (XIII) France)
  • 2006 : Modélisation et optimisation de la gestion du matériel roulant à la SNCF
Other activities
Research activities
  • Organization of a conference or a seminar
    • 2015 – 2015: Organization of the French OR contest : “Les Pros de la RO”, nov. 2015 (finalists : Gefco-Eurodecision, Amadeus, Decision Brain, Orange) ( France)
    • 2013 – 2013: Organization of an event for practitionners and managers: “La Recherche Opérationnelle: clé de la performance des entreprises?”, 200 managers and practionners attended, round-table with Air France, Amadeus, and Bouygues Télécom (Université Paris-Dauphine, PSL France)
  • Function in an academic association
    • 2011 – 2015: Vice-President of the ROADEF
  • Member of an academic association
    • 2000 – Now: Member of the French OR Society (ROADEF)
  • Other academic activity
    • 1970 – Now: Member of GREFELOT, research group on transportation optimization
  • Reviewer for a journal
    • Reviewer for Annals of Operations Research; Computational Optimization and Applications; Computers & Operations Research; Discrete Applied Mathematics; European Journal of Operational Research; RAIRO – Operations Research
Professional activities
  • Consulting
    • 1970 – Now: Consulting activities & industrial contracts : SNCF, ESSEC BS, Babcok-Wanson, Aid-Impact…
Theses
  • 2006 : , Thesis co-director, Modélisation et optimisation de la gestion du matériel roulant à la SNCF
  • 2011 : ESPINOZA Juan Carlos (ESSEC Business School), Thesis director, Robust optimization for discrete structures and non-linear impact of uncertainty
  • 2011 : GARNIER ép DENOYEL Victoire (ESSEC Business School), Thesis director, Towards an efficient embedding of logit choice models into 0-1 selection problems
  • 2014 : GIANESSI P. (Université Sorbonne Paris Nord (XIII)), Thesis co-director, Solving strategic and tactical optimization
  • 2012 : KESHVARI FARD Milad (ESSEC Business School), Thesis co-director, Four essays on allocation problems in supply chain management
  • 2011 : SADKI J. (Université Sorbonne Paris Nord (XIII)), Thesis co-director, Problèmes de couverture en nombres entiers: génération de colonnes, heuristiques d’approximation et schémas hybrides.
  • 2020 : ZHAO Y. (ESSEC Business School), Thesis co-director, Exploring and optimizing data-drive service operations.