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Francesca VOCATURO - Professori Associati

Francesca VOCATURO

Professori Associati

Ricerca operativa (MATH-06/A)

Contacts
Reception Hours

Wednesday 11 a.m. to noontime (in-person; lecturer's office). 

Wednesday noontime to 1 p.m. (online; Microsoft Teams). 

Eventual receptions at different days or times can be required by e-mail (vocaturo@unical.it).

 

 

Francesca Vocaturo is Associate Professor at the University of Calabria where she teaches Operations Research. She received her degree in Management Engineering and her PhD in Operations Research from the University of Calabria. She has been involved as lecturer in many post-graduate programs. In 2018, she carried out teaching activity at UPT (Universidade Portucalense Infante D. Henrique, Portugal) within Erasmus+ EU plan "Staff mobility for teaching".  She performed abroad extensive research on Stochastic Optimization at the University of Montreal (Canada) in 2008 and on Combinatorial Optimization at the University of Valencia (Spain) in 2016. She has attended conferences and published papers in journals and books. In 2020, she handled a special issue of Networks (Wiley) as guest editor. Currently, she is associated investigator (local coordinator) of the research unit at the University of Calabria for a project of national interest (PRIN2020) titled "ULTRA OPTYMAL - Urban Logistics and sustainable TRAnsportation: OPtimization under uncertainTY and MAchine Learning". Her main research interests are in Logistics.

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EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS • [2007] PhD in Operations Research at University of Calabria. • [2003] Professional Qualification for Engineer Career. • [2003] Degree in Industrial Engineering and Management (summa cum laude) at University of Calabria. CURRENT POSITION Associate Professor at University of Calabria since October 01, 2022 (Academic Field: Operations Research). FORMER POSITIONS • Assistant Professor at University of Calabria from December 01, 2008 to September 30, 2022 (Academic Field: Operations Research). • (Temporary) Research Fellow at University of Calabria from November 01, 2006 to October 31, 2008. Research title: Models and methods for logistic systems organization. • (Temporary) Research Fellow at University of Calabria from July 01, 2003 to June 30, 2005 and from October 01, 2005 to September 30, 2006. Research title: Methods of optimization and resources and policies management in the manufacturing industry by simulation. SCIENTIFIC QUALIFICATIONS National Scientific Qualification for the position of Full Professor in Operations Research Area (Legal Soundness: October 16, 2023 - October 16, 2034). [In Italy, the new recruiting process for the positions of Full and Associate Professors is based on a two-phase process. The candidate must first obtain the Scientific Qualification, and only then apply for a position at an Italian University]. MAIN INSTITUTIONAL ACTIVITIES • Delegate for Research Quality and Enhancement within the Department of Economics, Statistics and Finance "Giovanni Anania" of the University of Calabria since December 18, 2019. • Delegate for Research Quality and Enhancement within the Department of Economics, Statistics and Finance "Giovanni Anania" of the University of Calabria (for approximately one year from November 29, 2018). • Deputy for the Annual Report on the Departmental Research Activity (Scheda Unica Annuale per la Ricerca Dipartimentale – SUA-RD, in Italian) within the Department of Economics, Statistics and Finance "Giovanni Anania" of the University of Calabria (reference years: 2011, 2012, and 2013). • Member of the Committee for the admission of foreign students to the Degree Programmes of the Economics Faculty at the University of Calabria (A.Y. 2010/11, A.Y. 2011/12). PROMINENT ACTIVITY ABROAD • Member of the Panel of Judges for bestowing the PhD in Statistics and Optimization at UV (Universitat de València), Spain (July 13, 2023). • Erasmus+ EU Plan "Staff Mobility for Teaching" at UPT (Universidade Portucalense Infante D. Henrique), Portugal. Object: Teaching activity on optimization topics within the UPT Master's Programme in Management (8 hours). Period: May 2018. • Research Stay at UV (Universitat de València), Spain. Object: collaboration with Professor Ángel Corberán and Professor Enrique Benavent on a specific periodic arc routing problem. Period: April-May 2016. • Research Internship titled "Simulation based methods for stochastic optimization" at CIRRELT (Interuniversity Research Centre on Enterprise Networks, Logistics and Transportation) - Montréal, Canada. Reference Person: Professor Gilbert Laporte. Period: April-September 2008. TEACHING ACTIVITY • [A.Y. 2019/20 – A.Y. 2023/2024] University Lecturer of "Mathematical Methods for Economics" at University of Calabria, Bachelor's Degree in Economics. Number of hours A.Y. 2019/20: 42 out of 84 planned for Course 2 (together with other University Lecturer); number of hours A.Y. 2020/21: 42 out of 84 planned for Course 1 (together with other University Lecturer); number of hours A.Y. 2021/22: 21 out of 63 planned for Course 1 (together with other University Lecturer); number of hours A.Y. 2022/23 and A.Y. 2023/24: 63 out of 63 planned for Course 1. • [A.Y. 2016/17 – A.Y. 2023/2024] University Lecturer of "Operations Research" at University of Calabria, Master's Degree in Business Administration and Management. Number of hours per A.Y.: 63. • [A.Y. 2009/10 – A.Y. 2015/16] University Lecturer of "Operations Research" at University of Calabria, Master's Degree in Business Administration. Number of hours per A.Y.: 60. • [A.Y. 2008/09] University Lecturer of "Operations Research 1" at University of Calabria, Master's Degree in Business Administration. Number of hours: 40. • [A.Y. 2008/09] University Lecturer of "Operations Research 2" at University of Calabria, Master's Degree in Business Administration. Number of hours: 40. • [A.Y. 2006/07 – A.Y. 2007/08] University Lecturer of "Probabilistic Analysis and Queueing Theory", Course B, at University of Calabria, Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science Engineering. Number of hours per A.Y.: 31. • [A.Y. 2004/05 – A.Y. 2005/06] Assistant Lecturer of "Statistics and Reliability" (University Lecturer: Professor Pasquale Legato) at University of Calabria - Crotone, Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering and Management. • [A.Y. 2004/05 – A.Y. 2005/06] Assistant Lecturer of "Logistics 1" (University Lecturer: Professor Roberto Musmanno) at University of Calabria, Master's Degree in Industrial Engineering and Management. • [A.Y. 2003/04] Assistant Lecturer of "Methods and Models for the Logistics" (University Lecturer: Professor Roberto Musmanno) at University of Calabria, Degree in Industrial Engineering and Management. • [A.Y. 2002/03] Assistant Lecturer of "Logistics 1", Course A (University Lecturer: Professor Roberto Musmanno) at University of Calabria, Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering and Management. • [A.Y. 2002/03] Assistant Lecturer of "Logistics 1", Course B (University Lecturer: Professor Giuseppe Paletta) at University of Calabria, Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering and Management. OTHER TEACHING ACTIVITIES • [2014, 2017-2018, 2021-2024] Teaching activity for "Scientific Degrees Plans" or "Paths for Transversal Skills and Orientation". Topic: Solving optimization problems by using Excel-Solver. Target: High School (January 2014, April 2017, February 2018, April 2021, May 2022, March 2023, March 2024). • [2007] Teaching activity on "Logistics - Demand Forecasting and Distribution Centers Management", Post-Graduate Master in "Computational Sciences and Supercomputing". Promoter: NEC Italia S.r.l. (24 hours). • [2007] Teaching activity on "Operations Research in Logistics", Post-Graduate Master "MILO (Management of Innovation for LOgistics)" at CE.F.R.I.S. S.c.a.r.l., Gioia Tauro (RC), Italy (8 hours). • [2007] Teaching activity on "Organized Distribution" at Etnoteam S.p.A. - seat of Cosenza, Italy (20 hours). • [2005] Teaching activity on "Introduction to Logistics", Post-Graduate Master in "Integrated Logistics" at Center of Economic and Social Engineering, Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy (16 hours). • [2004] Teaching activity on "Logistics and International Transports", project "D.O.C.C. (Development Oriented Calabrian Cooperation)" Promoter: University of Calabria (32 hours). • [2003] Teaching activity on "Logistics and International Transports" at Consortium LAIF, Rende (CS), Italy. Project "Expert on Foreign Commerce and International Marketing" (20 hours). ACADEMIC SUVERVISION • Supervisor (together with Demetrio Laganà) of the PhD thesis "Crowdshipping in dynamic pickup-and-delivery problems" by Sara Stoia, Philosophiae Doctor Degree in Mathematics and Computer Science, XXXV cycle, University of Calabria. • Supervisor of 26 theses within the Master's Degree in Business Administration (or Business Administration and Management), since 2009. Some topics: human resource planning, storage area organization, inventory management, facility location, project management, financial optimization, network optimization, forecasting logistics requirements, determining size in production lines, decision support by simulation, application of mixing models, green Logistics. • Academic Tutor for some Student Curricular Internships, Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, University of Calabria (since 2013). PHD MEMBERSHIP (additional entry in section "Prominent Activity Abroad") • Member of the Faculty Board for the PhD in Economic and Business Sciences at University of Calabria (Initial A.Y. 2013/14, Initial A.Y. 2014/15, Initial A.Y. 2015/16, Initial A.Y. 2016/17, Initial A.Y. 2017/18, Initial A.Y. 2018/19, Initial A.Y. 2019/20, Initial A.Y. 2020/21, Initial A.Y. 2022/2023, Initial A.Y. 2023/2024). • Member of the Faculty Board for the PhD in Operations Research at University of Calabria (Initial A.Y. 2010/11, Initial A.Y. 2011/12). • Member of the Faculty Board for the PhD in Technology and Environmental Planning at University of Calabria (Initial A.Y. 2009/10). • Member of the Panel of Judges for bestowing the PhD in Information Engineering, XXXVI cycle, at University of Brescia (April 17, 2024). • Member of the Panel of Judges for bestowing the PhD in Mathematics and Computer Science, XXIX cycle, at University of Calabria (February 22, 2017). • Member of the Panel of Experts for Thesis Assessment; assessment for a PhD thesis in Information Engineering required by the University of Brescia (December, 2023 – January, 2024). • Member of the Panel of Experts for Thesis Assessment; assessment for two PhD theses in Statistics and Optimization required by "Escuela de Doctorado de la Universidad de Valencia" (May, 2021 – June, 2021; May, 2023 – June, 2023). PROJECTS – SCIENTIFIC COORDINATION Associated Investigator (Local Coordinator) of the research unit "University of Calabria" within project "ULTRA OPTYMAL: Urban Logistics and sustainable TRAnsportation: OPtimization under uncertainTY and MAchine Learning", Research Projects of National Interest (Italy) - PRIN 2020 (Principal Investigator: Francesca Maggioni). Activity: development of stochastic optimisation approaches to sustainable mobility. Duration: 3 years (since March, 2022). SELECTION OF OTHER PROJECTS • [2023] Member of the research unit "University of Calabria" (Coordinator: Demetrio Laganà) within project "GREENPLAN" funded by Calabria Region (POR CALABRIA FESR 2014/2020 – Action 1.1.5). Activity: design of optimization algorithms for managing work teams. • [2021 – 2023] Member of the research unit "University of Calabria – DIMES" (Coordinator: Pasquale Legato) within project "SOLIDO: SOluzioni efficienti di Logistica Industriale per la Distribuzione Organizzata" (Efficient Industrial Logistics Solutions for Organized Distribution), Development Agreements, Italian Ministry of Economic Development. Activity: design of models and methods for warehouse logistics. • [2010-2012] Member of the research unit "University of Calabria" within project "Modelli e algoritmi per problemi di ottimizzazione combinatoria nella gestione di sistemi di trasporto" (Models and algorithms for combinatorial optimization problems in transportation systems management), Research Projects of National Interest (Italy) - PRIN 2008 (Principal Investigator: Paolo Toth; Daniele Vigo, at a later time). Activity: development of models and methods for stochastic capacitated arc routing problems. • [2008-2010] Member of the research unit "University of Calabria" (Coordinator: Roberto Musmanno) within project "LOGNet - Action 4 (Industrial Research) - INLOCO: INnovazione LOgistica COordinata" (Innovations in Coordinated Logistics), Ministerial Decree 593/2000 - 13. Activities: development of effective tools for configuring and managing complex logistics systems; optimization of models for management and control of distribution centers. • [2003-2005] Member of the research unit "University of Calabria" within project "Architetture e tecnologie informatiche per lo sviluppo ed evoluzione di software open-source per la simulazione a componenti distribuiti, orientate al settore manifatturiero" (Computer architectures and technologies for the development and evolution of open-source software for distributed simulation in manufacturing industry), (Ministerial) Fund for investment in basic research (Italy) - FIRB 2001 (Principal Investigator: Alfredo Anglani). Activity: design and implementation of optimization via simulation methods. CONFERENCE COMMITTEES Member of the Program Committee and the Organizing Committee for WARP3 (3rd International Workshop on Arc Routing Problems), Pizzo (Calabria, Italy), May 27-29, 2019. EDITORIAL ACTIVITY • Guest Editor of Special Issue "Arc Routing Problems and Other Related Topics", Networks, Wiley, 2020, Vol. 76, Issue 4 (with Á. Corberán and D. Laganà). • Referee for the following international journals: Computers & Operations Research, IIE Transactions, Networks, Transportation Science, Naval Research Logistics, Annals of Operations Research, Journal of the Operational Research Society. • Referee for "ODS2024 - International Conference on Optimization and Decision Science – Badesi (SS), Italy, September 8-12, 2024" (proceedings published in AIRO Springer Series). • Referee for "ODS2017 - International Conference on Optimization and Decision Science – Sorrento (NA), Italy, September 4-7, 2017" (proceedings published in Springer PROMS). RECOGNITION Article "The periodic rural postman problem with irregular services on mixed graphs" (joint work with E. Benavent, Á. Corberán, and D. Laganà) was included in list Editors' Choice Articles by the European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier (June 2020). INVITED SEMINAR "The capacitated general routing problem and its extensions", Universitat de València, Campus de Burjassot, Spagna, May 4, 2016 (on the invitation of Prof. Ángel Corberán). CONFERENCE TALKS (Speaker: Francesca Vocaturo) • "A vehicle routing problem with divisible deliveries and pickups under uncertainty", 33rd European Conference on Operational Research (EURO 2024), Copenhagen, Denmark, June 30 - July 3, 2024 (joint work with A. Gobbi and D. Manerba). • "On the stochastic vehicle routing problem with divisible deliveries and pickups", 8th International Symposium on Combinatorial Optimization (ISCO 2024), San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, May 22 - 24, 2024 (joint work with A. Gobbi and D. Manerba). • "The multi-vehicle inventory routing problem with online demands", 2nd INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society Conference (TSL 2023), Chicago, Illinois, USA, July 23 - 26, 2023 (joint work with L. Bertazzi, G. Chagas, L. Coelho, and D. Laganà). • "Online algorithms for an inventory routing problem with uncertain requests", First workshop associated with project "Urban Logistics and Sustainable Transportation: Optimization under Uncertainty and Machine Learning" (ULTRA OPTYMAL 2023), Bergamo, Italy, May 18, 2023 (joint work with L. Bertazzi, G. Chagas, L. Coelho, and D. Laganà). • "Graph partitioning in public transport", International Conference on Optimization and Decision Science 2022 (ODS 2022), Florence, Italy, August 30 – September 2, 2022 (joint work with V. Corvello, R. Musmanno, G. Pavone, and F. Santoro). • "A solution strategy for the delivery problem in postal service companies", 30th European Conference on Operational Research (EURO 2019), Dublin, Ireland, June 23-26, 2019 (joint work with D. Laganà and G. Laporte). • "A dynamic multi-period general routing problem", 7th International Workshop on Freight Transportation and Logistics (ODYSSEUS 2018), Cagliari, Italy, June 3-8, 2018 (joint work with D. Laganà and G. Laporte). • "A branch-and-cut algorithm for the periodic rural postman problem with irregular services", Conference on Computational Management Science (CMS 2017), Bergamo, Italy, May 30 - June 1, 2017 (joint work with E. Benavent, Á. Corberán, and D. Laganà). • "A branch-price-and-cut algorithm for the mixed capacitated general routing problem with time windows", 5th Conference of the EURO Working Group on Vehicle Routing and Logistics Optimization (VEROLOG 2016), Nantes, France, June 6-8, 2016 (joint work with C. Ciancio and D. Laganà). • "An exact algorithm for the undirected capacitated general routing problem with profits", 27th European Conference on Operational Research (EURO 2015), Glasgow, UK, July 12-15, 2015 (joint work with C. Archetti, L. Bertazzi, and D. Laganà). • "A heuristic approach to the multiple-product inventory-routing problem", 3rd Conference of the EUROWorking Group on Vehicle Routing and Logistics Optimization (VEROLOG 2014), Oslo, Norway, June 22-25, 2014 (joint work with J.-F. Cordeau, D. Laganà, and R. Musmanno). • "Waste collection: planning under uncertainty", 43rd Annual Conference of the Italian Operational Research Society (AIRO 2012), Vietri sul Mare (SA), Italy, September 4-7, 2012 (joint work with R. Musmanno). • "Mixed capacitated general routing problem: exact and heuristic methods", 25th European Conference on Operational Research (EURO 2012), Vilnius, Lithuania, July 08-11, 2012 (joint work with A. Bosco, D. Laganà, and R. Musmanno). • "On the capacitated arc routing problem with stochastic demands", 41st Annual Conference of the Italian Operational Research Society (AIRO 2010), Santa Trada di Cannitello - Villa San Giovanni (RC), Italy, September 7-10, 2010 (joint work with G. Laporte and R. Musmanno). • "Scheduling independent jobs on identical parallel machines: An effective approach", 24th European Conference on Operational Research (EURO 2010), Lisbon, Portugal, July 11-14, 2010 (joint work with G. Paletta). • "Simulation optimization methods for mathematical programs with service level constraints", 22nd European Conference on Operational Research (EURO 2007), Prague, Czech Republic, July 8-11, 2007 (joint work with G. Giallombardo and P. Legato). • "Advances in local search and global search techniques for optimization via simulation", 36th Annual Conference of the Italian Operational Research Society (AIRO 2005), Camerino (MC), Italy, September 6-9, 2005 (joint work with G. Ghiani and R. Musmanno). • "Heuristic procedures for discrete simulation-optimization", 35th Annual Conference of the Italian Operational Research Society (AIRO 2004), Lecce, Italy, September 7-10, 2004 (joint work with G. Ghiani, P. Legato, and R. Musmanno). SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS List available at "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7487-1077"
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Reception Hours

Wednesday 11 a.m. to noontime (in-person; lecturer's office). 

Wednesday noontime to 1 p.m. (online; Microsoft Teams). 

Eventual receptions at different days or times can be required by e-mail (vocaturo@unical.it).