Jeff Decary

Ph.D. Candidate

OPIM


Jeff joined the OPIM department in August 2020. He holds a M.Sc.A. in Mathematics from Polytechnique Montreal, and a B.Sc. in Actuarial Science from the Université du Québec à Montreal. During Jeff’s master’s degree, he was affiliated to the CERC-Data Science for Real-Time Decision-Making, and he took part in research under the supervision of Prof. Andrea Lodi and Prof. David Bergman. His Master’s thesis developed a heuristic using machine learning to optimize a combinatorial problem on sports betting.

Broadly speaking, his research interests lay at the frontier of machine learning and mixed-integer linear programming. Jeff intends working on developing optimization algorithms to leverage the prediction power of deep learning models, and all together prescribe better solutions to complex decision-making problem.  Jeff currently focus on solving sports betting problems. He also worked on rapidly optimizing a neural network to prescribe an optimal solution to a healthcare scheduling problem.

Contact Information
EmailJeff.Sylvestre-Decary@uconn.edu
Phone+1 (860) 576-4584
Office LocationBUSN 407
CampusStorrs
Linkhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-sylvestre-decary/
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