Gurobi Appoints Dr. Pascal Van Hentenryck to Lead AI Innovation Lab
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BEAVERTON, Ore., February 15, 2026 (TECH INFO SCENE) — Decision intelligence technology company Gurobi Optimization has announced the appointment of Dr. Pascal Van Hentenryck as head of the Gurobi AI Innovation Lab (GAIL).
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The Gurobi AI Innovation Lab is a Research and Development initiative focused on advancing the integration of multiple artificial intelligence technologies with optimization to address complex, large-scale, and time-critical decision problems. The initiative is part of Gurobi’s long-term product and technology strategy.
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“Pascal brings exceptional leadership across mathematical optimization and complementary AI technologies. While mathematical optimization remains the best approach for most decision problems—as demonstrated by thousands of successful customer implementations—we believe that combining multiple AI approaches is key to making further performance leaps in decision-making systems. Pascal’s work over the past decade has shown how powerful this approach can be in practice,” said Dr. Oliver Bastert, Chief Technology Officer at Gurobi Optimization.
Van Hentenryck is known for combining machine learning and optimization, particularly in power and energy systems where time constraints are critical. In addition to leading the AI Innovation Lab, he will help strengthen collaboration between Gurobi, industry partners, and academic institutions.
“I’m excited to join Gurobi at a time when optimization and other AI technologies are converging in new and meaningful ways. The Gurobi AI Innovation Lab will provide an ideal vehicle to translate pioneering AI research into scalable optimization platforms, and bring significant value to customers who face challenging decision-making problems,” said Van Hentenryck.
Van Hentenryck joins Gurobi from Georgia Tech, where he serves as the A. Russell Chandler III Chair and Professor in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Director of the NSF AI Institute for Advances in Optimization (AI4OPT), and Director of Tech AI. He is a Fellow of AAAI and INFORMS.
For more information, visit www.gurobi.com/gail/.
Source: Gurobi Optimization
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