Michael "Mike" Florian is Professor Emeritus of Computer Science and OR at the University of Montreal. He has more than 60 years of practical and academic experience working with OR problems related to the transportation of people and goods. Mike has published over 150 articles in scientific journals and conference proceedings on transportation research and OR. He was an associate editor of several journals, including Operations Research, Transportation Science, INFOR, Transportation Research Part B, to name a few. He was the founder of a company called INRO, whose transportation planning software packages are used in many countries worldwide. In 1990, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and in 2006, he was named a fellow of INFORMS. Mike is a recipient of numerous awards, such as the Merit Award of the Canadian OR Society and the Robert D. Herman Lifetime Achievement Award. Mike was also recognized as a “Pioneer of Computing in Canada” by the IBM Centers for Advanced Studies, and he was named “Honorary Professor” by Shanghai University of Science and Technology.