The scientific and research activities of Daniele Vigo have been
mainly devoted to the design and analysis of models and algorithms
for Combinatorial Optimization problems. In particular, within
these researches, aiming at dening and evaluating (both
theoretically and experimentally) new algorithms, he has examined
the following problems:
- Vehicle Routing Problem and its variants (Capacitated VRP,
Asymmetric VRP, VRP with Backhauls ...).
- Traveling Salesman Problem and its variants (with pickup and
delivery).
- Crew Scheduling and Crew Rostering.
- Bin Packing in one, two and three dimensions.
- Process allocation and signal compression.
- Machine scheduling problems.
- Urban mobility and freight transportation modelling.
- Optimization of Network design for energy and telecommunication
applications.
From a methodological point of view the research has considered
both exact techniques, based on Dynamic Programming,
Branch-and-Bound and Branch-and-Cut, and heuristic and
metaheuristic techiques. In recent years Daniele Vigo has also
performed a vast activity of literature survey on packing and
routing problems. This latter research led to the preparation of
several papers and book contributions and in the preparation of an
edited book on VRP, with Paolo Toth, published in the Discrete
Mathematics and Applications series of S.I.A.M. Daniele Vigo is
author of more than 80 papers and book chapters published by the
major journals and publishers in the field of Operations
Research.
During August-September 1994 he was visiting scientist at the
Eindhoven Technical University (Netherland) with a grant of the
\Human Capital and Mobility" European Community program.
During July-August 1996 he was visiting scientist at the Centre de
Recherche sur les Transports of the University of Montreal
(Canada).
In November 1996 visited the Jozsef Attila University of Szeged
(Hungary) with a grant of a bilateral collaboration between Italy
and Hungary.
During 2010-11 he visited the Goethe Unversity of Franfurt A.M.
(Germany).
He has carried out intense seminar activity in important national,
European and extra-European universities. He took part in numerous
national and international conferences, often organizing and
chairing sessions and in some cases as invited speaker.
He was member of the organizing committee for CP-AI-OR'99 (Workshop
on Integration of AI and OR techniques in Constraint Programming
for Combinatorial Optimization Problems), Ferrara (Italy), February
1999.
He was member of the program committee for the IFORS'99 Conference
held in Beijing (China) in August 1999.
He was member of the program committee of the Giornate AIRO 2004,
2005 and 2007, as well as chair of the organizing committee of the
Giornate AIRO 2006, held in Cesena in September 2007.
He was chair of the organizing committee of ROUTE 2005, held in
Bertinoro in June 2005.
He was cluster co-chair of the IFORS conference held in Honoululu
in July 2005.
He was stream organizer of the EURO Conference held in Reikyavik in
July 2006, in Lisbon 2009, and in those of 2012, 2013 and
2015.
He organized the conference VEROLOG 2012 in Bologna, June 2012.
member of the programme committee of the conferences from 2013
onwards.
He was member of the program committee of the Odysseus Meeting from
2007 onwards
He regularly acts as referee for the principal national and
international journals in the eld of Operations Research.
In the period 2000-2002 he was Associate Editor for the
Transportation area of Operations Research.
From may 2002 to 2005 he was Associate Editor for the
Transportation area of Operations Research Letters. He is Associate
Editor of Transportation Science, Journal of Coordination Science
and Logistics. He is member of the editorial board of EURO Journal
on Transportation and Logistics. He was member of the evaluation
committee for PhD at the Universities of Montreal, Copenhagen,
Salerno, Barcellona, Roma, Lille,Vienna, Troyes, Tolosa and
Modena-Reggio Emilia. He was member in 2007-08 of the committee for
the IFORMS Transportation Science Section Dissertation Prize.
He was between 2003-2011 Vice-President of AIRO the Italian
Operations Research Society.
He is coordinator of the EURO Working group on Vehicle Routing and
Logistics Optimization.
