Thierry WarinHEC Montréal · CIRANO · NICT Tokyo
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Teaching

From BAA to PhD, every course ships with its own platform.

R, Python, QGIS and Tableau taught through real pipelines — Markdown, Git, Zotero — not slideware, plus interactive quizzes and Shiny apps students keep after the term. Current course listings live at hec.ca/warin; open teaching materials on GitHub.

Currently teaching · HEC Montréal
github.com/warint →
MScExploitation and Exploration of Geospatial Data — geoAIMETH 60018 · Geospatial data science and geoAI for global studies — spatial data, mapping and analysis with QGIS and R, applied to trade, transport and the economy. Also taught in French (Exploitation et exploration des données géospatiales).
MScQuantitative Methods in International Business Research with RMATH 60033 · Quantitative methods from a data-science perspective: the intuition behind each method, how researchers apply it, and hands-on replication through a full pipeline — Markdown, R, Git, Zotero. Supervised and unsupervised machine learning.
MScQuantitative Methods in International Business Research with PythonThe Python counterpart to the R course: quantitative methods from a data-science perspective — the intuition behind each method and hands-on replication through a full pipeline (Markdown, Python, Git, Zotero), with supervised and unsupervised machine learning.
MBACampus Abroad — MBAINTE 90002 · Field-based international immersion for the MBA program, taking students to Japan to connect with firms, institutions and ecosystems, as Academic Director of Campus Abroad. Companion book: Japan in Transition ↗.
Also taught — graduate & undergraduate
MScLandscape and Challenges of International Business with TableauAn integrated overview of the international business environment and its risks, with free access to the Tableau suite. Being a successful manager means being equipped with the right analytical tools to manage risk.
MScGestion des investissements internationaux avec PythonLa gestion des investissements internationaux avec le risque de change et le risque politique — environnement financier international, gouvernance d’entreprise, systèmes légaux et libéralisation à travers le monde.
MScThe Platform Economy and Global Technological InnovationHow platforms restructure competition and innovation across borders.
MScEconomics of the European UnionThe rationale of European economic integration from an economic and political-economy perspective — institutions as the means to economic ends.
MScFinancial ModelingCorporate and market finance: portfolio optimization, the Markowitz frontier, Sharpe and beyond, derivatives and option pricing — assumptions, weaknesses and the future of finance in emerging markets.
MScMacroeconomicsMacroeconomic tools for the dynamics of countries — globalization, emerging economies, outsourcing and comparative advantage in the 21st-century world economy.
MSc/MBAFrom Digital Transformation to Digital Revolution of FirmsCloud computing, machine learning and access to massive unstructured data — getting your hands dirty with the digital transformation of firms.
MBAContexte et enjeux de l’entrepriseL’environnement global de l’entreprise : dimensions sociétale, politique, culturelle et technologique, et l’impact de la mondialisation sur les décisions internationales.
MBA/MScFutures & ForesightDeveloping scenarios for a data-driven understanding of the future — proxies for a quantitative approach to political, economic, environmental and technological risk.
BAAScience des données et affaires internationales avec RIntroduction aux méthodes supervisées et auto-supervisées d’apprentissage automatique avec des applications en affaires internationales.

Teaching awards & distinctions

HEC Montréal · 2024
Teaching Innovation Award — Chenelière Éducation — for the best teaching innovation implemented during the year by a faculty member.
Polytechnique Montréal · 2011–2013
Best-teacher award — Gala Méritas — laureate (2011 and 2013) and finalist (2012).
Middlebury College · 2006–2009
Marjorie Lamberti Faculty Appreciation Award — laureate (2009) and finalist (2006).
HEC Paris · 1998–1999
Vernimmen-Paribas Faculty Appreciation Award — laureate (1998) and finalist (1999).
Pedagogy & interactive material
Open materials · github.com/warint →

Interactive books

Économie industrielle avec R · Quantitative Methods in IB with R · Machine Learning for IB with R · Data Pipeline with R · Foundations in quantitative analysis for IB with R.

Online data-science quizzes

Self-assessment in R across statistics, linear and logistic regression, time-series and classification — applications in finance, real estate, fintech and recommender systems.

EdTech during COVID-19

Ma classe en ligne and Humanités numériques — projects created at the onset of the pandemic to keep teaching and digital-humanities work going online.