Emma Frejinger, Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Operations Research at Université de Montréal, holds the Canada Research Chair in Demand Forecasting and Optimization of Transport Systems, and the CN Chair in Optimization of Railway Operations. She has been involved in numerous projects with public and private actors solving decision-making problems using methodologies from the fields of statistical learning and operations research. She is a member of CIRRELT, an associate member of Mila and she works part-time as a scientific advisor for IVADO Labs.