JOPT 2026 Montreal, Canada
Hexaly is delighted to be the Platinum Sponsor of JOPT 2026. The Optimization Days is an annual conference organized alternately by the Group for Research in Decision Analysis (GERAD) and the Interuniversity Research Centre on Enterprise Networks, Logistics and Transportation (CIRRELT). The event will take place from May 11 to 13, 2026, at HEC Montréal, Canada. You can access the conference program here.
Come visit the Hexaly booth and meet Fred Gardi, Founder & CEO of Hexaly, who will be on-site throughout the day. He will be happy to connect if you have questions, want to learn more about our technology, or are curious about the latest features of Hexaly 14.5. This new version 14.5 brings major performance improvements in routing, scheduling, and packing, along with a significant boost in nonlinear optimization capabilities. It is also a great opportunity to discuss career opportunities at Hexaly in an informal setting. Below are the abstracts of Fred’s talks at the 2026 JOPT conference.
Flexible Job-Shop Scheduling Problem with Batches and Operators in Steel Production, by Fred Gardi, Founder & CEO
Monday, May 11th, 2026 – 4:20-5:10 P.M – Room EY (blue)
Scheduling steel production involves a highly complex flexible job-shop problem with sequence-dependent setups, parallel batch machines, and limited operator availability. The challenge is to assign machines and execution intervals to nearly 2,000 operations while respecting all constraints and minimizing production delays.
Squad Building Optimization in EA Sports FC Ultimate Team, by Fred Gardi, Founder & CEO
Monday, May 11th, 2026 – 4:20-5:10 P.M – Room EY (blue)
Building an optimal 11-player squad in a popular football video game is a highly combinatorial challenge. It requires satisfying multiple complex constraints including nationality, chemistry, formation, and overall rating, while minimizing the total cost, all within a few seconds.
Beyond MILP: Hexaly, a Hybrid Optimization Solver, by Fred Gardi, Founder & CEO
Tuesday, May 12th, 2026 – 11:00 A.M – Walter Capital
Hexaly is a hybrid global optimization solver that unifies mixed-integer programming, constraint programming, nonlinear programming, and black-box optimization in a single modeling interface. It delivers fast, high-quality solutions to complex combinatorial problems such as routing, scheduling, packing, clustering, assignment, and location, often in seconds on standard hardware.
We look forward to connecting with the Canadian Operations Research community at the 2026 JOPT conference in Montreal, Canada.
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