Alexandre Jacquillat

Alexandre Jacquillat is the 1942 Career Development Professor and an Assistant Professor of Operations Research and Statistics at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

His research focuses on data-driven decision-making, spanning stochastic optimization, large-scale optimization, mechanism design and field experimentation. His primary focus is on problems of scheduling, operations and pricing in the transportation sector—with a particular interest in air traffic management and on-demand mobility.

Alexandre is the recipient of several research awards, including the 2017 Best Paper Award from the INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society, the 2015 George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award from INFORMS, the 2015 Dissertation Award from the INFORMS Transportation and Logistics Society, the Milton Pikarsky Memorial Award from the Council of University Transportation Centers, and the L.E. Rivot Medal from the French Academy of Science.

Prior to joining MIT, Alexandre was an Assistant Professor of Operations Research and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College. Alexandre also worked with McKinsey & Co. and Booz Allen Hamilton, advising leading companies and governmental organizations in transportation analytics. He received a PhD in engineering systems from MIT, a Master of Science in technology and policy from MIT, and a Master of Science in applied mathematics from the École Polytechnique.

Education

• PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2012 — 2015)
• Technology and Policy Program Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2010 — 2012)
• Master's degree Ecole polytechnique (2007 — 2010)
• Lycée Louis-le-Grand (2005 — 2007)

Companies

• Assistant Professor of Operations Research and Statistics MIT Sloan School of Management (2019)
• Assistant Professor of Operations Research and Public Policy Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III College (2016 — 2018)
• Associate McKinsey & Company (2015 — 2016)
• Research Assistant MIT (2012 — 2015)
• Consultant Intern Booz Allen Hamilton (2012 — 2012)
• Research Assistant MIT (2010 — 2012)
• Research Position in Stochastic Modeling Université de Montréal (2010 — 2010)
• External Consultant in Operations Research Air France (2009 — 2009)
• Intern in Civil Engineering Aurecongroup (2009 — 2009)

Skills

• Energy Policy
• LaTeX
• Optimizations

Other

Political Economy, Queuing, Public Policy, R, Dynamic Programming, Science, Stochastic Processes, Economics, Applied Mathematics, Matlab, Statistics, Stochastic Modeling, Research, Optimization, Modeling, Data Analysis, Operations Research