Lorenzo Castelli

BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

• First Name: Lorenzo Last name: Castelli
• Date of Birth: 3 July 1969
• Home Address: Via U. Felluga 92, 34142 Trieste (TS), Italy

AFFILIATION

• Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Architettura
• Università degli Studi di Trieste

ADDRESS

• DIA - University of Trieste
• Via A. Valerio 10, 34127 Trieste, Italy
• Tel:  +39 040 558 3416
• Fax: +39 040 558 3460
• Email: castelli[at]units.it

CURRENT ACADEMIC RESPONSABILITIES

• 17.12.2019 - today.  Associate Professor in Operations Research, University of Trieste, Italy
• 01.08.2018 - today.  Coordinator of master course in Computer and Electronic Engineering, University of Trieste, Italy
  

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS AND PREVIOUS POSTS

• Assistant Professor in Operations Research, University of Trieste, Italy, 01.03.2005 - 16.12.2019. 
• Research fellowship, University of Trieste, Italy, 01.11.2000 - 28.02.2005.
  
• Scholarship from AREA Science Park (Trieste, Italy) to attend as Research Fellow the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA, from May to September 2004. Guest of prof. Amedeo R. Odoni.
• Ph.D. in Transportation, University of Trieste, Italy, February 2002. Thesis title: "Bilevel linear programming models and algorithms for freight transportation".
  
• Master Degree (Laurea) in Electronics, Summa cum laude, University of Trieste, Italy, April 1997

GRANTS and RESEARCH FUNDS

• Green-GEAR - Green operations with Geometric altitude, Advanced separation and Route charging Solutions, funded by the EU under the Horizon Europe Programme, call HORIZON-SESAR-2022-DES-ER-01, Sep 23 - Feb 26.
• Engage 2 - The SESAR 3 Knowledge Transfer Network, funded by the EU under the Horizon Europe Programme, call HORIZON-SESAR-2022-DES-ER-01, Jun 23 - May 27.
• BEACON - Behavioural economics for ATM concepts, funded by the EU under the Horizon 2020 Programme, call H2020-SESAR-2019-2, Jul 20 - Dec 22.
• E-Chain - Enhanced Connectivity and Harmonization of data for the Adriatic Intermodal Network, funded by the EU under the 2014-2020 Interreg V-A Italy - Croatia CBC Programme, Jan 19 - Jun 22.
  
• Engage - Knowledge Transfer Network , funded by the EU under the Horizon 2020 Programme, call H2020-SESAR-2016-2, Jan 18 - Jun 22.
• ADAPT - Advanced prediction models for flexible trajectory based operations, funded by the EU under the Horizon 2020 Programme, call H2020-SESAR-2016-2, Jan 18 - Dec 19. Project coordinator.
• Domino - Novel tools to evaluate ATM systems coupling under future deployment scenarios, funded by the EU under the Horizon 2020 Programme, call H2020-SESAR-2016-2, Jan 18 - Dec 19.
  
• UDPP - User Driven Prioritisation Process  project funded by Advanced Logistics Group (ALG), Sep 14 - Oct 16.
• SATURN - Strategic Application of Traffic Using Redistribution in the Network, funded by SESAR WPE Long Term and Innovative Research, Jun 13 - Jan 16. Project coordinator.
• ACCESS - Application of Agent-Based Computational Economics to Strategic Slot Allocation, funded by SESAR WPE Long Term and Innovative Research, May 13 - Jan 16.
• T-TRANS - Enhancing the transfer of Intelligent Transportation System innovations to the market, funded by the EU under the 7^th Framework Programme, Sep 12 - Nov 14.
• Enhancing the European Air Transportation System funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, Mar 10 - Sep 12.
• Technical specification for the development of Economical Metrics in support of mathematical ATC Simulations funded by EUROCONTROL CRDS, Dec 07 - Jul 09.
• CATS - Contract-based Air Transportation System, funded by the EU under the 6^th Framework Programme, Nov 07 - Nov 10.
• BLUE MED feasibility study co-funded by EC DG TREN within the TEN-T program, Dec 06 - Jun 08.
• Efficiency evaluation of metabolic network through mathematical programming models and methods fundend by the University of Trieste, Sep 06 - Feb 08.
• Study on alternative route charges scenarios for a Mediterranean FAB funded by the Italian research consortium SICTA - Advanced Systems for Air Traffic Control, Nov 05 – May 06.

MAIN PAPERS and BOOK CHAPTERS

• A. Gasparin, F. J. Camerota Verdù, D. Catanzaro, L. Castelli (2023) An evolution strategy approach for the Balanced Minimum Evolution Problem, Bioinformatics, 39 (11), btad660.
• I. Brugnara, L. Castelli, R. Pesenti (2023) A market mechanism for multiple air traffic resources, Transportation Reserach Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 178, 103255.
• E. M. V. Bertolini, L. Castelli, B. Chiarelli (2023) Gathering Travel Needs and Preferences to Customize Truly Inclusive Experiences. The Case Study of the Interreg E-Chain Project. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 303, 26–35.
• T. Bolić, L. Castelli, A. De Lorenzo, F. Vascotto (2022) Trajectory Clustering for Air Traffic Categorisation, Aerospace, 9 (5), 227.
• T. Bolić, L. Castelli, G. Scaini, G. Frau, S. Guidi (2021) Flight flexibility in strategic traffic planning: visualisation and mitigation use case, CEAS Aeronautical Journal, 12 (4), 847-862.
• T. Bolić, L. Castelli, L. Corolli, G. Scaini (2021) Flexibility in strategic flight planning, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 154, 102450.
• S. Zaoli , G. Scaini, L. Castelli (2021) Community detection for air traffic networks and its application in strategic flight planning, Sustainability (Switzerland), 13 (16), 8924.
• L. Delgado, G. Gurtner, T. Bolić, L. Castelli (2021) Estimating economic severity of Air Traffic Flow Management regulations, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 125, 103054.
• P. Pellegrini, T. Bolić, L. Castelli, R. Pesenti (2017) SOSTA: an effective model for the Simultaneous Optimisation of airport SloT Allocation, Transportation Research Part E, 99, 34-53.
  
• T. Bolić, L. Castelli, L. Corolli, D. Rigonat (2017) Reducing ATFM delays through Strategic Flight Planning, Transportation Research Part E, 98, 42-59.
  
• T. Bolić, L. Castelli, D. Rigonat (2017) Peak-load pricing for the European Air Traffic Management system using modulation of en-route charges, European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 17 (1), 136-152.
  
• L. Castelli, M. Labbé, A. Violin (2017)  Network Pricing Problem with Unit Toll, Networks, 69 (1), 83-93.
• L. N. Nkamba, J. M. Ntaganda, H. Abboubakar, J. C. Kamgang, L. Castelli (2017) Global Stability of a SVEIR Epidemic Model: Application to Poliomyelitis Transmission Dynamics, Open Journal of Modelling and Simulation, 5 (1), 98-112.
  
• L. Castelli, R. Pesenti, D. Segrè (2016) The cell as a decision-making unit, IEEE Life Sciences Letters, 2 (3), 27-30.
  
• A. Bagula, L. Castelli, M. Zennaro (2015) On the Design of Smart Parking Networks in the Smart Cities: An Optimal Sensor Placement Model, Sensors, 15 (7), 15443-15467.
• C. Scaini, T. Bolić, A. Folch, L. Castelli (2015) Civil aviation management during explosive volcanic eruptions: a survey on the stakeholders' perspective on the use of tephra dispersal models, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 294, 25-36.
• C. Scaini, A. Folch, T. Bolić, L. Castelli (2014) A GIS-based tool to support air traffic management during explosive volcanic eruptions, Transportation Research Part C, 49, 19-31.
• L. Castelli, R. Pesenti, D. Rigonat (2014) Bid-Price Heuristics for Unrestricted Fare Structures in Cargo Revenue Management, in J. F. de Sousa and R. Rossi (eds.), Computer-based Modelling and Optimization in Transportation, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 262, 195-207, Springer International Publishing Switzerland.
• L. Castelli, R. Pesenti (2014) Network, Shared Flow and Multi-level DEA Models: A Critical Review, in W.D. Cook and J. Zhu (eds.), Data Envelopment Analysis, International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 208, 329-366, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
• L. Castelli, M. Labbé, A. Violin (2013) A Network Pricing Formulation for the Revenue Maximization of European Air Navigation Service Providers, Transportation Research Part C, 33, 214-226.
• P. Pellegrini, L. Castelli, R. Pesenti (2012) Metaheuristic Algorithms for the Simultaneous Slot Allocation Problem, IET Intelligent Transport Systems, 6 (4), 453-462.
• P. Pellegrini, L. Castelli, R. Pesenti (2012) Secondary Trading of Airport Slots as a Combinatorial Exchange, Transportation Research Part E, 48 (5), 1009-1022.
• L. Castelli, R. Pesenti, A. Ranieri (2012) Short-term allocation of Time Windows to flights through a distributed market-based mechanism, Journal of Aerospace Operations, 1 (1-2), 29-40.
• L. Castelli, P. Pellegrini, R. Pesenti (2012) Airport Slot Allocation in Europe: economic efficiency and fairness, International Journal of Revenue Management, 6 (1-2), 28-44.
• L. Castelli, L. Corolli, G. Lulli (2011) Critical Flights Detected with Time Windows, Transportation Research Record (TRR), Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2214, 103-110.
• L. Castelli, R. Pesenti, A. Ranieri (2011) The Design of a Market Mechanism to Allocate Air Traffic Flow Management Slots, Transportation Research Part C, 19 (5), 931-943.
• L. Castelli, P. Pellegrini (2011) An AHP Analysis of Air Traffic Management with Target Windows, Journal of Air Transport Management, 17 (2), 68-73.
• R. Jovanović, L. Castelli, O. Babić, V. Tošić (2010) Effects on airline costs of different air traffic management scenarios: an assessment method based on fast-time simulation outputs, International Journal of Transport Economics, 37 (3), 327-352.
• L. Castelli, R. Pesenti, W. Ukovich (2010) A classification of DEA models when the internal structure of the Decision Making Units is considered, Annals of Operations Research, 173 (1), 207-235.
• L. Castelli, P. Debels, W. Ukovich (2005) Route charging policies for a central European Cross-Border Upper Airspace, Journal of Air Transport Management, 11 (6), 432-441.
• L. Castelli, G. Longo, R. Pesenti, W. Ukovich (2004) Two-Player Noncooperative Games over a Freight Transportation Network, Transportation Science, 38 (2), 149-159.
• L. Castelli, R. Pesenti, W. Ukovich (2004) Scheduling multimodal transportation systems, European Journal of Operational Research, 155, 603-615.
• L. Castelli, R. Pesenti, W. Ukovich (2004) DEA-like models for the Efficiency Evaluation of Hierarchically Structured Units, European Journal of Operational Research, 154, 465-476.
• L. Castelli, R. Pesenti, W. Ukovich (2001) DEA-like models for efficiency evaluation of specialized and interdependent units, European Journal of Operational Research, 132, 274-286.

AWARDS

• Best Innovation Paper, AGIFORS’ 62nd Annual Symposium, Toulouse, 12-15 September 2022.
• The SATURN project (see section "Grants and research funds") has been selected for presentation at the SESAR Showcase: A Conference & Exhibition of SESAR 1 Results, Amsterdam, 14-16 June 2016.
• Supervisor of Best Master Thesis in Operations Research in Italy for academic year 2009-10.
• Best Conference Paper, 1st International Air Transport and Operations Symposium (ATOS), Delft, The Netherlands, 14 - 15 April 2010.
• Best Paper in Session, 7th USA/EUROPE ATM 2007 R&D Seminar, Barcelona, Spain, 2-5 July 2007.
• Poster prize, 10th European Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, Lille, France, June 27-30, 2007.
• Best Paper is Session, 1st International Conference on Research in Air Transportation (ICRAT), Zilina, Slovakia, November 22-24, 2004.

INVITED SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS and LECTURES

• 9-12 July 2012, HALA! SESAR Research Network Summer Course, La Granja de San Ildefonso, Spain.
• 23 April 2012, 3rd European Air Transport Regulation Forum, European University Institute, Florence, Italy.
• 24 October 2008, Faculty of Economics, University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Italy.
• 27 February 2008, School on New Perspectives in Wireless Networking Applications, International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy.
• 23 March 2005, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.
• 7 May 2003, Centre for Transportation Research, University of Zilina, Slovakia.

SUPERVISION

Doctoral students

• Henock Yared Demessie, in progress
• Fulvio Vascotto, in progress
• Andrea Bertolini, in progress
• Federico Juan Camerota Verdù, in progress (joint supervision with Luca Bortolussi)
• Andrea Gasparin, PHYLOES An Evolution Strategies approach for the phylogenetic inference based on the Balanced Minimum Evolution Criterion, jointly supervised with Daniele Catanzaro, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, 2 February 2024.
• Stefano Costanzo, An evolutionary multi-objective optimization framework for bi-level problems, jointly supervised with Alessandro Turco, ESTECO, Italy, 26 May 2017.
  
• Desirée Rigonat, Models and algorithms for an efficient market-driven management of European airspace demand, 21 April 2016.
  
• Alessia Violin, Mathematical programming approaches to pricing problems, jointly supervised with Martine Labbé, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, 18 December 2014.
• Andrea Ranieri, Combinatorial Exchange Models for a User-Driven Air Traffic Flow Management in Europe, 30 March 2010.

Post-doc

• Tatjana Bolić.
  
• 15.3.2018-15.3.2020. Development and assessment of new models and methodologies, including knowledge transfer, to enhance the performances of the European Air Traffic Management system.
  
• 1.12.2013-30.11.2017. Development of economic incentive schemes for demand-capacity balancing in the European Air Traffic Management.
• Luca Corolli, 1.1.2014-28.12.2016. Development of congestion pricing mechanisms for the European Air Traffic Management under uncertainty.
• Alessia Violin, 1.11.2014-31.08.2015. Decentralised Network Pricing Problem for the European Air Traffic Management.
• Paola Pellegrini, 1.11.2008-31.10.2009. Business case for the economic valuation of trading protocols in the planning phase of Air Traffic Management

Research grant

• Fulvio Vascotto, 01.09.2021-31.08.2023. Development of a database infrastructure for the management of European air traffic data.
• Elisa Bertolini, 01.11.2021-30.10.2022. Development and assessment of ticketing and service integration scenarios in a multi-stakeholders context.
• Barbara Chiarelli, 03.09.2021-02.09.2022. Accessibility of spaces and services in port areas and layover for passengers with disabilities
• Sara Carciotti, 01.06.2021-30.06.2022. Management of intermodal transport services in port areas for passenger and/or freight transport.
• Francesco Milesi, 01.08.2021-18.04.2022. Development and implementation of an open-source software for the generation of a university timetable
• Giovanni Scaini, 15.3.2018-14.04.2022. Development of mathematical optimisation formulations for the definition of a European strategic flight planning model. 
• Margherita Cipriano, 05.02.2021-04.02.2022. Weather ship routing optimisation
• Paola Bassi, 01.06.2018-28.02.2021. Development of a database infrastructure for the management of European air traffic data.
• Efrem Venturuzzo, 01.05.2016-30.04.2018. Multi-objective optimization of financial models.

VISITING STUDENTS

• Chiara Scaini, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, supervisor Arnau Folch, May-June 2013.
• Fatima Zohra Drareni, Département d’Aéronautique, Faculté de Technologie, Université Saad Dahleb de Blida, Algeria, supervisor Tahar Rezoug, May 2013.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE and CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION

Member of the Program Committee for the following conferences:

• 11th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation (ICRAT), 1-4 July 2024, Singapore
• 13th SESAR Innovation Days, 28-30 November 2023, Seville, Spain
• 12th SESAR Innovation Days, 6-8 December 2022, Budapest, Hungary
• 10th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation (ICRAT), 19-23 June 2022, Tampa, FL.
  
• 3rd Symposium on Aviation Research (SOAR), 7-9 April 2022, Bergamo, Italy
  
• 11th SESAR Innovation Days, 7-9 December 2021, Virtual conference
• 10th International Conference on Air Transport - INAIR 2021, 3-4 November 2021, Malta
  
• 2nd Symposium on Aviation Research (SOAR), 5-6 February 2021, Virtual conference
  
• 10th SESAR Innovation Days, 8-10 December 2020, Virtual conference
• 9th International Conference on Air Transport - INAIR 2020, 4-5 November 2020, Virtual conference
  
• 9th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation (ICRAT), 23-26 June 2020, Tampa, FL.
  
• 1st Symposium on Aviation Research (SOAR), 23-25 January 2020, Oporto, Portugal.
  
• 9th SESAR Innovation Days, 2-5 December 2019, Athens, Greece
• 8th International Conference on Air Transport - INAIR 2019, 12-13 November 2019, Budapest, Hungary
  
• Workshop on Agent based Applications for Air Transport (AAAT), 17th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (PAAMS), 26-28 June 2019, Avila, Spain
• 8th SESAR Innovation Days, 3-7 December 2018, Salzburg, Austria.
• 7th International Conference on Air Transport - INAIR 2018, 20-21 November 2018, Hainburg a.d. Donau, Austria
  
• 8th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation (ICRAT), 26-29 June 2018, Barcelona, Spain.
• Workshop on Agent based Applications for Air Transport (AAAT), 16th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (PAAMS), 20-22 June 2018, Toledo, Spain
  
• 7th SESAR Innovation Days, 28-30 November 2017, Belgrade, Serbia.
• International Conference on Air Transport - INAIR 2017, 14-16 November 2017, Prague, Czech Republic.
• Workshop on Agent based Applications for Air Transport (AAAT), 15th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (PAAMS), 21-23 June 2017, Porto, Portugal
  
• 6th SESAR Innovation Days, 8-10 November 2016, Delft, The Netherlands.
• 7th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation (ICRAT), 20-24 June 2016, Philadelphia, PA.
  
• 5th SESAR Innovation Days, 1-3 December 2015, Bologna, Italy.
  
• 4th SESAR Innovation Days, 25-27 November 2014, Madrid, Spain.
• 6th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation (ICRAT), 26-30 May 2014, Istanbul, Turkey.
• 3rd SESAR Innovation Days, 26-28 November 2013, Stockholm, Sweden.
• 2nd SESAR Innovation Days, 27-29 November 2012, Braunschweig, Germany.
• 5th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation (ICRAT), 22-25 May 2012, Berkeley, CA.
• 1st SESAR Innovation Days, 29 November-1 December 2011, Toulouse, France.
• 9th Innovative Research Workshop & Exhibition (INO), 7-9 December 2010, EUROCONTROL Experimental Center, Brétigny-sur-Orge, France.
• 4th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation (ICRAT), 1-4 June 2010, Budapest, Hungary.
• 3rd International Conference on Research in Air Transportation (ICRAT), 1-4 June 2008, Fairfax, VA.

Conference organization:

• ODYSSEUS 2003, Second International Workshop on Freight Transportation and Logistics", Mondello, Palermo, Italy, May 27 - 30, 2003.

EDITORIAL and REVIEW ACTIVITIES

Associate Editor

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research, September 2013 - today
• Journal of Aerospace Operations, 2011 – 2020.

Guest Editor of special issues

• Journal of Air Transport Management (2022), Research in ATM.
• Journal of Air Transport Management (2021), Papers from SIDs 2019.
• Journal of Air Transport Management (2016), 56 Part A. Long-term and Innovative Research in ATM.
• Journal of Aerospace Operations (2013), 2 (1-2). Papers from SIDs 2011.
• Journal of Aerospace Operations (2012), 1 (3). Papers from the 9th Innovative Research Workshop & Exhibition (INO) 2010.

Referee

4OR, aerospace, Annals of Operations Research, Applied Computing and Informatics, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Asian-Pacific Journal of Operational Research, Central European Journal of Operations Research, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Computational Management Science, Computers and Operations Research, Discrete Optimization, Electronic Commerce Research, Engineering, European Journal of Operational Research, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems, IET Intelligent Transport Systems, Information Sciences, International Game Theory Review, International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making, Journal of Advanced Transportation, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Journal of Aerospace Operations, Journal of Air Transport Management, Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Algorithms, Journal of Productivity Analysis, Journal of Scheduling, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Omega, Operations Research, Production and Operations Management, Public Transport, Research in Transportation Business & Management, The Service Industries Journal, Transportation Research Part A, Transportation Research Part B, Transportation Research Part C, Transportation Research Part E, Transportation Science, Transportmetrica, Transport Policy.

Other reviews

• 2024. Transport Research Arena (TRA) Visions 2024 Young researcher competition
• 2023. Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD), UNESCO: OWSD Early Career Fellowship
• 2022. PhD Dissertation, Doctorate program in Aerospace Science and Technology, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
• 2022. Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD), UNESCO: OWSD PhD Fellowship 
• 2021. Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD), UNESCO: OWSD PhD Fellowship 
• 2020. Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD), UNESCO: OWSD Early Career Fellowship, OWSD PhD Fellowship, OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards 
• 2019. Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD), UNESCO: OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards 
• 2019. PhD Dissertation, Department of Computer Science, University of Western Cape, South Africa 
• 2018. PhD Dissertation, Doctorate program in Aerospace Science and Technology, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
• 2017. PhD Dissertation, Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
  
• 2014. Master of Science Dissertation, Department of Computer Science, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
• 2014. Research project for Croatian Science Foundation (HRZZ).
• 2012. Master of Science Dissertation, Department of Computer Science, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
• 2012. Research project for Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR).

TEACHING

• Lecturer for the course on “Optimization algorithms”, University of Trieste (2021/22 - today) - undergraduate lavel
  
• Lecturer for the course on “Operations Research”, University of Trieste (2018/19 - today) - undergraduate lavel
  
• Lecturer for the course on “Optimization Models/Mathematical Optimisation”, University of Trieste (2005/06 - today) - graduate (master) level
  
• Assistant lecturer for several courses on “Operations Research” at the University of Trieste and University of Udine from 1998 to 2005.

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