| Silvano Martello | |
| Birth Place: | Bologna, Italy |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Citizenship: | Italian |
| Occupation: | Emeritus Professor of Operations Research |
| Emeritus Professor | |
| Boards: | EURO, ECCO, AIRO |
| Awards: | EURO Gold Medal, IFORS Distinguished Lecturer |
| Website: | https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/silvano.martello/en |
| Education: | University of Bologna |
| Alma Mater: | University of Bologna |
| Discipline: | Operations Research |
| Sub Discipline: | Combinatorial Optimization |
| Workplaces: | University of Bologna |
| Main Interests: | Knapsack Problem, Assignment Problem, Packing Problems, Routing Problems |
| Notable Works: | Knapsack problems: Algorithms and Computer implementations; Assignment Problems |
Silvano Martello (born in Bologna, Italy) is an Italian scientist and engineer, and an Emeritus Professor of Operations Research at the University of Bologna.[1] He is known for his research in Operations Research and Mathematical Programming.In particular, he made significant contributions in the areas of knapsack and assignment problems, packing problems, and vehicle routing.[2] As of 2023, he published 160 peer-reviewed articles and was cited more than 7000 times.
He was vice-president of the Association of European Operational Research Societies (EURO) from 2014 to 2017,[3] and has been chairman of the European Chapter on Combinatorial Optimization (ECCO) since 1997.[4]
He is editor-in-chief of 4OR, the joint official journal of the Belgian,French, andItalian Operations Research Societies.[5]
Among his PhD students are Andrew H. and Ann R. Tisch Professor Andrea Lodi[6] (Cornell Tech), and Professor Mauro dell'Amico[7] (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia).[8]
Martello graduated from the University of Bologna with a degree in Electronic Engineering in 1973.He was an assistant and then an associate professor at the University of Bologna from 1980 to 1990.From 1990 to 1994 he was a full professor of Operations Research and Management Science at the University of Turin.Since 1994 he is a full professor of Operations Research at the University of Bologna.
He is the co-author, with Paolo Toth, of the book Knapsack problems: Algorithms and Computer implementations (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1990).[12] He also co-authored, with Rainer Burkard and Mauro dell'Amico, the book Assignment Problems (SIAM, 2009).[13]