Tom Demeulemeester

Tom Demeulemeester is a Research Fellow at the Operations Research and Statistics Research Group (ORSTAT) of KU Leuven, with a future appointment as Assistant Professor in Operations Research at Maastricht University starting August 2025. His work bridges operations research, combinatorial optimization, and computational social choice, focusing on fair resource allocation and algorithmic game theory.

His research emphasizes fairness in integer programming, hedonic games, and one-sided matching. Recent work examines Rawlsian assignments and strategyproofness in multiwinner elections. Publications span journals like the European Journal of Operational Research and conferences such as MFCS and AAAI, with a focus on both theoretical and applied optimization.

Key trends in his publications include randomization for fairness, stability in coalition formation, and axiomatic approaches to matching problems. All works are publicly accessible via repositories, with code available on GitHub. This aligns with his commitment to open science and reproducibility.

Tom actively engages with academic communities through conference participation (EURO, MFCS, AAAI) and workshops on school choice. He will soon transition to Maastricht University after completing his PhD defense at KU Leuven in May 2024, titled Fairness through randomization: An operations research perspective.