Sebastien Martin

Sebastien Martin is an Assistant Professor in Operations at Kellogg. He received his Ph.D. in operations research from MIT and a M.Sc. in applied mathematics at Ecole Polytechnique. Prior to joining Kellogg, he was a postdoctoral research fellow at the ridesharing company Lyft. His research is at the interface of optimization, transportation and public policy. He is and Edelman award Laureate, and has received the George Dantzig and TLS Society dissertation awards.

Research Interests

Sebastien Martin joined the faculty of the Operations group at Kellogg in 2020. He received his Ph.D. in operations research from MIT and a MSc in applied mathematics at Ecole Polytechnique. Prior to joining Kellogg, he was a postdoctoral research fellow at the ridesharing company Lyft.

Sebastien's research is at the interface of optimization, transportation and policy. His work focuses on the design of scalable algorithms and decision making tools in the age of the sharing economy, to enable the creation of efficient and equitable transportation systems. He is an Franz Edelman Award laureate, as his project with Boston Public Schools saved the district millions of dollars annually, and paved the way to improve the social equity of school start time assignment.

Awards

• George Dantzig Best Dissertation Award, INFORMS
• TLS Society Best Dissertation Award, INFORMS
• Franz Edelman Award Laureate, INFORMS

Editorial Positions

• Referee, Operations Research, 2019
• Referee, European Journal of Operations Research, 2019
• Referee, Management Science, 2019
• Referee, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (M&SOM), 2019