Sonia Cafieri

Sonia Cafieri is a Professor at the École Nationale de l'Aviation Civile (ENAC) in Toulouse, part of the Université de Toulouse. She leads the Mathematics of Optimization and Operations Research (MORO) group within the OPTIM research team. Her roles include membership in the Managing Board of EUROPT and the Nonlinear Mathematical Programming group of GdR-ROD. She chairs the Program Committee of EUROPT 2021 and serves on ENAC's Research and Doctoral Councils.

Education: HDR in Applied Mathematics (2012, Université Paul Sabatier), PhD (2006, University of Naples), and Laurea in Mathematics (2001, Second University of Naples).

Research focuses on Nonlinear Optimization, Global Optimization, Combinatorial Optimization (network clustering), and Operations Research applications in air transportation and engineering. Recent work addresses air traffic management, trajectory optimization, and stochastic programming for robust scheduling.

Publications span optimization methodologies and applications, with a focus on aircraft conflict resolution, drone trajectory planning, and robust cyclic scheduling. Software contributions include ROSE (reformulation engine) and COUENNE (MINLP solver).

Teaching includes courses on Numerical Analysis, Combinatorial Optimization, and Operations Research for Air Transportation at ENAC and other institutions.