Laurent ALFANDARI

Professor
department: Information Systems, Decision Sciences and Statistics
Campus de Cergy
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Decision Sciences – Operations Research – Scheduling, Queueing and Location Optimization – Supply Chain Management
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, 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). He is academic Co-Director of the ESSEC-CentraleSupélec Master in Data Sciences & Business Analytics (#3 worldwide QS ranking 2021), and coordinator of the Operations & Data Analytics PhD concentration. He was also 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.

Diplomas
  • 1999: Doctorat en Recherche Opérationnelle (Université Paris-Dauphine, PSL France)
  • 1995: Master of Research, Sciences du Management (Université Paris-Dauphine, PSL France)
  • 1993: M.Sc in Management (Grande Ecole program) (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 1990: Licence – Mathématiques & Sciences Sociales (Université Paris-Dauphine, PSL France)
  • 2010: International Teachers Program (ITP) (Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University United States of America)
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 – Now : 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)

Awards

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

Presentations at an Academic or Professional conference

Journal articles

Working Papers

Book chapters

  • 2011 – 2017 Towards an efficient embedding of logit choice models into 0-1 selection problems (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 2011 – 2017 Robust optimization for discrete structures and non-linear impact of uncertainty (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 2012 – 2018 Four essays on allocation problems in supply chain management (ESSEC Business School France)
Activités de recherche
  • 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)
  • 2011 – 2015: Vice-President of the ROADEF
  • 2000 – Now: Member of the French OR Society (ROADEF)
  • 1970 – Now: Member of GREFELOT, research group on transportation optimization
Activités professionnelles
  • 1970 – Now: Consulting activities & industrial contracts : SNCF, ESSEC BS, Babcok-Wanson, Aid-Impact…
Theses
  • 2011 : ESPINOZA Juan Carlos (ESSEC Business School), Thesis director, First placement: Assistant Professor – Tecnologico de Monterrey
  • 2011 : GARNIER ép DENOYEL Victoire (ESSEC Business School), Thesis director, First placement: Assistant Professor, Business Analytics – Mercy College Graduate School of Business
  • 2012 : KESHVARI FARD Milad (ESSEC Business School), Thesis co-director, First placement: Assistant Professor – Newcastle University Business School