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Maxime Cohen

Maxime C. Cohen is a professor of Retail and Operations Management and the Director of Research at the Bensadoun School of Retail Management at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1][2] He holds the title of Scale AI Chair in Data Science for Retail.[3]

Maxime C. Cohen
Alma materTechnion – Israel Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Occupation(s)Professor, Researcher, Author
Awards
  • MSOM Young Scholar Prize (2022)
  • Poets&Quants Best 40-Under-40 MBA Professors (2022)
  • MIT Energy Initiative Fellowship
  • POMS Wickham Skinner Early-Career Research Accomplishments Award (2020)
Scientific career
InstitutionsMcGill University
New York University Stern School of Business

Education and career

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Cohen did his Ph.D. in Operations Research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[4] He completed his Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.[1] His research interests are in data science, AI technologies, empirical and behavioral operations management, field experiments, online marketplaces, pricing and revenue management, and retail.[5]

Cohen was appointed as the first Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer (CAIO) at ELNA Medical, Canada’s largest integrated network of medical clinics.[6][7] He was also a visiting professor and Shubik Fellow at Yale School of Management in 2023-2024.[8] Before joining the faculty at McGill University, Cohen was an assistant professor of technology, operations, and statistics at the NYU Stern School of Business. He also worked as a research scientist at Google AI.[9]

He has co-authored several books and published numerous academic papers in leading journals, including Harvard Business Review, Information Systems Research, Management Science, Marketing Science, MIT Sloan Management Review, etc.[10] He worked extensively on pricing optimization and on demand prediction. In 2022, he co-authored a book titled Demand Prediction in Retail that was published by Springer.[11] In September 2024, he authored the AI is Good for Us white paper highlighting the benefits and positive impacts of AI on humanity and society.[12]

Honours

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  • Top Retail Influencer, RETHINK Retail (2024).[13]
  • MSOM Young Scholar Prize (2022).[14][15]
  • Named to Poets&Quants' annual Best 40-Under-40 MBA Professors list (2022).[16][17]
  • CIST Best Conference Paper Nomination Award (2021).[18]
  • POMS Wickham Skinner Early-Career Research Accomplishments Award (2020).[19]
  • First Place in the Best OM Paper in Management Science Award (2019).[20]
  • UPS PhD Fellowship (2014-2015).[21]
  • Best Application of Theory award from the 2015 NEDSI Conference.[21]
  • MIT Energy Initiative Fellowship (2011-2012).[21]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Maxime Cohen". McGill Desautels Faculty of Management. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  2. ^ Ray, Selena Zhu, Maxime Cohen, and Saibal (2021-08-16). "How In-Store Tech Will Transform Retail". MIT Sloan Management Review. Retrieved 2024-09-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Mcdevitt, Neale (2021-12-14). "SCALE AI announces Research Chair in Data Science for Retail at McGill University". McGill Reporter. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  4. ^ "Paradigm shifter". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2014-09-09. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  5. ^ "Congratulations to Professor Maxime Cohen". Bensadoun School of Retail Management. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  6. ^ Moore, Karl. "How Retailers Can Put Data To Work, With McGill's Research Chair In Data Science, Maxime Cohen". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  7. ^ Lebegue, Élodie (2022-02-21). "ELNA Medical Passes a New Tech Milestone with Appointment of First Chief AI Officer". ELNA Médical. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  8. ^ "Operations Seminar Series | Yale School of Management". som.yale.edu. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  9. ^ "Maxime Cohen". www.mit.edu. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  10. ^ "Maxime Cohen : Publications : GERAD". www.gerad.ca. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  11. ^ "Prof. Maxime Cohen Launches New Guide to Demand Prediction in Retail". McGill Desautels Faculty of Management. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
  12. ^ "AI Is Good for Us: A Microsoft-sponsored white paper". McGill Desautels Faculty of Management. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  13. ^ "McGill Desautels faculty members and researchers celebrated at Bravo Gala". McGill Desautels Faculty of Management. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  14. ^ "Maxime Cohen". Research Honours. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  15. ^ "Prof Maxime Cohen wins 2022 MSOM Young Scholar Prize". McGill Desautels Faculty of Management. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  16. ^ "Professor Maxime Cohen makes Poets&Quants 2022 Best 40-Under-40 MBA Professors list". Channels. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  17. ^ Bleizeffer, Kristy (2022-05-13). "2022 Best 40-Under-40 MBA Professors: Maxime Cohen, McGill University, Desautels Faculty of Management". Poets&Quants. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  18. ^ "Prof Maxime Cohen's paper receives the CIST Best Conference Paper Nomination Award". McGill Desautels Faculty of Management. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  19. ^ "Professor Cohen wins early career award for operations management research". McGill Desautels Faculty of Management. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  20. ^ "Professor Maxime Cohen's work recognized at 2019 INFORMS conference". Channels. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  21. ^ a b c "Maxime Cohen". www.mit.edu. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
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