Bert Zwart

Full Name: Prof.dr. A.P. Zwart
Function(s): Group leader, Professor - Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Scientific Staff Member

Email: Bert.Zwart@cwi.nl
Telephone: +31 20 592 4018
Room: M333
Department(s): Stochastics

Publications

Bazhba, M, Blanchet, J, Rhee, C.H, & Zwart, A.P. (2020). Sample path large deviations for Lévy processes and random walks with Weibull increments. Annals of Applied Probability, 30(6), 2695–2739. doi:10.1214/20-AAP1570
Patch, B.J, & Zwart, A.P. (2020). Ranking transmission lines by overload probability using the empirical rate function. In 2020 International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems, PMAPS 2020 - Proceedings. doi:10.1109/PMAPS47429.2020.9183567
Patch, B.J, & Zwart, A.P. (2020). Analyzing large frequency disruptions in power systems using large deviations theory. In 2020 International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems, PMAPS 2020 - Proceedings. doi:10.1109/PMAPS47429.2020.9183551
Nesti, T, Sloothaak, F, & Zwart, A.P. (2020). Emergence of Scale-Free Blackout Sizes in Power Grids. Physical Review Letters, 125(5). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.058301
Albrecher, H, Chen, B, Vatamidou, E, & Zwart, A.P. (2020). Finite-time ruin probabilities under large-claim reinsurance treaties for heavy-tailed claim sizes. Journal of Applied Probability, 57(2), 513–530. doi:10.1017/jpr.2020.8
Kamphorst, B, & Zwart, A.P. (2020). Heavy-traffic analysis of sojourn time under the foreground–background scheduling policy. Stochastic systems, 10(1), 1–28. doi:10.1287/stsy.2019.0036
Bazhba, M, Blanchet, J, Rhee, C.H, & Zwart, A.P. (2019). Queue length asymptotics for the multiple-server queue with heavy-tailed Weibull service times. Queueing Systems, 93(3-4), 195–226. doi:10.1007/s11134-019-09640-z
van Leeuwaarden, J.S.H, Mathijsen, B, & Zwart, A.P. (2019). Economies-of-scale in many-server queueing systems: Tutorial and partial review of the QED Halfin-Whitt heavy-traffic regime. SIAM Review, 61(3), 403–440. doi:10.1137/17M1133944
Nesti, T, Nair, J, & Zwart, A.P. (2019). Temperature overloads in power grids under uncertainty: A large deviations approach. IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 6(3), 1161–1173. doi:10.1109/TCNS.2019.2922492
Aveklouris, A, Vlasiou, M, & Zwart, A.P. (2019). Bounds and limit theorems for a layered queueing model in electric vehicle charging. Queueing Systems, 1–55. doi:10.1007/s11134-019-09616-z

Current projects with external funding

Evidence-based effective monitoring and control of Covid-19 after the initial outbreak (None)

Professional activities

Professor: Professor by special appointment Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (TU/e)
Board Member: Member of the management team of STAR, the Dutch mathematics network on Stochastic (since 2014; chair since July 2015).
Editor: Journal : Queueing Systems
Editor: Journal : Stochastic Systems
Editor: Journal : Operations Research
Editor: Advances in Applied Probability & Journal of Applied Probability, December 2016 -- present.

Grants

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: ﾀ 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 ﾀ 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: ﾀ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 (ﾀ 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 (ﾀ 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 (ﾀ 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 (ﾀ 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)

Awards

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)