Programme

We provide a provisional programme of the event below and in PDF. If you prefer, you can also view the Google Sheets version of the schedule. Please note that the schedule may be subject to change. Last update: January 29, 2026.

Day 1 – Monday, February 9, 2026

Ph.D. School, see lecture abstracts at Ph.D. School page.

• [08:15 - 09:00] Registration
• [09:00 - 09:20] Ph.D. School Opening
• [09:30 - 11:00] Matteo Fischetti, Benders and Bilevel Optimization
• [11:00 - 11:30] Coffee Break
• [11:30 - 13:00] Marco Di Summa, Comparing branch-and-bound, cutting planes, and branch-and-cut
• [13:00 - 14:30] Lunch Break
• [14:30 - 16:00] Francesco Rinaldi, Frank–Wolfe and friends: a journey into projection-free optimization methods
• [16:00 - 16:30] Coffee Break
• [16:30 - 18:00] Domenico Salvagnin, Computational Research 101

Day 2 – Tuesday, February 10, 2026

• [08:30 - 09:00] Registration

• [09:00 - 09:20] Workshop Opening

• [09:20 - 11:00] Session #1. Transportation and Logistics I
  • [09:20] Abdelouahab Moubane, Modeling and Optimization of Truck and Robot Routing without Robot-Depots
  • [09:40] Fabio Buffoli, Beating Highway Gridlock: Iterative User Equilibrium with Local Congestion Caps
  • [10:00] Antonino A. Carè, Last-mile Delivery with Autonomous Robots and Public Transport Line
  • [10:20] Pierre Vendé, The Electric Vehicle Fleet Composition Problem with temperature considerations
  • [10:40] Khaoula Kharfati, A Two-Stage Decomposition Method for the Electric Traveling Salesman Problem with Time Windows

• [11:00 - 11:30] Coffee Break

• [11:30 - 11:40] Institutional greetings by Bruno Chiarellotto, Head of the Department of Mathematics of the University of Padova

• [11:40 - 12:40] Session #2. Scheduling and Timetabling I
  • [11:40] Annalisa Castelletti, Batch Scheduling with Compatible Families and Setups: Enhanced MILP Formulations
  • [12:00] Lorenzo Tomasetti, A Comprehensive Hybrid Flow Shop Scheduling Model for Steelmaking and Ingot Casting
  • [12:20] Marco Zunino, University Timetabling with Professor Preferences: Exact and Heuristic Methods

• [12:40 - 14:00] Lunch Break

• [14:00 - 15:00] Plenary Talk by Wolfram Wiesemann, Large-Scale and Data-Driven Markov Decision Processes

• [15:00 - 16:00] Session #3. Optimization under Uncertainty I
  • [15:00] Federica Donnini, Heuristics for two-stage stochastic 𝐾-adaptability
  • [15:20] Hubert Villuendas, First-Order Methods for Distributionally Robust Mixed-Integer Optimization
  • [15:40] Soroush Fatemi-Anaraki, Network Flexibility Design Under Endogenous Uncertainty

• [16:00 - 16:30] Coffee Break

• [16:30 - 17:30] Session #4. Advances in Mathematical Programming I

  • [16:30] Diego Scuppa, A gradient method with momentum for Riemannian manifolds
  • [16:50] Elisa Trasatti, Manifold optimization methods for the XY random field
  • [17:10] Riccardo Tomassini, Combining discretization and exact penalty techniques in semi-infinite programming
• [17:30 - 18:30] Session #5. Energy and Environmental Applications I
  • [17:30] Andrea Spinelli, A Stochastic Electric Vehicle Routing Problem under Uncertain Energy Consumption
  • [17:50] Pietro Girardis, A Three-Stage Lexicographic Constraint Programming Approach for an Energy-Efficient Scheduling Problem
  • [18:10] Leena Aizdi, Energy-Aware Sequencing and Routing in GreenWarehouses by Integrating Energy Management Systems and Renewable Energy

Day 3 – Wednesday, February 11, 2026

• [08:30 - 09:00] Registration

• [09:00 - 10:00] Session #6. Network Optimization I
  • [09:00] Eleonora Bellesso, Analysis of a general regularized continuous formulation for the maximum 𝑠-plex problem
  • [09:20] Roberto Ronco, On the Spectrum of Path-Length Density Matrices of Unrooted Binary Trees
  • [09:40] Stefano Ardizzoni, Shortest Path Problem with Functional Edge Costs

• [10:00 - 10:30] Coffee Break

• [10:30 - 11:30] Plenary Talk by Stefan Røpke, Vehicle Routing Problems

• [11:30 - 12:30] Session #7. Scheduling and Timetabling II
  • [11:30] Alice Daldossi, Building a fair and efficient surgical unit: insights from academic vascular surgery
  • [11:50] Sara Cambiaghi, A Column-Generation Approach to Joint Master Surgical Scheduling and Case Assignment under Bed Capacity Constraints
  • [12:10] Martina Doneda, An ILP approach to urgent patient management in an orthopedic department

• [12:30 - 14:00] Lunch Break

• [14:00 - 15:00] Session #8. Transportation and Logistics II
  • [14:00] Cevat Enes Karaahmetoglu, Multiobjective Route Planning for Multi-Truck Multi-UAV Operations: Multi-Visit Sorties and Flexible Rendezvous Points
  • [14:20] Paolo Beatrici, A Benders decomposition approach for a green bi-objective stochastic fleet size and mix vehicle routing problem
  • [14:40] Veronica Mosca, Multi-Quality Multi-Objective Green VRP with Air-Conditioning Systems
• [15:00 - 16:00] Session #9. Heuristics and Metaheuristics
  • [15:00] Elisa Savio, A Tabu Search for the Three-Dimensional Block Relocation Problem with Item Families
  • [15:20] Seyyedeh Reihaneh Naghib Hosseini, Minimizing the Energy Consumption of Terminal Vehicles for Stowage Planning
  • [15:40] Enrico Brambilla, Relax-and-Explore Kernel Search for Multidimensional Multiple-Choice Knapsack Problems
• [16:00 - 17:00] Session #10. Optimization under Uncertainty II
  • [16:00] Arianna Freda, Cost-Aware Scheduling under Uncertainty: An Optimization Model for Heart Donor Management
  • [16:20] Giovanni Spisso, The Maximum Clique Problem under Adversarial Uncertainty: a min-max approach
  • [16:40] Yasmany Fernández Fernández, Hybrid Strategy in the Robust Evacuation Problem Considering Network Complexities
• [17:00 - 19:30] Social Event at Palazzo Bo sponsored by Hexaly, (see Events page)

Day 4 – Thursday, February 12, 2026

• [08:30 - 09:00] Registration

• [09:00 - 10:00] Session #11. Network Optimization II
  • [09:00] Luca Pirolo, Optimal location of e-bike chargers on touristic cycleway networks
  • [09:20] Fabio Ciccarelli, Branch-and-price strikes back for the k-vertex cut problem
  • [09:40] Nikola Kovačević, Network design and material flow simulation for wood value chains

• [10:00 - 10:30] Coffee Break

• [10:30 - 11:30] Plenary Talk by Martine Labbé, Solving Chance-Constrained (mixed integer) Linear Optimization Problems with Branch-and Cut

• [11:30 - 12:30] Session #12. Transportation and Logistics III
  • [11:30] Alessia Ciacco Steiner, Traveling Salesman Problem with Time Windows and Pickup–Delivery: integrating classical and quantum optimization
  • [11:50] Carlo Maria Aloe, Bi-Objective Programming for Time–Energy AS/RS Cycle Planning in Single-Deep Racking
  • [12:10] Sara Stoia, Crowdshipping and Locker Solutions for Dynamic Last-Mile Delivery

• [12:30 - 14:00] Lunch Break

• [14:00 - 14:30] Sponsor Session: Hexaly and Mosek

• [14:30 - 15:30] Session #13. Scheduling and Timetabling III
  • [14:30] Martina Luzzi, Human resources management in SMEs: an optimized and innovative framework
  • [14:50] Alex Fabián Barrales Araneda, Heuristic Approaches for Timetabling and Vehicle Scheduling with Electric Buses
  • [15:10] Serena Fugaro, A Soft-Constrained Multi-Objective Facility Location approach to design a Household Waste Recycling Centres network in UK
• [15:30 - 16:50] Session #14. Learning-based Optimization
  • [15:30] Alessandro Minoli, A Data-Driven State Exploration Policy in Dynamic Programming for RCESPP
  • [15:50] Angjelo Zojzi, An optimal dispatching method for incoming alarms in security operations centers
  • [16:10] Chiara Faccio, Fast and Simple Multiclass Data Segmentation: An Eigendecomposition and Projection-Free Approach
  • [16:30] Virginia Marcelli, Tailored Heuristics for Margin Optimal Regression Tree

• [16:50 - 17:20] Coffee Break and Group Picture

• [17:20 - 18:30] AIROYoung Roundtable, (see Events page)

• [20:00 - 23:00] Social Dinner at Osteria Antico Brolo (see Events page)

Day 5 – Friday, February 13, 2026

• [08:30 - 09:00] Registration

• [09:00 - 10:00] Session #15. Energy and Environmental Applications II
  • [09:00] Gianluca Sabbatini, A Rolling Horizon Multi-Stage Optimization Framework for Local Flexibility Procurement
  • [09:20] Giovanni Micheli, Multi-horizon optimization for domestic renewable energy system design under uncertainty
  • [09:40] Silvia Cordieri, An Energy-Efficient Optimization Strategy for Multi-Carrier Energy Systems

• [10:00 - 10:30] Coffee Break

• [10:30 - 11:30] Plenary Talk by Hande Yaman Paternotte, Partitioning a Graph into Connected Components

• [11:30 - 12:50] Session #16. Scheduling and Timetabling IV
  • [11:30] Silvia Iuliano, A Global Optimization-based Methodology for Providing Grid Ancillary Services by Electric Vehicles Scheduling
  • [11:50] Lingyuan Shi, Integrated optimization of train rescheduling and speed management during partial blockages: A decomposition approach
  • [12:10] Xinyi Ye, On Makespan Scheduling with Stability
  • [12:30] Marco Dottor, Efficient methods for large-scale cricket farming

• [12:50 - 14:00] Lunch Break

• [14:00 - 14:40] Sponsor Session: FICO, CNR-IASI, and CNR-IAC

• [14:40 - 16:00] Session #17. Transportation and Logistics IV
  • [14:40] Luca Dalla Costa, A Constrained Shortest Path Algorithm for Dynamic Airspace Configuration
  • [15:00] Filippo Magi, Tactical Deconfliction with Speed and Path Modifications for Urban Air Mobility
  • [15:20] Yingzhi Wang, Airport subsidy for air-HSR intermodal service in a multi-airport system: Direct amount vs. discount
  • [15:40] Federico Michelotto, A Novel Decomposition Scheme for the CVRP

• [16:00 - 16:30] Coffee Break

• [16:30 - 17:30] Session #18. Advances in Mathematical Programming II
  • [16:30] Edoardo Cesaroni, Derivative-Free Bilevel Optimization with Inexact Lower-Level Solutions
  • [16:50] Matteo Zanella, MIP Formulations for Delete-Free AI Planning
  • [17:10] Mariagrazia Cairo, On the Lagrangian Relaxation in a Bi-Objective Branch and Bound algorithm
• [17:30 - 18:00] Closing

Schedule (Google Sheets)