Regular biography
Michel Bierlaire is a Full Professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), affiliated with the CE department. His research focuses on transportation systems analysis, travel demand models, operations research, and discrete choice models. He has held various leadership roles at EPFL, including director of the Transport and Mobility laboratory and the Transportation Center. Bierlaire has contributed to numerous publications and has been involved in the development of educational programs in transportation and operations research. He is also an associate editor for several academic journals and has been recognized for his scholarly work.
Scholar-generated biography
Michel Bierlaire is a researcher at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) specializing in Transport and Mobility, Discrete Choice, and Optimization. His work focuses on developing and applying discrete choice models to analyze travel behavior, including pedestrian walking, departure time, and route choice. He has contributed to the estimation and validation of these models using methods like mixed logit and hybrid choice models. His research also explores simulation-based optimization for urban transportation and the integration of GPS data for mobility analysis. Bierlaire has developed tools such as BIOGEME and PythonBiogeme for discrete choice modeling, emphasizing practical applications in transportation planning and policy.