Rob van der Mei

Biography

Research

My main research activities are in the area of Stochastic Operations Research, at the challenging interface of theory and application. My research interests include emergency response systems, predictive policing, management of road traffic, modeling and scalability analysis of ICT systems, mobility, service logistics, freight logistics, grid computing, revenue management, military operations research, sensor networks, call centers, queueing theory and data analytics. I am a co-founder of the spin-off company Stokhos Emergency Mathematics. Currently, I am also the chair of the European COST project named ‘Autonomous Control for a Reliable Internet of Services’ (ACROSS).

Publications

• Garcia, B. L., Bekker, R, van der Mei, R.D, Chavannes, N.H, & Kruyt, N.D. (2021). Optimal patient protocols in regional acute stroke care. Health Care Management Science. doi:10.1007/s10729-020-09524-2
• van Kampen, J.R.A, Pauwels, E.J.E.M, van der Mei, R.D, & Dugundji, E.R. (2021). Understanding the relation between travel duration and station choice behavior of cyclists in the metropolitan region of Amsterdam. Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing. doi:10.1007/s12652-020-02856-5
• Zweers, B.G, Bhulai, S, & van der Mei, R.D. (2020). Pre-processing a container yard under limited available time. Computers & Operations Research, 123(105045). doi:10.1016/j.cor.2020.105045
• Mahfoud, M, Bernasco, W, Bhulai, S, & van der Mei, R.D. (2020). Forecasting spatio‑temporal variation in residential burglary with the integrated Laplace approximation framework: Effects of crime generators, street networks, and prior crimes. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 1–28. doi:10.1007/s10940-020-09469-3
• Hristov, A, Bosman, J.W, Bhulai, S, & van der Mei, R.D. (2020). Deriving explicit control policies for Markov Decision Processes using Symbolic Regression. In EAI International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools (pp. 41–47).
• Saxena, A, Subramanyam, S, César Garcia, P.S, van der Mei, R.D, & van den Berg, J.L. (2020). Efficient, QoE aware delivery of 360° videos on VR headsets over mobile links. In ACM International Conference Proceeding Series (pp. 156–163). doi:10.1145/3388831.3388834
• van Kampen, J.R.A, Jayaraj, M.A, Pauwels, E.J.E.M, van der Mei, R.D, & Dugundji, E.R. (2020). Understanding the relation between distance and train station choice behavior of cyclists in the western region of the Netherlands. Procedia Computer Science, 170, 98–106. doi:10.1016/j.procs.2020.03.013
• Vis, P, Bekker, R, van der Mei, R.D, & Núñez Queija, R. (2020). Heavy-traffic limits for Discriminatory Processor Sharing models with joint batch arrivals. Operations Research Letters, 48(2), 136–141.
• Berkelmans, G.A, van der Mei, R.D, Bhulai, S, Mérelle, S, & Gilissen, R. (2020). Demographic risk factors for suicide among youths in the Netherlands. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(4). doi:10.3390/ijerph17041182
• Huizing, D, Schäfer, G, van der Mei, R.D, & Bhulai, S. (2020). The median routing problem for simultaneous planning of emergency response and non-emergency jobs. European Journal of Operational Research. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2020.02.002

Current projects with external funding

• Impactstudie Noord/Zuidlijn Gemeente Amsterdam ()
• Ontwikkeling van Data Analytics, Data Science en Crypto Analyse technieken ()
• Samenwerkingsovereenkomst Stichting 113 / CWI - Zelfmoordpreventie
• Advanced Planning & Scheduling (APS)
• Systemic expansion of territorial CIRCULAR Ecosystems for end-of-life FOAM (CIRCULAR FOAM)
• Data-driven optimization for a vital elderly care system in the Netherlands (DOLCE VITA)
• Lane Analysis & Route Advisor (LARA)
• PPS Engie
• Robust, Effective and Adaptable Ship Designs for Uncertain Transition Paths (READINESS)
• Urban Mobility Observatory (UMO)

Professional activities

• Professor: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU)
• Principal Investigator: Industrial Liaison Officer CWI
• Chair: Chairman ICT Innovatie Platform, Vitale ICT Infrastructuren
• Committee member: Member Core Team NWA Route 16
• Board Member: Member curatorium Prof.dr.ir. R.E. Kooij at TU Delft (since 2012)
• Committee member: Member of program committee International Conference on Advances in Future Internet
• Committee member: Member TPC of some 30-40 international conferences on performance modeling and analysis, including leading conferences Performance (bi-yearly) and International Teletraffic Congress (yearly), and smaller regular conferences like Networking, INTERNET, eScience, MACOM, HEALTHINF, MAMA, SETM, ACCESS, WWIC, NETC(G)OOP, AFIN, ICIMP, PhyCS, ICDT, SaCCoNeT and others
• Board Member: E-Quality
• Editor: Journal : Transactions on Network Optimization and Control
• Editor: Associate Editor journal Performance Evaluation (until 2011)
• Editor: Associate Editor journal AEUE Journal of Electronics and Communications (till 2011)
• Editor: Associate Editor ACM Transactions on Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Computing Systems (since 2016)

Grants

• COMET-PS NWO Topsector 1PD (2016)
• Telplan Municipality Amsterdam (2016)
• PPS Gemeente Municipality Amsterdam 2PD (2016)
• PPS ministerie van BZK 2PhD (2016)
• PPS CTVrede 1PhD (2016)
• PPS Cofely Cofely/Engie 1PD (2016)
• DYNAMERGE NWO Topsector 1PhD (2016)
• PPS Rovecom 1PhD (2015)
• PPS ING 2PhD+1PD (2015)
• PPS Mindef Ministry of Defense 1PhD (2015)
• DYNAFLOAT NWO Topsector 1PhD (2015)
• PPS TrafficLink TrafficLink 1PhD (2014)
• RIVM (2014)
• REPRO-POL Politie en Wetenschap 1PhD (2013)
• GreenA GreenA (2013)
• GGD Amsterdam (2013)
• ACROSS EU COST EU travel (2013)
• REPRO STW 3PhD+1PD (2012)
• RM for SMEs in hotel Hogeschool den Haag 1PhD (2012)
• Industry and NWO 1PhD (2011)
• TISCALI ICTRegie 1PhD (2011)
• SeQual SenterNovem 1PhD (2010)
• Layered QNs NWO STAR (2010)
• JADE-MM NWO GLANCE (2010)
• RRR Agentschap.nl 1PhD (2009)
• EMS-TP NWO valorization grant 1PhD (2008)
• WFM for Defense Ministry of Defense 1PhD (2007)
• Concurrent Access NWO Casimir 1PhD (2007)
• DP & RM NWO Bonus (2007)

Awards

• Runner-up Huibregtsen-prijs 2014 voor het beste Nederlandse onderzoek dat wetenschappelijk vernieuwend is en dat zicht biedt op een effectieve maatschappelijke toepassing (met Bert Zwart). (2014)