Michael Kokkolaras

Member, GERAD

Full Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University

michael.kokkolaras@mcgill.ca

Phone: 514 398-2343

Research Axes

Axis 2: Decision support made in complex systems
Axis 3: Decision support made under uncertainty

Research Applications

Engineering (engineering design, digital design)

Publications

Apr 2022

Using parallel coordinates in optimization of nano-particle drug delivery

Timos Kipouros, Ibrahim Chamseddine, and Michael Kokkolaras

ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 144(4), Paper no: 044501, 2022 BibTeX reference

Feb 2022

Constrained stochastic blackbox optimization using a progressive barrier and probabilistic estimates

Kwassi Joseph Dzahini, Michael Kokkolaras, and Sébastien Le Digabel

To appear in: Mathematical Programming, 2022 BibTeX reference

Feb 2022

Optimization of infectious disease prevention and control policies using artificial life

Khalil Al Handawi and Michael Kokkolaras

IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence, 6(1), 26–40, 2022 BibTeX reference

82 publications

News

Michael Kokkolaras promoted to full professor

Oct 1, 2021

Since October 1st, 2021, Michael Kokkolaras has been promoted to Full Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University.

Congratulations!

Doctoral thesis defence of Kwassi Joseph Dzahini

Dec 2, 2020

Title: Méthodes de recherche directe pour l'optimisation stochastique de boîtes noires

Several GERAD teams funded by IVADO

Jun 23, 2020

Congratulations to the teams selected to lead new fundamental research projects!

4 news

Events

Mar 23, 202211:00 AM — 12:00 PM

Optimization of Stochastic Epidemiological Models for Disease Control and Prediction

“Meet a GERAD researcher!” seminar
Khalil Al Handawi – McGill University

Online meeting

Dec 16, 202003:00 PM — 04:00 PM

Optimization methods for supporting engineering design decisions when dealing with changing requirements

“Meet a GERAD researcher!” seminar
Michael Kokkolaras – Full Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University

Online meeting

Prizes and awards

2021

Reviewer's favorite paper (35 out of 359 papers)

"Exploring the potential of digital twin-driven design of aero-engine structures" (J. Martinsson, M. Panarotto, M. Kokkolaras and O. Isaksson)

23rd International Conference on Engineering Design, Gothenburg, Sweden

2019

Fellow

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

2014

Associate Fellow

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

Supervision

Yuxiao Liu Master's degree

Can Unlusoy Master's degree

Tomas Diaz Jimenez Ph.D.

Khalil Al Handawi Postdoctoral research

Julian Martinsson Ph.D.

Emmanuel Bigeon Postdoctoral research

Romain Couderc Ph.D.

Lucas Crea Master's degree

Ahmed H. Bayoumy Postdoctoral research

All supervisions (30)