Bert Zwart

Full Name

Prof.dr. A.P. Zwart

Bert.Zwart@cwi.nl

Phone

+31 20 592 4018

Room

M333

Department(s)

Stochastics

Function(s)

Scientific Staff Member, Group leader, Professor - Technische Universiteit Eindhoven

Schol, D., Vlasiou, M., & Zwart, B. (2025). Extreme values for the waiting time in large fork-join queues. Queueing Systems, 109(1), 9:1–9:26. doi:10.1007/s11134-025-09937-2
Bazhba, M., Blanchet, J., Rhee, C.-H., & Zwart, B. (2025). Sample-path large deviations for unbounded additive functionals of the reflected random walk. Mathematics of Operations Research, 50(1), 711–742. doi:10.1287/moor.2020.0094
Christianen, M. H. M., van Kempen, S., Vlasiou, M., & Zwart, B. (2025). Polyhedral restrictions of feasibility regions in optimal power flow for distribution networks. IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems. doi:10.1109/TCNS.2025.3526718
Milewska, M., van der Hofstad, R., & Zwart, B. (2024). Dynamic random intersection graph: Dynamic local convergence and giant structure. Random Structures & Algorithms, 66(1), 1–38. doi:10.1002/rsa.21264
Meijer, M., Schol, D., van Jaarsveld, W., Vlasiou, M., & Zwart, B. (2024). Optimization of inventory and capacity in large-scale assembly systems using extreme-value theory. Stochastic Systems, 14(2), 131–166. doi:10.1287/stsy.2022.0014
Chen, B., Rhee, C.-H., & Zwart, B. (2024). Sample-path large deviations for a class of heavy-tailed Markov-additive processes. Electronic Journal of Probability, 29, 53:1–53:44. doi:10.1214/24-EJP1115
Christianen, M. H. M., Vlasiou, M., & Zwart, B. (2024). Comparing power flow models in tree networks with stochastic load demands. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems, ICORES 2023 (pp. 138–167). doi:10.1007/978-3-031-49662-2_8
Stegehuis, C., & Zwart, B. (2023). Scale-free graphs with many edges. Electronic Communications in Probability, 28, 62:1–62:11. doi:10.1214/23-ECP567
Schol, D., Vlasiou, M., & Zwart, B. (2023). Tail asymptotics for the delay in a Brownian fork-join queue. Stochastic Processes and their Applications, 164, 99–138. doi:10.1016/j.spa.2023.06.013
Blanchet, J., Zhang, F., & Zwart, B. (2023). Efficient scenario generation for heavy-tailed chance constrained optimization. Stochastic Systems, 14(1), 22–46. doi:10.1287/stsy.2021.0021

Best publication award INFORMS Revenue Management & Pricing section best publication award, 2016. (2016)
Dantzig Prize (2015)
Performance conferentie, Namen Belgie - Best paper (2010)
Erlang Prize - October (2008)
IBM Faculty Award - 2008/2009 (2008)
ASML Prize (2002)
Gijs de Leve Prize (2002)
Applied Probability Trust Award (2001)

Professor: Professor by special appointment Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (TU/e)
Speaker: Keynote speaker: Risk day, Cambridge, UK
Speaker: Keynote speaker: European Conference on Queueing Theory, Jerusalem, Israel
Speaker: Invited speaker: Stochastic Networks conference, Edinburgh, UK
Speaker: Opening lecture at workshop on Societal Networks, Simons Institute, Berkeley
Speaker: Keynote speaker: UK conference on Mathematics and Operations Research, Birmingham, UK

Vici Innovational Research Grant NWO Rare events : asymptotics, algorithms, applications (2015)
Rare Events: asymptotics, algorithms, application. Single PI VICI grant for innovational research. Organization: NWO (Dutch Science foundation). Total amount: € 1.500. (2015)
Two-dimensional models in queues and risk. Co-PI jointly with O.J. Boxma (TU/e, PI), M. Mandjes (UvA), and S. Nunez (CWI/UvA). Organization: NWO (Dutch Science foundation), TOP program. 2014--2018. Total amount: Four years of salary for two Ph.D. students and travel money (about € 420.000). One position filled at CWI. (2014)
Funding to create tenure track position in the CWI stochastics group. P. van der Ven, who filled the position as of September 2014. Total amount: € 240.000 (NWO STAR) (2014)
STAR cluster Dynamic pricing under demand uncertainty. PI, joint with G. Koole and R. van der Mei (CWI and VU University). Organization: NWO (Dutch Science foundation), STAR cluster. A Ph.D student position (€ 100.000, combined with several other sources, in particular funds from J.P. vd Rest, HHS Den Haag). March 2013 - February 2016. (2013)
Reliability and Robustness of Power Grids. co-PI, joint with D. Crommelin (CWI, PI). Organization: FOM, in collaboration with Shell, program on computational energy systems. A Ph.D student position, and travel money (€ 256.000). June 2013 - May 2017. (2013)
Bridging probabilistic and competitive analysis of scheduling policies.} PI, (co-PI: N. Bansal (TU/e). Organization: NWO (Dutch Science foundation), free competition program. A Ph.D student position and travel money (€ 212.000). September 2013 -- August 2017. (2013)
STAR cluster Infinite queueing networks with blocking and interacting particle systems. PI, Joint with R. Meester (VU University). Organization: NWO (Dutch Science foundation), STAR cluster. A two year postdoc position (€ 100.000). December 2012 -- November 2014. (2012)
Vidi Innovational Research Grant NWO - High dimensional service systems (2008)
Veni Innovational Research Grant NWO - Asymptotic analysis of queueing systems (2005)

Stochastic decision theory(3 Nov 2025 - 2 Mar 2026)
Stochastic decision theory(1 Nov 2024 - 1 Mar 2025)
Stochastic decision theory(1 Nov 2023 - 1 Mar 2024)
Asymptotic Methods in Queueing Theory(11 Sep 2023 - 13 Nov 2023)

Bert Zwart

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Bert Zwart

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