Sébastien Martin

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Email: sebastien.martin @kellogg.northwestern.edu

Phone:+1 (510)229-2758

Office: KGH-4163

I am an assistant professor of Operations at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. You can use the menu to explore my work.

My research focuses on the intersection of large-scale optimization and operations management, using methods from optimization, machine learning, and applied probability to model and tackle real-world problems. Applications include transportation systems and school operations. For example, I helped design Lyft’s matching algorithm, redesign Boston’s school transportation system, change the school schedules of San Francisco. These changes save tens of millions of dollars every year and benefit millions of people.

news

Nov 04, 2024 Does Generative AI impose a creativity tax?. Check out this MIT Business review opinion, based on a recent paper with Francisco Castro and Jian Gao.
Oct 09, 2024 I became an Associate Editor for the academic journal Transportation Science.
Jun 21, 2024 I was invited by the National Academy of Engineering to present my work on reinforcement learning in transportation. This was part of the China-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium.
Jun 02, 2024 I just updated this website’s design using the al-folio template so that my CV is generated automatically. Feel free to copy it from GitHub.
May 21, 2024 I had the pleasure of being invited by French President Emmanuel Macron to attend a gathering of the “French AI Talents” at the Elyzée presidential palace, to discuss France’s AI strategy.