Executive & Scientific Committee
The Innovation 4.0 Network is managed by an executive and scientific committee whose members are: the Leaders 4.0 (professors) at the 8 Universities, a program manager (coordinator) and research advisors. Monthly meeting are held to discuss strategy, future joint training and research projects, joint proposals, etc.
In addition, the Innovation 4.0 Network will have an industrial advisory board representing various business sectors, large and small companies, research consortia and associations.
Leaders 4.0
Program Manager / Coordinator
Research associate and Coordinator, Lab Poly-Industries 4.0 (Polytechnique Montréal)
Program Manager, Pôle Innovation 4.0 Hub (ÉTS)
Professor, Industrial Engineering Department
Telephone: 819 376-5011 Ext. 3936
Email: Georges.Abdulnour@uqtr.ca
Prof. Georges Abdul-Nour holds the Hydro Québec Chair in modeling and simulation of asset management and was the Head of the School of Engineering at UQTR. He is a member of CNIMI, the Centre national intégré du manufacturier intelligent with the goal to foster the transition to smart manufacturing. His expertise includes Industry 4.0, PLM, value added production system, predictive maintenance, design of experiment, continuous improvement, etc.
Professor, Management and Technology Department
Director of the Internet of Things (IoT) lab
Telephone: 514 987-3000 Ext. 2429
Email: bendavid.ygal@uqam.ca
Prof. Ygal Bendavid is Director of the Internet of Things (IoT) lab. He is working on a research project related to the design and the simulation of connected environments in various business sectors (hospital, retail, logistics, etc.). His area of expertise includes Operations Management, Internet of Things, Living labs and RFID Technologies.
Professor, Business School, Department of Information Systems and Quantitative Methods in Business
Codirector of IntelliLab 4.0
Telephone: 514 821-8000 Ext. 65042
Prof. Luis Antonio De Santa-Eulalia is a founding member of the SC4 (Collaborative Research Network on Supply Chain 4.0), a collaborator of diverse research groups, including the CRISI (“Consortium de recherche en ingénierie des systèmes industriel 4.0, Laval) and the Poly-Industrie 4.0 lab. His is also co-director of the IntelliLab.org, a research group dedicated to the study of the Industry 4.0. His current research interests are related to emergent technologies and novel business models for innovative value chain management.
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
Head of ADML
Telephone: 514 398-2523
Email: Yaoyao.zhao@mcgill.ca
Prof. Yaoyao Fiona Zhao is the head of the Additive Design and Manufacturing Laboratory (ADML). One of the ADML aims is the integration of the numerous types of engineering software into more robust packages to help advance the industry.
Professor, Mathematical and Industrial Engineering Department
Director of POLY-INDUSTRY 4.0
Telephone: 340-4711 Ext. 4930
Email: jean-marc.frayret@polymtl.ca
Prof. Jean-Marc Frayret is the Director of Poly-Industries 4.0 Lab. His research interests concern the design of decision support systems based on advanced modelling techniques such as agent-based models, operations research and data analysis, for the design and management of logistics systems in supply chains, manufacturing, healthcare, and industrial ecology. He has supervised over 150 undergraduate and graduate projects with the manufacturing and service industries.
Professor, Computer Science and Software Engineering Department
Director of Consortium de recherche en ingénierie des systèmes industriels 4.0
Telephone: 418 656-2131 Ext. 412742
Prof. Jonathan Gaudreault is the Director of CRISI, a research consortium dedicated to Industry 4.0 systems engineering that includes seven enterprises and four research centers. Over the last 15 years, he has led projects on artificial intelligence, operational research, simulation and optimization for industrial applications.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
Director of Innovation 4.0 Hub
Telephone: 514 396-8436
Email: hany.moustapha@etsmtl.ca
Professor Hany Moustapha holds two industrial chairs: the Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) Chair on multidisciplinary design and optimization of aero-engines (2011-2023) and the Siemens Chair on the integration of Industry 4.0 technologies (2018-2023). He championed the creation of the ÉTS Innovation 4.0 Hub (Nov. 2018), which regroups 55 professors and was appointed as its Director. From 2010 to 2018 he was Director of AEROETS. He has over 35 years of industrial experience with P&WC as Director of its technology, collaboration, and technical education programs.
Associate Professor, Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering
Head of EGE group
Telephone: 848-2424 Ext. 3150
Email: rolf.wuthrich@concordia.ca
Professor Rolf Wuthritch holds the Concordia Research Chair in Industry 4.0 and is the Director of the Center for Advanced Manufacturing. His current research interests include advanced manufacturing with a special focus on Industry 4.0 and electrochemical technologies.