Stefano Novellani: Current Position

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Stefano Novellani

Department of Sciences and Methods for Engineering


Via Amendola 2, Pad. Morselli - 42122
Reggio Emilia, Italy
Phone: 0039 3381511320
email: [email protected]; [email protected]
url: http://personale.unimore.it/rubrica/dettaglio/snovellani
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8600-8000
Born: 22 Nov 1985 — Montecchio Emilia, Italy
Nationality: Italian

Current position
2015-2020 Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Operation Research, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy.

Areas of specialization
Operations Research; Combinatorial Optimization; Stochastic Programming; Branch-and-cut; Meta-
heuristic Algorithms; Vehicle Routing; Earthwork Optimization; Bike sharing Rebalancing; 3D
Printing; Drones Optimization

Education
2015 PhD in Automatic Control Systems and Operations Research, University of Bologna.
2011 Master in Industrial Engineering, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Final Grade 106/110)
2008 Bachelor in Industrial Engineering, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Final Grade 104/110)

Teaching
2017-2020 Lecturer of Ottimizzazione Lineare e Intera (Bachelor Degree in Computer Science), FIM, UNIMORE,
Italy
2017–2020 Teaching Assistant of the course Ricerca Operativa (Bachelor Degree in Computer Engineering),
DIEF, UNIMORE, Italy
2019–2020 Teaching Assistant of the course Ricerca Operativa (Bachelor Degree in Industrial Engineering),
DISMI, UNIMORE, Italy
2018-2019 Lecturer of Numerical Methods for Optimization in English (Master Degree in Energy Engineering),
POLIMI, Italy
2016–2019 Co-lecturer of the course Ricerca Operativa (Bachelor Degree in Industrial Engineering), DISMI,
UNIMORE, Italy
2016-2017 Co-Lecturer of Applicazioni della Ricerca Operativa (Master Degree in Computer Science), FIM,
UNIMORE, Italy
2012–2016 Teaching Assistant for the course Metodi di Ottimizzazione per la Logistica (Bachelor Degree in
Computer Science), FIM, UNIMORE, Italy
2012–2016 Teaching Assistant for the course Ricerca Operativa (Bachelor Degree in Industrial Engineering),
DISMI, UNIMORE, Italy

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2011–2016 Teaching assistant for the course Metodi di Ottimizzazione per la Logistica e la Produzione (Master
Degree in Management Engineering), DISMI, UNIMORE, Italy
2016-2017 Minicourse in 3° Edizione del Corso Design & Management dei Servizi Integrati, Coopservice, Reggio
Emilia, Italy.
2016-2017 Minicourse in PhD Course Collaboration and Cooperation in Industrial Robotics, Scuola di Dottorato
in Ingegneria dell’Innovazione Industriale, DISMI, UNIMORE, Italy.

Other Teaching Activities


2012–2018 Supervisor of several Bachelor and Master Degree Theses in Industrial Engineering, DISMI, UNI-
MORE, Italy.
2015 Co-supervisor of the thesis ”Nuovi algoritmi euristici per l’ottimizzazione del processo di stampa
3D” awarded with the price for the best methodological Master Thesis by the Italian Operations
Research Association (AIRO).
2012–2020 Supervised several Bachelor and Master Students during their internal train-ship at Industrial Man-
agement Engineering, DISMI, and Computer Science (FIM), UNIMORE.

Projects
2014-2018 Project Proposal Coordinator, UNIMORE referent and Project manager, and developer for the
SUCCESS Project. European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme project
founded under grant agreement No 633338.
2014 Part of the Research Project - Project Call MEC/MCTI/CAPES/CNPq/FAPs No 71/2013 Science
Without Borders Program titled Optimizing freight transportation: Models and Algorithms

Other work experiences


2012-2014 Consultant for BMP (Strabag)
2012-2013 Consultant for ILIP/ILPA
2012 Member of the organizing committee of the first VeRoLog conference, the EURO conference on
vehicle routing problem and logistics, at University of Bologna, Italy

Grants
2014 Grant for research projects abroad in Brazil.
2013 Scholarship for attending the VeRoLog 2013 conference, Southampton, UK.
2010 Grant for research projects abroad from Chamber of Commerce of Reggio Emilia.
2008 Erasmus for European exchanges and studies abroad.

Publications
Journal articles
2021 Giovanni Buzzega, Stefano Novellani (2021) “Last mile deliveries with lockers: solving the single
and multiple vehicle case”. Technical Report. To be submitted.
2021 Mauro Dell’Amico, Roberto Montemanni, Stefano Novellani (2020) “Modeling the Flying Sidekick
Traveling Salesman Problem with Multiple Drones”. TO be published on Netwroks.
2020 Mauro Dell’Amico, Roberto Montemanni, Stefano Novellani (2020) “Algorithms based on Branch
and Bound for the Flying Sidekick Traveling Salesman Problem”. Submitted and under review.

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2020 Mauro Dell’Amico, Roberto Montemanni, Stefano Novellani (2020) “Exact models for the Flying
Sidekick Traveling Salesman Problem”. Submitted and under review.
2020 Mauro Dell’Amico, Roberto Montemanni, Stefano Novellani (2020) ”Matheuristic algorithms for
the parallel drone scheduling traveling salesman problem” Annals of Operations Research 289:211–
226.
2019 Mauro Dell’Amico, Roberto Montemanni, Stefano Novellani (2019) ”Drone-assisted deliveries: new
formulations for the Flying Sidekick Traveling Salesman Problem” (2019) Optimization Letters 1-32.
2019 Mauro Dell’Amico, Fuellerer Guenther, Hoefinger, Stefano Novellani (2019) ”A Decision Support
System for Earthwork Activities in Construction Logistics” To be published on: A View of Opera-
tions Research Applications in Italy, 2018 167-178.
2018 Mauro Dell’Amico, Manuel Iori, Stefano Novellani, Anand Subramanian, (2018) ”The Bike sharing
Rebalancing Problem with Stochastic Demands” Transportation Research B 118:362-380.
2016 Mauro Dell’Amico, Guenther Fuellerer, Gerhard Höfinger, Manuel Iori, Stefano Novellani, (2016)
”A decision support system for highway construction: The Autostrada Pedemontana Lombarda”
Interfaces 46:245-263.
2016 Mauro Dell’Amico, Manuel Iori, Stefano Novellani, Thomas Stützle (2016) ”A destroy and repair
algorithm for the Bike sharing Rebalancing Problem” C&OR 71:149-162.
2016 Stefano Novellani (2016) ”Models and algorithms for the optimization of real-world routing and
logistics problems”, 4OR 14:331 -332.
2015 Christian Bogenberger, Mauro Dell’Amico, Guenther Fuellerer, Gerhard Hoefinger, Manuel Iori,
Stefano Novellani, Barbara Panicucci (2015) ”Two-Phase Earthwork Optimization Model for High-
way Construction”, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 141:1-11.
2014 Mauro Dell’Amico, Eleni Hadjiconstantinou, Manuel Iori, Stefano Novellani (2014) ”The Bike Shar-
ing Rebalancing Problem: Mathematical formulations and benchmark instances”, Omega 45:7-19.

Conference articles
2021 Mauro Dell’Amico, Roberto Montemanni, Stefano Novellani (2021) “A Random Restart Local Search
Matheuristic for the Flying Sidekick Traveling Salesman Problem”. To be published. 2021 8th Inter-
national Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications (Europe) (ICIEA 2021-Europe).
2020 Manuel Iori, Stefano Novellani (2020) ”Optimizing the Nozzle Path in the 3D Printing Process”
ADM2019 International Conference Modena, Italy. In: Rizzi C., Andrisano A., Leali F., Gherardini
F., Pini F., Vergnano A. (eds) Design Tools and Methods in Industrial Engineering. ADM 2019. Lecture
Notes in Mechanical Engineering.
2017 Mauro Dell’Amico, Stefano Novellani (2017) ”A two-echelon facility location problem with stochas-
tic demands for urban construction logistics: An application within the SUCCESS project” 2017
IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics Bari, Italy - Septem-
ber 18-20, 2017.

Research and study abroad


2014 Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brazil. Research collaboration with Prof. Anand Subramanian
2013 Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. Research collaboration at IRIDIA with Prof. Thomas Stützle
2010 Imperial College of London, UK. Research collaboration and Master Thesis development with Prof.
Eleni Hadjicostantinou
2008–2009 Unversidad Antonio de Nebrija, Spain. Erasmus Project Exchange.

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Languages
Italian • Mother-tongue
English • Proficient user
Spanish • Proficient user
French • Independent user
Portuguese • Independent user
Chinese (Mandarin) • Basic user

Programming Languages and Software


C/C++
Basic knowledge of other languages
IBM Cplex
Gurobi
FICO Xpress
Latex

Last updated: January 19, 2021 •

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