Raf Jans
Member, GERAD
 
      Full Professor, Department of Logistics and Operations Management, HEC Montréal
              
              Phone: 514 340-7256
            
        
              
              Fax: 514 340-6834
            
        Research Axes
Research Applications
Publications
      
        Nov 2025
      
  
  
    
    Eduardo M. Silva, Antonio A. Chaves, Silvio Alexandre de Araujo, and Raf Jans
    
      Computers & Operations Research, 183, Paper no: 107159, 2025
      
        
        BibTeX reference
    
  
      
        Apr 2025
      
  
  
    
    Gislaine Mara Melega, Sanae Belgarch, Raf Jans, and Julie Paquette
    
      INFOR: Information Systems and Operational Research, 63(2), 228–258, 2025
      
        
        BibTeX reference
    
  
      
        Apr 2025
      
  
  
      G-2025-27
Accelerating Benders decomposition for the \(p\)-median problem through variable aggregation
    
    Accelerating Benders decomposition for the \(p\)-median problem through variable aggregation
The \(p\)-median problem is a classical location problem where the goal is to select \(p\) facilities while minimizing the sum of distances from each loc...
News
    Mar  6, 2023
  
  Here are the winners who will each receive a half-fellowship of $40,000:
- Paula Metzker Soares, candidate proposed by Jean-François Cordeau and Raf Jans;
- Rinel Foguen Tchuendom, candidate proposed by Michèle Breton and Dena Firozzi.
Congratulations!
    Aug 30, 2022
  
  Title: Stochastic lot sizing problems with service level constraints
    Feb 15, 2022
  
  Here are the winners who will each receive a half-fellowship of $30,000:
- Claudia Bongiovanni, candidate proposed by Jean-François Cordeau and Carolina Osorio;
- Dorian Dumez, candidate proposed by Jean-François Cordeau and Raf Jans;
- Gönül Selin Savaşkan, candidate proposed by Olivier Bahn, Michèle Breton and Georges Zaccour.
Congratulations!
Events
        Apr 17, 202510:30 AM — 12:00 PM
  
  
        GERAD seminar
          
Weiwei Chen – Full Professor and Senior Director of MBA Programs, Rutgers Business School
      Weiwei Chen – Full Professor and Senior Director of MBA Programs, Rutgers Business School
        Department of Logistics and Operations Management, HEC Montréal
      
    
        Room 4488, André-Aisenstadt Building, Université de Montréal Campus
    
  
        Sep 24, 202401:30 PM — 02:30 PM
  
  
        GERAD seminar
          
Lars Jaeger – Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
      Lars Jaeger – Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
        CIRRELT
      
    
        Hybrid activity at GERAD
    
  
        Oct 5, 202311:00 AM — 12:00 PM
  
  
        GERAD seminar
          
Matthieu Gruson – Assistant Professor, Department of Analytics, Operations and Information Technology, Université du Québec à Montréal
    Matthieu Gruson – Assistant Professor, Department of Analytics, Operations and Information Technology, Université du Québec à Montréal
        Hybrid activity at GERAD
    
  Prizes and awards
                      since 2019
                
                
              
                  2022
                
                Best Application Paper Award
"A vehicle routing problem with time windows and workload balancing for COVID-19 testers: A case study", S Shahnejat-Bushehri, A Kermani, O Arslan, JF Cordeau, R Jans
                      International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
                    
                
                  2021
                
                Best Paper Award for 2021
"The value of aggregate service levels in stochastic lot sizing problems", with N. Sereshti, Y. Adulyasak
                      Omega journal
                    
                
                  2021
                
                Augusto Queirós Novais Award
"Solving a large multi-product production-routing problem with delivery time windows", F. Neves-Moreira, B. Almada-Lobo, J.-F. Cordeau, L. Guimarães, R. Jans
                      APDIO - Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Operacional
                    
                
                  2019 – 2022
                
                Discovery Accelerator Supplement
                      NSERC
                    
                
                  2014
                
                Chenelière Éducation/Gaëtan Morin Award
                      HEC Montréal
                    
                
                  2012 – 2018
                
                Research Professorship in Operations Planning
                      HEC Montréal
                    
                Editorial Boards & Comittees
- Member of the editorial board, Pesquisa Operacional, 2018-...
Supervision
                  Amélie Rougeron
                  Master's degree
                
              
                  Zhenguang (Joe) Zhao
                  Master's degree
                
              
                  David Tremblet
                  Postdoctoral research
                
              
                  Ananya Jain
                  Master's degree
                
               
                
                  Lars Jaeger 
                  Internship
                
              
                  Alireza Ghahtarani
                  Postdoctoral research
                
              
                  Jai Kumar Drave
                  Ph.D.
                
              
                  Anton Medvedev
                  Internship
                
              
                  Shirui Wang
                  Master's degree