Jakob Puchinger

Professor in Supply Chain Management and Logistics at EM Normandie Business School

Affiliate Professor at the Industrial Engineering Laboratory of CentraleSupélec - Université Paris Saclay, member of the Risk Reliability Resilience (R3) Research Group.

Co-director of the Future Cities Lab at Centrale Pékin and CentraleSupélec.

You can find me on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Academic author profiles: cv-hal, orcid, google scholar

You can join me via email: jpuchinger(at)em-normandie.fr

Bio
Jakob Puchinger is a professor of Supply Chain Management and Logistics at EM Normandie since 2022. Besides, he is an affiliate professor at the Laboratoire Génie Industriel at CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-Saclay, and the co-director of the Future Cities Lab with Centrale Pékin. In 2006, Jakob Puchinger earned his doctoral degree from TU Wien. His thesis focused on combining metaheuristics and integer programming to solve cutting and packing problems. After that, he joined the NICTA Research Centre at the University of Melbourne in 2006, where he worked on the hybridization of constraint programming and mathematical programming techniques. In 2008, he joined the Austrian Institute of Technology and became the head of the business unit Dynamic Transportation Systems in 2014. In 2015, Jakob Puchinger became the Anthropolis Chair Holder and professor at IRT SystemX and CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-Saclay until September 2022. He was also responsible for the research axis scientific computing and optimization at IRT SystemX. His primary research interests include logistics, urban mobility, disruptive technologies, and optimizing underlying transport systems.

Professional experience

Since 2022 : Professor in Supply Chain Management and Logistics, EM Normandie
Since 2019 : Co-director of the Future Cities Lab at Centrale Pékin
2019-2023 : Head of the Operations Management team at the Laboratoire Génie Industriel de CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-Saclay
2015-2022 : Professor in Industrial Engineering and Holder of the Anthropolis Chair at IRT SystemX and CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-Saclay.
2008-2015 : Scientist, Senior Scientist, Head of Business Unit Dynamic Transportation Systems, Austrian Institute of Technology, Vienna, Austria
2009-2015 : External Lecturer, Vienna University of Technology
2006-2008 : Researcher, NICTA, University of Melbourne

Research Topics

Mobility and Urban Futures

The future of cities heavily relies on developing their transportation systems, particularly in terms of people's mobility. I focus on comprehending the urban environment on various scales through data analysis, simulation, and optimization.

I have recently co-authored a book on this topic titled "Sustainable Urban Mobility Futures" in collaboration with Tjark Gall, Flore Vallet, Laura Mariana Reyes Madrigal, Sebastian Hörl, Adam Abdin, and Tarek, published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2023.

Currently, my interest is geared toward exploring the interplay between electric autonomous vehicles and the power grid.

Optimization Methods

Difficult optimization problems are common in many practical fields and require sophisticated methods to solve them. There are various approaches to solving such problems, including mathematical optimization, local search (such as metaheuristics), and artificial intelligence.

My research primarily focuses on hybrid optimization methods that combine model decomposition techniques (such as Bender's decomposition or Dantzig Wolfe decomposition) with metaheuristics.

Recently, I have been exploring methods for solving stochastic and dynamic optimization problems

Sustainable Urban Logistics

I am conducting research in the field of urban logistics, with a particular focus on last-mile deliveries with the primary objective of reducing negative environmental impacts. I focus on developing innovative solutions for optimization problems related to electric vehicle routing, multi-echelon deliveries using robotic vehicles, as well as active mobility modes. We recently started a transnational research project "SUD - Sustainable Urban Deliveries" in collaboration with Vera Hemmelmayr (WU Wien).

I am also interested in studying the interaction of urban deliveries with public transit, on-demand transport, and the sharing economy. This area poses challenging questions in terms of vehicle and activity synchronization.

Research Team

Postdoctoral research collaborators

Dung Nguyen, EM Normandie Business School, project SUD - Sustainable Urban Deliveries.
Boshuai Zhao, Université Paris-Saclay - CentraleSupélec, Future Cities Lab, On-demand transport and intermodal mobility for future cities. In collaboration with Adam Abdin.

PhD Students

Jiahua Tang, Université Paris Saclay - CentraleSupélec et EM Normandie, Sustainable multi-echelon deliveries in cities.
Xianyi Yang, Université Paris Saclay - CentraleSupélec, Proactive disaster response mitigation modeling and data-driven optimization for resilient power systems. Co-supervised with Anne Barros.

Visiting PhD Students

Yuan Sui, Beihang University, visiting PhD Student at Université Paris Saclay - CentraleSupélec, Airline Ticket Distribution Pricing Strategy Considering Information Sharing. Supervised by Qiong Tian.
Sijie Yan, Beihang Univeristy, visiting PhD Student at Université Paris Saclay - CentraleSupélec, Cooperation Mechanisms for Ride-Hailing Platforms Considering Autonomous Vehicles. Supervised by Hai-Jun Huang.

Past PhD Students

Ouail Al Maghraoui, 29/01/2019, Université Paris-Saclay - CentraleSupélec and IRT SystemX, Designing for urban mobility: Modeling the traveler experience. Co-supervised with Flore Vallet and bernard Yannou. https://theses.hal.science/tel-02043534
Abood Mourad, 14/06/2019, Université Paris-Saclay - CentraleSupélec and IRT SystemX, The synchronization of shared mobility flows in urban environments. Co-supervised with Chengbin Chu. https://theses.hal.science/tel-02286031
Réza Vosooghi, 28/10/2019, Université Paris-Saclay - CentraleSupélec and IRT SystemX, Shared Autonomous Vehicle Service Design, Modeling, and Simulation. Co-supervised with Marija Jankovic. https://theses.hal.science/tel-03166626
Gerhard Hiermann, 22/11/2019, University of Vienna, Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics, Solving vehicle routing problems with a hybrid heterogeneous fleet. Co-supervised with Richard Hartl.
Shaohua Yu, 18/12/2020, Northwestern Polytechnic University, Xi'an and Université Paris-Saclay - CentraleSupélec and IRT SystemX, Optimization models and methods for tour planning in smart urban logistics. Co-supervised with Shudong Sun. https://theses.hal.science/tel-03719308
Ulrike Ritzinger, 13/11/2021, University of Vienna, Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics, Health Logistics: Dynamic Stochastic Fleet Management. Co-supervised with Richard Hartl.
Tarek Chouaki, 04/07/2023, Université Paris-Saclay - CentraleSupélec and IRT SystemX, Stochastic optimization and reinforcement learning for the design by simulation of on-demand mobility systems . Co-supervised with Sebastian Hörl. https://theses.hal.science/tel-04509799
Yue Su, 05/07/2023, Université Paris-Saclay - CentraleSupélec and IRT SystemX, Optimization models and methods for solving dial-a-ride problems with electric vehicles. Co-supervised with Nicolas Dupin. https://theses.hal.science/tel-04497526v1
Ouidad Benhlima , 09/07/2024, Centrale Casablanca et Université Paris-Saclay - CentraleSupélec , Urban mobility in emerging countries: Data analysis and simulation. Centrale Casablanca, Morocco and Ecole doctorale Interfaces. Co-supervised with Fouad Riane.
Julien Baltazar, 11/10/2024, Université Paris Saclay - CentraleSupélec, Ecodesign of an electric mobility system combining vehicles, infrastructures, users and territory. Co-supervised with Flore Vallet and Nicolas Perry.
Laura Mariana Reyes Madrigal, 9/12/2024, Université Paris-Saclay - CentraleSupélec and IRT SystemX, Supporting Pedestrian Mobility through MaaS: Governance and strategies for sustainable mobility. Co-supervised with Isabelle Nicolaï.

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