Complex and challenging decisions: the STAR Lab team explores trustworthy fundamental AI to help people make better decisions in situations from sustainable logistics, to robust planning under uncertainty, to fair energy markets.

Research

The TU Delft STAR Lab confronts a fundamental question of the AI era: how can machine intelligence assist individuals and groups who face complex decision trade-offs? We research how bringing together data and models, human preferences, and AI reasoning can facilitate outcomes better for society. We make impact through partnering with companies, universities, municipalities and government departments.

Projects

DECIDE
DECIDE
NWO (2025-31)

Citizens and AI

Optimisation

Uncertainty


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AIM-TT
AIM-TT
AiNed (2025-28)

AI & mobility learning community

Optimisation

Simulation


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EFFILOAT
EFFILOAT
RVO (2025-27)

Efficient offshore wind turbines

Optimisation

Uncertainty


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PortCall.Zero
PortCall.Zero
NWO (2025-30)

Sustainable terminal services

Optimisation

Uncertainty

Simulation


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FMaaS
FMaaS
NWO (2024-29)

Freight Management as a Service

Optimisation

Uncertainty


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AIFES
AIFES
AiNed (2023)

AI for the future energy system

Optimisation

Uncertainty


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Plug-In
Plug-In
Dutch Ministry EZK (2022-26)

HGV energy hubs

Optimisation

Uncertainty


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TULIPS
EU Green Deal (2022-26)

Sustainable landside transport

Optimisation

Simulation


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E-pi logo
Epistemic AI
Horizon 2020 (2021-26)

Redefining the basis for AI

Uncertainty


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Brains for Buildings
Dutch Ministry EZK (2021-25)

Data-driven building optimisation

Uncertainty

Optimisation


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Voestalpine logo
Voestalpine
Industrial (2021-22)

Job planning and sequencing

Optimisation


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HaPSISH
OPTIMAL
NWO (2020-25)

Machine learning for optimisation

Optimisation


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TAILOR
EU Horizon 2020 (2020-24)

Trustworthy AI

Simulation

Optimisation


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HaPSISH
SAM-FMS
NWO (2020-24)

Scheduling cyber-physical systems

Optimisation


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HaPSISH
HaPSISH
NWO (2016-20)

Energy system integration

Optimisation

Uncertainty


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DCSMART
DCSMART
EU Horizon 2020 (2016-19)

Energy system integration

Simulation

Uncertainty


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Recent News

Master's graduate

Matthijs Vossen, MSc, graduated on "Harmonising Combined Nomenclature Trade Data for Longitudinal Analysis: The Lukaszuk-Torun Method"

Accepted paper

LOGMS 2026, "A Reinforcement Learning Approach for the Dynamic Berth Allocation Problem"

Master's graduate

Daniel Chou Rainho, MSc, graduated on "Improving Inland and Short-Sea Vessel Scheduling using Constraint Optimization"

Doctoral graduate

Dr Eghonghon Eigbe graduated on "Optimising Discrete Problems: Decision diagrams and context-aware heuristics"

New STAR Lab postdoc

Dr Francisco Simoes, EFFILOAT project

Accepted paper

IFORS 2026, "Incentive-based Coordinated Approach for Decentralized Multimodal Freight Platforms"

Accepted paper

IFORS 2026, "Solving the Dynamic Berth Allocation Problem Using Reinforcement Learning and Graph Neural Networks"

Accepted poster

TSL 2026, "Optimizing Real-time Freight Bundling via Deep Learning-Accelerated Heuristics"

Workshop chair

STAR Lab Director will co-chair Data Science Meets Optimization workshop at IJCAI'26

Master's graduate

Tijn Schreuder, MSc, graduated cum laude on "Neural Network Surrogate-Assisted Optimization of Prestressed Slab-Type Bridges"

Master's graduate

Philippe Van Mastrigt, MSc, graduated on "Incorporating Uncertainty into Supply Chain Life Cycle Optimization"

Accepted paper

MABS 2025 workshop post-proceedings, "An Agent-Based Model of Administrative Corruption in Hierarchical Organisations" (pdf)

Accepted paper

European Journal on Artificial Intelligence, "Neuro-Symbolic Enterprise Optimisation"