Thesis defense of Somayeh Torkaman, 28 January 2025 (TU/e)

On Tuesday 28 January 2025, Somayeh Torkaman will defend her PhD thesis Product Exploration and Exchange in Omni-channel Retail. This thesis has been supervised by prof.dr. Tom Van Woensel, dr. Nevin Mutlu and dr. Sarah Gelper. The ceremony will take place at Eindhoven University of Technology, in Atlas 0.710, from 16:00.

Thesis defense of Ragnar Eggertsson, 22 November 2024 (TU/e)

On Friday 22 November 2024, Ragnar Eggertsson will defend his PhD thesis Advances in Asset Management: Maintenance Optimization under Incomplete Information and Sustainable Technology Selection. This thesis has been supervised by dr.ir. Rob Basten and prof.dr.ir. Geert-Jan van Houtum. The ceremony will take place at Eindhoven University of Technology, in Atlas 0.710, from 13:30.

Thesis defense of Lotte van Hezewijk, 21 November 2024 (TU/e)

On Thursday 21 November 2024, Lotte van Hezewijk will defend her PhD thesis Deep Reinforcement Learning For Production and Inventory Management. This thesis has been supervised by dr.ir. Nico Dellaert and dr. Willem van Jaarsveld. The ceremony will take place at Eindhoven University of Technology, in Atlas 0.710, at 16.00.

Thesis defense of Thibault Delbart, 6 November 2024 (UHasselt)

On Wednesday, November 6, 2024, Thibault Delbart will defend his PhD thesis, Capacity planning under uncertainty in synchro modal transport. This thesis has been supervised by prof. dr. An Caris and prof. dr. Kris Braekers. The ceremony will take place at Hasselt University, in Campus Diepenbeek (Building D, room H2), at 15:30.

Thesis defense of Robert van Steenbergen, 13 September 2024 (UT)

On Friday, September 13, 2024, Robert van Steenbergen will defend his PhD thesis Evaluation and Coordination of UAVs in Humanitarian Logistics. This thesis has been supervised by prof.dr.ir. Martijn Mes and dr.ir. Wouter van Heeswijk. The ceremony will take place at the University of Twente, in Waaier 4, at 12:30h.

Thesis defense of Bram De Moor, 5 September 2024, KU Leuven

On Thursday, 5 September 2024, Bram De Moor will defend his PhD thesis Smart Inventory Control for Sustainable Logistics. This thesis has been supervised by prof. dr. Robert Boute (KU Leuven) and prof. dr. Stefan Creemers (IÉSEG School of Management). The ceremony will take place at KU Leuven in Auditorium Emma Vorlat at 17:00.

Thesis defense of Sasan Amini, 28 February 2024 (Hasselt University)

On Wednesday, 28 February 2024, Sasan Amini will defend his PhD thesis Constrained Bayesian Optimization with Barrier Functions; impact of heteroscedastic noise on the search and identification phases. This thesis has been supervised by Professor Dr. Inneke Van Nieuwenhuyse. The ceremony will take place at Hasselt University, in the Verhaegen auditorium, at 02:00 PM.

Thesis defense of Silia Mertens, 13 December 2023 (Hasselt University)

On Wednesday, 13 December 2023, Silia Mertens will defend her PhD thesis Logistics decision-making under uncertainty: Real-life applications. This thesis has been supervised by Prof. Kris Braekers (Hasselt University) and Prof. An Caris (Hasselt University). The ceremony will take place at Hasselt University, at 15.00h.

Thesis defense of Ruben D’Haen, 7 December 2023 (Hasselt University)

On Thursday, 7 December 2023, Ruben D’Haen will defend his PhD thesis Heuristic algorithms for the online integrated optimisation of order picking and vehicle routing decisions. This thesis has been supervised by Prof. Kris Braekers (Hasselt University) and Prof. Katrien Ramaekers (Hasselt University). The ceremony will take place at Hasselt University, at 13.00h.

Thesis defense of Arnoud Wellens, 27 November 2023 (KU Leuven)

On 27 November, 2023, Arnoud Wellens will defend his PhD thesis Tree-based Sales Forecasting for Retail Operations. This thesis has been supervised by Prof. dr. Robert N. Boute and Prof. dr. Maximiliano Udenio. The ceremony will take place at KU Leuven, in the Promotiezaal at 17:00.

Thesis defense of Sami Özarık, 15 November 2023 (TU/e)

On Wednesday, 15 November 2023, Sami Özarık will defend his PhD thesis Data-Driven Decision Making in Last-Mile Logistics. This thesis has been supervised by prof.dr. T. van Woensel, dr. V. Lurkin and dr. L.P. Veelenturf. The ceremony will take place at Eindhoven University of Technology, in Atlas 0.710, at 16.00h.

Thesis defense of Natasja Sluijk, 23 November 2023 (TU/e)

On Thursday, 23 November 2023, Natasja Sluijk will defend her PhD thesis From Chaos to Control:Effective Approaches for Demand Uncertainty in Vehicle Routing. This thesis has been supervised byprof.dr. T. van Woensel and dr. J. Kinable. The ceremony will take place at Eindhoven University ofTechnology, in Atlas 0.710, at 16.00h.

Thesis defense of Rafael Escamilla, 12 September 2023 (TiU)

On Tuesday, 12 September 2023, Rafael Escamilla will defend his PhD thesis Managing theNanostore Supply Chain: Base-of-the-Pyramid Retail in Emerging Markets. This thesis has beensupervised by prof. Dr. Jan Fransoo and dr. Prisca Brosi. The ceremony will take place at TilburgUniversity, in the Portrait Room, Cobbenhagen Building, at 14:00h.

Thesis defense of Alejandro Morales Hernández, 11 September 2023 (Hasselt University)

On Monday, 11 September 2023, Alejandro Morales Hernández will defend his PhD thesis Essays onMachine Learning: Advances in Forecasting and Optimization. This thesis has been supervised byProf. Inneke Van Nieuwenhuyse (Hasselt University), Prof. Koenraad Vanhoof (Hasselt University),and Prof. Ivo Couckuyt (Ghent University). The ceremony will take place at Hasselt University, inBuilding D room A101, at […]