Pierre Schaus

Pierre Schaus serves as Professor of Computer Science at UCLouvain, where he specializes in artificial intelligence, optimization, constraint programming, and machine learning. His research focuses on developing efficient algorithms for scheduling, vehicle routing, and combinatorial optimization problems. As the instructor of UCLouvain's constraint programming course, he teaches advanced concepts in solver architecture, search techniques, and practical applications. His contributions include pioneering work in solving over-constrained problems through the Variable Objective Large Neighborhood Search (VO-LNS) framework. He maintains an active research program developing practical approaches to complex optimization challenges while leading the development of educational resources including the minicp.org platform. His expertise spans theoretical foundations and practical applications of constraint programming, particularly in areas of scheduling and resource allocation.