Title: Primal Methods for Very Large-Scale Optimization

At the 33rd EURO Conference in Copenhague, Danmark, the team of professors Issmail El Hallaoui and François Soumis won the prestigious EURO Excellence in Practice Award (EEPA) for their project "OCP Optimizes Its Supply Chain For Africa and The World". It is the fruit of a collaboration between Polytechnique Montréal/GERAD, OCP Group and UM6P University. This project is part of the Ph.D. research topic of El Mehdi Er Raqabi.

We should also underline the very important role of Ahmed Beljadid and Oussama Siwane in this project.

The final will take place during the 33rd EURO Conference from June 30 to July 3rd, 2024 in Copenhague, Danmark. The team of professors Issmail El Hallaoui and François Soumis is one of the three finalists with their project "OCP Optimizes Its Supply Chain For Africa and The World". The country represented is Morocco and their Moroccan partners are the OCP Group and the UM6P university. This project is part of the Ph.D. research topic of El Mehdi Er Raqabi.

We should also underline the very important role of Ahmed Beljadid in this project.