Bio
Alexander Ek is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the the Declarative Languages and Artificial Intelligence Section at KU Leuven. In 2022, he received his PhD degree in computer science from Monash University. Most of his research centres around combinatorial optimisation, data- and logic-driven decision-making under uncertainty, proof-logging, and trustworthy and explainable AI/software/elections.
Address
Postal
Alexander Ek
Declaratieve Talen en AI Leuven
Celestijnenlaan 200a
3001 Leuven
Belgium
Office (Arenberg Campus, Heverlee)
Room 01.26, Level 1
Celestijnenlaan 200a
3001 Leuven
Belgium
Email
Firstname.Lastname (at) kuleuven.be
Education
PhD in Computer Science Monash University, Australia
2022
Dissertation: High-Level Modelling and Solving for Online, Real-Time, and Multiagent Combinatorial Optimisation
MSc in Computer Science Uppsala University, Sweden
2018
BSc in Computer Science Uppsala University, Sweden
2016
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Professional Experience
Postdoctoral Researcher KU Leuven, Belgium
Jul 2025–present
Associate Investigator ARC Training Centre OPTIMA, Melbourne, Australia
Jul 2022–present
Postdoctoral Researcher
Melbourne, Australia
Jul 2022–Jul 2025
Monash University (Mar 2023 - Jul 2025)
Hosted by: Assoc. Prof. Damjan Vukcevic.
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Honours and Awards
Ariel Liebman Memorial Impact Award ARC Training Centre OPTIMA, Australia
2025
Best Paper Award 8th Int'l Joint Conference on Electronic Voting
2023
Doctoral Program Travel Grant The Assoc. for Constraint Programming
2022
Quality Conference Travel Fund (Grant) Monash University, Australia
2022
Graduate Research Completion Award Monash University, Australia
2022
Postgraduate Travel Grant Monash University, Australia
2019
Doctoral Program Travel Grant The Association for Constraint Programming, France
2019
Data61 Top-up Scholarship
CSIRO Data61, Australia
2018–2022
Faculty Co-Funded Monash Graduate Scholarship
Monash University, Australia
2018–2022
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