Monaldo Palmo Mastrolilli

Principal Investigator

Research Interests

Scheduling problems

Approximation algorithms

Combinatorial optimization

Complexity theory



Luca Maria Gambardella

Principal Investigator

Research Interests

Machine learning

Meta-heuristics

Swarm intelligence

Autonomous robotics



Luis Felipe Vargas

Postdoc

Research Interests

Algebraic methods for optimization

Combinatorial optimization

Complexity questions related to sums of squares



Eleonora Vercesi

Postdoc

Research Interests

Causes of empirical hardness in combinatorial optimization problems



Alex Bortolotti

PhD Candidate

Research Interests

Polynomial optimization

Sum of squares

SDP hierarchy

Computational algebraic geometry in combinatorial settings (CSPs)



Marilena Palomba

PhD Candidate

Research Interests

Computational complexity of sum of squares bounds for copositive programs

Bit complexity of sum of squares proofs and refutations



Koppány István Encz

PhD Candidate

Research Interests

Polyhedral combinatorics

Discrete optimization

Graph theory



Stefano Huber

PhD Candidate

Research Interests

Complexity theory



Tullio Villa

PhD Candidate

Research Interests

Polyhedral combinatorics

Integrality gap of NP-hard problems