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Maxime C. Cohen

Also known as Maxime Cohen

Maxime C. Cohen is a McGill University professor whose research sits at the intersection of pricing, data science, AI, retail and operations. Trained in engineering at the Technion and in operations research at MIT, he worked as a postdoctoral research scientist at Google AI and was an assistant professor at NYU Stern before joining McGill in 2019. SCALE AI named him holder of its new Chair in Data Science for Retail at McGill in 2021, and in 2022 he became the first Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer of ELNA Medical and won the MSOM Young Scholar Prize. His book Pricing in the Age of AI came out from MIT Press in September 2026, and today he is Academic Director of the Bensadoun School of Retail Management, Chief AI Scientist of the CIUSSS West-Central Montreal and an associate academic member of Mila.

Now at
CIUSSS West-Central Montreal, MyOpenCourt.org, Mila and Bensadoun School of Retail Management
Works
120
Citations
1,697
h-index
19
Badges

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 2011–2014

    Operations research at MIT

    After a BS in aerospace engineering and an MS in electrical engineering at the Technion, he studies for a PhD at the MIT Operations Research Center, advised by Georgia Perakis. He receives a Shell Fellowship from the MIT Energy Initiative in 2011 and, with Perakis and collaborators from Oracle, builds a software model that uses a grocery store's sales history to recommend which deals to offer when.

  2. 2015–2019

    Google AI and NYU Stern

    From 2015 to 2016, he is a postdoctoral research scientist on the Google AI research team in New York, working on market algorithms, pricing, auctions and cloud computing. From 2016 to 2019, he is an assistant professor of technology, operations and statistics at NYU's Stern School of Business.

  3. 2019–2020

    Joining McGill Desautels

    He joins McGill's Bensadoun School of Retail Management and Desautels Faculty of Management in 2019. At the 2019 INFORMS Annual Meeting, his paper with Ruben Lobel and Georgia Perakis on consumer subsidies for green technology adoption takes first place for the Best OM Paper in Management Science award. In March 2020, the Production and Operations Management Society gives him its Wickham Skinner Early-Career Research Accomplishments Award.

  4. 2021

    A SCALE AI research chair

    He becomes a full professor in May 2021 and co-directs the Bensadoun School's Retail Innovation Lab. In December 2021, SCALE AI creates a five-year Chair in Data Science for Retail at McGill with him as chairholder; its program uses computer vision to study convenience-store shoppers and AI to help Latin American bodegas plan their inventory with the startup Turbodega.

  5. 2022

    Demand forecasting and ELNA Medical

    In January 2022, he publishes Demand Prediction in Retail, a practical guide to predictive analytics written with Renyu Zhang, Arthur Pentecoste and Paul-Emile Gras. In February 2022, ELNA Medical, Canada's largest integrated network of medical clinics, appoints him its first Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer. The MSOM Society of INFORMS gives him its 2022 MSOM Young Scholar Prize in July 2022.

  6. 2023–2024

    Yale fellowship and hospital AI

    He is a visiting professor of operations management and Shubik Fellow at the Yale School of Management from 2023 to 2024. In September 2024, he publishes AI Is Good for Us, a Microsoft-sponsored white paper on how AI helps fields such as healthcare, environmental conservation and legal systems. In December 2024, the CIUSSS West-Central Montreal appoints him Chief of AI Strategy.

  7. September 2026

    An MIT Press book on AI pricing

    MIT Press publishes his book Pricing in the Age of AI in September 2026, after he unveils it at the ALL IN event in Montreal. Drawing on his research across pricing, data science, AI, retail and operations, the book examines how big data, machine learning and generative AI reshape price setting, competition, consumer protection and discrimination.

  8. As of October 2026

    Academic director at Bensadoun

    Since 2025, he serves as Academic Director of McGill's Bensadoun School of Retail Management, where he holds the Scale AI Chair in Data Science for Retail. He is Chief AI Scientist of the CIUSSS West-Central Montreal (Jewish General Hospital) and scientific director of the non-profit MyOpenCourt.org. As an associate academic member of Mila, he works on AI and healthcare, applied AI and applied machine learning.

Career

  1. Since 2024CIUSSS West-Central MontrealChief of AI Strategy
  2. Since 2019McGill UniversityFull Professor, Academic Director
  3. NowMyOpenCourt.orgScientific Director
  4. NowMilaAssociate Academic Member
  5. 2023–2024Yale UniversityVisiting Professor of Operations Management
  6. From 2022ELNA MedicalChief Artificial Intelligence Officer
  7. From 2021Bensadoun School of Retail ManagementCo-Director
  8. 2016–2019New York UniversityAssistant Professor of Technology, Operations and Statistics
  9. 2015–2016GooglePostdoctoral Research Scientist

Education

  1. 2014Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPhD
  2. TechnionBS in aerospace engineering

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

Most-cited works

  1. Big Data and Service Operations2017 · Production and Operations Management · 232 citations
  2. Competition and coopetition for two‐sided platforms2022 · Production and Operations Management · 183 citations
  3. Price Discrimination with Fairness Constraints2022 · Management Science · 151 citations
  4. The Impact of Behavioral and Economic Drivers on Gig Economy Workers2018 · Manufacturing & Service Operations Management · 151 citations
  5. Feature-Based Dynamic Pricing2020 · Management Science · 124 citations

From OpenAlex, as of 21 October 2026.

  1. Of 943 people shaping AI who worked at Google, 446 work there nowIncludes Maxime C. Cohen. Our estimates of where the 943 people shaping AI who worked at Google and Google DeepMind work now: 446 at Google and 452 across 278 other organizations.
  2. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes Maxime C. Cohen. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and 5+ year employment links, career timing and current workplaces for 187 major-prize and 1,111 best-paper winners.
  3. 23% of people shaping AI who left a university for a company later returned to a universityIncludes Maxime C. Cohen. We estimate that 468 of the 2,011 people shaping AI who left a university for a company (23%) later returned to a university after a median of 5 years, and 163 of 829 (20%) made the reverse round trip.
  4. 20% of people at companies who shape AI also hold a university role, led by Google and Stanford UniversityIncludes McGill University. We estimate that 539 of the 6,766 people with a known current organization (8%) hold both a university role and a company role, including 20% of people at companies and 13% of people at universities.

Colleagues

People with dated positions at the same organization in the same years.

Sources and credits

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  1. Paradigm shifter | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology news.mit.edu. Checked 20 October 2026.
  2. Maxime Cohen | McGill Desautels Faculty of Management - McGill University mcgill.ca. Checked 20 October 2026.
  3. Maxime Cohen maxccohen.github.io. Checked 20 October 2026.
  4. Professor Maxime Cohen’s work recognized at 2019 INFORMS conference | Channels - McGill University mcgill.ca. Checked 20 October 2026.
  5. Professor Cohen wins early career award for operations management research | McGill Desautels Faculty of Management - McGill University mcgill.ca. Checked 20 October 2026.
  6. Congratulations to Professor Maxime Cohen | Bensadoun School of Retail Management - McGill University mcgill.ca. Checked 20 October 2026.
  7. SCALE AI announces Research Chair in Data Science for Retail at McGill University - McGill Reporter reporter.mcgill.ca. Checked 20 October 2026.
  8. Prof. Maxime Cohen Launches New Guide to Demand Prediction in Retail | McGill Desautels Faculty of Management - McGill University mcgill.ca. Checked 20 October 2026.
  9. ELNA Medical Passes a New Tech Milestone with Appointment of First Chief AI Officer newswire.ca. Checked 20 October 2026.
  10. Prof Maxime Cohen wins 2022 MSOM Young Scholar Prize | McGill Desautels Faculty of Management - McGill University mcgill.ca. Checked 20 October 2026.
  11. AI Is Good for Us: A Microsoft-sponsored white paper | McGill Desautels Faculty of Management - McGill University mcgill.ca. Checked 20 October 2026.
  12. Maxime Cohen - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  13. Professor Maxime Cohen’s new book decodes how AI is rewriting the rules of pricing | McGill Desautels Faculty of Management - McGill University mcgill.ca. Checked 20 October 2026.
  14. Maxime Cohen | Mila mila.quebec. Checked 20 October 2026.
  15. Maxime Cohen maxccohen.github.io. Checked 20 October 2026.