Simon Stevens

PhD Candidate in Mathematical Optimization

News

  • March 18, 2026: I just presented our work on “Branch-and-Cut for Mixed-Integer Linear Decision-Dependent Robust Optimization” (jointly with Henri Lefebvre, Martin Schmidt and Johannes Thürauf) at the CIRM workshop “Optimization at the second level” in Marseille. You find the preprint of our paper here.

  • March 5, 2026: The preprint of our new paper “Branch-and-Cut for Mixed-Integer Linear Decision-Dependent Robust Optimization” (joint work with Henri Lefebvre, Martin Schmidt and Johannes Thürauf) is available right now and can be found here. The accompanying open-source implementations are available here.

  • February 19, 2026: Our preprint “A Computational Study for Solving Decision-Dependent Robust Problems as Bilevel Optimization Problems” (joint work with Henri Lefebvre, Martin Schmidt and Johannes Thürauf) just got an update. You can find it here.

  • October 18, 2025: The EUROYoung 2025 in Naples was a blast! I had the pleasure of presenting our ongoing work on “A Branch-and-Cut Approach for Decision-Dependent Robust Optimization Problems”. Great discussions, inspiring talks, and wonderful people all around!

  • September 25, 2025: Today, I gave a talk about “A Branch-and-Cut Approach for Decision-Dependent Robust Optimization Problems” at the International Workshop on Algorithmic Optimization in Trier.

  • September 3, 2025: I gave a talk today about “A Branch-and-Cut Approach for Decision-Dependent Robust Optimization Problems” at the OR2025 Conference in Bielefeld.

  • August 12, 2025: There is a new version of our preprint on “Solving Decision-Dependent Robust Problems as Bilevel Optimization Problems” (joint work with Henri Lefebvre, Martin Schmidt and Johannes Thürauf). You can find it here. The accompanying open-source implementations are still available here.

  • June 23, 2025: Today, I gave a talk about “Solving Decision-Dependent Robust Problems as Bilevel Optimization Problems” at the EURO2025 Conference in Leeds.

  • February 19, 2025: The preprint for our new paper “Solving Decision-Dependent Robust Problems as Bilevel Optimization Problems” (joint work with Henri Lefebvre, Martin Schmidt and Johannes Thürauf) can be found here. The accompanying open-source implementations are available here.