Optimization and Simulation

• Time: Every Wednesday, from 09:15 to 13:00, starting February 18, 2026.
• Location: GC D0 386
• EPFL Coursebook of the course
• The final presentations of the projects will be held on the last day of the course (May 27, 2026) starting at 09:15 in the regular room GC D0 386.

Teaching team

• Michel Bierlaire
• Léa Ricard
• Prunelle Vogler

• Bierlaire (2015). Optimization: Principles and Algorithms. EPFL Press. [PDF]
• Ross (2012). Simulation. Fifth Edition. Academic Press.
• Gelman et al. (2013). Bayesian Data Analysis. CRC Press.

Videos

Videos of previous versions of the course are available here .

Submissions

Each group should follow the guidelines below:

• Create a zip file named GroupX.zip (where X is your group number) including:
  • PDF file for the presentation, and
  • Jupyter Notebooks for the project.
• Send the zip file:
  • Via email to Prunelle Vogler, Léa Ricard,
  • With the subject: OptSim26 project: Group X.
• The deadline is: 26.05.2026 at 17:00.

Oral presentation

Each student is assigned to a group that will work on a project and prepare a 25 minutes presentation in the end of the course.

• Final presentations date: 27.05.2026 starting at 09:15.
• 25 minutes presentation + 10 minutes Q&A.
• Both simulation and optimization projects must be presented.
• Each student of the group is supposed to present approximately the same time during the final presentation.