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Alberto Del Pia is a Professor in the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he has been a faculty member since 2014 and received tenure in 2020. His research focuses on mathematical optimization, discrete mathematics, and the mathematics of data science. He holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Padova (2009) and has held postdoctoral positions at Otto von Guericke University, ETH Zürich, and IBM Research as a Goldstine Fellow.
Educational Background: PhD in Mathematics (University of Padova, 2009); MS and BS in Mathematics (University of Padova, 2005 and 2004).
Research Interests: Del Pia's work emphasizes theoretical and computational aspects of optimization, including convex quadratic programming, mixed-integer programming, and polynomial optimization. His contributions span the design of algorithms and polyhedral analysis, with applications in data science and operations research.
Notable Awards: He has received the Egon Balas Prize (INFORMS Optimization Society, 2023), the INFORMS Computing Society Prize (2023), and the Young Researchers Prize (INFORMS Optimization Society, 2017). His postdoctoral work was supported by the IBM Herman Goldstine Fellowship (2013) and the INdAM Scholarship (2000).
Teaching and Service: Del Pia teaches courses in integer optimization and linear optimization across multiple departments (Industrial & Systems Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science). He has also organized conferences, such as the 2023 IPCO conference in Madison.
