François Bouffard

Member, GERAD

Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University

francois.bouffard@mcgill.ca

Phone: 514 398-2761

Fax: 514 398-4470

Research Axes

Axis 2: Decision support made in complex systems
Axis 3: Decision support made under uncertainty

Research Applications

Energy, environment and natural resources
Engineering (engineering design, digital design)

Publications

Sep 2024

Flexibility Characterization of Sustainable Power Systems in Demand Space: A Data-Driven Inverse Optimization Approach

Mohamed Awadalla and François Bouffard

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 39(5), 6196–6209, 2024 BibTeX reference

Mar 2024

Tight and Compact Data-Driven Linear Relaxations for Constraint Screening in Unit Commitment

Mohamed Awadalla and François Bouffard

IEEE Transactions on Energy Markets, Policy and Regulation, 2(1), 63–78, 2024 BibTeX reference

Jan 2024

A Comparative Study of Polynomial Chaos Expansion-Based Methods for Global Sensitivity Analysis in Power System Uncertainty Control

Xiaoting Wang, Rong-Peng Liu, Xiaozhe Wang, and François Bouffard

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, 71(1), 216–220, 2024 BibTeX reference

94 publications

News

Several of our members among the world’s most influential researchers

Oct 16, 2024

Several GERAD researchers appear in a ranking of research citations updated in September 2024 and published on the Mendeley website, a search tool belonging to Elsevier, the Dutch scientific publisher.

Hydro's old transformers could cause more blackouts in Quebec

Oct 15, 2024

Read the article in French on Le Journal de Montréal with François Bouffard, Associate Professor and William Dawson Scholar from McGill University.

Listen to the interview in French on 98.5fm.

In Churchill Falls, lower water levels lead to lower revenues

Jul 29, 2024

In Churchill Falls, lower water levels lead to lower revenues, with François Bouffard, Associate Professor and William Dawson Scholar from McGill University.

Read the article in French on ICI Radio-Canada.

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Events

Sep 18, 201903:30 PM — 04:30 PM

Spatio-temporal flexibility requirement envelopes for low-carbon power system energy management

“Meet a GERAD researcher!” seminar
François Bouffard – Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University

Room 4488, André-Aisenstadt Building, Université de Montréal Campus

Prizes and awards

2022

Professor among the world’s most influential researchers in 2021 and in career

Mendeley (Elsevier)

2021

Professor among the world’s most influential researchers in 2020 and in career

Mendeley (Elsevier)

2021

Outstanding Academic Service Award

Faculty of Engineering

McGill University

2020

Professor among the world’s most influential researchers in 2019 and in career

Mendeley (Elsevier)

Editorial Boards & Comittees

Member of the Editorial Board

Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy, 2012-2017
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2009-2017
IEEE Power and Energy Letters, 2009-2017

Supervision

Sophia Watret Ph.D.

Jorge Pedraza Gomez Ph.D.

Sophia Watret Master's degree

Junyuan Zhao Ph.D.

Sayani Seal Postdoctoral research

Nicolas Bernier Master's degree

Simon Giard-Leroux Master's degree

Abdelrahman Ayad Ph.D.

Aisha M. Pasha Master's degree

All supervisions (43)