Michel Bierlaire

Education Bierlaire studied mathematics at the University of Namur, obtaining his PhD in 1996 for research on transportation-demand models supervised by Philippe Toint. Bierlaire joined EPFL in 1998 as a senior scientist, became Associate Professor in 2006 and Full Professor in 2012.

Research Bierlaire combines discrete-choice theory, operations research and simulation to analyse travel behaviour, design transport policies and evaluate environmental impacts. Bierlaire created several massive open online courses, including “Introduction to Discrete Choice Models” on edX, and co-teaches the professional course “Discrete Choice Analysis: Predicting Individual Behaviour and Market Demand” with colleagues from MIT and UC Berkeley.

Honours and service Founding Editor-in-Chief, EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics (2011–2019) Associate Editor, Operations Research (since 2012)

Selected publications Bierlaire, M. Optimization: Principles and Algorithms. EPFL Press, 2015. Fosgerau, M.; McFadden, D.; Bierlaire, M. “Choice Probability Generating Functions.” Journal of Choice Modelling 8 (2013): 1–18. Bierlaire, M.; Chen, J.; Newman, J. “A Probabilistic Map Matching Method for Smartphone GPS Data.” Transportation Research Part C 26 (2013): 78–98.