Our internationally recognized experts come from complimentary departments of six Canadian Institutions – Université de Montréal, HEC Montréal, Concordia University, University of Waterloo, Queen’s University, and University of Calgary.

Co-Founders

Manuel Morales
Associate Professor
Département de Mathématiques et Statistiques
Université de Montréal

Fabian Bastin
Full Professor
Département d'Informatique et Recherche Opérationnelle
Université de Montréal

 

Yoshua Bengio
Full Professor
Département d'Informatique et Recherche Opérationnelle
Université de Montréal

 

Alain Tapp
Full Professor
Département d'Informatique et Recherche Opérationnelle
Université de Montréal

 

Geneviève Gauthier
Professor
Département de Sciences de la Décision
HEC Montréal

Erick Delage
Professor
Département de Sciences de la Décision
HEC Montréal

Cody Hyndman
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Concordia University

 

Jia Yuan Yu
Associate Professor
Institute of Information System Engineering
Concordia University

 

Christiane Lemieux
Professor
Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science
University of Waterloo

Matthew Thompson
Associate Professor
Smith School of Business
Queen's University

Marco Bijvank
Associate Professor
Haskayne School of Business
University of Calgary

Collaborators

Collaborators actively participate in the development of the Fin-ML CREATE program, by among other things, supervising students and seating on various committees. Contact us if you'd like to join the team.

Université de Montréal

Emma Frejinger
Département d'Informatiques et Recherche Opérationnelle

Maciej Augustyniak
Département de Mathématiques et de Statistique

Louis Doray
Département de Mathématiques et de Statistique

Pierre Duchesne
Département de Mathématiques et de Statistique

Alexander Fribergh
Département de Mathématiques et de Statistique

Claudia Gagné
Département de Mathématiques et de Statistique

Philippe Gagnon
Département de Mathématiques et de Statistique

Guy Wolf
Département de Mathématiques et de Statistique

Bouchra Nasri
Département de Médecine Sociale et Préventive

Julien Bengui
Département de Sciences Économiques

René Garcia
Département de Sciences Économiques

Concordia University

Patrice Gaillardetz
Department of Mathematics & Statistics

Frédéric Godin
Department of Mathematics & Statistics

Lawrence Kryzanowski
John Molson School of Business

Denis Schweizer
John Molson School of Business

University of Waterloo

Marius Hofert
Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science

Adam Kolkiewicz
Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science

Yuying Li
Cheriton School of Computer Science

David Saunders
Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science

Justin Wan
Cheriton School of Computer Science

Chengguo Weng
Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science

Tony Wirjanto
Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science

Mu Zhu
Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science

HEC Montréal

Tolga Cenesizoglu
Département de Finance

Georges Dionne
Département de Finance

Christian Dorion
Département de Finance

Vincent Grégoire
Département de Finance

Anthony Sanford
Département de Finance

David Ardia
Département de Sciences de la Décision

Okan Arslan
Département de Sciences de la Décision

Michèle Breton
Département de Sciences de la Décision

Gilles Caporossi
Département de Sciences de la Décision

Laurent Charlin
Département de Sciences de la Décision

Maryam Daryalal
Département de Sciences de la Décision

Michel Denault
Département de Sciences de la Décision

Dena Firoozi
Département de Sciences de la Décision

Denis Larocque
Département de Sciences de la Décision

Piotr Orłowski
Département de Finance

Jean-François Plante
Département de Sciences de la Décision

Bruno Rémillard
Département de Sciences de la Décision

Grégory Vial
Département de Technologies de l'Information

Thierry Warin
Département d'Affaires internationales

Queen's University

Evan Dudley
Smith School of Business

Yuri Levin
Smith School of Business

Mikhail Nediak
Smith School of Business

Anton Ovchinnikov
Smith School of Business

University of Calgary

Alexandru Badescu
Department of Mathematics & Statistics

Alexander David 
Haskayne School of Business

Miguel Palacios
Haskayne School of Business

Jinniao Qiu
Department of Mathematics & Statistics

Anatoliy Swishchuk
Department of Mathematics & Statistics

Antony Ware
Department of Mathematics & Statistics

Program Committee

The program committee advises on the strategic direction of the Fin-ML CREATE program. The members challenge the group of researchers to think innovatively, provide input and guidance in the conduct of program reviews, in any related major changes in the program, and in the setting of performance indicators and program evaluation.

Lise-Estelle Brault
Senior Director, Data, Fintech and Innovation, Autorité des Marchés Financiers du Québec

Julien Crowe
Leader, Artificial Intelligence, National Bank of Canada

Jacques Deforges
Chief Executive Officer, Finance Montréal

Alexandre Girouard
Deputy director of scientific activities, Centre de Recherches Mathématiques

Dean McKeown
Associate Director, Global Master of Management Analytics, Queen's University

Manuel Morales
Fin-ML Director (non-voting member), Université de Montréal

Caroline Pernelle
AI Strategist, CAE