Michel Gendreau is Professor of Operations Research at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Industrial Engineering of École Polytechnique de Montréal (Canada). His main research area is the application of operations research methods to transportation and logistics systems planning and operation. Dr. Gendreau has published more than 250 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. He is also the co-editor of six books dealing with transportation planning and scheduling, as well as with metaheuristics. Dr. Gendreau has completed his 6-year term as Editor in chief of Transportation Science on December 31st, 2014. He received in 2001 the Merit Award of the Canadian Operational Research Society in recognition of his contributions to the development of O.R. in Canada. He was elected Fellow of INFORMS in 2010.