Yacine Rekik Appointed Academic Dean of emlyon tech school
Yacine Rekik has been appointed Academic Dean of emlyon tech school. Trained as an engineer and specializing in decision sciences, he has spent nearly two decades conducting research that addresses real-world business challenges. He now brings this expertise to a mission focused on strengthening the connections between science, management, and student education.
A graduate of École Centrale Paris (now CentraleSupélec) and holder of the French Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches from INSA Lyon, Yacine Rekik was a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge before joining emlyon business school, where he founded and led the QUANT research center.
A Professor in the Department of Operations, Data & Artificial Intelligence and Academic Director of the Master of Science in Supply Chain & Operations Management, his research combines applied mathematics, optimization, and machine learning to address practical business challenges, particularly in logistics and inventory management.
Conducted in collaboration with major retail organizations in France and the United Kingdom, his research has led to numerous academic publications as well as practitioner-oriented reports and white papers. He also serves as Associate Editor of the IMA Journal of Management Mathematicsand Subject Editor of Applied Mathematical Modelling.
As Dean of emlyon tech school, he will contribute to the development of the faculty, research strategy, and academic partnerships, with the ambition of further strengthening the links between research, business, and education. This vision is deeply informed by his experience as both a researcher and educator.
My research combines mathematical models and machine learning to address concrete business challenges. This work also shapes the way I teach. At emlyon tech school, we want our students not only to apply these methods, but also to exercise critical judgment about the results they produce.