Jannis Kurtz

• Apr. 2026
  I will talk at the BeNeLux Mathematical Congress about Mixed-Integer Optimization and (Explainable) Artificial Intelligence.

• Feb. 2026
  Our paper on counterfactual explanations for linear optimization problems is part of the EJOR Editors’ Choice Articles of January 2026. 

• Feb. 2026
  I will present our work on explainable optimization online at the Dutch Optimization Platform, an initiative of our group to connect to optimizers in the industry. If you are working for a company and are interested to join, please contact Dick den Hertog. 

• Jan. 2026
  Season 7 of the Robust Optimization Webinar started on Friday, Jannuary 23, with our first speaker Vineet Goyal.

• Nov 2025
  I will give an invited keynote talk at the CWI Workshop on Learned methods for operations research on deep learning enhanced methods for robust and bilevel optimization.

• Oct 2025
  I presented our works on explainability for integer optimization problems at the EURO Online Seminar Series on Operations Research and Machine Learning.

Bounding the Optimal Number of Policies for Robust K-Adaptability.

Kurtz, J.  |  Mathematical Programming  |  2026

Counterfactual explanations for linear optimization.

Kurtz, J., Birbil, Ş. İ., & den Hertog, D.   |  European Journal of Operational Research, 329(1), 24-41  |  2025

Approximation Guarantees for Min-Max-Min Robust Optimization and-Adaptability Under Objective Uncertainty.

Kurtz, J.  |  SIAM Journal on Optimization, 34(2), 2121-2149   |  2024

Neur2BiLO: Neural Bilevel Optimization.

Dumouchelle, J., Julien, E., Kurtz, J., & Khalil, E. B.  |  In Proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (pp. 86688-86719).  |  2024

Neur2RO: Neural two-stage robust optimization.

Dumouchelle, J., Julien, E., Kurtz, J., & Khalil, E. B.  |  The Twelfth International Conference on Learning Representations  |  2024

Data-driven robust optimization using deep neural networks.

Goerigk, M., & Kurtz, J.  |  Computers & Operations Research, 151, 106087  |  2023

Min–max–min robust combinatorial optimization.

Buchheim, C., & Kurtz, J.  |  Mathematical Programming, 163(1), 1-23  |  2017