SUPERVISION
If you are a student at TU Delft and are interested in working with me, please get in touch.
DOCTORAL STUDENTS
CURRENT
- Robert Baumgartner (2024-now). Promotor: dr. Sicco Verwer.
- Bruna Bazaluk (2026-now). Promotor: dr. Sicco Verwer.
- Fatemeh Jafari (2026-now). Other copromotor: dr. Fabian Mies. Promotor: prof. dr. Mathijs de Weerdt.
MSc STUDENTS
CURRENT
MSc projects typically start in the second week of November. I can take on one more MSc student, so if you’re an MSc student from TU Delft and are interested in doing an Algorithmics research project with me, please get in touch.
FORMER
- Sreevidya Iyer (2025-26; Social Network Anonymisation), co-supervised with dr. Emir Demirović (TU Delft, Algorithmics). LinkedIn, github, defence, thesis: Sandbox for Social Network Anonymization using Constraint Programming.
- Roxana Băcălie (2025-26; Satellite Constellation Design), co-supervised with dr. Neil Yorke-Smith (TU Delft, Algorithmics) and dr. Max Bannach (ESA, Advanced Concepts Team). LinkedIn, github, defence, thesis: Evaluating the Communication Reliability of Earth-Moon Satellite Constellations Using Model Counting.
- Roy Katz (2024-25; Nurse Rostering), co-supervised with dr. Neil Yorke-Smith (TU Delft, Algorithmics) and ORTEC. LinkedIn, defence, thesis: Adding Ejection Chain to Nurse Rostering Simulated Annealing Solver.
- Andrei Mereuţa (2024-25; Recipe Recommendation), co-supervised with dr. Neil Yorke-Smith (TU Delft, Algorithmics) and Picnic. Defence, thesis: Multi-Meal, Multi-Constraint Recommender System to Optimize Grocery Budget and Waste.
- Jeroen Rook (2019-21: 18 ECTS research project and 42 ECTS thesis project), co-supervised with prof. dr. Holger Hoos and dr. Siegfried Nijssen. Publications: RLNH2020, RLNH2021. Defence, thesis: Caching in Model Counters: A Journey through Space and Time.
- Daniël Fokkinga (2018-19: 18 ECTS research project and 42 ECTS thesis project), co-supervised with Marie Anastacio, prof. dr. Holger Hoos and dr. Siegfried Nijssen. Publications: FLA+2019, LBF+2022. Defence, graduation, thesis: Programming a Stochastic Constraint Optimisation Algorithm, by Optimisation.
HONOURS STUDENTS
CURRENT
- Gianmaria Piergianni (2025-27; Computer Network Reliability). Website.