People

Current PhD students

Xueying Ou
2024-
RL for sustainable logistics
Joost Commandeur
Shell eMobility, 2024-
EV charging and scheduling
Harry Zhang
Twente, 2024-
multi-agent sustainable logistics
Leila Shams Ashkezari
2023-
energy hub optimisation
Mahsa Movaghar
2022-
bayesian transport inference
Tilman Hinnerichs
2022-
neuro-symbolic program synthesis
Yanyan Xu
2022-
transport data fusion
Noah Schutte
2021-
decision-focussed learning
Yun Li
2022-26
robust flexibility control
Pascal van der Vaart
2021-26
epistemic reinforcement learning
Eghonghon Eigbe
2020-25
cyber-physical production systems
Roland Saur
CWI, 2017-25
multi-fuel market design
Lara Scavuzzo
2020-25
learning integer optimisation

Current MSc students

Roy Katz
at ORTEC, 2024-25
nurse rostering
Jasper Klein Kranenbarg
at KLM, 2024-25
maintenance scheduling
Andrei Mereutaow
at Picnic, 2024-25
recipe recommendation
Matthijs de Goede
at Shell eMobility, 2024-25
scheduling
Max Le Blansch
with Austrian Institute of Technology, 2024-25
scheduling
Rixt Hellinga
2024-25
game theory
Venelina Pocheva
at NXP, 2024-25
AI for software engineering
Steffano Psathas
at KLM, 2024-25
maintenance scheduling
Mozafar Shah
with TU/e, 2024-25
ML for VRP
Michall Hu
at PostNL, 2024-25
database optimisation
Sian Hallsworth
with AS, 2024
embedding transformers in MIP
Wouter Looijenga
at KLM, 2024
personnel resource optimisation

Current BSc students

Cristian Turcan
2024-26
decision-focussed learning
Stefan Stoian
2024-26
RL for VRP

Current and previous visitors

Prof. Chris Beck
University of Toronto, Canada
2024
Dr Keivan Shariatmadar
KU Leuven, Belgium
2022, 2023-24
Bettina Könighofer
TU Graz, Austria
2023
Ambrogio Bernardelli
University of Pavia, Italy
2023
Simone Milanesi
University of Pavia, Italy
2023
Chaoning Lin
Hohai University, China
2019-20
Prof. Mark Wallace
Monash University, Australia
2019
Lei He
National University of Defense Technology, China
2017-19
Dr Imad Bou-Hamad
American University of Beirut, Lebanon
2018

Alumni

Ir Laurens Krudde
at Siemens Mobility, 2023-24
transport behaviour analytics
Dr Alexandru Babeanu
postdoc, 2022-24
up-scaling agent-based simulation
Ir Michel Woo
at Picnic, 2023-24
vehicle routing problems
Ir Siddhartha Sen
at Infinite Variety, 2023-24
golf course design
Ir Vincent Bockstael
2023-24
random matrix filtering
Ir Martin Michaux
at Accenture, 2023-24
retrieval-augmented generative models
Ir Lars van Koetsveld van Ankeren
Industrial Ecology, 2024
building management diagnostics
Haji Sami Ullah
2023-24
data-driven concrete design
Bertold Kovács, BSc
2022-24
agent-based corruption simulation
Yehor Kozyr, BSc
2022-24
temporal reasoning algorithms
Ir Jeroen Groenheide
2023-24
ML for MIP
Ir Octav Pocola
at Giga, 2023-24
energy community markets
Ir Tim Huisman
at U-Turn, 2023-24
container matching recommendations
Ir Luca Cras
at Blue Radix, 2023-24
physics-informed neural networks
Ir Isa Rethans
at PostNL, 2023-24
parcel cost estimation
Ir Yoshi van den Akker
at CGI, 2023-24
improving branch-and-bound
Ir Sven van der Voort
at Alliander, 2023-24
EA with preferences
Ir Wantong Zhang
CEG, at Argaleo, 2023-24
crowding risk estimation
Ir Kees 't Hooft
Aerospace, 2022-24
RL for fleet planning
Ir Simon Mariën
at Imec, 2023-24
multi-objective EA
Ir Kylian Kropf
at Dyflexis, 2022-24
explaining constraint programs
Ir Wytze Elhorst
2022-24
shared vehicle optimisation
Ir Marvin Kleijweg
TPM, 2022-23
sustainable construction simulation
Ir Lucas Veeger
at Schlumberger, 2023
reservoir simulation
Ir Katja Schmahl
at Macomi, 2023
railway maintenence planning
Ir Zhongbo Yao
2022-23
supply chain prediction
Ir Robin Oosterbaan
at Lely, 2022-23
constrained path planning
Ir Gautham Venkataraman
2022-23
vehicle routing problems
Ir Angelos Zoumis
2022-23
heuristics for CP-SAT
Ir Koen du Buf
at NXP, 2022-23
chip power estimation
Ir Robert Wenink
3mE, 2021-23
surrogate function estimation
Ir Joaquin van Loon
at Macomi, 2022-23
vessel route prediction
Ir Casper Pennings
3mE, 2021-23
MCTS for jobshops
Dr Matthias Horn
postdoc, 2022
packing and scheduling
Ir Tom McDonald
2021-22
embedding GNNs in MIP
Ir Wouter Morssink
at Infinite Variety, 2021-22
golf course design
Ir Sterre Noorthoek
at Picnic, 2021-22
recipe prediction
Ir Shixun Wu
with TU Eindhoven, 2021-22
real-time scheduling
Nikolaos Efthymiou, BSc
2021-22
predicting objective values
Ir Daan Goslinga
at Picnic, 2021-22
3D bin packing
Ir Sarah de Wolf
at ORTEC, 2021-22
ML for bin packing
Ir Marc Droogh
at NXP, 2021-22
chip thermal design
Ir Daniël van Gelder
at Siemens Mobility, 2021-22
estimating tram passengers
Dr Longjian Piao
2016-22
DC-grid market design
Zhiqiang Lei
2021-22
MIP heuristic selection
Ir Dirk van Bokkem
at Delphy, 2022
greenhouse yield optimisation
Ir Thomas Barendse
at Picnic, 2021-22
vehicle routing problems
Ir Stefan de Vringer
2021-22
RL for VRP
Kaijen Lee
2021
ML in CP-SAT
Ir Rico Hageman
at Macomi, 2020-21
dynamic lock planning
Ir Erik Wiegel
2020-21
housing market simulation
Ir Yorick de Vries
at TNO, 2020-21
RL for VRP
Ir Arjo van Ramshorst
2020-21
genetic recommender algorithm
Ir Robin Faber
2020-21
data mining for ABM
Ir Sytze Andringa
2020-21
enterprise simulation-optimisation
Ir Mitchell Deen
at Erasmus MC, 2020-21
auto-ML for medical images
Ir Izaak Geursen
Aerospace, 2020-21
RL for fleet planning
Ir Eva Verboom
at Tata Steel, 2020-21
steel temperature control
Samuel Lee, BSc
Sabancı University, Turkey, 2020
ML for VRP
Ir Thomas Puppels
2019-20
decision-focussed learning
Ir Koen Snel
3mE, 2019-20
ML for finite element models
Ir Floris Doolaard
2018-20
online CP solving
Ir Ronald van Driel
2019-20
ML in CP-SAT
Ir Jaap-Jan van der Steeg
at Macomi, 2019-20
dynamic berth planning
Ir Kaan Yilmaz
2019-20
ML for MIP branching
Ir Tomas Þorbjarnarson
2019-20
batch exact training of NNs
Ir Rukai Yin
with Arcadis, 2019-20
ML for system dynamics
Ir Dennis van Peer
at tiqets.com, 2019-20
pricing optimisation
Ir Lara Scavuzzo
2019-20
RL for MIP
Ir Johanna Korte
at Transavia, 2018-19
airline scheduling and rostering
Ir Louis Sikkes
at ORTEC, 2018-19
benchmarking VRP algorithms
Ir Ombretta Strafforello
at IBM Center for Advanced Solutions, 2018-19
multi-modal meeting summarisation
Ir Benjamin Los
at vakanties.nl, 2018-19
dynamic pricing
Ir Shivam Miglani
2018-19
generating planning models
Ir Zequn Zhou
with UN Habitat, 2018-19
satellite image identification
Ir Loubna Aammari
at Ab Novo, 2018-19
container loading and routing
Ir Po-Shin Chen
at ORTEC, 2018-19
image recognition
Ir Menno Oudshoorn
at Macomi, 2018-19
railway maintenance planning
Andrea Rufini, MSc
University of Perugia, Italy, 2019
ML for VRP
Ir Arnold Overwater
2018-19
housing market simulation
Ir Shambhuraj Sawant
3mE, 2017-18
hierarchical reinforcement learning
Ir Tim Jonker
3mE, at TBA Group, 2017-18
container loading optimisation
Dr Guibing Guo
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2011-15
scalable recommender systems
Rami El Outa, MSc
American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 2011-13
verifying port simulation
Francesco Cattuto, MSc
University of Bologna, Italy, 2004
newsprint vendor optimisation

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