Thesis defense of Wendy Olsder, 9 February 2023 (TU/e)

On Thursday February 9th 2023, Wendy Olsder will defend her PhD thesis Optimization Models for Faster and Affordable Access to Rare Disease Treatments. This thesis has been supervised by dr. Tugce Martagan and prof. dr. ir. Ivo Adan.

University of Antwerp and VUB join Beta

Recently, the Operations Research Group of the University of Antwerp joined Beta. The main research topic of the group is the development of optimisation methods to solve a wide range of decision-making problems. Generally, their research is application-driven in the sense that models and algorithms are developed and studied out of a real-life need rather […]

Thesis defense of Nathalie Vanvuchelen, 1 September 2022 (KU Leuven)

On Thursday, 1 September 2022, Nathalie Vanvuchelen will defend her PhD thesis Deep reinforcement learning for inventory control. This thesis has been supervised by Robert Boute. The ceremony will take place at KU Leuven, in Agora learning centre, room Emma Vorlat, at 16:30. Summary In recent years, excitement has been building about new technologies such as […]

Thesis defense of Jelle Adan, 23 September 2022 (Eindhoven University of Technology)

On Friday, 23 September 2022, Jelle Adan will defend his PhD thesis Operational Decision Making in Semiconductor Manufacturing. This thesis has been supervised by Geert-Jan van Houtum and Alp Akcay. The ceremony will take place at the Eindhoven University of Technology, in Atlas 0.710, at 13:30. Summary Semiconductor manufacturers face a continuous pressure to improve […]

Netherlands OML Conference June 2-3, 2022

On June 2-3 the latest edition of the Netherlands Operations Management and Logistics Conference took place. Every other year, Beta co-organizes this two-day conference, which aims to offer networking opportunities and foster research discussions and new collaborations among OML researchers in the Netherlands and Flanders. More information and the program can be found here.

Thesis defense of Yesim Koca, 18 March 2022 (Eindhoven University of Technology)

On Friday, 18 March 2022, Yesim will defend her PhD thesis Optimal Decision Making under Uncertainty in Biomanufacturing”. This thesis has been supervised by prof.dr.ir. Ivo Adan and dr. Tugce Martagan. The ceremony will take place at Eindhoven University of Technology, in the Atlas Building, Room 0.710, at 13:30. Summary Biomanufacturing methods use living organisms […]

Thesis defense of Mirjam Meijer, 2 February 2022 (Eindhoven University of Technology)

On Wednesday February 2, 2022, Mirjam Meijer will defend her PhD thesis Optimization and Coordination in High-tech Supply Chains. This thesis has been supervised by Dr. Willem van Jaarsveld and Prof. Dr. Ton de Kok. The ceremony will take place at Eindhoven University of Technology, in Atlas, 0.710, at 16:00. Abstract High-tech manufacturers produce multi-million […]

Thesis defense of Rik Timmerman 28 Januari (Eindhoven University of Technology)

On Friday, January 28, 2022, Rik will defend his PhD thesis Performance analysis at the crossroad of queueing theory and road traffic. This thesis has been supervised by prof. dr. Johan van Leeuwaarden, prof. dr. ir. Ivo Adan and dr. ir. Marko Boon. The ceremony will take place at Eindhoven University of Technology, in Atlas […]

Thesis defense of Laurens Deprez, 31 Augustus 2021 (KU Leuven)

On 31 August 2021, Laurens Deprez will defend his PhD thesis Pricing full-service maintenance contracts. This thesis has been supervised by Prof. dr. Robert Boute and Prof. dr. Katrien Antonio. The ceremony will take place in Stuk (02.C004),  Naamsestraat 96, Leuven at 15:30. Abstract Manufacturers focus their attention to providing after-sales solutions to their customers instead […]