Anna Livia Croella

Anna Livia Croella is an Assistant Professor at La Sapienza University of Rome, with a tenure-track position at Universitas Mercatorum's Faculty of Technological and Innovation Sciences. She earned her PhD in Operations Research (MAT-09) in May 2022 and MSc in Management Engineering in October 2017 from La Sapienza. She belongs to the Department of Computer, Control and Management Engineering Antonio Ruberti (DIAG) at the Faculty of Information Engineering, Informatics and Statistics.

• PhD in Operations Research (La Sapienza, 2022)
• MSc in Management Engineering (La Sapienza, 2017)

Research Interests: Croella specializes in Combinatorial Optimization and Mixed Integer Programming, with applications to train dispatching, waste management, and clustering. Her work addresses Job Shop Scheduling and Railway Systems Optimization, particularly in real-time train scheduling and disruption management. Recent research includes fair clustering algorithms and circular economy modeling for municipal waste systems.

Publication Trends: Her 15 most recent articles focus on railway optimization (4 papers), waste/biomethane production (3 papers), scheduling (3 papers), and healthcare applications (2 papers). Key methodologies include Mixed Integer Programming, MaxSAT algorithms, and combinatorial modeling. These works span journals like Computers & Operations Research, Computers & Industrial Engineering, and Transportation Science.

Scientific Contributions:

• 400 Outstanding Students Recognition, Sapienza University (2018)
• AIROYoung Best Thesis Finalist (2022)
• Honorable Mention, INFORMS RAS Student Paper Competition (2022)
• Young Women 4 OR Prize, EURO WISDOM Forum (2025)

Laboratory Affiliation: Member of DIAG (Dipartimento di Ingegneria Informatica, Automatica e Gestionale) research team, contributing to optimization modeling and algorithm development.