Research

Research Interests

Combinatorial Optimization, Meta-heuristics, Mixed Integer Programming, Optimization in Transportation and Logistics, Air traffic and Airport Optimization, Telecommunication Network Design, Production Scheduling

Selected Publications

Selected Research Projects

  • European Research Project '' OptiFrame - An Optimization Framework for Trajectory Based Operations'' (ref. n. 699275), call H2020-SESAR-2015-1 SESAR Exploratory Research, EU - H2020 Program (March 2016 - February 2018).
  • PRIN Project ''Nonlinear and Combinatorial Aspects of Complex Networks'', call PRIN 2015 MUR (February 2017 - January 2020).
  • European Research Project ''AAS - Integrated Airport Apron Safety Fleet Management'' (ref. n. 213061), call FP7-AAT-2007-TREN-1, Collaborative project, FP7-TRANSPORT Program (May 2008 - April 2011).
  • European Research Project ''SCOOP - Sheet Cutting and Process Optimization for Furniture Enterprises'' (ref. n. 32998), call FP6-2004-SME-COOP, Cooperative - SMEs-Co-operative research contracts, FP6-SME Program (October 2006 - October 2008).

Short Curriculum Vitae

Since October 2018, Associate Professor of Operations Research at the Department of Mathematics 'Tullio Levi-Civita', University of Padova.

From October 2007 to September 2018, Assistant Professor of Operations Research at the Department of Mathematics, University of Padova.

From July 2006 to September 2007, post-doctoral fellowship at the Department of Computer, Management and Control Engineering, Università Politecnica delle Marche (Ancona, Italy). Resarch on combinatorial optimization models and techniques for manufacturing planning.

From June 2004 to June 2006, post-doctoral fellowship at the "Service Graph et Optimisation Mathématique", Université Libre de Bruxelles: combinatorial optimization and simulation techniques applied to the operation of intermodal transport networks.

From October 2003 to June 2004, research grants from the Department of Computer and System Engineering, Politecnico di Torino: Telecommunication Network Design Problems and Service Network Planning.

February 2004, Ph.D. in Computer and System Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, thesis "The Internet Protocol Network Design Problem with Reliability and Routing Constraints" (supervisor Prof. Roberto Tadei): mathematical programming and metaheuristic methods for telecommunication networks topological design.

From March to August 2003, visiting researcher at the "Service Mathématique de la Gestion", Université Libre de Bruxelles: Combinatorial optimization models and techniques for Network Design problems (research supervised by Prof. Martine Labbé and Prof. Bernard Fortz).

From October 1999 to September 2003, Ph.D. fellowship at the Department of Computer and Control Engineering, Politecnico di Torino: Research and teaching activities in Operations Research and Combinatorial Optimization.

March 1999, degree in Computer Engineering from Politecnico di Torino (summa cum laude).