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