Riccardo Giusti (Polytechnic University of Turin) has won the 2nd edition of the AIROYoung Dissertation Award (AYDA) with a Ph.D. thesis entitled “Optimization-based integration platform for Synchromodal Logistics“, supervised by C. G. Demartini and D. Manerba.
Riccardo reached a total of 94 points, 3 of which assigned after his presentation at the ODS 2023 session dedicated to the AYDA.
Before assigning the prize, 25 expert reviewers have evaluated 10 candidate theses in 2 revision rounds. The average score of the theses has been 84.06 (out of 100), witnessing the high quality of the submitted theses.
Congratulations to all participants!
The other finalists were:
- Georgia Fargetta (University of Catania) with a thesis entitled “Variational inequality and metaheuristic approaches to model and investigate the agents’ strategies” (supervisors M. F. Pavone and L. R. M. Scrimali)
- Henri Lefebvre (University of Bologna) with a thesis entitled “Adjustable robust optimization with nonlinear recourses” (supervisors M. Monaci and E. Malaguti)
- Alberto Locatelli (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) with a thesis entitled “Optimization methods for knapsack and tool switching problems” (supervisors M. Iori and V. Cacchiani)