Christian Van Delft

Christian Van Delft received a Ph.D. in Operations Management from HEC Genève (Switzerland)

His research interests include stochastical optimisation, stock planning and management. He has taught in a variety of institutions (HEC-Genève, Ecole Centrale Paris, HEC-Lausanne, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne).

EDUCATION

• 1991 Doctorat en Sciences Economiques et Sociales (Ph.D. in Economics and Social Sciences), Université de Genève - Switzerland
• 1987 Programme complementaire en gestion d'entreprise (Complementary program in corporate management), Université de Genève - Switzerland
• 1986 Ingenieur Civil en Mathematiques Appliquees (Civil Engineering Degree in Applied Mathematics), Center for Operation Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Catholique de Louvain - Belgium

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Academic responsabilities at HEC

• 2012- Head, Logistics and Operations Management Department HEC Paris
• 2004- Member of GREGHEC, the joint research laboratory CNRS-HEC Paris HEC Paris
• 1992- Associate Professor HEC Paris In charge of Logistics courses (HEC) HEC Paris Member of the Research Committee HEC Paris

External Academic Responsabilities

• 1987-1991 Assistant (Production organization and management)Université de Genève

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Editorial activities

• Reviewer, Management Science
• Reviewer, International Journal of Production Economics
• Reviewer, European Journal of Operational Research

Conference organisation

• 1991- Organization of the Journée de séminaire de recherche en gestion de production intégrée - Seminar for research into integrated production management, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

AWARDS & HONORS

• 2007 CMS Best Paper Award - "Automatic formulation of stochastic programs via an algebraic modeling language", Computational Management Science, V4 N1, 17-40
• 1992 Awarded the 1992 Universal Prize (Universite de Geneve) for best doctorate dissertation