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Francesca Da Ros Wins the 2026 AIROYoung Dissertation Award

IOLab congratulates Francesca Da Ros on winning the 2026 AIROYoung Dissertation Award with her thesis, Chronicles on Metaheuristic Optimization: Components, Applications, and Large Language Models. The award ceremony took place on 10 September 2026 during the national ODS conference in Galzignano Terme, Italy.

10 Sep 2026 2 min read
Francesca Da Ros Wins the 2026 AIROYoung Dissertation Award
Railway Capacity Paper Named Best Application Paper Runner-Up at CP 2026

The paper A Scheduling-Based Approach to Railway Capacity Estimation for Industrial Freight Junctions, by Luca Di Gaspero, Alessia Grosso, and Giovanni Longo, received the Best Application Paper Runner-Up recognition at the 32nd International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2026).

20 Jul 2026 1 min read
Railway Capacity Paper Named Best Application Paper Runner-Up at CP 2026
👨🏻‍🏫 Tommaso Urli to give a plenary lecture at IIE PhD Conference on May 25, 2023

Tommaso Urli, former member of the Lab, will give a plenary lecture at the PhD Conference in Industrial and Information Engineering. He will speak about his current work as an optimization scientist at Satalia Ltd. but also at the process that brought him in this position, which includes the experiences during the PhD.

23 May 2023 1 min read
👨🏻‍🏫 Tommaso Urli to give a plenary lecture at IIE PhD Conference on May 25, 2023
👨🏻‍🎓 Andrea Roli to Conduct "Introduction to Complex Systems Science" Course

Renowned researcher and expert in the field of Complex System Science, Andrea Roli, will be delivering an exclusive course titled “Introduction to Complex System Science” at the University of Udine. The course, primarily designed for PhD students specializing in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, will also be open to other students who wish to expand their knowledge in this interdisciplinary domain.

17 Apr 2023 1 min read
👨🏻‍🎓 Andrea Roli to Conduct "Introduction to Complex Systems Science" Course
👋 Goodbye SaTT, 🤗 Welcome IOLab

The Scheduling and Timetabling (i.e., SaTT) Research Group has become the Intelligent Optimization Laboratory as an initiative funded by the Interdipartimental University Strategic Plan In Artificial Intelligence at the University of Udine.

1 Jan 2023 1 min read
👋 Goodbye SaTT, 🤗 Welcome IOLab
SAFE Project Video

A video highlighting the outcomes of the SAFE project and featuring the contributions of the IOLab to the project is now available on the Maritime Technology Cluster MareFVG YouTube Channel.

6 Dec 2022 1 min read Projects
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SAFE Project Video
PRIN Project grant

The SaTT Group has received a grant (121.046 euros) from the Italian Ministry for Universities and Research (MIUR) under the PRIN (Research Projects of National Interest) 2020 programme, for the project “Models and algorithms for the optimization of integrated healthcare management”.

14 Dec 2021 1 min read
Smart Waste Collection PhD Studentship

One PhD studentship in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence is available on the topic Models and algorithms for the intelligent management of waste collection through fleets of electric vehicles.

1 Oct 2021 4 min read
Timetabling Seminar on YouTube

The seminar of Timetabling by Andrea Schaerf, part of the Scheduling Seminar initiative, is available on YouTube.

7 Jul 2021 1 min read
Timetabling Seminar on YouTube
SAFE Project grant

The SaTT Group received a grant from the POR – FESR programme 2014–2020, Friuli–Venezia Giulia Region, for designing a realtime damage manager and decision support system for passengers ships.

9 May 2020 1 min read
SAFE Project grant