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News (2023)

• Dec23: Accepted paper. AAMAS 2024, "Bayesian Ensembles for Exploration in Deep Q-Learning"
• Dec23: Preprint. "Robust Optimal Control With Binary Adjustable Uncertainties" (arxiv)
• Dec23: Supervision. Marvin Kleijweg, MSc, graduated on "Encouraging Circular Wood-Based Building Practices in Amsterdam"
• Dec23: Supervision. Lucas Veeger, MSc, graduated on "CCS Reservoir Simulation using Graph Neural Networks"
• Dec23: Open position. PhD position "Reinforcement learning for sustainable logistics"
• Dec23: Preprint. "Mixed-Integer Optimisation of Graph Neural Networks for Computer-Aided Molecular Design" (arxiv)
• Nov23: Accepted paper. Transportation Research Board Part C, "A Data-driven Time-Dependent Routing and Scheduling for Activity-Based Freight Transport Modelling" (pdf)
• Nov23: Examination. PhD examiner for Vincentius Ewald, TU Delft
• Oct23: Supervision. Katja Schmahl, MSc, graduated on "Railway Maintenance Scheduling"
• Oct23: Accepted paper. NEXT'23, "RSimGNN for long-term CO2 saturation predictions for CCS Reservoir Simulation"
• Oct23: Panellist. IGF 2023 panel on "Accelerating an Inclusive Energy Transition"
• Oct23: Preprint. "Robust Losses for Decision-Focused Learning" (arxiv)
• Oct23: Dagstuhl participant. Accountable Software Systems
• Oct23: Doctoral student. Mahsa Movaghar joins the STAR Lab
• Sep23: Examination. PhD examiner for Shi Yuan Tang, Nanyang Technological University
• Sep23: Supervision. Zhongbo Yao, MSc, graduated on "Optimization of Strawberry Supply Chain from the Perspective of Producers"
• Sep23: Accepted paper. IEEE Access, "Sequence- and Time-dependent Maintenance Scheduling in Twice Re-entrant Flow Shops" (pdf)
• Aug23: Supervision. Robin Oosterbaan, MSc, graduated on "Determining the Optimal Route for a Tethered Manure Applying Robot"
• Aug23: Supervision. Gautham Venkataraman, MSc, graduated on "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: On exploration of solution reuse in VRPTW"
• Aug23: Supervision. Angelos Zoumis, MSc, graduated on "How Can the Behaviour of Specialized Heuristic Solvers Assist Constraint Solvers for Optimization Problems?"
• Aug23: Accepted paper. Artificial Intelligence, "Maintenance Commitments: Conception, Semantics, and Coherence" (pdf)
• Aug23: Accepted paper. EWRL 2023, "Bayesian Deep Q-Learning via Sequential Monte Carlo" (pdf)
• Jul23: Session chair. ICAPS 2023
• Jul23: Accepted paper. CDC 2023, "Unlocking Energy Flexibility From Thermal Inertia of Buildings: A robust optimization approach" (pdf)
• Jul23: Grant. NWA ORC, "Freight Mobility as a Service"
• Jul23: Mentor. ICAPS 2023 Doctoral Consortium
• Jun23: Supervision. Koen du Buf, MSc, graduated on "Model Stacking Performance Comparisons for Lifetime Estimation of CMOS ICs"
• Jun23: Supervision. Robert Wenink, MSc, graduated on "Multi-Fidelity Kriging Extrapolation"
• Jun23: Examination. PhD examiner for Prateek Gupta, University of Oxford
• Jun23: Supervision. Joaquin van Loon, MSc, graduated on "Short-Term Vessel Trajectory and Manoeuvre Prediction"
• Jun23: Award. Best Poster, ELLIS Unit Delft poster day
• Jun23: Supervision. Casper Pennings, MSc, graduated on "Scheduling a Flexible Manufacturing System: A reinforcement learning based approach"
• May23: Published. Dagstuhl report "Data-Driven Combinatorial Optimisation" (pdf)
• May23: Session chair. CPAIOR 2023
• May23: Seminar. Tilburg University, "Trustworthy, Just and Fair AI-enabled Energy Systems"
• May23: Doctoral student. Leila Ashkezari
• May23: Accepted paper. ICAPS 2023, "Online Learning of Variable Ordering Heuristics for Constraint Optimisation Problems" (journal abstract) (journal pdf)
• Apr23: Visitor. Ambrogio Bernardelli and Simone Milanesi from University of Pavia
• Apr23: Special issue. Urban Planning, "AI for and in Urban Planning"
• Apr23: Conference. BNAIC/BeNeLearn'23 website is live
• Mar23: Accepted paper. MABS 2023 workshop at AAMAS'23, "Adaptive Parallelization of Multi-Agent Simulations with Localized Dynamics" (preprint)
• Mar23: Accepted paper. LION 2023, "Machine Learning for Combinatorial Optimisation of Partially-Specified Problems: Regret Minimisation as a Unifying Lens" (preprint)
• Mar23: Accepted paper. Journal of Air Transport Management, "Fleet Planning Under Demand and Fuel Price Uncertainty Using Actor-Critic Reinforcement Learning" (pdf)
• Mar23: Accepted paper. IFAC 2023, "Robust Optimal Control With Inexact State Measurements and Adjustable Uncertainty Sets" (pdf)
• Feb23: Accepted paper. MT-ITS 2023, "Augmenting Ridership Data with Social Media Data to Analyse the Long-term Effect of COVID-19 on Public Transport"
• Feb23: Accepted paper. ICAPS 2023, "Solving the Multi-Choice Two Dimensional Shelf Strip Packing Problem with Time Windows" (pdf)
• Feb23: Accepted paper. ICAPS 2023, "Parallel Batch Processing for the Coating Problem" (pdf)
• Feb23: Doctoral student. Sami Ullah
• Feb23: Published. PLOS ONE, "Optimal Training of Integer-Valued Neural Networks with Mixed Integer Programming" (pdf)
• Feb23: Grant. AI Ned, "AI for the Future Energy System"
• Jan23: Accepted paper. CPAIOR 2023, "Predicting the Optimal Period for Cyclic Hoist Scheduling Problems" (pdf)
• Jan23: Editorial Board. Urban Planning
• Jan23: Conference. Area Chair for ECAI 2023 in Poland
• Jan23: Accepted paper. AAMAS 2023, "Fair Pricing for Time-Flexible Smart Energy Markets" (pdf)

News (2022)

• Dec22: Supervision. Tom McDonald, MSc, graduated on "Mixed Integer (Non-) Linear Programming Formulations of Graph Neural Networks"
• Dec22: Seminar. Imperial College London, "Linear and Bi-Linear Mixed Integer Formulations of Graph Neural Networks"
• Dec22: Conference. General Co-Chair for BNAIC/BeNeLearn'23 in Delft
• Nov22: Award. Second place, KNVI/KIVI Scriptieprijzen voor Informatica en Informatiekunde
• Oct22: Speaker. ELLIIT Focus Period Workshop on Hybrid AI, "Machine Learning to Accelerate Solving of Constraint Programs"
• Oct22: Accepted paper. Flexible Services and Manufacturing, "Berth Planning and Real-Time Disruption Recovery: A Simulation Study for a Tidal Port" (pdf)
• Oct22: Conference. Proceedings and Video Co-Chair for RecSys 2023 in Singapore
• Oct22: Accepted paper. BNAIC 2022, "Machine Learning for the Cyclic Hoist Scheduling Problem" (pdf)
• Oct22: Accepted paper. BNAIC 2022, "Optimisation of Annual Planned Rail Maintenance" (journal abstract) (journal pdf)
• Oct22: Participant. Dutch mission to UK on Smart Mobility and AI and Sustainability
• Oct22: Doctoral student. Tilman Hinnerichs
• Oct22: Accepted paper. IAAI 2023, "Embedding a Long Short-Term Memory Network in a Constraint Programming Framework for Tomato Greenhouse Optimisation" (pdf)
• Sep22: Accepted paper. NeurIPS 2022, "Learning to Branch with Tree MDPs" (pdf)
• Sep22: Supervision. Wouter Morssink, MSc, graduated on "Automatically Designing Diverse Golf Course Routings"
• Aug22: Lab. CaSET ELSA AI Lab website is live
• Aug22: Supervision. Sterre Noorthoek, MSc, graduated on "Detecting Dish Types in Picnic Deliveries"
• Aug22: Accepted paper. Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, "Online Learning of Variable Ordering Heuristics for Constraint Optimisation Problems" (pdf)
• Aug22: Supervision. Shixun Wu, MSc, graduated on "Fine-grained Scheduling of Real-Time Recurrent DAG Tasks upon Multiprocessor Platforms"
• Aug22: Seminar. North Carolina State University, "Towards a Framework for Certification of Reliable Autonomous Systems"
• Jul22: Supervision. Nikolaos Efthymiou, BSc, graduated from the honours programme
• Jul22: Supervision. Daan Goslinga, MSc, graduated on "A Two-Stage 3D Bin Packing Algorithm for Groceries at Online Supermarket Picnic"
• Jul22: Visitor. Tom Dietterich from Oregon State University
• Jun22: Supervision. Sarah de Wolf, MSc, graduated on "A Machine Learning Approach for 3D Load Feasibility Prediction"
• Jun22: Session chair. ICAPS 2022
• Jun22: Supervision. Marc Droogh, MSc, graduated on "Optimising Topographical Pillar Placement for Thermal Heat Distribution with Artificial Intelligence"
• Jun22: Supervision. Daniël van Gelder, MSc, graduated on "Real-Time Passenger Load Estimation using In-Vehicle Data"
• Jun22: Speaker. EurAI ACAI 2022 / TAILOR summer school 2022, "Reliable Autonomous Systems: Certification, Trust and Hybrid Intelligence"
• Jun22: Accepted paper. Engineering Structures, "Long-Term Viscoelastic Deformation Monitoring of Concrete Dams: A Multi-Output Surrogate Model Approach for Parameter Identification" (pdf)
• Jun22: Accepted paper. EURO 2022, "A Machine Learning Approach for 3D Load Feasibility Prediction"
• Jun22: Lorentz Center participant. Rigorous Automated Planning (2022)
• May22: Organiser. SIKS Advanced Course on "Machine Learning Meets Optimization"
• May22: Supervision. Dr Longjian Piao graduated on "Electricity Markets for Direct Current Distribution Systems"
• May22: Session chair. AAMAS 2022
• May22: Preprint. "Learning to Branch with Tree MDPs" (arxiv)
• May22: Preprint. "Machine Learning for Combinatorial Optimisation of Partially-Specified Problems: Regret Minimisation as a Unifying Lens" (arxiv)
• May22: Accepted paper. SPARK 2022 workshop at ICAPS'22, "Predictive Maintenance Scheduling in Twice Re-entrant Flow Shops with Due Dates" (pdf)
• May22: Supervision. Dirk van Bokkem, MSc, graduated on "Economic Greenhouse Decision Support"
• May22: Doctoral student. Yanyan Xu, TULIPS project
• Apr22: Conference. Publication Co-Chair for AAMAS 2023 in United Kingdom
• Apr22: Accepted paper. ICAPS 2022, "Optimisation of Annual Planned Rail Maintenance" (journal abstract) (journal pdf)
• Apr22: Supervision. Thomas Barendse, MSc, graduated on "Truck Routing for an Online Grocer"
• Apr22: Accepted paper. ABMUS 2022 workshop at AAMAS'22, "No Hope for First-Time Buyers? Towards Agent-Based Market Analysis of Urban Housing Balance" (pdf)
• Apr22: Accepted paper. ESICUP 2022, "A Machine Learning Approach for 3D Load Feasibility Prediction"
• Apr22: Postdoc. Dr Alexandru Babeanu
• Mar22: Accepted paper. TRISTAN XI 2022, "A Data-driven Time-Dependent Routing and Scheduling for Activity-Based Freight Transport Modelling" (pdf)
• Mar22: Lab. STAR Lab website is live
• Mar22: Workshop. Co-chair of Data Science Meets Optimization workshop at IJCAI'22
• Feb22: Accepted demonstration. ICT.OPEN 2022, "Stein Variational Gradient Descent for Deep Ensembles"
• Feb22: Accepted poster. ICT.OPEN 2022, "Predictive Maintenance Scheduling in Twice Re-entrant Flow Shops with Due Dates"
• Feb22: Accepted paper. ICAPS 2022, "Talking Trucks: Decentralized Collaborative Multi-Agent Order Scheduling for Self-Organizing Logistics" (pdf)
• Jan22: Examination. PhD examiner for Chaminda Bulumulla, RMIT University
• Jan22: Supervision. Stefan de Vringer, MSc, graduated on "Offline-Online Reoptimization using a Hybrid Method"
• Jan22: Accepted paper. Urban Planning, "Market-Led Urbanism and Geographic Crises: A Micro-Simulation Lens on Beirut" (pdf)
• Jan22: Doctoral student. Yun Li, Brains for Buildings project
• Jan22: Postdoc. Dr Matthias Horn

News (2021)

• Dec21: Accepted paper. EEWC 2021, "Flexible Enterprise Optimization with Constraint Programming" (pdf)
• Dec21: Examination. PhD examiner for Xiao Sha, Nanyang Technological University
• Nov21: Member. ELLIS
• Nov21: Accepted paper. PLOS ONE, "Optimal Training of Integer-Valued Neural Networks with Mixed Integer Programming"
• Nov21: Speaker. Bricks, Bits and Behaviour 2021, "Intelligent Control Strategies for Energy Flexibility"
• Nov21: Open position. Postdoc position "High-Performance Social Simulation"
• Nov21: Session chair. BNAIC 2021
• Nov21: Accepted paper. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Guest Editorial "A High-Impact and Expeditious Journal for Computational and Algorithmic Computer Science Research"
• Nov21: Examination. PhD examiner for Paulo da Costa, TU Eindhoven
• Oct21: Speaker. 35th Dutch Benelux Simulation Society Symposium, "Beirut: Social Simulation for Urban Dynamics"
• Oct21: Accepted paper. BNAIC 2021, "Agent-Based Simulation of Short-Term Peer-to-Peer Rentals: Evidence from the Amsterdam Housing Market" (journal abstract) (journal pdf)
• Oct21: Accepted paper. BNAIC 2021, "Online Learning of Deeper Variable Ordering Heuristics for Constraint Optimisation Problems" (pdf)
• Oct21: Accepted paper. BNAIC 2021, "Localised Reputation in the Prisoner's Dilemma" (pdf)
• Oct21: Supervision. Rico Hageman, MSc, graduated on "Online Lock Scheduling and Disruption Management"
• Oct21: Accepted paper. TRB Annual Meeting 2022, "Activity-Based Freight Transport Modeling: A Surrogate-Based Optimization Model to Estimate Freight Vehicles' Time-Dependent Routing and Scheduling"
• Sep21: Supervision. Erik Wiegel, MSc, graduated on "Decreasing Demand Without Building Houses: Towards Agent-Based Market Analysis of Internal Demand"
• Sep21: Grant. EU Horizon 2020, "Demonstrating Lower Polluting Solutions for Sustainable Airports across Europe"
• Sep21: Open position. PhD position "Data Management and Enhancing Services for Sustainable Traffic and Mobility Management"
• Sep21: Speaker. TAILOR summer school 2021, "Agent-Based Modelling for Social Simulation"
• Sep21: Accepted paper. PTHG 2021 workshop at CP'21, "Online Learning of Deeper Variable Ordering Heuristics for Constraint Optimisation" (pdf)
• Sep21: Open position. Postdoc position "Real-World Combinatorial Optimisation"
• Sep21: Editorial Board. Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research
• Sep21: Doctoral student. Pascal van de Vaart, Epistemic AI project
• Sep21: Doctoral student. Noah Schutte, Epistemic AI project
• Aug21: Supervision. Yorick de Vries, MSc, graduated on "Reinforcement Learning for Order Distribution in Self-Organizing Logistics"
• Aug21: Project. Epistemic AI website is live
• Aug21: Conference. Sponsorship Co-Chair for ICAPS 2023 in Czech Republic
• Aug21: Accepted paper. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, "Optimisation of Annual Planned Rail Maintenance" (pdf)
• Aug21: Book. Delftse Foundations of Computation v2.0 released
• Aug21: Accepted paper. International Journal of Agent-Oriented Software Engineering, "Quantifying the Progress of Goals in Intelligent Agents" (pdf)
• Aug21: Editorial Board. Artificial Intelligence Review
• Jul21: Senior Member. Association for Computing Machinery
• Jul21: Supervision. Arjo van Ramshorst, MSc, graduated on "A Generic Approach to Automatically Creating and Evaluating Hybrid Recommender Systems"
• Jul21: Supervision. Robin Faber, MSc, graduated on "Accessible Data Mining for Agent-Based Simulation Models"
• Jul21: Accepted paper. DSO 2021 workshop at IJCAI'21, "Online Learning of Deeper Variable Ordering Heuristics for Constraint Optimisation" (pdf)
• Jul21: Supervision. Sytze Andringa, MSc, graduated on "Applying Constraint Programming to Enterprise Modelling"
• Jun21: Featured article. AI, "A Study of Learning Search Approximation in Mixed Integer Branch and Bound: Node Selection in SCIP"
• May21: Conference. Sponsorship Co-Chair for ICAPS 2022 in Singapore
• May21: Session chair. AAMAS 2021
• May21: Editorial Board. Constraints: An International Journal
• Apr21: Accepted paper. AI, "A Study of Learning Search Approximation in Mixed Integer Branch and Bound: Node Selection in SCIP" (pdf)
• Mar21: Accepted paper. CPAIOR 2021, "Learning Variable Activity Initialisation for Lazy Clause Generation Solvers" (pdf)
• Mar21: Open position. PhD position "Optimal Control of Smart Buildings for Energy Flexibility"
• Feb21: Supervision. Mitchell Deen, MSc, graduated on "Automatic Algorithm Selection and Hyperparameter Optimization for Medical Image Classification"
• Feb21: Grant. MOOI, "Brains for Building's Energy Systems"
• Feb21: Accepted paper. AAMAS 2021, "Towards a Framework for Certification of Reliable Autonomous Systems" (journal abstract) (journal pdf)
• Feb21: Accepted paper. Environment and Planning B, "Agent-Based Simulation of Short-Term Peer-to-Peer Rentals: Evidence from the Amsterdam Housing Market" (pdf)
• Feb21: Dagstuhl organiser. Data-Driven Combinatorial Optimisation (2022)
• Feb21: Teaching. New course Algorithms for NP-Hard Problems
• Feb21: Examination. PhD examiner for Keivan Shariatmadar, KU Leuven
• Feb21: Open positions. PhD positions "Optimisation and Reinforcement Learning with Epistemic Uncertainty"
• Jan21: Supervision. Izaak Geursen, MSc, graduated on "Airline Fleet Planning Problem using Reinforcement Learning"
• Jan21: Supervision. Eva Verboom, MSc, graduated on "Optimal Steel Temperature Control on the Run-Out Table"
• Jan21: Session chair. IJCAI 2020
• Jan21: Accepted paper. Learning Network Architecture During Training workshop at AAAI'21, "Training Integer-Valued Neural Networks with Mixed Integer Programming" (pdf)

News (2020)

• Dec20: Senior Member. Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
• Dec20: Accepted paper. AAAI 2021, "Maintenance of Social Commitments in Multiagent Systems"
• Dec20: Accepted paper. DSO 2020 workshop at IJCAI'20, "On Training Neural Networks with Mixed Integer Programming" (pdf)
• Dec20: Accepted paper. DSO 2020 workshop at IJCAI'20, "Towards Unsatisfiable Core Learning for Chuffed" (pdf)
• Nov20: Conference. Community and Diversity Co-Chair for IJCAI 2020 in Japan (virtual)
• Nov20: Award. Best Student Paper at BNAIC'20
• Oct20: Accepted paper. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, "Agent-Based Simulation of West Asian Urban Dynamics: Impact of Refugees" (pdf)
• Oct20: Grant. EU Horizon 2020, "Epistemic AI"
• Oct20: Accepted paper. Constraints, "A New Constraint Programming Model and Solving for the Cyclic Hoist Scheduling Problem" (pdf)
• Oct20: Accepted paper. BNAIC 2020, "Cooperation in Harsh Environments: The Effects of Noise in Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma" (pdf)
• Sep20: Book review. Prometheus, "Responsible Artificial Intelligence (book review)" (pdf)
• Sep20: Accepted paper. Energy, "Electricity Markets for DC Distribution Systems: Locational Pricing Trumps Wholesale Pricing" (pdf)
• Sep20: Supervision. Thomas Puppels, MSc, graduated on "An Investigation into Predict-and-Optimize Machine Learning"
• Sep20: Doctoral student. Eghonghon Eigbe, SAM-FMS project
• Sep20: Accepted paper. KEPS 2020 workshop at ICAPS'20, "NLtoPDDL: One-Shot Learning of PDDL Models from Natural Language Process Manuals" (pdf)
• Sep20: Supervision. Koen Snel, MSc, graduated on "Predicting Buckling and Plasticity of Finite Element Models Using Machine Learning"
• Sep20: Session chair. CP 2020
• Sep20: Preprint. "On Training Neural Networks with Mixed Integer Programming" (arxiv)
• Sep20: Accepted paper. Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, "Towards a Framework for Certification of Reliable Autonomous Systems" (pdf)
• Sep20: Conference. Novel Applications Track Co-Chair for ICAPS 2021 in China
• Aug20: Supervision. Floris Doolaard, MSc, graduated on "Deepification: Learning Variable Ordering Heuristics in Constraint Optimization Problems"
• Aug20: Speaker. STEP Anywhere 2020, "Growing Tomatoes with Artificial Intelligence"
• Aug20: Book. Delftse Foundations of Computation v1.2 released
• Aug20: Accepted paper. PTHG 2020 workshop at CP'20, "Towards Unsatisfiable Core Learning for Chuffed" (pdf)
• Jul20: Supervision. Ronald van Driel, MSc, graduated on "Unsatisfiable Core Learning for Chuffed"
• Jul20: Supervision. Jaap-Jan van der Steeg, MSc, graduated on "Berth Planning and Disruption Recovery: A Simulation Approach"
• Jul20: Supervision. Kaan Yilmaz, MSc, graduated on "Learning Efficient Search Approximation in Mixed Integer Branch and Bound"
• Jul20: Supervision. Tomas Þorbjarnarson, MSc, graduated cum laude on "Training Neural Networks with Discrete Optimization Solvers"
• Jul20: Preprint. "Learning Efficient Search Approximation in Mixed Integer Branch and Bound" (arxiv)
• Jul20: Supervision. Rukai Yin, MSc, graduated on "Applying Machine Learning to Learn System Dynamics Models for Urban Systems"
• Jun20: Supervision. Dennis van Peer, MSc, graduated on "Dynamically Pricing Tickets for Cultural Venues"
• Jun20: Accepted paper. INDIN 2020, "Towards Optimal Demand-Side Bidding in Parallel Auctions for Time-Shiftable Electrical Loads" (pdf)
• Jun20: Competition. Team Automatoes won the final of the Autonomous Greenhouses International Challenge 2020
• May20: Open position. PhD position "Constraint Based Real-Time Scheduling for Manufacturing Systems"
• May20: Doctoral student. Lara Scavuzzo, OPTIMAL project
• Apr20: Conference. Co-Chair for IAAI 2021 in Canada (virtual)
• Apr20: Editorial Board. Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
• Mar20: Lorentz Center participant. Rigorous Automated Planning (2020) (cancelled due to COVID-19)
• Mar20: Examination. PhD examiner for Xiaoming Li, Nanyang Technological University
• Mar20: Grant. EU Horizon 2020, "Foundations of Trustworthy AI -- Integrating Reasoning, Learning and Optimization" (TAILOR)
• Feb20: Accepted poster. ICT.OPEN 2020, "Combined Heat and Power Markets by Double-Sided Auction Mechanisms"
• Jan20: Accepted paper. CPAIOR 2020, "A New Constraint Programming Model and Solving for the Cyclic Hoist Scheduling Problem" (abstract | pdf)
• Jan20: Preprint. "Towards a Framework for Certification of Reliable Autonomous Systems" (arxiv)
• Jan20: Supervision. Lara Scavuzzo, MSc, graduated cum laude on "Learning Variable Selection Rules for the Branch-and-Bound Algorithm via Reinforcement Learning"

News (2019)

• Dec19: Supervision. Johanna Korte, MSc, graduated on "An Aircraft and Schedule Integrated Approach to Improve Cockpit Crew Pairings"
• Dec19: Grant. NWO Mastering Complexity, "Scheduling Adaptive Modular Flexible Manufacturing Systems" (SAM-FMS)
• Dec19: Accepted paper. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, "Time/Sequence-Dependent Scheduling: The Design and Evaluation of a General Purpose Tabu-Based Adaptive Large Neighbourhood Search Algorithm" (doi)
• Dec19: Supervision. Lei He, PhD, graduated on "Agile Satellite Co-dispatch Model and Algorithm" (NUDT, China)
• Nov19: Book chapter. Energy and Behaviour: Challenges of a Low-Carbon Future, "Agent-Based Modelling of the Social Dynamics of Energy End-Use" (doi)
• Oct19: Supervision. Loubna Aammari, MSc, graduated on "Solving the Less-Than-Container Load Shipping Problem over Multiple Ports"
• Oct19: Supervision. Ombretta Strafforello, MSc, graduated on "Multimodal Information Extraction from Videos"
• Oct19: Accepted paper. Computers & Industrial Engineering, "Order Acceptance and Scheduling with Sequence-dependent Setup Times: A New Memetic Algorithm and Benchmark of the State of the Art" (doi)
• Oct19: Seminar. TU Eindhoven, "Tabu-Based Adaptive Large Neighbourhood Search for Time/Sequence-Dependent Scheduling Problems with Time Windows"
• Sep19: Supervision. Benjamin Los, MSc, graduated on "Using Clickstream Data and Representation Learning to Understand User Interests in Order to Recommend Vacations"
• Sep19: Competition. Team Automatoes qualified for the final of the Autonomous Greenhouses International Challenge 2019-20
• Sep19: Visitor. Sibel Salman from Koç University
• Aug19: Book. Delftse Foundations of Computation v1.1 released
• Aug19: Supervision. Shivam Miglani, MSc, graduated on "One-Shot Learning of Planning Domains from Natural Language Process Manuals"
• Aug19: Supervision. Zequn Zhou, MSc, graduated on "Automatic Classification of Satellite Data of Informal Urban Settlements"
• Aug19: Proceedings. SPARK 2019 workshop post-proceedings (pdf)
• Aug19: Conference. Co-Chair for IAAI 2020 in USA
• Jul19: Supervision. Joe Chen, MSc, graduated on "Trunk-Branch Ensemble Convolutional Neural Networks for Large Scale, Few-Shot Video-to-Still Face Recognition"
• Jul19: Lorentz Center participant. Agent-Based Models for Exploring Public Policy Planning
• Jul19: Accepted paper. EEM 2019, "Markets for Direct Current Distribution Systems: Towards Energy-based vs. Flex-based Designs"
• Jul19: Dagstuhl organiser. Data-Driven Combinatorial Optimisation (2020) (cancelled due to COVID-19)
• Jul19: Accepted paper. Energies, "Electricity Markets for DC Distribution Systems: Design Options" (doi)
• Jul19: Supervision. Menno Oudshoorn, MSc, graduated cum laude on "Solving a Real-World Rail Maintenance Scheduling Problem using Meta-Heuristic Algorithms"
• Jul19: Accepted paper. Group Decision and Negotiation, "The Lemon Car Game Across Cultures: Evidence of Relational Rationality" (doi)
• Jun19: Accepted paper. ISGT-Europe 2019, "Combined Heat and Power Markets by Double-Sided Auction Mechanisms" (pdf)
• Jun19: Accepted paper. Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal, "Coordinated Optimization of Equipment Operations in a Container Terminal" (doi)
• Jun19: Seminar. University of Macedonia, "Tabu-Based Adaptive Large Neighbourhood Search for Time/Sequence-Dependent Scheduling Problems with Time Windows"
• May19: Seminar. KU Leuven, "Tabu-Based Adaptive Large Neighbourhood Search for Time/Sequence-Dependent Scheduling Problems with Time Windows"
• May19: Conference. Programme Co-Chair for AAMAS 2020 in New Zealand
• May19: Session chair. AAMAS 2019
• May19: Panellist. AAMAS'19 Doctoral Consortium panel
• May19: Accepted paper. Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, "A Coupled Operational Semantics for Goals and Commitments" (doi)
• Apr19: Visitor. Mark Wallace from Monash University
• Apr19: Supervision. Arnold Overwater, MSc, graduated on "Agent-Based Simulation on Social Factors in the Amsterdam Housing Market"
• Mar19: Dagstuhl participant. Engineering Reliable Multiagent Systems
• Mar19: Accepted poster. CPAIOR 2019, "Cyclic Hoist Scheduling: Experiments with Modern Solvers"
• Feb19: Teaching. New course Algorithms for Intelligent Decision Making
• Feb19: Accepted paper. ABMUS 2019 workshop at AAMAS'19, "Hot Housing: A Study of Bidding Strategies in the Dutch Urban Residential Market"
• Feb19: Accepted paper. ICAPS 2019, "Tabu-Based Adaptive Large Neighbourhood Search for Time/Sequence-Dependent Scheduling Problems with Time Windows" (pdf)
• Feb19: Book. Delftse Foundations of Computation downloaded 5000 times in six months
• Jan19: Workshop. Co-chair of Scheduling and Planning Applications workshop at ICAPS'19
• Jan19: Speaker. Dutch Institute for Programming Research and Algorithmics, "Constraint Programming"
• Jan19: Accepted poster. ICT.OPEN 2019, "Monitoring Norms: A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective"