Franklin Djeumou Fomeni, PhD

Assistant Professor of Operations Research

Department of Analytics, Operations and Information Technologies

Management School of the University of Quebec in Montreal (ESG-UQAM), Montreal, Canada

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News Updates!

  • [June 2021] I am currently looking for PhD and Postdoc candidates to develop solution methodologies for binary quadratic optimization problems. The positions will be based in Montreal, Canada and candidates are expected to start in January 2022.

  • [May 2021] I have been awarded an NSERC discovery research grant to support my research program for the next five years. I will be developing solution methodologies for solving binary quadratic optimization problems and their applications.




ABOUT ME


I am a PhD graduate in Operations Research-Management Science. I completed my Doctorate degree at Lancaster University, United Kingdom, where I was awarded the "Kingsman Prize" for the best PhD thesis in Operations Research at Lancaster University. My research interest lies at the interface of the theory and application of deterministic optimization methods to problems in energy, transport and manufacturing. More precisely, I develop and implement exact and heuristic algorithms for solving integer and mixed integer optimization problems applied in the above industries.


My research experience can be summarized as follows:

  • At Polytechnique Montreal, I worked on developing an effective solution algorithm for binary constrained mixed-linear complementarity problems. These problems can model a variety of real world applications such as the equilibrium in energy markets, the equilibrium of transportation networks, etc.

  • During my time as a Senior Research Associate at Lancaster University, I was working on a project called OptiFrame (Optimization Framework for the Trajectory Based Operation in air traffic management). This was a H2020 project funded by the European Commission. The main objective of the OptiFrame research project was to apply the principles of mathematical modelling and optimization to configure and assess the performance of the Trajectory Based Operations (TBO) concept.

  • For my PhD, I was interested in developing heuristics and exact solution algorithm for solving the well known quadratic knapsack problem.