Luckny Zephyr
Biography
Luckny ´Ü¨¦±è³ó²â°ù, PhD, is an Associate?Professor in the School Bunisess Administration?at 51³Ô¹Ïapp. He is also cross-appointed at the Bharti School of Engineering and Computer Science. He received his PhD?from Universit¨¦ Laval, in Management Science, with a major in Operations and Decision Systems,?an MBA from Universite Laval, with a major in Modeling and Organizational Decision, and a Bachelor of Science in Applied Quantitative Economics (major?in Statistics)?from?Centre de Techniques de Planification et d¡¯Economie Appliqu¨¦e (CTPEA), Haiti.?Professor ´Ü¨¦±è³ó²â°ù?is also a former Postdoctal Associate in the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, at Cornell University, and?cofounded a successful consulting company,?, in his originating country.
Education
- Postdoctoral Studies, Cornell University, 2015-2018
- Doctorate (Ph.D.), Universit¨¦ Laval, 2010-2015
- MBA, Universit¨¦ Laval, 2008-2010
- Bsc., Centre de Techniques de Planification et d¡¯Economie Appliqu¨¦e (CTPEA), Haiti, 2002-2006?
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2022
Associate Professor, July 1, 2022 - to present
Cross Appointment:?Bharti School of Engineering and Computer Science, January 2024 -
On The Web
https://www.thesudburystar.com/news/local-news/laurentian-professors-future-forward-industry-research-driven-by-collaboration
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/le-matin-du-nord/segments/entrevue/465236/electricite-renouvelable-hydroelectricite-luckny-zephyr
Research
Professor?´Ü¨¦±è³ó²â°ù's research has focused on developing numerical methods to solve complex decision-making problems, in particular power system problems, including the integration of renewable energy into power networks. Dr. ´Ü¨¦±è³ó²â°ù?has worked on real-world applications in Canada and Colombia. His research?spans Stochastic Dynamic Programming, Stochastic Programming, Convex Analysis, Power System Management, and Integration of Renewable Energy into Power Systems. Professor?´Ü¨¦±è³ó²â°ù?is also interested in Data Science, and Machine Learning.?
Awards
- NSERC Alliance Grant?(ALLRP), project entitled "Improved Midterm Reservoir Management Model under Renewable Energy Integration", with Rio Tinto, 2024 - 2028
- NSERC/FRQNT NOVA Grant, project entitled "Electrified transportation: a collaborative and data-driven approach for a smart city¡±, 2023-2026 (Co-PI)
- Mitacs Accelerate Grant, project? entitled "Comparison of two Approximate Stochastic Dynamic Programming Schemes for
Mid-term Hydropower System Management" with Rio Tinto,?Sep-2022- Mar-2023 - One of the 2018 Top 10 Research and Innovations Achievements Awards, 51³Ô¹Ïapp
- ?MBAR 2018 Award: Research and Development of the Colombian Energy Sector (Research Category) from the Colombian Association of Electrical Energy Distributors (Joint work with Jos¨¦ L. Morillo, Juan F. P¨¦rez, C. Lindsay Anderson and ?ngela Cadena)??
- 2018: Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR)
- 2016: 2nd Place, Poster Contest (Environmental Engineering), Cornell University, 8th Research Symposium
- 2014: Best Student Paper Prize, 11th International Conference on Computational Management Science, CMS 2014
- 2012: Award of Excellence of the Faculty of Business Administration Dean, Universit¨¦ Laval
- 2010: Diploma in Operational Research, Canadian Operational Research Society (CORS)
- 2008-2010: Merit Scholarship, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Teaching
- Business Analytics
- Business Statistics
- Management Science
Publications
Refereed Journal Articles
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Zephyr, L., Lamond, B.F. & Lang, P. Hybrid simplicial-randomized approximate stochastic dynamic programming for multireservoir optimization.?Comput Manag Sci?21, 31 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10287-024-00517-y
- Jos¨¦ L. Morillo, Luckny Zephyr, Juan F. P¨¦rez, Angela Cadena, C. Lindsay Anderson, Distribution-free chance-constrained load balance model for the operation planning of hydrothermal power systems coupled with multiple renewable energy sources, International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Volume 142, Part B, 2022,108319, ISSN 0142-0615, . ()
- Mohamed Dia, Shashi Shahi, and Luckny Zephyr.?An Assessment of the Efficiency of Canadian Power?Generation Companies with Bootstrap DEA.?J. Risk Financial Manag.?2021,?14(10), 498;
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Lamond, B.F. and Zephyr, L., 2021. Note on ¡°Parameters estimators of irregular right-angled triangular distribution¡±.?Model Assisted Statistics and Applications,?16(4), pp.273-276.
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Guo, Ge, Luckny Zephyr, Jos¨¦ Morillo, Zongjie Wang, and C. Lindsay Anderson. "Chance Constrained Unit Commitment Approximation under Stochastic Wind Energy."?Computers & Operations Research?(2021): 105398.?
- .?Risk-averse stochastic dual dynamic programming approach for the operation of a hydro-dominated power system in the presence of wind uncertainty. International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, 115,?
- ´Ü¨¦±è³ó²â°ù, L. & Anderson, C.L. (2018). ?Stochastic dynamic programming approach to managing power system uncertainty with distributed storage. Computational Management Science, 15: 87.?
- ´Ü¨¦±è³ó²â°ù, L., Lang, P., Lamond, B. F. and C?t¨¦, P. (2017). Approximate Stochastic Dynamic Programming for Hydroelectric Production Planning. European Journal of Operational Research, 262(2):586¨C601,?
Peer-Reviewed Papers in Conference Proceedings
- Zephyr, L. and Lamond, B.F., 2022, May. Randomized Simplicial Approximate Stochastic Dynamic Programming for Mid-term Reservoir Optimization. In?2022 8th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT)?(Vol. 1, pp. 468-474). IEEE.?DOI:?
- Luckny Zephyr, Guo, Ge, Jos¨¦ Morillo, and Zongjie Wang (2022). Approximate Chance-Constrained Unit Commitment under Wind Energy Penetration. ¡°Proceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/79752.
- Liu, Jialin, Luckny Zephyr, and Judith Cardell. "Co-optimizing High and Low Voltage Systems: Bi-Level vs. Single-Level Approach."?Proceedings of the 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. 2020.
- Anderson, Lindsay, Luckny ´Ü¨¦±è³ó²â°ù, and Judy Cardell. "A vision for co-optimized T&D system interaction with renewables and demand response."?Proceedings of the 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. 2017.
Abstracts
- Mohamed Dia, Shashi Shahi, and Luckny Zephyr.?An Assessment of the Efficiency of Canadian Power?Generation Companies with Bootstrap DEA. Operations Research Society of South Africa 2021 Conference.
- ?INFORMS 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting, November 8-12, 2020
- ´Ü¨¦±è³ó²â°ù, L., Morillo, J., P¨¦rez, J., Anderson, C. L, and Cadena, A. . Canadian Operational Research Society 61st Annual Conference, Saskatoon, May 26-29, 2019
- Zephyr, L., Liu, J., and Anderson, C. L. Co-optimizing the Interplay between Micro and Macro Grids. INFORMS Annual Meeting, Houston, USA, October 25, 2017
- Zephyr, L., Liu, J., and Anderson, C. L. Stochastic co-Optimization of Transmission and Distribution-as-Microgrids Networks with Renewables and Energy Storage. SIAM Conference on Optimization, Vancouver, Canada, May 22, 2017
- Zephyr, L., Liu, J., and Anderson, C. L. Co-Optimizing the Interaction between Micro and Macro Grids: Challenges and Perspectives. INFORMS Annual Meeting, Nashville, USA, November 16, 2016
- Zephyr, L., Lang, P., Lamond, B.F. Adaptive Monitoring of the Progressive Hedging Penalty for Reservoir Systems Management, Optimization Day, HEC, Montreal, May 6, 2013
- Zephyr, L., Lang, P., Lamond, B.F. Adaptive Monitoring of the Progressive Hedging algorithm for Reservoir systems Management, Hydro-Qu¨¦bec, Montr¨¦al, Canada, November 30, 2012
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Technical Reports I co-authored
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?tude sur l¡¯h¨¦sitation et le refus de la COVID-19 en Ha?ti, on behalf of Centres GHESKIO (Haiti), 2022
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Fran?ois, Caron, Luckny Zephyr, Megan Moore, Pronnapa Sanongboon, David Zekveld.?¡°Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Economic Feasibility and Cost-Benefit Study for Remote Mining in the Canadian North: A Case Study¡±, on behalf of MIRARCO, CNL, and OPG, 2021.
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?tude ¨¦pid¨¦miologique descriptive sur la Covid-19 et le comportement de la population dans l¡¯aire m¨¦tropolitaine de Port-au-Prince, pour les Centres GHESKIO, 2020
- Peacekeeping Economy Survey of Haiti, on behalf of the Organization for Economic and Co-operation Development (OECD), 2020
- Etude sur les fili¨¨res porteuses des communes de Beaumont, J¨¦r¨¦mie et Roseaux (Ha?ti), on behalf of CARE Haiti, 2020
- Types de conflits et leurs m¨¦thodes de r¨¦solution formelle et informelle dans les zones rurales, desservies ou ¨¦loign¨¦es, on behalf of Chemonics International, 2017
- Baseline Study on Child Labor, on behalf of?Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and the United States Department of Labor, 2017
- Ligne de base et mesure des indicateurs de r¨¦f¨¦rence, on behalf of the Ministry of Economics and Finance of Haiti, 2016
- Final evaluation of the Southeastern Integrated Families¡¯ Project (Haiti), on behalf of the Salvation Army, 2017
- Ex Post Evaluation of the project ? Kay Solid Nan Plas Kan yo ? (Haiti), on behalf of CARE Haiti/American Red Cross, 2016
- Enqu¨ºte sur la demande de cr¨¦dit sur la population cible du projet Chanje Lavi Plant¨¨, on behalf of Chemonics International, 2016
- Final Evaluation of the ? LiveliHood Project? (Haiti) on behalf of Caritas Austria, 2015
- Final Evaluation of the project TOUNEN LAKAY II on behalf of GOAL Haiti, 2015
- ?Pre-Reproductive Age Mortality Survey Assessment, on behalf of The President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)/Ministry of Public Health and Population (Haiti)/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, Atlanta), 2015
- ?Enqu¨ºte sur la demande de logement par les familles, on behalf of the United Nations Development Program (UND) and the Haitian Government, 2012
- Final Evaluation of the project Assistance aux enfants affect¨¦s et non-aff¨¦ct¨¦s par le s¨¦isme, on behalf of CARE Haiti, 2013
- ?Final Evaluation of the project Food-Voucher Program-Kore Lavni Nou, on behalf of CARE Haiti, 2013
- Household Income Survey, on behalf of Chemonics International, 2013
- ???tude sur les opportunit¨¦s ¨¦conomiques pour les jeunes de 15-17?ans dans certains quartiers du projet 16-6, on behalf of IDEJEN (Haiti) and the International Labor Organization, 2009