Doctoral Students

Michel Verhaegen

A new class of algorithms in linear system theory, with applications to real-time aircraft model identification,
Nov 1985, K.U.Leuven (co-promotor with J. Vandewalle)

Theo Beelen

New algorithms for computing the Kronecker structure of a pencil with applications to systems and control theory, May 1987, T.U. Eindhoven (co-promotor with G. Veltkamp, M. Hautus)

Marc Moonen

Jacobi-type updating algorithms for signal processing, systems identification and control,
Nov 1990, K.U.Leuven (co-promotor with J. Vandewalle)

Srikanth Thirumalai

High Performance Algorithms to Solve Toeplitz and Block Toeplitz Matrices,
1996, UIUC (co-promotor with K.Gallivan)   PDF

Mike Stewart

Structured linear algebra problems and application to system identification,
Oct 1996, UIUC (co-promotor with M. Heath)

Eric Grimme

Krylov Projection Methods for Model Reduction,
1997, UIUC (co-promotor with K. Gallivan)   PDF

Jayaramanan Sreedhar

The periodic Schur decomposition in linear systems and control,
1997, UIUC (co-promotor with B. Bamieh)

Nicola Mastronardi

Fast and reliable algorithms for structured total least squares and related matrix problems,
May 2001, K.U. Leuven (co-promotor S. Van Huffel)

Yvan Hachez

Convex optimization over non-negative polynomials : structured algorithms and applications,
May 2003, U.C.Louvain (co-promotor Y. Nesterov)   PDF

Younes Chahlaoui

Low-Rank Approximation and Model Reduction,
Dec 2003, U.C. Louvain   PDF

Antoine Vandendorpe

Model reduction of linear systems : an interpolation point of view,
Dec 2004, U.C. Louvain   PDF

Baes Michel

Spectral functions and smoothing techniques on Jordan algebras,
Sept 2006, U.C. Louvain (co-promotor Y. Nesterov)   PDF

Djilali Bouagada

Systèmes différentiels positifs et LMIs,
Dec 2008, Univ. Oran (co-promotor H. Mokhtar-Kharroubi)   PDF

Laure Ninove

Dominant vectors of nonnegative matrices. Application to information extraction in large graphs,
Feb 2008, U.C. Louvain (co-promotor V. Blondel)   PDF

Diep Ho Ngoc

Non-negative matrix factorization. Algorithms and applications,
June 2008, U.C. Louvain (co-promotor V. Blondel)   PDF

Cristobald de Kerchove

Ranking Large Networks: Leadership, Optimization and Distrust,
Aug 2009, U.C. Louvain (co-promotor V. Blondel)   PDF

Samuel Melchior

Multimesh Iterative Schemes and Model Reduction for Linear and Nonlinear Advection-Diffusion Equations,
June 2012, U.C. Louvain (co-supervised with V. Legat)

Thomas Cason

Role Extraction in Networks,
Sept 2012, U.C. Louvain (co-supervised with P.A. Absil)

Quentin Rentmeesters

Multimodal and nonsmooth optimization problems on matrix manifolds,
July 2013, U.C. Louvain (co-supervised with P.A. Absil)

François-Xavier Orban

Nearest stable system,
July 2013, U.C. Louvain (co-supervised with Yu. Nesterov)

Vincent Traag

Algorithms and Dynamical Models for Communities and Reputation in Social Networks,
Sept 2013, U.C. Louvain (co-supervised with Yu. Nesterov)

Pierre Borckmans

Multimodal and nonsmooth optimization problems on matrix manifolds,
Sept 2013, U.C. Louvain (co-supervised with P.A. Absil)

Arnaud Browet

Algorithms for community and role detection in networks,
Sept 2014, U.C. Louvain (co-supervised with P.A. Absil)

Guifang Zhou

Rank-constrained optimization: a Riemannian approach,
May 2015, Florida State University (co-promotor K.A. Gallivan)

Melissa Marchand

Low-rank Riemannian Optimization Approach to the Role Extraction Problem,
Sept 2017, Florida State University (co-promotor K.A. Gallivan)