astronomy

Maxime Cohen

Maxime Cohen is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Maxime Cohen rather than just read about it. In short: Maxime C. Cohen is a professor of Retail and Operations Management and the Academic Director of the Bensadoun School of Retail Management at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Key takeaways

Maxime Cohen belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Maxime Cohen to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Maxime Cohen from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Maxime C. Cohen is a professor of Retail and Operations Management and the Academic Director of the Bensadoun School of Retail Management at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Previously, he was the Director of Research at the Bensadoun School of Retail Management at McGill University. He holds the title of Scale AI Chair in Data Science for Retail.

Education and career Cohen did his Ph.D. in Operations Research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He completed his Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. His research interests are in data science, AI technologies, empirical and behavioral operations management, field experiments, online marketplaces, pricing and revenue management, and retail. Cohen was appointed as Chief of AI Strategy at the CIUSSS West-Central Montreal in December 2024. Prior to this, he was appointed as the first Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer (CAIO) at ELNA Medical, Canada's largest integrated network of medical clinics. He was also a visiting professor and Shubik Fellow at Yale School of Management in 2023–2024. Before joining the faculty at McGill University, Cohen was an assistant professor of technology, operations, and statistics at the NYU Stern School of Business. He also worked as a research scientist at Google AI. He has co-authored several books and published numerous academic papers in leading journals, including Harvard Business Review, Information Systems Research, Management Science, Marketing Science, MIT Sloan Management Review, etc. He worked extensively on pricing optimization and on demand prediction. In 2022, he co-authored a book titled Demand Prediction in Retail that was published by Springer. In September 2024, he authored the AI is Good for Us white paper highlighting the benefits and positive impacts of AI on humanity and society.

Honours Top Retail Influencer, RETHINK Retail (2024). MSOM Young Scholar Prize (2022). Named to Poets&Quants' annual Best 40-Under-40 MBA Professors list (2022). CIST Best Conference Paper Nomination Award (2021). POMS Wickham Skinner Early-Career Research Accomplishments Award (2020). First Place in the Best OM Paper in Management Science Award (2019). UPS PhD Fellowship (2014–2015). Best Application of Theory award from the 2015 NEDSI Conference. MIT Energy Initiative Fellowship (2011–2012).

References

External links Maxime Cohen publications indexed by Google Scholar Website Academic homepage

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Maxime Cohen

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Maxime Cohen claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Maxime Cohen before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Maxime Cohen ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Maxime Cohen

In research: Maxime Cohen appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Maxime Cohen in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Maxime Cohen is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Academic staff of McGill University, Canadian operations researchers, Data scientists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Maxime Cohen outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Maxime Cohen in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Maxime Cohen means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Maxime Cohen in simple terms?

Maxime C. Cohen is a professor of Retail and Operations Management and the Academic Director of the Bensadoun School of Retail Management at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Why does Maxime Cohen matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Maxime Cohen?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Maxime Cohen.