May 14, 2025
Dr. Fereshteh Mafakheri served as the chair of the session on “Renewable Energy Optimization” at Optimization Days/Les Journées de l'Optimisation: https://symposia.cirrelt.ca/JOPT2025/fr/home
May 14, 2025
Mahsa Valipour, a PhD student at DeciMAL Lab, presented her research entitled “Resilient and Sustainable Bioenergy Supply Chains: Insights on Storage and Replenishment Strategies under Risk Propagation” at Optimization Days/Les Journées de l'Optimisation: https://symposia.cirrelt.ca/JOPT2025/fr/schedule?slot_id=2609
May 14, 2025
Omid Mohagheghi, a PhD student at DeciMAL Lab, presented his research entitled “Enhancing the Resilience and Competitiveness of Canadian Wood Pellets through Bio-Hubs: A System Dynamics Approach” at Optimization Days/Les Journées de l'Optimisation: https://symposia.cirrelt.ca/JOPT2025/fr/schedule?slot_id=2609
Apr 30, 2025
Elaheh Mohamadzadeh, an MASc student at DeciMAL Lab, has successfully passed the evaluation of her thesis entitled “Évaluation des politiques canadiennes de bioénergie: Application d’un cadre d’analyse complet sur les biocarburants”. Congrats Elaheh!
Apr 19, 2025
Dr. Fereshteh Mafakheri was awarded a Discovery Grant of $151,000 from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for 2025-2030.
May 01, 2025
New Publication: Vazifeh, Z., Mafakheri, F. (2025). Integrating dynamic pricing strategies and demand-driven supply planning in wood pellet supply chains: A stochastic optimization approach. Energy Reports, 13, 3869-3877. (Impact Factor: 4.7). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2025.03.038
Jan 13, 2025
A project of $126,780 was funded by Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ) and Quebec Ministry of the Environment with Dr. Fereshteh Mafakheri participating as a Co-Investigator:https://enap.ca/nouvelles/travaux-moktar-lamari-impacts-economiques-changements-climatiques
Dec 01, 2024
New Publication: Moradi, N., Mafakheri, F., & Wang, C. (2024). Set Covering Routing Problems: A review and classification scheme. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 110730 (Impact Factor: 6.7). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2024.110730
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Aug 25, 2024
New Publication: Berrich, O., Mafakheri, F., & Dabbou, H. (2024). Renewable Energy Transition and the Paris Agreement: How Governance Quality Makes a Difference?. Energies, 17 (17), 4238 (Impact Factor: 3.004). https://doi.org/10.3390/en17174238
Jun 18, 2024
On May 30, 2024, Dr. Fereshteh Mafakheri presented an invited talk on "Bioenergy Supply Chains: Governance and Coordination Modeling and Analysis" at CIRRELT Annual Conference.
Jun 18, 2024
New Publication: Mahsa Valipour, Fereshteh Mafakheri, Bruno Gagnon, Robert Prinz, Dan Bergström, Mark Brown , and Chun Wang "Integrating Bio-Hubs in Biomass Supply Chains: Insights from a Systematic Literature Review" at Journal of Cleaner Production: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.142930
May 25, 2024
Mahsa Valipour, a PhD student @ Decimal_Lab, preseted her research entitled "Energy Security in Remote Communities: A Resilient Bio-Hub Coordinated Biomass Supply Chain Network Design" at IISE Conference (May 18-21 2024).
May 25, 2024
Nima Moradi, a PhD student @ Decimal_Lab, preseted his research entitled "Covering Routing Problem with Robots and Parcel Lockers: A Sustainable Last-Mile Delivery Approach" at IISE Conference (May 18-21 2024).
May 25, 2024
A project of $442,558 was funded by Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ) and Quebec Ministry of the Environment with Dr. Fereshteh Mafakheri participating as a Co-Investigator:https://enap.ca/nouvelles/enap-obtient-plus-million-dollars-fonds-recherche-changements-climatiques
Mar 25, 2024
Dr. Fereshteh Mafakheri was recognized as a senior member by the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS):
https://doi.org/10.1287/orms.2024.01.25n
Feb 20, 2024
Mahya Seyedan, a PhD student at DeciMAL lab, co-supervised with Dr. Chun Wang, has successfully passed her PhD oral exam. Congrats Dr. Seyedan!
Dec 14, 2023
A project of $25,000 was funded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) under Connection grants program with Dr. Fereshteh Mafakheri participating as a Co-Investigator.
Nov 12, 2023
New Publication: Vazifeh, Z., Mafakheri, F., An. C., Bensebaa, F., A Game Theoretic Approach to Contract-based Enviro-Economic Coordination of Wood Pellet Supply Chains for Bioenergy Production by Journal of Sustainable Energy Research: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40807-023-00088-7
Nov 07, 2023
Zahra Vazifeh, a PhD student at DeciMAL lab, co-supervised with Dr. Chunjiang An, has successfully passed her PhD oral exam. Congrats Dr. Vazifeh!
Sep 4, 2023
Dr. Mafakheri has officially been awarded a Canada Research Chair (Tier II) for a 5-year term (2023-2027): https://chairs-chaires.gc.ca/chairholders-titulaires/profile-eng.aspx?profileId=5663
Aug 24, 2023
Dr. Fereshteh Mafakheri served as a member of the Scientific Committee and Session Chair (Transport, Logistics and the Environment) at the PEOPLE 2023 conference: https://people-network.ca/index.php/people-2023/
Aug 24, 2023
Zahra Vazifeh, PhD student @ Decimal_Lab, presented at the PEOPLE 2023 conference with a presentation entitled "Optimizing Bioenergy Supply Chain Management under Uncertainty: A Stochastic Programming Approach in Quebec Northern Communities": https://people-network.ca/index.php/people-2023/
Aug 24, 2023
Saghar Sadaghian, MASc student @ Decimal_Lab, presented at the PEOPLE 2023 conference with a presentation entitled "Impact of Wood Pellets as an Alternative Energy Source in Remote Canadian Communities: A Life Cycle Analysis": https://people-network.ca/index.php/people-2023/
Aug 24, 2023
New Publication: Sadaghiani, S., Mafakheri, F., & Chen, Z. (2023). Life Cycle Assessment of Bioenergy Production Using Wood Pellets: A Case Study of Remote Communities in Canada. Energies, 16(15), 5697. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16155697
Jul 24, 2023
Saghar Sadaghiani, an MASc student. @ Decimal_Lab, co-supervised with Dr. Zhi Chen, has successfully passed her thesis defense. Congrats Saghar!
Jun 25, 2023
New Publication: Seyedan, M., Mafakheri, F., and Wang, C. (2023). Order-Up-To-Level Inventory Optimization Model using Time-Series Demand Forecasting with Ensemble Deep Learning, Supply Chain Analytics Journal: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sca.2023.100024
May 29, 2023
Mahya Seyedan and Zahra Vazifeh, PhD students @ Decimal_Lab presented their research at Canadian Operational Research Society 2023 conference (organized by CIRRELT).
Mar 27, 2023
New Publication: Vazifeh, Vazifeh Z., Bensebaa F., Shadbahr J., Mafakheri F., Benali M., Vézina P. "Forestry based products as climate change solution: Integrating life cycle assessment with techno-economic analysis", Journal of Environmental Management, 330, 117197: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.117197
Mar 27, 2023
New Publication: Foad Esmaeili, Fereshteh Mafakheri, and Fuzhan Nasiri (2023). Biomass Supply Chain Resilience: Integrating Demand and Availability Predictions into Routing Decisions Using Machine Learning @ Smart Science Journal: https://doi.org/10.1080/23080477.2023.2176749
Mar 27, 2023
New Publication: Vazifeh, Z., Mafakheri,F., An C. (2023). Coordination of Bioenergy Supply Chains under Government Incentive Policies: A Game-theoretic Analysis at Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-023-02498-z
Mar 16, 2023
Plusieurs postes ouverts pour les étudiants à la maîtrise et au doctorat @ Decimal_Lab :
Mar 08, 2023
Decimal Lab receives a funding of $USD 35,000 from International Energy Agency (IEA) – Task 43 for a project entitled “Sustainable Biomass Supply Integration for Bioenergy within the Broader Bio-economy”.
Jan 4, 2023
Decimal Lab receives a funding of $201,788 from Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) – John R. Evans Leaders program.
Dec 9, 2022
Dr. Fereshteh Mafakheri was appointed as an Associate Editor with Emerald's journal of Digital Transformation and Society: https://emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/dts
Oct 26, 2022
On October 24, 2022, Mahsa Valipour, a PhD student @ Decimal_Lab, co-supervised with Dr. Chun Wang, has successfully passed her PhD comprehensive exam.
Sep 12, 2022
On August 31, Foad Esmaeili, a MASc student @Decimal_Lab and @seise_lab, has successfully passed his defence exam with a thesis entitled "Biomass Supply Chain Resilience: Integrating Demand & Availability Predictions into Routing Decisions Using Machine Learning". Congrats Foad!
Sep 8, 2022
On June 5-7, 2022, Mahya Seyedan, Foad Esmaeili, and Zahara Vazifeh, students @ Decimal_Lab, have presented their research at 2022 CORS/INFORMS International Conference in Vancouver, BC.
May 16, 2022
On April 27, Dr. Fereshteh Mafakheri presented an overview of research activities @ Decimal_Lab to sub-task leaders of Task 43-Biomass Supply of International Energy Agency (IEA).
Aug 10, 2021
Shohreh Khoddami, an MASc student at DeciMAL lab, co-supervised with Dr. Zhi Chen, has passed her thesis exam. Congrats Shohreh!
Oct 16, 2020
Dr. Fereshteh Mafakheri was Featured in Concordia Digital Strategy Speaker Series on Artificial Intelligence: https://lnkd.in/etWEVgk Videos: https://lnkd.in/e2Sj_Ef https://lnkd.in/ek9gnW7 https://lnkd.in/eA2j7Qx https://lnkd.in/eFaKDCm
Oct 16, 2020
Special Issue Announcement and Call for Papers: Modeling and Analysis of Biomass-to-Energy Supply Chains, with "Energies" journal, Guest Editor: Fereshteh Mafakheri (Deadline for submissions Feb 28, 2021): https://mdpi.com/journal/energies/special_issues/Modeling_Biomass_Supply_Chains…
Oct 16, 2020
New publication: Mahya Seyedan and Fereshteh Mafakheri (2020). Predictive big data analytics for supply chain demand forecasting: methods, applications, and research opportunities @ Journal of Big Data: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40537-020-00329-2
Oct 16, 2020
New Publication: Mafakheri, F., Adebanjo, D, Genus A. (2020). Coordinating biomass supply chains for remote communities: a comparative analysis of non-cooperative and cooperative scenarios, International Journal of Production Research: https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2020.1767312