Research interests
I'm interested in mathematical programming algorithms for combinatorial problems
In particular:
- - Column generation algorithms and Branch And Price And Cut algorithms
- - Dynamic programming algorithms for Elementary resource constrained shortest paths
- - Various type of routing problems:
Simultaneous delivery and collection, hard and soft time windows, real world routing, split delivery, orienteering and prize collecting
- - Dynamic Dial a Ride systems
- - Airlines schedule optimization: disruption recovery algorithms, robust planning
- - Maritime optimization: optimization at container terminals
- - Air-transportation: Innovative aircraft design and air-traffic management
- - Railway transportation: optimization of wagon handling at railway terminals
- - Smart-Grid: Optimization of unit commitment and dispatching
Ongoing research projects
| Title | CLIP-AIR: A modular multi-modal transportation system. |
| Description | Study of the impact on transportation of a revolutionary concept of aircraft based on modularity. |
| Principal investigator | Michel Bierlaire, Claudio Leonardi |
| Project collaborators | Bilge Astoy, Matteo Salani |
| Period | February 01, 2010 - January 31, 2013 |
| Details | Project page |
| Title | Swiss2Grid: Pilot and Demonstration project on smart-grid technologies. |
| Description | Design and implementation of optimization algorithms for energy dispatching and devices management. |
| Principal investigator | Roman Rudel |
| Project collaborators at IDSIA | Alessandro Giusti, Gianni Di Caro, Luca Maria Gambardella |
| Sponsor | Swiss Federal Office of Energy |
| Period | May 01, 2010 - November 30, 2011 |
| Details | Project page |
| Title | Fry4Fuel. |
| Description | Recycling Used Cooking Oil and Transforming it into Biodiesel: Combating Climate Change and Poverty on Bali, Indonesia. |
| Principal investigator | Luca Maria Gambardella |
| Project Partner | Caritas Switzerland |
| Period | October 1, 2011 - October 30, 2012 |
Past research projects
| Title | Optimization of container terminal operations. |
| Description | Design and development of models and algorithms for the optimization of operations in seaport container terminals. |
| Principal investigator | Michel Bierlaire |
| Project managers | Ilaria Vacca, Matteo Salani |
| Sponsor | Swiss National Science Foundation |
| Period | February 01, 2007-September 30, 2010 |
| Title | Column generation methods for the recovery of disrupted airline schedules |
| Description | Robust planning and recovery from disruptions for airlines operations |
| Principal investigator | Michel Bierlaire |
| Project manager | Niklaus Eggenberg |
| Sponsor | Swiss National Science Foundation |
| Period | October 01, 2007-August 31, 2010 |
| Role | Collaborator |
| Title | Simulation-based optimization of a railroad yard |
| Description | imulation-based optimization of the operations of Vale's railroad yards. |
| Principal investigator | Michel Bierlaire |
| Project managers | Matteo Salani, Anne Curchod |
| Sponsor | Vale |
| Period | July 01, 2008-February 28, 2009 |
| Title | Vehicle routing algorithms for logistics applications |
| Description | Development of exact algorithms for optimal dispatching and collection in the logistic chain |
| Principal investigator | Giovanni Righini |
| Project manager | Matteo Salani |
| Sponsor | @logistics Reply srl, Milano |
| Period | November 2005 - October 2006 |
| Role | Project Manager, Collaborator |
| Collaborators | Alberto Ceselli |
| External Collaborators | @logistics Reply srl, Milano |