Seminars

Seminars 2025

Policy Evaluation Between Theory and Practice: Engaging with Stakeholders
Speaker: Prof. Loris Vergolini, University of Bologna
Chair: Prof. Giovanni Maria Abbiati, University of Brescia
Thursday, October 23rd, 2025, 2:30 PM
Room D2, Via San Faustino 64

Driving Supply Chain Sustainability: The Role of Optimisation

(Mandatory for the first-year Ph.D. Students)

Speaker: Prof. Ana Paula Barbosa-Póvoa, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Chair: Prof. Claudia Archetti, University of Brescia

Wednesday, October 1st, 2025, 10 AM

Room C1, C.da S. Chiara 50

Incentivizing In-Store Customers for Last Mile Delivery: A Dynamic Compensation Framework

Speaker: Prof. Rouven Schur, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Chair: Prof. Claudia Archetti, University of Brescia

Friday, September 19th, 2025, 11 AM

Room A2, C.da S. Chiara 50

Optimizing dynamic decision-making processes under uncertainty. An application in last-mile logistics: uncertain pickup and delivery with in-store shoppers and lockers

(Mandatory for the first-year Ph.D. Students)Speaker: Prof. Demetrio Laganà, University of Calabria,
Chair: Prof. Luca Bertazzi, University of Brescia
Thursday, July 17th, 2025, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PMRoom B5, C.da Santa Chiara, 50

Machine Learning and Optimisation in Logistics: A Bidirectional Tutorial on Routing and Inventory Applications

(Mandatory for the first-year Ph.D. Students)Speaker: Prof. Pantelis Z. Lappas, University of the Aegean, Greece
Chair: Prof. Luca Bertazzi, University of Brescia
Thursday, July 17th, 2025, 9 AM - 11 AMRoom B5, C.da Santa Chiara, 50

An introduction to topological data analysis with applications in experimental designs

(Mandatory for the first-year Ph.D. Students)Speakers: Prof. Marco Guerra, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) Genova, Prof. Roberto Fontana, Politecnico di Torino
Chair: Prof. Enrico Ripamonti, University of Brescia
Wednesday, June 11th, 2025, 11:30 AM - 3:30 PMRoom A2, C.da Santa Chiara, 50

Quasi Maximum Likelihood Estimation and Inference of Large Approximate Dynamic Factor Models via the EM algorithm

(Mandatory for the first-year Ph.D. Students)Speaker: Prof. Matteo Barigozzi, Università di Bologna
Chair: Prof. Mattia Guerini, University of Brescia
Tuesday, May 20th, 2025, 2:00 pM - 04:00 PM (2 hours)Room A6, C.da Santa Chiara, 50

Identification of one independent shock in structural VARs

(Mandatory for the first-year Ph.D. Students)Speaker: Prof. Alessio Moneta, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Pisa
Chair: Prof. Mattia Guerini, University of BresciaTuesday, May 20th, 2025, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (2 hours)Room A6, C.da Santa Chiara, 50

An overview of regression methods with functional data

(Mandatory for the first-year Ph.D. Students)Speaker: Prof. Julien Jacques, University Lumière Lyon 2
Chair: Prof. Paola Zuccolotto, University of Brescia
Wednesday, May 14th, 2025, 3 PMRoom C1, C.da Santa Chiara, 50

Crowdshipping in Dynamic Pickup-and-Delivery Problems

(Mandatory for the first-year Ph.D. Students)Speaker: Prof. Demetrio Laganà, Università della Calabria
Chair: Prof. Luca Bertazzi, University of Brescia
Thursday, February 20th, 2025, 11 AMSala Biblioteca, San Faustino Building

Joint Planning of Hydrogen and Power Infrastructure for a Low-Carbon Energy System: A European Case Study

(Mandatory for the first-year Ph.D. Students)Speaker: Prof. Miguel Carrión Ruiz Peinado, Universidad de Castilla - La Mancha, Spain
Chair: Prof. María Ruth Domínguez Martín, University of Brescia
Tuesday, January 28th, 2025, 11:30 AMRoom A6, C.da Santa Chiara, 50

Decision-focused learning: theory, applications and recent algorithmic developments

(Mandatory for the first-year Ph.D. Students)Speaker: Prof. Thibault Prunet, École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. France
Chair: Prof. Claudia Archetti, University of Brescia
Thursday, January 16th, 2025, 2:30 PMRoom B2, C.da Santa Chiara, 50

Page updated

Report abuse