Research

Journal papers

Cohen, I., Postek, K., Shtern, S. (2021) An adaptive robust optimization model for parallel machine scheduling

Postek, K., Shtern, S. (2021) First-order algorithms for robust optimization problems viaconvex-concave saddle-point Lagrangian reformulation

Baayen, J.H., Postek,, K. (2021) Global optimality in model predictive control via hidden invariant convexity Accepted at Journal of Global Optimization, available online

Romeijnders, W, Postek, K. (2021) Piecewise constant decision rules via branch-and-bound based scenario detection for integer adjustable robust optimization.INFORMS Journal on Computing. Codes

De Klerk, E., Kuhn, D., Postek, K. (2018) Distributionally robust optimization with polynomial densities: theory, models and algorithms. Mathematical Programming 181, 265–296. Codes

Postek, K. Romeijnders, W., Hertog, D. den & Vlerk, M.H. van der (2019). Efficient methods for several classes of ambiguous SP problems under mean-MAD information. European Journal of Operational Research 274 (2), 432-444. Codes

Postek, K., Hertog, D. den, Kind, J. & Pustjens, Ch. (2019). Adjustable robust strategies for flood protection. Omega The International Journal of Management Science 82, 142-154, 2019. Codes

Postek, K. Ben-Tal, A. (2018) Computing the channel capacity of a communication system affected by uncertain transition probabilities. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 64 (10), 6803-6815. Codes

Postek, K., Ben-Tal, A., Hertog, D. den, & Melenberg, B. (2018). Robust optimization with ambiguous stochastic constraints under mean and dispersion information Operations Research 66 (3), 814-833. Codes

Postek, K., Hertog, D. den, & Melenberg, B. (2016). Computationally tractable counterparts of distributionally robust constraints on risk measures. SIAM Review, Vol. 58(4), pp. 603-650. Codes

Postek, K., & Hertog, D. den (2016). Multi-stage adjustable robust mixed-integer optimization via iterative splitting of the uncertainty set. INFORMS Journal on Computing, Vol. 28(3), pp. 553-574. Codes

Dissertation

Distributionally and integer adjustable robust optimization (2017). Tilburg University.

Talks

  • QuantumBlack/McKinsey & Co. Data Science seminar, Amsterdam, Nov 2021

  • INFORMS Annual Meeting 2021, Anaheim, USA, October 2020 (invited)

  • SIAM Conference on Optimization, speaker and mini-symposium organizer, July 2021

  • International Workshop on Project Management and Scheduling, April 2021

  • TU Delft and University of Cologne joint seminar, February 2021

  • Tilburg University Operations Research seminar, April 2020

  • International Conference on Continuous Optimization (invited and session organizer), Berlin, Germany, August 2019

  • Methods and Applications of Operations Research (MZBO), Otrębusy, Poland, October 2018

  • International Symposium on Mathematical Programming (invited), Bordeaux, France, July 2018

  • Computational Management Science conference (invited), Trondheim, Norway, May 2018

  • Workshop on Distributionally Robust Optimization (invited), Banff, Canada. March 2018

  • Faculty of Industrial Engineering ang Management, Technion, Israel, June 2017

  • Computational Management Science conference (invited), Bergamo, Italy, May-June 2017

  • Operations Research Society of Israel annual conference, Bar Ilan University, Israel, May 2017

  • Nonlinear Analysis and Optimization seminar, Technion, Israel, May 2017

  • INFORMS Annual Meeting, Nashville, USA, November 2016

  • International Conference on Continuous Optimization (invited), Tokyo, Japan, August 2016

  • EURO 2016 conference, Poznań, Poland, July 2016

  • Workshop Stochastic Optimization (invited), Groningen, The Netherlands, September 2015

  • International Symposium on Mathematical Programming (invited), Pittsburgh, USA, July 2015

  • Operations Research seminar, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, July 2015

  • Conference on Mathematics of Operations Research, Lunteren, The Netherlands, January 2015

  • Operations Research seminar, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, October 2014

  • SIAM Conference on Optimization, San Diego, USA, May 2014

  • Operations Research seminar, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, May 2014

Refereeing

Mathematical Programming, Operations Research, Management Science, INFORMS Journal on Computing, Mathematics of Operations Research, SIAM Journal on Optimization, Mathematical Reviews, European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Annals of Operations Research, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, Mathematical Programming Computation, Discrete Optimization, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Optimization and Engineering, Automatica