Tommaso Giovannelli
I am a postdoctoral researcher and an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Lehigh University. I am an incoming Assistant Professor in the Industrial and Systems Engineering program of the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at the University of Cincinnati. I have a PhD in Operations Research and hold both an M.S. and a B.S. in Management Engineering from SAPIENZA University of Rome. I am a member of the Optimization and Machine Learning (OptML) Research Group at Lehigh University.
My methodological research interests span several sub-fields of nonlinear optimization, such as optimization methods for machine learning, stochastic optimization, bilevel and multi-objective optimization, simulation-based optimization, and derivative-free and black-box optimization.
My main application areas are machine learning, transportation systems, and healthcare management.
News:
April 9, 2024: Two new papers are out, co-authored with undergraduate students:
L. N. Vicente, T. N. Alleck, T. Giovannelli, R. Mitchell, and O. Remen, Why is soccer so popular: Understanding underdog achievement and randomness in team ball sports, ISE Technical Report 24T-004, Lehigh University PDF
T. N. Alleck, T. Giovannelli, L. N. Vicente, R. Mitchell, and O. Remen, Match score dataset for team ball sports, ISE Technical Report 24T-003, Lehigh University PDF
February 21, 2024: New publication: T. Giovannelli, G. Kent, and L. N. Vicente, Bilevel optimization with a multi-objective lower-level problem: Risk-neutral and risk-averse formulations, to appear in Optimization Methods and Software. PDF
January 19, 2024: I am an incoming Assistant Professor in the Industrial and Systems Engineering program of the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at the University of Cincinnati. I look forward to starting my new position in August!
November 21, 2023: A new paper is out: T. Giovannelli, O. Sohab, and L. N. Vicente, The limitation of neural nets for approximation and optimization, ISE Technical Report 23T-027, Lehigh University. PDF
October 7, 2023: At the 2023 INFORMS Annual Meeting, I will give an invited talk titled "The Limitation of Neural Nets for Approximation and Optimization" in the "MA36. Special Topics in Derivative-free Optimization" session, which is scheduled for October 16, 2023, 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM, CC-North 222C.
September 29, 2023: MOPTA 2024 will be held at Lehigh University from August 14 to 16, 2024. I am excited to once again serve as the chair of Lehigh's ISE Department's flagship conference.
August 24, 2023: MaremmaOggi posted an article (in Italian) about my academic experience in the US: https://www.maremmaoggi.net/tommaso-giovannelli-cervello-della-maremma-in-america
August 19, 2023: Yesterday, we wrapped up MOPTA 2023, which featured 140 attendees, 7 plenary speakers, 32 parallel sessions, the 15th AIMMS-MOPTA Optimization Modeling Competition, and a poster competition. I had a great time seeing people make new connections and learn about the latest developments in optimization and its applications.
August 15, 2023: MOPTA 2023 is starting tomorrow! As the chair of the conference, I will be speaking in the opening session, and I will present our work on inexact bilevel stochastic gradient methods for constrained and unconstrained lower-level problems in RB 241, 10:15-11:45 AM.
May 3, 2023: New publication: T. Giovannelli and L. N. Vicente (2023), An integrated assignment, routing, and speed model for roadway mobility and transportation with environmental, efficiency, and service goals, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. Link PDF
February 10, 2023: A new paper is out: T. Giovannelli, G. Kent, and L. N. Vicente, Bilevel optimization with a multi-objective lower-level problem: Risk-neutral and risk-averse formulations, ISE Technical Report 23T-013, Lehigh University. PDF
January 23, 2023: I have been invited to give a talk on bias and fairness in AI at Penn State Berks on February 20, 2023 (https://sites.psu.edu/aims/calendar_event/461/).
December 6, 2022: The list of plenary speakers for MOPTA 2023 has been finalized. We are very excited to have incredible plenary speakers. Here is the link to the conference website: https://coral.ise.lehigh.edu/~mopta.
October 7, 2022: A new paper is out: T. Giovannelli and L. N. Vicente, An integrated assignment, routing, and speed model for roadway mobility and transportation with environmental, efficiency, and service goals, ISE Technical Report 22T-013, Lehigh University. PDF
October 3, 2022: 2022 INFORMS Annual Meeting is less than 2 weeks away. I am the chair of the Nonlinear Optimization Flash Session (October 17, 2022, 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, CC - Room 203) and co-chair of the session on Bilevel Stochastic Methods for Optimization and Learning (October 18, 2022, 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM, CC - Room 203). I will give a flash talk on bilevel stochastic gradient methods in my flash session.
September 8, 2022: Today I had the MOPTA 2023 kick-off meeting with Prof. T. Terlaky. MOPTA 2023 will be held at Lehigh University from August 16 to 18 2023, and I will be the chair of the Organizing Committee.
July 22, 2022: ICCOPT 2022 is starting tomorrow! I am honored to be a member of the Local Organizing Committee.
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