GERAD Research Center Courses

Will Generative AI Empower or Replace Us? Task Creation, Automation, and the Wage-Productivity Gap

Explore how generative AI impacts workers through dynamic modeling of task creation vs automation, revealing wage-productivity gaps and optimal innovation sequencing strategies.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Store-Wide Space Planning with Multiple Objectives - Retailing Meets Health and Queueing Theory

Explore advanced retail space allocation strategies integrating health considerations, queueing theory, and multiple objectives for optimal store-wide planning.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Stable Partitions in Networks with the Costs Dependent on Neighborhood Composition

Explore network partition formation where link costs depend on neighborhood composition, analyzing stability on star, complete, and bipartite networks with real-world applications.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Optimal Energy Trading in Residential Prosumer Clusters via Graphon Mean Field Games

Explore optimal energy trading in residential prosumer clusters using graphon mean field games for scalable, cost-efficient decentralized control in distribution grids.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Multidimensional Chebyshev Interpolation-Based Methods for Differential Game Problems

Discover advanced numerical methods using multidimensional Chebyshev interpolation to solve complex differential game problems with multiple players efficiently.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Joint Inventory and Routing Optimization for EV Battery Swapping Networks with Hybrid Charging

Explore advanced optimization techniques for electric vehicle battery swapping networks, integrating inventory management and routing under uncertainty with hybrid charging systems.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Empowering Attended Home Healthcare Service - A Robust Strategy to Pre-schedule On-Demand Newcomers

Discover a robust optimization framework for home healthcare scheduling that balances route consistency with dynamic newcomer integration using risk-aware uncertainty sets.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

A Transport Theoretic Perspective for Nonlinear Control

Explore transport theory's revolutionary approach to nonlinear control, bridging classical control problems with modern machine learning through measure-theoretic formulations and computational methods.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

On Difference Games in Infinite-Horizon

Explore infinite-horizon difference games, Nash equilibrium concepts, and Pontryagin maximum principles. Examine bounded processes and asymptotical constraints using optimization tools in Banach spaces.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Signaling Effort: Information Structures in a Principal-Agent Model

Explore principal-agent relationships, focusing on contractible information messages and agent-designed effort signals. Analyze equilibrium conditions and optimal signal characteristics in dynamic game theory.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Impact of Cross-Ownership in Common Property Renewable Resource Oligopoly

Explore cross-ownership effects in renewable resource industries, analyzing profit and welfare implications for antitrust policies and long-term resource management strategies.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

A Branch-and-Price Algorithm for Tactical Maintenance Planning for Rotor Blades on Onshore Wind Turbines

Explore a branch-and-price algorithm for tactical maintenance planning of onshore wind turbine rotor blades, optimizing team selection and task assignment to minimize costs.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: Personalized Delivery and Fulfillment Optimization

Explore personalized e-commerce fulfillment optimization, balancing customer preferences with efficient operations. Learn strategies for demand management and improved logistics in online retail.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Coins, Cards, or Apps: Impact of Payment Methods on Street Parking Occupancy and Search Times

Explore how payment methods and pricing affect street parking behavior, occupancy, and search times. Gain insights into improving urban parking management through data analysis and simulation.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Data-Driven Decision Making with Entropic Risk Measure

Explore data-driven decision-making using entropic risk measure. Learn bias correction techniques and apply them to project selection, portfolio optimization, and insurance pricing.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video