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Neil Yorke-Smith
Director, STAR Lab
Associate Professor, Algorithmics group
Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
Delft University of Technology
The Netherlands
n.yorke-smith at tudelft dot nl
News (2026)
- Oct26: Supervision. Dr Roland Saur will graduate on "Multi-Dimensional Flexibility Integration: Practical and conceptual challenges"
- Sep26: Supervision. Wouter Breedveld, MSc, will graduate on "Scheduling Airport Ground Support Equipment"
- Sep26: Supervision. Lennard Timp, MSc, graduated on "Preference-Guided Metaheuristics for Highly Constrained Multi-Objective Decision Problems"
- Sep26: Accepted paper. ITEC-AP 2026, "Energy Management System for Heavy-Duty EV Charging Stations with Dynamic Grid Envelopes"
- Aug26: Supervision. Miguel Duarte de Antas de Barros, MSc, graduated on "Adaptive Migration Topology Control in Island Models Using Reinforcement Learning"
- Aug26: Accepted paper. Developments in the Built Environment, "Toward Intelligent Construction: AI-Driven Autonomous Monitoring of Fresh Concrete Flow Behaviour"
- Aug26: Conference. Programme Chair for LION 2027
- Jul26: Accepted paper. Applied Energy, "Planning Highway Charging Networks for Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicles: From Network Design to Station-Level Charging Profiles"
- Jul26: Supervision. Sie Leoi Lee, MSc, graduated on "Probabilistic Forecasting of Cockpit Crew Reserves Demand: A time series approach"
- Jul26: Preprint. "Solving Highly Constrained Multi-Objective Decision Problems with Preference-Guided Metaheuristics: The IMAP-IGS framework" (arxiv)
- Jul26: Supervision. Andreas Maniatis, MSc, graduated on "Reactive Scheduling Strategies for Advanced Aircraft Engine Parts Repair"
- Jun26: Organiser. SIKS Advanced Course on "Machine Learning Meets Optimization"
- Jun26: Supervision. Cristian Turca, BSc, graduated from the honours programme
- Jun26: Supervision. Samuel Banas, MSc, graduated on "Efficient Production Scheduling Under Uncertainty"
- Jun26: Supervision. Ioana-Roxana Băcălie, MSc, graduated on "Robust Satellite Constellation Optimisation"
- Jun26: Examiner. PhD examiner for Mohammad Sabbaqi, Delft University of University
- Jun26: Supervision. Jasper Heijne, MSc, graduated on "Beyond Static Parameters: Adaptive Simulated Annealing in Practice"
- Jun26: Supervision. Marco Bak, MSc, graduated on "Anomaly Detection in Geostationary Satellites"
- Jun26: Accepted paper. DSO 2026 workshop at IJCAI'26, "Scalable Decision-Focused Learning through Cost-Sensitive Regression" (preprint)
- Jun26: Accepted paper. WSC 2026, "Dynamic Simheuristics for Stochastic Job Shop Scheduling Problems"
- Jun26: Supervision. Stefan Stoian, BSc, graduated from the honours programme
- Jun26: Examiner. PhD examiner for Haoyan Chua, Nanyang Technological University
- May26: Session chair. AAMAS 2026
- May26: Supervision. Dr Pascal van de Vaart graduated on "Bayesian Model-Free Deep Reinforcement Learning"
- May26: Supervision. Dr Yun Li graduated on "Data-Driven and Robust Predictive Control and Optimization with Applications to Building Energy Management"
- Apr26: Accepted paper. IJCAI 2026, "Sufficient Decision Proxies for Decision-Focused Learning" (preprint)
- Apr26: Supervision. Matthijs Vossen, MSc, graduated on "Harmonising Combined Nomenclature Trade Data for Longitudinal Analysis: The Lukaszuk-Torun Method"
- Apr26: Accepted paper. LOGMS 2026, "A Reinforcement Learning Approach for the Dynamic Berth Allocation Problem" (pdf)
- Apr26: Supervision. Daniel Chou Rainho, MSc, graduated on "Improving Inland and Short-Sea Vessel Scheduling using Constraint Optimization"
- Apr26: Supervision. Dr Eghonghon Eigbe graduated on "Optimising Discrete Problems: Decision diagrams and context-aware heuristics"
- Apr26: Postdoc. Dr Francisco Simoes, EFFILOAT project
- Mar26: Accepted paper. IFORS 2026, "Incentive-based Coordinated Approach for Decentralized Multimodal Freight Platforms"
- Mar26: Accepted paper. IFORS 2026, "Solving the Dynamic Berth Allocation Problem Using Reinforcement Learning and Graph Neural Networks"
- Mar26: Accepted poster. TSL 2026, "Optimizing Real-time Freight Bundling via Deep Learning-Accelerated Heuristics"
- Mar26: Workshop. Co-chair of Data Science Meets Optimization workshop at IJCAI'26
- Feb26: Supervision. Tijn Schreuder, MSc, graduated cum laude on "Neural Network Surrogate-Assisted Optimization of Prestressed Slab-Type Bridges"
- Jan26: Conference. Stream Organiser for ISMP'27 in Amsterdam: "Discrete Optimization with Machine Learning"
- Jan26: Supervision. Philippe Van Mastrigt, MSc, graduated on "Incorporating Uncertainty into Supply Chain Life Cycle Optimization"
- Jan26: Accepted paper. MABS 2025 workshop post-proceedings, "An Agent-Based Model of Administrative Corruption in Hierarchical Organisations" (pdf)
- Jan26: Accepted paper. European Journal on Artificial Intelligence, "Neuro-Symbolic Enterprise Optimisation" (pdf)