Fabian D.M.E. Bastin

Ph.D. DEGREE in MATHEMATICS

4826, Avenue Cumberland
Montréal (Québec),
Canada, H4V 2N6

Born: June 8, 1977, Bastogne, Belgium

Nationality: Belgian
Single, without child
Car driving licence (Belgian, Quebecian)
Computational Science and Operational Research Department
University of Montreal
C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville,
Montreal (Quebec), Canada, H3C 3J7
Tel.: +1 514 343-6952
Fax: +1 514 343-5834
email: bastin@iro.umontreal.ca
Homepage: http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~bastin

Research interests

History

01/2007-
Assistant professor, Computing Science and Operational Research Department, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
01/2005-12/2006
Post-doctoral Researcher, CERFACS (Centre Européen de CERFACS (European Centre for Research and Advanced Training in Scientific Computation), Toulouse, France.
10/2004-12/2004
Post-doctoral researcher. Centre for Transport Studies, Imperial College London, United Kingdom.
10/2000-09/2004
FUNDP - University of Namur (Belgium). FNRS Research Fellow.
2004: Ph.D. in Mathematics
Thesis: Trust-Region Algorithms for Nonlinear Stochastic Programming and Mixed Logit Models
Board: Michel BIERLAIRE (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland), François LOUVEAUX (FUNDP, chairman), John POLAK (Imperial College, London, United Kingdom), Marcel REMON (FUNDP), Annick SARTENAER (FUNDP), Philippe L. TOINT (FUNDP, advisor).
2001
D.E.A. (postgraduate courses) in Mathematics.
Fichier Postscript] -> Thesis: Nonlinear Stochastic Programming
Advisor: François Louveaux.
09/1999-09/2000
TRG, FUNDP - University of Namur. Researcher
Development of a car-following model for the Walloon Region
1999
Licence en Sciences Mathématiques (second two-year cycle of university studies).
FUNDP - University of Namur.
Degrees: LPGD (The Highest Honors)(first year), LPGD with jury's congratulations (second year).
Thesis: Analyse des modèles de poursuite et de changement de bande [Gzip compressed postscript file].
Work made with the collaboration of the TRG (Transportation Research Group).
Advisor: Philippe L. Toint. Thesis director: Eric Cornélis.
1997
Candidatures en sciences mathématiques (first two-year cycle of university studies), computing option.
FUNDP - University of Namur.
Degrees: LPGD (1ère candidature), LPGD (2ème candidature).
1995
High School diploma, mathematics-physics options.
Institut Notre-Dame Séminaire, Bastogne (Belgium).

Present affiliations

  1. Regular member of CIRRELT (Interuniversity Research Center on Enterprise Networks, Logistics and Transportation ) since April 2008.
  2. Member of CORS (Canadian Operational Research Society), since February 2009.
  3. Treasurer of the Montreal CORS Section since 2007.
  4. Member of INFORMS Society, since January 2008.
  5. Member of the Mathematical Programming Society,from November 2007 to December 2008, and since November 2009.
  6. Member of SMAI (Société de Mathématiques Appliquées & Industrielles), 2006.
  7. Member of IATBR (International Association for Travel Behaviour Research), 2003-2006, 2010-.

Languages

French
Mother language.
English
Good knowledge.
Dutch
School knowledge. Basic knowledge certificate in reading comprehension (1995, Belgium).

Publications

Papers in refereed journals

  1. Fabian Bastin and Cinzia Cirillo, On the information matrix in mixed logit models estimation. To appear in Transportation Research Record.
  2. Fabian Bastin, Cinzia Cirillo et Philippe L. Toint, Estimating non-parametric random utility models, with an application to the value of time in heterogeneous populations, Transportation Science 44(4), pp. 537-549, 2010.
  3. Fabian Bastin, Cinzia Cirillo et Philippe L. Toint, Formulation and solution strategies for nonparametric nonlinear stochastic programs, with an application in finance, Optimization 59(3), pp. 355-376, 2010.
  4. Fabian Bastin and Cinzia Cirillo, Reducing simulation bias in mixed logit model estimation, Journal of Choice Modelling (3)2, pp. 71-88, 2010.
  5. Fabian Bastin, Vincent Malmedy, Mélodie Mouffe, Philippe Toint, and Dimitri Tomanos, A retrospective trust-region method for unconstrained optimization, Mathematical Programming 123(2), pp. 395-418, 2010.
  6. Dick Ettema, Fabian Bastin, John Polak Olu Ashiru, An error-components framework for joint choice models of activity timing and duration, Transportation Research Part A 41(9), pp 827-841, 2007. Transportation Research Part A.
  7. Fabian Bastin, Cinzia Cirillo Philippe L. Toint, Convergence theory for nonconvex stochastic programming with an application to mixed logit. Mathematical Programming 108(2-3), pp. 207-234, 2006.
  8. Fabian Bastin, Cinzia Cirillo Philippe L. Toint, Application of an adaptive Monte-Carlo algorithm to mixed logit estimation. Transportation Research Part B 40(7), pp. 577-593, 2006.
  9. Fabian Bastin, Cinzia Cirillo Philippe L. Toint. An adaptive Monte Carlo algorithm for computing mixed logit estimators. Computational Management Science 3(1), pp. 55-79, 2006.
  10. Fabian Bastin, Cinzia Cirillo Stéphane Hess, Evaluation of advanced optimisation methods for estimating mixed logit models. Transportation Research Record, Vol. 1921, pp. 35-43, 2005.

Submitted for publication

  1. David Munger, Pierre L'Ecuyer, Fabian Bastin, Cinzia Cirillo et Bruno Tuffin, Estimation of the Mixed Logit Likelihood Function by Randomized Quasi-Monte Carlo. Submitted to Transportation Research Part B.

Expert reports

  1. Fabian Bastin and Philippe Laurent, Study of the compatibility of the EUPL: Advice report, European Commission, European Union, September 2006.

Proceedings

With review committee

  1. Fabian Bastin and Cinzia Cirillo, Reducing simulation bias in mixed logit model estimation, Proceedings of the European Transport Conference, Leeuwenhorst, Conference Centre, The Netherlands, October 06-08, 2008.
  2. Fabian Bastin, Cinzia Cirillo, and Philippe L. Toint, Estimating mixed logit with non-parametric random variables, Proceedings (CD-ROM) of the European Transport Conference, Strasbourg, France, September 18-20, 2006.
  3. Dick Ettema, Fabian Bastin, John Polak Olu Ashiru, Taste Heterogeneity and Substitution Patterns in Models of the Simultaneous Choice of Activity Timing and Duration, Proceedings of the 45th Congress of the European Regional Science Association, Amsterdam, The Netherland, August 23-27, 2005.
  4. Fabian Bastin, An adaptive trust-region approach for nonlinear stochastic optimisation with an application in discrete choice theory, dans Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings 05031, Algorithms for Optimization with Incomplete Information, S. Albers, R. H. Möhring, G. Ch. Pflug, R. Schultz (Eds), 2005.
  5. Fabian Bastin, Cinzia Cirillo Philippe L. Toint, Estimating mixed logit models with quasi-Monte Carlo sequences allowing practical error estimation, Proceedings (CD-ROM) of the European Transport Conference, Strasbourg, France, October 4-6, 2004.
  6. Fabian Bastin, Cinzia Cirillo ,and Philippe L. Toint, A ew efficient Monte Carlo algorithm for estimating mixed logit models, Proceedings (CD-ROM) of Tristan V: The Fifth Triennal Symposium on Transportation Analysis, Le Gosier, Guadeloupe, June 13-18, 2004.

Without review committee

  1. Fabian Bastin, Cinzia Cirillo, Pierre L'Ecuyer, David Munger, and Bruno Tuffin, Estimation strategies for mixed logit models, Proceedings of the 12th Conference of The International Association for Travel Behaviour Research (CD-ROM), Jaipur, India, December 13-18, 2009.
  2. Fabian Bastin and Cinzia Cirillo, On the use of statistical tests in mixed logit estimation, International Choice Modelling Conference, Harrogate, Royaume-Uni, March 30-April 1, 2009.
  3. Fabian Bastin, Cinzia Cirillo, and Philippe L. Toint. Numerical experiments with AMLET, a new Monte-Carlo algorithm for estimating mixed logit models, Proceedings (CD-ROM) of the 10th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research, Lucerne, Switzerland, August 10-14, 2003.

Research reports

  1. F. Bastin, E. Ayotte-Sauvé, L. Savulescu, P. Dérian, N. Martin, Q. Katatbeh, Z. Kavazovic, J. Montecinos, M. Porter, M. Posta et M.L.M. Ramirez, Optimal retrofit of a heat recovery network at a pulp and paper mill for minimizing energy and water consumption, Compte-rendus du Deuxième Atelier de Résolution de Problèmes Industriels de Montréal, Editeur Odile Marcotte, Rapport de recherche du CRM no CRM-3277, 2009.

Miscellaneous (except theses)

  1. Calibration d'un modèle de poursuite pour la Région Wallonne, Project Report, TRG, FUNDP - University of Namur, Namur, January, 2000.
  2. Analyse des modèles de poursuite, GRTinfo 5, FUNDP - University of Namur, Namur, December, 1998.

Study stays

Seminars and conferences

With communication

As invited speaker

  1. Fabian Bastin, "Assessment of solution quality for some nonlinear stochastic problems using bootstrap", INFORMS annual meeting, San Diego,
  2. Fabian Bastin, Assessment of Solution Quality for Some Nonlinear Stochastic Problems Using Bootstrap, International Symposium on Mathematical Programming, Chicago, Illinois (USA), August 23-28, 2009.
  3. Fabian Bastin, Vincent Malmedy, Mélodie Mouffe, Philippe L. Toint, and Dimitri Tomanos A Retrospective Trust-region Method for Unconstrained Optimization, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., USA, October 12-15, 2008.
  4. Fabian Bastin, Vincent Malmedy, Mélodie Mouffe, Philippe L. Toint, and Dimitri Tomanos, An adaptive retrospective trust-region algorithm for stochastic programming, SIAM Conference on Optimization, Boston, Massachusetts (USA), May 10-13, 2008.
  5. Fabian Bastin, A non-parametric sampling approach for nonlinear stochastic programming, MAPMO Seminar, University of Orléans, France, May 24, 2007.
  6. Fabian Bastin, Annick Sartenaer and Jie Sun, On interior point methods using a suitable decomposition for multistage stochastic programming, SIAM Conference on Optimization, Stockholm (Sweden), May 15-19, 2005. Decomposition Methods for Nonlinear Optimization.
  7. Fabian Bastin, An adaptive trust-region approach for nonlinear stochastic optimisation with an application in discrete choice theory, Algorithms for Optimization with Incomplete Information, Dagstuhl (Germany), January 16-21, 2005.
  8. Fabian Bastin et Cinzia Cirillo, Advanced computational methods to estimate mixed logit models: algorithm and software, Seminar, Centro Regionale di Competenza Trasporti CRCT, Università  degli Studi di Napoli ``Federico II'', Naples (Italy), June 24, 2004.
  9. Fabian Bastin, Introduction à la culture du logiciel libre et à ses aspects techniques, "La Cathédrale et le Bazar", Journée d'étude JuriTIC, Namur (Belgium), March 19, 2004.

As speaker

  1. Fabian Bastin, On bias reduction in stochastic nonlinear programming, 12th Conference on Stochastic Programming, Halifax, Canada, August 16-20, 2010.
  2. Fabian Bastin, Cinzia Cirillo, Pierre L Ecuyer, David Munger, and Bruno Tuffin, Efficient quasi-Monte Carlo samplings for discrete choice models, Seventh International Triennial Calcutta Symposium on Probability and Statistics, Calcutta, India, December 28-31, 2009.
  3. Fabian Bastin, Cinzia Cirillo, Pierre L Ecuyer, David Munger, and Bruno Tuffin, Estimation strategies for mixed logit models, 12th Conference of the International Association for Travel Behavior Research, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, December 28-31, 2009.
  4. Fabian Bastin, On the Use of Statistical Tests for Mixed Logit Estimation, Optimization days, Montréal, Canada, May 4-6, 2009.
  5. Fabian Bastin and Cinzia Cirillo, On the use of statistical tests in mixed logit estimation., International Choice Modelling Conference, Harrogate, United Kingdom, March 30-April 1 2009.
  6. Fabian Bastin, Vincent Malmedy, Mélodie Mouffe, Philippe L. Toint, and Dimitri Tomanos, A Retrospective Trust-region Method for Unconstrained Optimization, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., USA, October 12-15, 2008.
  7. Fabian Bastin, On Adaptive Trust-region Methods for Nonlinear Stochastic Programming, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., USA, October 12-15, 2008.
  8. Fabian Bastin, Vincent Malmedy, Mélodie Mouffe, Philippe L. Toint, and Dimitri Tomanos, Adaptive retrospective trust-region methods in stochastic programming and discrete choice estimation, MCQMC 2008, Montreal, Canada, July 6--11, 2008. Organizer of the session Monte Carlo methods for discrete choice estimation problems.
  9. Fabian Bastin, Cinzia Cirillo, and Philippe L. Toint, Applications of a New Non-parametric Estimation Procedure for Discrete Choice Models, 5th International Conference on Computational Management Science, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, March 26-28, 2008.
  10. Fabian Bastin and Pierre L'Ecuyer, Variance reduction techniques for adaptive nonlinear stochastic programming, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, USA, 4-7 novembre 2007.
  11. Fabian Bastin, Cinzia Cirillo, and Philippe L. Toint, A nonparametric sampling approach for nonlinear stochastic problems, 11th Conference on Stochastic Programming, Universität Wien, Vienne, Autriche, 27-31 août, 2007.
  12. Fabian Bastin, Cinzia Cirillo et Philippe L. Toint, Optimization techniques for estimating non-parametric econometric models, ICCOPT II & MOPTA 07, McMaster University, Hamilton (Canada), 13-16 août, 2007.
  13. Fabian Bastin, Cinzia Cirillo , and Philippe L. Toint, Estimation of non-parametric mixed logits models in transportation research, Optimization Days, Montreal (Canada), May 7-9, 2007.
  14. Fabian Bastin and Serge Gratton, On second-order approximations for nonlinear least-squares and nonlinear stochastic programming in discrete choice theory, Internation Conference on Mathematics of Optimization and Decision Making , University Antilles-Guyane, Guadeloupe, April 18-21, 2006.
  15. Fabian Bastin, Trust-region approaches for nonlinear stochastic programming and mixed logit models, Seminar, CERFACS, Toulouse (France), 2005.
  16. Fabian Bastin, Cinzia Cirillo, and Philippe L. Toint, Estimating mixed logit models with quasi-Monte Carlo sequences allowing practical error estimation, European Transport Conference, Strasbourg (France), October 4-6, 2004.
  17. Fabian Bastin, Cinzia Cirillo, and Philippe L. Toint, Monte Carlo techniques for Nonlinear Stochastic Programming and Applications, Journées de l'Optimisation, Han-sur-Lesse (Belgium), February 19-20, 2004.
  18. Fabian Bastin, Cinzia Cirillo, and Philippe L. Toint, Numerical Experiments with AMLET, a new Monte-Carlo algorithm for Estimating Mixed Logit Models, 10th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research, Lucerne (Switzerland), August 10-14, 2003.
  19. Fabian Bastin, Cinzia Cirillo, and Philippe L. Toint, Monte Carlo methods for mixed-logit models, Journées de l'Optimisation, Han-sur-Lesse (Belgium), January 16-17, 2003.
  20. Fabian Bastin, Annick Sartenaer, and Jie Sun, A Primal-Dual Algorithm for Nonlinear Stochastic Programming, IRCM 2002, Namur (Belgium), October 10-11, 2002.
  21. Fabian Bastin, Annick Sartenaer, and Jie Sun, An Interior Point Method for Multistage Stochasic Nonlinear Programs, SIAM Conference on Optimization, Toronto (Canada), May 20-22, 2002.
  22. Fabian Bastin, Annick Sartenaer, and Jie Sun, A new decomposition method based on interior point methods for nonlinear stochastic programming, Journées de l'Optimisation, Han-sur-Lesse (Belgium), February 21-22, 2002.
  23. Fabian Bastin, A review of nonlinear stochastic programming and its potential application to Optimal Power Flow problems, Orbel 16, FUSL, Brussels, January 24-25, 2002.
  24. Fabian Bastin, Toward an efficient combination of Stochastic Programming and Trust-Region Methods, Journées de l'Optimisation, Han-sur-Lesse (Belgium), February 1-2, 2001.
  25. Fabian Bastin, A new car-following model for the Walloon Region, ORBEL 15, Ruca, University of Antwerpen (Belgium), January 29-30, 2001.

As co-author

  1. Mathieu Lemoine, Fabian Bastin et Etienne Ayotte-Sauvé, Various GAMS Implementations of Mathematical Models, Optimization Days, Montreal, Canada, May 10-12, 2010. Organizer of the session Nonlinear Programming: Formulations and Applications.
  2. Fabian Bastin, Cinzia Cirillo, and Renting Xu, A Dynamic Formulation for Car Ownership Modeling, Optimization Days, Montreal, Canada, May 10-12, 2010.
  3. David Munger, Pierre L'Ecuyer, and Fabian Bastin, Estimation of the Mixed-Logit Likelihood Using RQMC, Optimization Days, Montreal, Canada, 10-12 mai 2010.
  4. Patrice Marcotte, Fabian Bastin et Cinzia Cirillo, An algorithmic framework for mixed logit assignment, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, USA, 4-7 novembre 2007.
  5. Fabian Bastin, Cinzia Cirillo, and Philippe L. Toint, A non-parametric sampling approach for nonlinear stochastic programming, 21st European Conference on Operational Research, Reykjavik (Iceland), July 2-5, 2006. Organizer of the session Adaptive and innovative samplings techniques>, stream Stochastic Programming.
  6. John Polak, Fabian Bastin, and Jan-Dirk Schmöcker, Dynamic discrete choice with an inter-temporal resource constraint: the case of door-to-door concessionary travel in London, 45th Congress of the European Regional Science Association, Land use and water management in a suistainable network society, Amsterdam (The Netherlands), August 23-27, 2005.
  7. Dick Ettema, Fabian Bastin, John Polak, and Olu Ashiru, Taste Heterogeneity and Substitution Patterns in Models of the Simultaneous Choice of Activity Timing and Duration, 45th Congress of the European Regional Science Association, Land use and water management in a suistainable network society, Amsterdam (The Netherlands), August 23-27, 2005.
  8. Fabian Bastin, Cinzia Cirillo, and Philippe L. Toint, A stochastic programming framework to reduce computational time in mixed logit models, Computational Management Science Conference and Workshop on Computational Econometrics and Statistics, Neuchatel, Switzerland, April 2-5, 2004.

Without communication

  1. CIRRELT Conference and Members Assembly, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada, April, 26-27, 2010.
  2. BioKrEn-OPTIWE TASK FORCE: Workshop 1, "Development of a systematic methodology for integration of biorefinery technologies into existing Kraft mill process: Current profile, emerging techniques and gaps to be filled", CanmetENERGY-Varennes, Varennes, Canada, April 26, 2010.
  3. Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., USA, January 11-15, 2009.
  4. INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Section Conference, 8th Annual Conference, Université de Montréal, June 18-20, 2008.
  5. CIRRELT Conference and Members Assembly, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada, May 14-15, 2008.
  6. Sparse Days Meeting, CERFACS, Toulouse, France, June 15-16, 2006. Chairman of the posters session.
  7. Second International Workshop on Combinatorial Scientific Computing, CERFACS, Toulouse (France), June 21-23, 2005.
  8. Mythes et Réalités de l'Open Source, Cetic, Charleroi (Belgium), May 13, 2004.
  9. IAP Meeting, FUNDP - University of Namur, Namur (Belgium), September 12, 2003.
  10. Linux@work, Brussels (Belgium), June 5, 2002.
  11. Systèmes d'information et logiciels libres - Le point sur la question, Rencontres Infopôle, University of Namur (Belgium), December 19, 2001.
  12. Protection des Droits de Propriété Intellectuelle sur les Oeuvres Numériques, Rencontres Infopôle, University of Namur (Belgium) November 14, 2001.
  13. 9th International Conference on Stochastic Programming, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Germany), August 25-31, 2001.
  14. Les enquêtes: une fenêtre sur la mobilité et l'activité des personnes, OSTC study day, Brussels (Belgium), March 30, 2000.
  15. Le transport: l'environnement et la sécurité, OSTC study day, Brussels (Belgium), March 2, 2000.
  16. ICTCT Workshp on speed control (principles, methods, measures), Kaiserslautern (Germany), October 28-29, 1999.
  17. Vers une mobilité durable: De la problématique à la recherche de solutions, OSTC study day, Brussels (Belgium), September 30, 1999.

Software

  1. AMLET (Another Mixed Logit Estimation Tool).

Research fundings

  1. MITACS, Accélération Québec Program, 30,000\$, Simultaneous Water and Energy Network Optimization in the Canadian Pulp and Paper Industry, January--August 2010. Industrial partners: CanmetEnergy Varennes of Natural Resources Canada and Tembec.
  2. FQRNT, Team research project (with Pierre L'Ecuyer, Patrice Marcotte, and Gilles Savard), 52,920$/year, Modélisation stochastique et optimisation pour la tarification des passagers en transport aérien et ferroviaire, academic years 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011.
  3. FQRNT, New researchers establishment (indivual part), 20,000$/year, Développement de nouveaux algorithmes adaptatifs en programmation stochastique nonlinéaire nonconvexe et en estimation de modèles de choix discrets, academic years 2008-2009, 2009-2010.
  4. NSERC, individual, 17,000$/year, Development of innovative techniques in nonlinear and stochastic programming and applications in discrete choice theory, start in summer 2007, end in winter 2012.
  5. Université de Montréal, starting funding, 10,000$, January 2007.
  6. Post-doctoral stay at the Centre for Transport Studies, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, from 1 October 2004 to 31 December 2004. Grant given by Centre for Transport Studies.
  7. Grant from the Communauté Française de Belgique, relative to a stay at the University of Naples Federico II, Italy, from 7 June to 6 July 2004.
  8. F.N.R.S. (National Fund for Scientific Research, Belgium) Research Fellow Ph.D. grant, from October 1, 2000, to September 30, 2004.

Teaching

Classes (UdeM)

  1. IFT6561 - Simulation: aspects stochastiques, DIRO, FAS, 2e cycle, Winter 2007, 4 credits.
  2. IFT3245 - Simulation et modèles, DIRO, FAS, 1st cycle, Fall 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 3 credits.
  3. IFT6512 - Programmation stochastique, DIRO, FAS, 2e cycle, Winter 2008, 2011, 4 credits.
  4. IFT6521 - Programmation dynamique, DIRO, FAS, 2e cycle, Winter 2009, 2011, 4 credits.
  5. IFT1575 - Modèles de recherche opérationnelle, DIRO, FAS, 1st cycle, Winter 2010, 3 credits.

Student supervision

Thesis

  1. Pierre-Luc Carpentier, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, under co-direction with Michel Gendreau, since March 2010.
  2. Shohre Zehtabian, Université de Montréal, since 1 septembre 2010.
  3. Saeid Ghafouri, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, under co-supervision with Michel Gendreau, 1 September 2009 - 31 December 2009.
  4. Tamer Fares Samir Gayed, Université de Montréal, under co-supervision with Pierre L'Ecuyer, 1 May 2009 - 31 December 2009.

Master

  1. Léonard Ryo Morin, Université de Montréal, since 1 January 2011.
  2. Nian Zhun Chang, Université de Montréal, under co-supervision with Michel Toulouse, 1 September 2008 -31 July 2009.

Trainee students and collaboration exchanges

  1. Léonard Ryo Morin, Department of Computing Science and Operational Research, University of Montreal, "Choix de chemin par attirance/répulsion", 1 July to 30 September 2010.
  2. Mathieu Lemoine, Department of Computing Science and Operational Research, University of Montreal, "Simultaneous Water and Energy Network Optimization in the Canadian Pulp and Paper Industry", 1 January to 30 August 2010. "Accélération Québec" program, in partnership with CanmetEnergy Varennes, Natural Ressources Canada.
  3. Renting Xu, Ph. D. Student under supervision of Cinzia Cirillo, University of Maryland, USA, "Dynamic discrete choice models", 1 May to 30 August 2009, 24 April to 19 May 2010.
  4. Pierre Dérian, Department of Mathematical Engineering, INSA, Toulouse, France, Rapport de stage, 1 July to 30 September 2008.
  5. Nathan Martin, Department of Mathematical Engineering, INSA, Toulouse, France, Mise en place d'une stratégie adaptative de mise à jour de l'approximation de la hessienne au sein d'un algorithme de région de confiance, 1 July to 30 September 2008.
  6. Adrien Bonneu, Department of Mathematical Engineering, INSA, Toulouse, France, Développements de techniques de réduction de biais pour des algorithmes adaptatifs en théorie des choix discrets: implémentation et évaluation, 1 July to 30 September 2007.

Lecturer

  1. Numerical Analysis, ENSICA (Ecole nationale supérieure d'ingénieurs de constructions aéronautiques), Toulouse (France), 2005 (21h), 2006.

Exercises

Exercises supervision in the Department of Mathemtics, Faculty of Sciences, FUNDP, from 1999 to 2003:
  1. Second year of second cycle in Mathematical Science:
  2. First year of second cycle in Mathematical Science:

Examining boards

Doctoral exams

  1. Jihène Rezgui, Gestion adaptative des ressources dans les réseaux maillés sans fil à multiples-radios multiples-canaux, , Department of Computing Science and Operational Research, Université de Montréal, November 2010.
  2. Eric Buist, Simulation de centres de contacts, Department of Computing Science and Operational Research, Université de Montréal, May 2009.

Predoctoral exams

  1. Thibault Vidal, Métaheuristiques pour les problèmes de tournées de véhicules multi-attributs, Department of Computing Science and Operational Research, Université de Montréal, February 2010.
  2. Sylvain Arreckx, Une méthode de pénalisation pour l’optimisation de matériau libre, Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal, December 2010.
  3. Pierre-Luc Carpentier, Planification hebdomadaire de la production hydroélectrique sous incertitude, Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal, November 2010.
  4. Renting Xu, Dynamic discrete choice models for car ownership modeling, Department of Civil \& Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, October 2010.
  5. Vu Duc Minh, Capacitated Multicommodity Network Design with Design-Balance Constraints, Department of Computing Science and Operational Research, Université de Montréal, May 2010.
  6. Alireza Rahimi Vahed, "Rich Vehicle Routing Problems", Department of Computing Science and Operational Research, Université de Montréal, September 2009.
  7. Marius Posta, Méthode de résolution pour programmation combinatoire, Department of Computing Science and Operational Research, Université de Montréal, April 2009.
  8. Mustapha Boushaba, Gestion des ressources dans les réseaux maillés sans fil}, Department of Computing Science and Operational Research, Université de Montréal, September 2008.
  9. Pierre-Alexandre Tremblay, Calcul efficace de politiques pour un problème de réplication avec applications financières, Department of Computing Science and Operational Research, Université de Montréal, December 2007.
  10. Géraldine Heilporn, Problèmes de tarification d'un réseau de transport routier: complexité, étude polyédrale et méthodes de résolution, Department of Computing Science and Operational Research, Université de Montréal, November 2007.
  11. Zoumana Coulibaly, Méthodes élastiques pour programmes mathématiques avec contraintes d'équilibre: théorie et implémentation, Ecole Polytechnique, Montréal, September 2007.
  12. Claudio Contardo, The location-routing problem: literature review, Department of Computing Science and Operational Research, Université de Montréal, September 2007.
  13. Eric Buist, Simulation de centres de contacts, Department of Computing Science and Operational Research, Université de Montréal, August 2007.
  14. Jihene Rezgui, Qualité de service dans les réseaux maillés sans fil, Department of Computing Science and Operational Research, Université de Montréal, July 2007.

Graduate theses

  1. François Maillet, Algorithmes de génération automatique de liste d'écoute, Department of Computing Science and Operational Research, Université de Montréal, April 2010.
  2. Olivier Breuleux, Echantillonnage dynamique de champs Markoviens, Department of Computing Science and Operational Research, Université de Montréal, December 2009.
  3. Benjamin Provencher, Recherche de régions répétées par analyse de la distribution des fréquences d'oligonucléotides, Department of Computing Science and Operational Research, Université de Montréal, July 2009.
  4. Marc Julien, Intégration d'un système d'exploitation dans le flot de développement logiciel/matériel, Department of Computing Science and Operational Research, Université de Montréal, April 2009.
  5. Gauthier Abrial, Modélisation de la demande et tarification de services de téléphonie fixe, Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal, April 2008.
  6. Michel Konstantinou, Modéliser la demande de transport au travers d'une analyse basée sur les activités, Department of Mathematics, FUNDP, Namur, Belgium, June 2004.
  7. Catherine Roegiers, Algorithmes évolutionnaires pour la programmation non-linéaire globale, Department of Mathematics, FUNDP, Namur, Belgium, June 2004.
  8. Thomas De Bodt, Analyse d'images et reconnaissance d'objets, Department of Mathematics, FUNDP, Namur, Belgium, June 2003.
  9. Denis Doumont, Tests d'uniformité de nuages de points en grande dimension basés sur les diagrammes de Voronoi, Department of Mathematics, FUNDP, Namur, Belgium, June 2003.
  10. Jérôme Anciaux, Reconnaissance dynamique de formules mathématiques, Department of Mathematics, FUNDP, Namur, Belgium, June 2002.

Other trainings

  1995 Musical Academy of Bastogne. Classical guitar diploma.
  1990 Musical Academy of Bastogne. Music theory diploma.

Distinctions

Cited in Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering 2008-2009, 2011-2012, Marquis Who's Who in the World 2010.

Sport

Shooting

2006: FFTir (French Shooting Federation) animator.
Results (free rifle prone, 50 meters):

  1. 1st Expert rifle, any sights, Ontario Indoor Championships 2010.
  2. 1st Midi-Pyrénées League Champioship 2005, 2nd 2006, classed as foreigner.
  3. 3rd French-speaking Region Championship 2002, 5th of Belgian Championship 2003.
  4. Member of the Belgian team in 2002 (international elite). National elite in 2001, 2003, 2004.
  5. Member of the Belgian national junior team in 1996 and 1997.
  6. Belgium junior vice champion in 1994 and 1997.

Associative life

  1999-2004 Board member of the Namur LUG (Linux Users Group). Presidence from 1999 to 2001.
  1992-1994 Patro Animation. Organizer in the Tom Dooley Patro of Bastogne.
  1998-1999 Scout organizer in Namur.



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