Silvano Martello

Silvano Martello (born in Bologna, Italy) is an Italian scientist and engineer, and an Emeritus Professor of Operations Research at the University of Bologna. He is known for his research in Operations Research and Mathematical Programming. In particular, he made significant contributions in the areas of knapsack and assignment problems, packing problems, and vehicle routing. As of 2023, he published 160 peer-reviewed articles and was cited more than 7000 times.

He was vice-president of the Association of European Operational Research Societies (EURO) from 2014 to 2017, and has been chairman of the European Chapter on Combinatorial Optimization (ECCO) since 1997.

He is editor-in-chief of 4OR, the joint official journal of the Belgian, French, and Italian Operations Research Societies.

Among his PhD students are Andrew H. and Ann R. Tisch Professor Andrea Lodi (Cornell Tech), and Professor Mauro dell'Amico (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia). Provided by Wikipedia