- English only
Transport and Mobility Laboratory: PhD theses
2024
- Janody Pougala
- OASIS : An integrated optimisation framework for activity scheduling
- Co-supervisor: Tim Hillel
- Committee: Prof D. Ruggiero (chair), Prof M. Bierlaire, Dr T. Hillel (supervisors), Prof K. Axhausen, Prof R. Moeckel, Prof P. Mokhtarian.
- Private defense: October 20, 2023
- Public defense: January 26, 2024
- [Bibtex]
2023
- Selin Atac
- Demand-based mobility sharing systems
- Co-supervisor: Nikola Obrenovic
- Committee: Kenan Zhang (ETHZ), Claudia Archetti (U. Brescia), Joseph Chow (NYU), Nikola Obrenovic (co-director), Michel Bierlaire (director), Olga Fink (chair)
- Private defense: February 28, 2023
- Public defense: April 21, 2023
- [Bibtex]
2022
- Gael Lederrey
- Bridging the gap between model-driven and data-driven methods in the era of Big Data
- Co-supervisor: Tim Hillel
- Committee: Prof. B. Farooq (Ryerson), Prof. F. Rodrigues (DTU), Prof. A. Alahi (EPFL), Dr T. Hillel (co-director), Prof. M. Bierlaire (director), Prof. Vassilopoulos (chair)
- Private defense: September 16, 2022
- Public defense: November 04, 2022
- [Bibtex]
- Stefano Bortolomiol
- Optimization and equilibrium problems with discrete choice models of demand
- Co-supervisor: Virginie Lurkin
- Committee: Prof. Emma Frejinger (U. Montréal), Prof. Grazia Speranza (U. Brescia), Prof. Francesco Corman (ETHZ), Prof. Dusan Licina (chair), Prof. Virginie Lurkin (cosupervisor), Prof. Michel Bierlaire (supervisor).
- Private defense: December 09, 2021
- Public defense: March 18, 2022
- [Bibtex]
2021
- Nicholas Molyneaux
- Dynamic control strategies for managing pedestrian flows
- Committee: A. Alahi (chair), M. Bierlaire (supervisor), N. Geroliminis, S. Hoogendoorn, H. Mahmassani
- Private defense: July 22, 2021
- Public defense: September 16, 2021
- [Bibtex]
2020
- Meritxell Pacheco
- A general framework for the integration of complex choice models into mixed integer optimization
- Co-supervisor: Shadi Sharif-Azadeh
- Committee: Prof. B. Atasoy (TU Delft), Prof. B. Gendron (U. Montréal), Prof. D. Kuhn (EPFL), Prof. S. Sharif-Azadeh (TU Eindhoven, co-director), Prof. M. Andersen (EPFL, chair), Prof. M. Bierlaire (EPFL, director)
- Private defense: May 19, 2020
- Public defense: September 11, 2020
- [Bibtex]
2018
- Anna Fernandez Antolin
- Dealing with correlations in discrete choice models
- Co-supervisor: Prof. M. de Lapparent
- Committee: Prof. E. Cherchi (U. Newcastle), Prof. C. A. Guevara (U. Chile), Prof. A. Alahi (EPFL). Prof. K. Beyer (chair), Prof. M. Bierlaire (thesis director), Prof. M. de Lapparent (thesis co-director)
- Private defense: November 08, 2017
- Public defense: February 23, 2018
- Last known affiliation: BestMile SA
- [Bibtex]
- Stefan Binder
- Integration of passenger satisfaction in railway timetable rescheduling for major disruptions
- Committee: Prof. M. Gendreau (Polytechnique Montréal), Dr. M. Laumanns (BestMile SA), Prof. F. Corman (ETHZ), Prof. D. Lignos (chair), Prof. M. Bierlaire (thesis director)
- Private defense: November 02, 2017
- Public defense: January 26, 2018
- [Bibtex]
2017
- Iliya Markov
- Rich Vehicle and Inventory Routing Problems with Stochastic Demands
- Co-supervisor: Prof. Sacha Varone
- Committee: Prof. J.-F. Cordeau (HEC Montréal), Prof. G. Speranza (Uni. Brescia), Prof. D. Kuhn (EPFL), Prof. C. Fivet (chair), Prof. S. Varone (thesis director), Prof. M. Bierlaire (thesis director)
- Private defense: August 24, 2017
- Public defense: November 24, 2017
- Last known affiliation: BestMile SA
- [Bibtex]
- Evanthia Kazagli
- Aggregate route choice models
- Committee: Prof. O. Nielsen (DTU), Prof. G. Floetteroed (KTH), Prof. N. Geroliminis (EPFL). Prof. A. Nussbaumer (chair), Prof. M. Bierlaire (thesis director)
- Private defense: August 25, 2017
- Public defense: November 10, 2017
- Last known affiliation: Haute Ecole d'Ingénierie et de Gestion du Canton de Vaud
- [Bibtex]
- Stefano Moret
- Strategic energy planning under uncertainty
- Co-supervisor: François Maréchal
- Committee: Prof. A. Faaji (Univ. Groningen), Prof. Th. Kreutz (Princeton), Prof. D. Kuhn (EPFL), Prof. F. Maréchal (thesis director), Prof. M. Bierlaire (thesis director), Prof. J. Schiffmann (chair).
- Private defense: September 04, 2017
- Public defense: October 20, 2017
- [Bibtex]
- Marija Nikolic
- Data-driven fundamental models for pedestrian movements
- Committee: Prof. H. Mahmassani (Northwestern University), Prof. S. Hoogendoorn (TU DElft), Prof. Geroliminis (EPFL) Prof. Frossard (chairman), Prof. Bierlaire (thesis director)
- Private defense: February 23, 2017
- Public defense: May 05, 2017
- Last known affiliation: Swisscom
- [Bibtex]
2016
- Tomás Robenek
- Behaviorally driven train timetable design
- Committee: Prof. T. Raviv (Tel Aviv Uiv.), Prof. A. Schöbel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen), Prof. U. Weidmann (ETHZ), Prof. Beyer (EPFL, chair), Prof. Bierlaire (EPFL)
- Private defense: November 10, 2016
- Public defense: December 09, 2016
- Last known affiliation: Amazon.com
- [Bibtex]
- Flurin Hänseler
- Modeling and estimation of pedestrian flows in train stations
- Committee: Prof. Lam (Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Prof. Hoogendoorn (TU Delft), Prof. Weidmann (ETHZ), Prof. Geroliminis (chair), Prof. Bierlaire (thesis director)
- Private defense: February 11, 2016
- Public defense: March 18, 2016
- Last known affiliation: Postdoc, Technical University of Delft
- [Bibtex]
2015
- Antonin Danalet
- Activity choice modeling for pedestrian facilities
- Committee: Prof. Golay (chair), Prof. Axhausen (ETHZ), Prof. Pereira (DTU), Prof. Shiftan (Technion), Prof. Bierlaire (EPFL)
- Private defense: October 13, 2015
- Public defense: December 04, 2015
- Last known affiliation: Swiss Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE)
- [Bibtex]
2014
- Aurélie Glerum
- Static and Dynamic Mathematical Models of Behavior
- Committee: Prof. Frejinger (U. Montréal), Prof. Walker (UC Berkeley), Prof. Thalmann (EPFL), Prof. Bernier-Latmani (president of the jury), Prof. Bierlaire (thesis director)
- Private defense: May 07, 2014
- Public defense: July 14, 2014
- Last known affiliation: Data Analyst. Hôpital Riviera-Chablais
- [Bibtex]
- Nitish Umang
- From container terminals to bulk ports: models and algorithms for integrated planning and robust scheduling
- Committee: Prof. Bernier-Latmani (president), Prof. J.-F. Cordeau (HEC Montréal), Prof. A. Erera (Georgia Tech), Prof. D. Kuhn (EPFL), Prof. M. Bierlaire (thesis director)
- Private defense: February 24, 2014
- Public defense: April 17, 2014
- Last known affiliation: General Electric Global Research Center
- [Bibtex]
2013
- Bilge Atasoy
- Integrated supply-demand models for the optimization of flexible transportation systems
- Co-supervisor: Matteo Salani
- Committee: Prof. Cynthia Barnhart (MIT), Prof. François Soumis (Polytechnique Montréal), Prof. François Maréchal (EPFL), Prof. Philippe Thalmann (EPFL, President), Prof. Bierlaire (EPFL, supervisor), Dr. Salani (IDSIA, co-supervisor)
- Private defense: October 07, 2013
- Public defense: November 22, 2013
- Last known affiliation: Assitant Professor, Maritime and Transport Technology department, Technical University of Delft
- [Bibtex]
- Jingmin Chen
- Modeling route choice behavior using smartphone data
- Committee: Prof. Bierlaire (supervisor), Prof. Frejinger (KTH Stockholm), Prof. Hess (president), Prof. Pereira (U. Coimbra), Prof. Vandergheynst (EPFL),
- Private defense: December 17, 2012
- Public defense: January 25, 2013
- Last known affiliation: Alibaba.com
- [Bibtex]
2012
- Ricardo Hurtubia
- Discrete choice and microsimulation methods for agent-based land use modeling
- Committee: Prof. Mountford (chairman), Prof. Bierlaire (thesis director), Prof. Axhausen (ETHZ), Prof. Martinez (U. Chile), Prof. de Palma (ENS Cachan)
- Private defense: October 02, 2012
- Public defense: November 02, 2012
- Last known affiliation: Professor, University of Chile
- [Bibtex]
2011
- Javier Cruz
- Model-based Behavioural Tracking and Scale Invariant Features in Omnidirectional Matching
- Co-supervisor: Prof. Jean-Philippe Thiran
- Committee: Prof. Cavallero (Queen Mary U. of London, UK), Prof. Macq (U. Catholique de Louvain, Belgium), Dr. Bogdanova (EPFL), Prof. Thiran (thesis director), Prof. Bierlaire (thesis director), Dr. Vesin (president)
- Private defense: August 16, 2011
- Public defense: September 30, 2011
- Last known affiliation: Cisco, Switzerland
- [Bibtex]
- Thomas Robin
- New challenges in disaggregate behavioral modeling: emotions, investments and mobility.
- Committee: Dr. G. Antonini (IBM Research), Dr. S. Hess (U. of Leeds, UK), Prof. J.-Ph. Thiran (EPFL), Prof. Mountford (president), Prof. M. Bierlaire (thesis director)
- Private defense: April 05, 2011
- Public defense: May 27, 2011
- Last known affiliation: Loterie Romande
- [Bibtex]
- Ilaria Vacca
- Container terminal management: integrated models and large-scale optimization algorithms
- Co-supervisor: Dr. Matteo Salani, IDSIA, Lugano
- Committee: Prof. M. Christiansen (NTNU, Norway), Prof. G. Speranza (U. Brescia, Italy), Prof. N. Geroliminis (EPFL), Prof. F. Eisenbrand (EPFL), Dr. M. Salani (IDSIA), Prof. M. Bierlaire (EPFL)
- Private defense: December 06, 2010
- Public defense: February 04, 2011
- Last known affiliation: Senior Consultant at SAS (Rome, Italy)
- [Bibtex]
2010
- Carolina Osorio Pizano
- Mitigating network congestion: analytical models, optimization methods and their applications
- Committee: J. Barcelo (UPC), M. Bierlaire (EPFL), A. Odoni (MIT), P. Thiran (EPFL)
- Private defense: January 25, 2010
- Public defense: April 16, 2010
- Last known affiliation: Professor, Dpt. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Ma.
- [Bibtex]
2009
- Niklaus Eggenberg
- Combining robustness and recovery for airline schedules
- Committee: C. Barnhart (MIT), M. Bierlaire (EPFL), Th. Liebling (EPFL), F. Margot (CMU)
- Private defense: November 13, 2009
- Public defense: December 11, 2009
- Last known affiliation: APM Technologies, Geneva
- [Bibtex]
2008
- Emma Frejinger
- Route choice analysis: data, models, algorithms and applications
- Winner of two prestigious prizes in 2008: Dissertation Prize of the Transportation Science & Logistics Society of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) and the Eric Pas Dissertation Prize from the International Association for Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR)
- Committee: M. Bierlaire (EPFL), M. Ben-Akiva (MIT), P. Bovy (TU Delft), Th. Liebling (EPFL), Th. Mountford (EPFL)
- Private defense: December 17, 2007
- Public defense: April 30, 2008
- Last known affiliation: Professor, Université de Montréal
- [Bibtex]
2007
- Ivan Spassov
- Algorithms for map-aided autonomous indoor pedestrian positioning and navigation
- Co-supervisor: Prof. B. Merminod, TOPO, EPFL.
- Committee: M. Bierlaire (EPFL), A.-G. Dumont (EPFL), N.-E. El Faouzi (INRETS, Lyon), B. Merminod (EPFL), Th. Mountford (EPFL), M. Wieser (U. Graz, Austria)
- Private defense: October 25, 2007
- Public defense: November 23, 2007
- Last known affiliation: RLJ Ingénieurs Conseils s.a., Lausanne
- [Bibtex]
- Michaël Thémans
- Numerical methods and models relevant to transportation applications
- Committee: M. Bierlaire (EPFL), Th. Liebling (EPFL),Th. Mountford (EPFL), A. Sartenaer (FUNDP), N. Zufferey (U. Laval, Québec)
- Private defense: July 18, 2007
- Public defense: August 24, 2007
- Last known affiliation: Deputy of the Vice-President, EPFL
- [Bibtex]
2005
- Gianluca Antonini
- A discrete choice modeling framework for pedestrian walking behavior with application to human tracking in video sequences
- IATBR's Eric Pas Dissertation Prize 2005 - Honorable Mention
- Co-supervisor: Prof. J.-Ph. Thiran, ITS, EPFL
- Committee: M. Ben-Akiva (MIT), M. Bierlaire (EPFL), A. Cavallaro (UCL), R. Siegwart (EPFL), J-Ph. Thiran (EPFL)
- Private defense: November 05, 2005
- Public defense: December 16, 2005
- Last known affiliation: IBM Research, Rushlikon, Switzerland
- [Bibtex]
- Rodrigue Oeuvray
- Trust-region methods based on radial basis functions with applications to biomedical imaging
- Committee: M. Bierlaire (EPFL), A. Conn (IBM), Th. Liebling (EPFL), A. Sartenaer (FUNDP), M. Unser (EPFL)
- Private defense: April 18, 2005
- Public defense: May 19, 2005
- Last known affiliation: Pictet Swiss Private Banking, Geneva, Switzerland
- [Bibtex]
2003
- Frank Crittin
- New algorithmic methods for real-time transportation problems
- Committee: M. Bierlaire (EPFL), M. Ben-Akiva (MIT), D. Bonvin (EPFL), Th. Liebling (EPFL), K. Nagel (ETHZ)
- Private defense: October 28, 2003
- Public defense: December 12, 2003
- Last known affiliation: International Financial Products
- [Bibtex]
In progress
- Alexis Gumy
- Aux frontières de la mobilité. Vers la construction sociale des « bonnes manières » de se déplacer ?
- Co-supervisor: Vincent Kaufmann
- [Bibtex]
- Marija Kukic
- Modeling the activities of households
- [Bibtex]
- Cloe Cortes Balcells
- Activity-based models and epidemics
- Co-supervisor: Rico Krueger
- [Bibtex]
- Tom Haering
- Algorithms for large scale choice-based optimization
- [Bibtex]
- Nicola Ortelli
- Assisted specification of choice models
- [Bibtex]
- Negar Rezvany
- Urban energy demand
- Co-supervisor: Tim Hillel
- [Bibtex]
Expertise
- Transportation Research
- Operations Research
- Discrete Choice Models
Methods
Modeling, optimization, simulation
Manuscripts
- Antonini, Gianluca
- Atasoy, Bilge
- Binder, Stefan
- Bortolomiol, Stefano
- Chen, Jingmin
- Crittin, Frank
- Cruz, Javier
- Danalet, Antonin
- Eggenberg, Niklaus
- Fernandez Antolin, Anna
- Frejinger, Emma
- Glerum, Aurélie
- Hänseler, Flurin
- Hurtubia, Ricardo
- Kazagli, Evanthia
- Lederrey, Gael
- Markov, Iliya
- Moret, Stefano
- Nikolic, Marija
- Oeuvray, Rodrigue
- Osorio Pizano, Carolina
- Pacheco, Meritxell
- Robenek, Tomás
- Robin, Thomas
- Spassov, Ivan
- Thémans, Michaël
- Umang, Nitish
- Vacca, Ilaria