Dalila Fontes

Dalila Fontes is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Porto (FEP) and a board member of LIAAD (Laboratório de Inteligência Artificial e de Apoio à Decisão), a unit of INESC TEC since 2007. She holds a Ph.D. in Management Science from Imperial College London (2000), an MSc in Operational Research from the London School of Economics (1994), and a 5-year degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Porto (1993). She has served as a Visiting Professor at the University of Florida (2007/08) and Texas A&M University (2015–16).

Her research focuses on applying Operational Research and Artificial Intelligence techniques to solve complex management problems in production, logistics, transportation, and services, emphasizing combinatorial optimization. She has authored over 60 publications and coordinates research projects in these areas. She is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Combinatorial Optimization and Operations Research Forum (Springer).

At FEP, she teaches Operational Research, Logistics, and Optimization courses in English to undergraduates, masters, and Ph.D. students. She has held administrative roles including Vice-Dean at FEP and currently directs ISFEP (FEP’s Research and Services Institute). Her work bridges academia and industry, addressing sustainable production systems and energy-efficient scheduling strategies.