Personal Data
Position: Researcher (MAT09 - Operations Research)
Istituto di Analisi dei Sistemi e Informatica "A. Ruberti" (IASI - CNR), Viale Manzoni 30, 00185 Rome (Italy).
Term Professor
- at the University of Cassino, Faculty of Engineering
tel: +39 06 7716439 fax: +39 06 7716450
e-mail: liuzzi@iasi.cnr.it
URL: http://www.iasi.cnr.it/~liuzzi
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Study
September the 24th, 1997, master degree in Computer Science Engineering summa cum laude at the University of Rome "La Sapienza".
September the 17th, 1999, engineer professional abilitation granted by Engineers Association of Rome.
May the 11th, 2001, Philosophy Doctor in "Operations Research'' at the University of Rome "La Sapienza'' with final dissertation on "New Methods for Constrained Nonlinear Programming".
From 16 to 25 July 2002, I attended the "Conic and Robust Optimization: Methodology and Engineering Applications'' course held by Prof. A. Ben-Tal, Technion, Haifa (Israel).
May 2002, I attended the "Numerical Optimization: Algorithms and Software'' course held by Proff. R.J. Vanderbei (Princeton University), D.F. Shanno (Rutgers University), H.Y. Benson (Princeton University). Toronto (Canada).
From April through June 2000, I attended the Continuous Optimization course at the Department of Computer and Systems Science "Antonio Ruberti'', University of Rome "La Sapienza''.
August 1998, I attended the III summer course on mathematics titled "Ottimizzazione Lineare e Nonlineare", held by Proff. P.Hansen and D.P.Bertsekas, at the Università Normale Superiore di Pisa (Cortona).
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Teaching Activity
A.A. 2009/2010, 2010/2011 I was professor for the Applied Mathematics course at the University of Cassino, Faculty of Engineering.
A.A. 2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2006/2007, 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 I was professor for the Decision Analysis course at the University of Cassino, Faculty of Engineering.
A.A. 2007/2008 I was professor for the Operations Research course at the University of Rome "La Sapienza", Faculty of Engineering.
May 2004 I held ten lectures on the topic Constrained Nonlinear Optimization as part of the Continuous Optimization course for the Ph.D. in Systems Science Engineering.
May 2002 I held ten lectures on the topic Multiple Objective Optimization as part of the Continuous Optimization course for the Ph.D. in Systems Science Engineering.
March 2002 I held a short course on the topic AMPL: a matemathical programming language as part of the First course on Management and Logistic at the Italian Army school for Material and Transportation.
A.A. 2000/2001, 2001/2002, 2002/2003 and 2003/2004 I was tutor for the Operations Research course (Computer Science Engineering and Management Science Engineering, University of Rome "La Sapienza'').
A.A. 2000/2001 I was assistant for the Nonlinear Optimization course (Computer Science Engineering, University of Roma "La Sapienza'') held by Prof. Gianni Di Pillo.
A.A. 2000/2001 I was tutor for the Nonlinear Optimization course (Management Science Engineering, University of Rome "La Sapienza'') held by Prof. Gianni Di Pillo.
A.A. 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 (I semester) I held a four lecture seminar on the topic Multiple Objective Optimization for the Nonlinear Optimization course of Prof. Gianni Di Pillo, Computer Engineering degree (University of Rome "La Sapienza'').
A.A. 1997/98 and 1999/2000 (I trimester), I held the Operations Research course at the Frosinone unit of the University of Rome "La Sapienza''.
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Research Activity
From November the 1st, 2000 to April the 30th, 2001 I had a research contract with the Department of Computer and Systems Science "Antonio Ruberti'' (University of Rome "La sapienza''). In that period I was mainly involved with research and development activity on the topic "Development and testing of new methods and algorithms for the optimal design of permanent magnets devices''.
From April the 18th to July the 31st, 2001 I had a research contract with the National Institution for Matter Physics (Genova) on the topic "Development of an Optimization algorithm'' jointly with the Medicine Faculty of the University of L'Aquila.
From June the 1st to November the 30th, 2001 I was visiting researcher at the Department of Computer and Systems Science "Antonio Ruberti'' of the University of Rome "La Sapienza''. I was mainly involved with Large-scale constrained optimization and Global optimization.
From November the 1st, 2001 to October the 31st, 2003 I had a three year tenure-track position at the Department of Computer and Systems Science "Antonio Ruberti'' of the Univeristy of Rome "La Sapienza'' as Researcher on the topic "Development and design of truncated Newton-type methods for the solution of large-scale constrained optimization problems".
From November the 1st, 2003 to October the 31st, 2006 I had an appointment contract as researcher in the FIRB program: Large scale nonlinear optimization at the Department of Computer and Systems Science "Antonio Ruberti'' of the Univeristy of Rome "La Sapienza''
From November the 1st, 2006 to November the 1st, 2007 I had an appointment contract as researcher in the PRIN program: Problemi e metodi innovativi nell'ottimizzazione nonlineare at the Department of Computer and Systems Science "Antonio Ruberti'' of the Univeristy of Rome "La Sapienza''
From November the 2nd, 2007 to July the 15th, 2010 I was term researcher at the Istituto di Analisi dei Sistemi e Informatica "Antonio Ruberti'', National Research Council.
From July the 16th, 2010 up to date I am researcher at the Istituto di Analisi dei Sistemi e Informatica "Antonio Ruberti'', National Research Council.
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G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi, G. Placidi, A. Sotgiu "A Global Optimization Algorithm for the Design of a Uniform Magnetic Field with Circular Multipolar Symmetry''. AIRO2000 18-21 September 2000. Milan, Italy (2000)
G. Di Pillo, G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi, L. Palagi "A primal-dual shifted barrier approach for large scale nonlinear programming problems'' 33rd conference on "High performance algorithms and software for nonlinear optimization'', International School of Mathematics "G. Stampacchia''. 30 June - 8 July 2001. Erice (Trapani, Italy) (2001)
G. Di Pillo, G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi, L. Palagi "Solving large scale constrained optimization problems by means of a new augmented lagrangian algorithm''. AIRO2001 4-8 September 2001. Villasimius (Cagliari), Italy (2001)
G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi, G. Placidi, A. Sotgiu "A Global Optimization Algorithm for the Design of Magnetic Devices''. SIAM conference on Optimization. 20-22 May 2002, Toronto (Canada) (2002)
G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi, F. Parasiliti, M. Villani "Multi-objective Optimization Techniques for the Design of Induction Motors''. AIRO2002 9-13 September 2002. L'Aquila, Italy (2002)
G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi, F. Parasiliti, M. Villani "A new optimization algorithm to be interfaced with ANSYS for the design of synchronous Motors '' Conference on "Virtual prototyping today: Industrial impact and future trends''. 3-5 October 2002, Bergamo, Italy (2002)
G. Di Pillo, G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi, L. Palagi "A primal-dual truncated Newton algorithm for large-scale constrained optimization problems ''. The First Conference on Optimization Methods and Software. 15-18 December 2002, Hangzhou, China (2002)
G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi, F. Parasiliti, M. Villani "Multi-objective Optimization Techniques for the Design of Induction Motors''. The First Conference on Optimization Methods and Software. 15-18 December 2002, Hangzhou, China (2002)
G. Di Pillo, G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi, L. Palagi "A truncated Newton algorithm for large-scale constrained optimization problems converging to second-order stationary points ''. "Numerical Methods for Local and Global Optimization: Sequential and Parallel Algorithms''. 14-20 July 2003, Cortona, Italy (2003)
G. Di Pillo, G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi, L. Palagi "A primal-dual truncated Newton algorithm for large-scale constrained optimization problems''. 18th International Symposium on Mathematical Programming. 17-24 August 2003, Copenhagen, Denmark (2003)
G. Di Pillo, G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi, L. Palagi "A primal-dual truncated Newton algorithm for large-scale constrained optimization problems''. AIRO2003. 2-5 September 2003, Venice, Italy (2003)
G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi, V. Piccialli, A. Sotgiu "A new global optimization algorithm and its application to a Magnetic Resonance design problem" 34th conference on "Large Scale Nonlinear Optimization'', International School of Mathematics "G. Stampacchia''. 22 June - 1 July 2004. Erice (TP), Italy (2004)
E. Campana, G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi, D. Peri, V. Piccialli, A. Pinto "Global optimization methods for ship design problems'' Optimization 2004. July 25 - 28, 2004, Lisbon, Portugal (2004)
G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi, M. Sciandrone "A derivative-free algorithm for linearly constrained finite minimax problems''. AIRO2004. September 7-10, 2004, Lecce, Italy (2004) G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi "A derivative-free algorithm for inequality constrained nonlinear optimization problems''. AIRO2005. September 6-9, 2005, Camerino (MC), Italy (2005) G. Di Pillo, G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi "A primal-dual algorithm for nonlinear programming exploiting negative curvature directions''. VIII SIMAI Congress. May 22-26, 2006, Ragusa, Italy (2006) G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi, V. Piccialli "A DIRECT-based approach exploiting local minimizations for the solution of large-scale global optimization problems'' EURO XXI. July 2-5, 2006, Reykjavik, Iceland (2006) G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi "A derivative-free algorithm for nonlinear programming''. AIRO2006. September 12-15, 2006, Cesena (FC), Italy (2006) G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi, M. Sciandrone "Sequential penalty derivative-free methods for nonlinear constrained optimization''. ICIAM2007 July 16-20, 2007, Zurich, Swiss (2007) G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi "A derivative-free algorithm for inequality constrained optimization problems''. 46th workshop on ``New Problems and Innovative Methods in Nonlinear Optimization'', International School of Mathematics ``G. Stampacchia'' July 31 - August 9, 2007, Erice, Italy (2007) G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi, V. Piccialli "A DIRECT-based approach exploiting local minimizations for the solution of large scale global optimization problems'' AIRO2007 September 5-8, 2007, Genova (GE), Italy (2007) G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi, M. Sciandrone "Sequential penalty derivative-free methods for nonlinear constrained optimization'' AIRO2008 September 8-11, 2008, Ischia (NA), Italy (2008) G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi, M. Sciandrone "Sequential penalty derivative-free methods for nonlinear constrained optimization'' SIMAI2008 September 15-19, 2008, Rome, Italy (2008) P. Bertolazzi, C. Guerra, G. Liuzzi "A global optimization algorithm for protein surface alignment'' Mini EURO Conference on Computational Biology, Bioinformatics and Medicine September 15-17, 2008, Rome, Italy (2008) G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi, M. Sciandrone "Sequential penalty derivative-free methods for nonlinear constrained optimization'' CMS2009 May 1-3, 2009, Geneva, Switzerland (2009) C. Guerra, G. Liuzzi, P. Bertolazzi "A global optimization algorithm for protein surface alignment'' IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM 2009) November 1-4, 2009, Washington D.C., U.S.A. (2009)
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Articles published on International Journals
- E.Chiricozzi, G.Liuzzi, S.Lucidi, G.Placidi, A.Sotgiu, M.Villani, "Cylindrical and elliptical geometry for the design and optimization of small dedicated magnets for Magnetic Resonance Imaging". Global Research Network: Research Advances in Biomedical Engineering, pp.129-135, 2 (2001).
- F.Facchinei, G.Liuzzi and S.Lucidi, "A Truncated Newton Method for the Solution of Large-Scale Inequality Constrained Minimization Problems". Computational Optimization and Applications, pp. 85-122, 25 (2003)
- G.Di Pillo, G.Liuzzi, S.Lucidi, L.Palagi, "An exact augmented Lagrangian function for nonlinear programming with two-sided constraints". Computational Optimization and Applications, pp. 57-83, 25 (2003)
- G.Liuzzi, S.Lucidi, F.Parasiliti, M.Villani, "Multi-objective Optimization Techniques for the Design of Induction Motors''. IEEE Trans. on Magnetics, pp.1261-1264, vol. 39, no. 3. (2003)
- G.Liuzzi, S.Lucidi, V.Piccialli, A.Sotgiu, "A Magnetic Resonance device designed via global optimization techniques". Math. Programming Ser. B, pp.339-364, 101 (2004)
- G.Liuzzi, S.Lucidi, V.Piccialli, M.Villani, "Design of induction motors using a mixed-variable approach''. Computational Management Science, pp.213-228, 2 (2005)
- G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi, M. Sciandrone "A derivative-free algorithm for linearly constrained finite minimax problems". SIAM Journal on Optimization, pp. 1054-1075, vol. 16, no. 4. (2006)
- G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi "A derivative-free algorithm for systems of nonlinear inequalities". Optimization Letters, pp. 521-534, vol. 2, no. 4. (2008)
- D. Iacoviello, G. Liuzzi "Fixed/free final time SIR epidemic models with multiple controls". International Journal of Simulation Modelling, pp. 81-92, Vol. 7, no. 2. (2008)
- G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi "A derivative-free algorithm for inequality constrained nonlinear programming via smoothing of an l_infty penalty function". SIAM J. on Optimization, pp. 1-29, Vol. 20, no. 1 (2009)
- E.F. Campana, G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi, D. Peri, V. Piccialli, A. Pinto "New Global Optimization methods for Ship design problems". Optimization and Engineering, pp. 533-555, Vol. 10, no. 4 (2009)
- G. Di Pillo, G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi, L. Palagi "A truncated Newton method in an augmented Lagrangian framework for nonlinear programming". Computational Optimization and Applications, pp. 311-352, Vol. 45, no. 2 (2010)
- G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi, V. Piccialli "A DIRECT-based approach exploiting local minimizations for the solution of large-scale global optimization problems". Computational Optimization and Applications, pp. 353-375, Vol. 45, no. 2 (2010)
- G.M. Casolino, G. Liuzzi, A. Losi "Unit commitment in oligopolistic markets by nonlinear mixed variable programming". Optimization and Engineering, pp. 213-245, Vol. 11, no. 2 (2010)
- G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi, M. Sciandrone "Sequential penalty derivative-free methods for nonlinear constrained optimization". SIAM Journal on Optimization, pp. 2614-2635, Vol. 20, no. 5 (2010)
- G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi, V. Piccialli "A partition-based Global Optimization Algorithm". Journal of Global Optimization, pp. 113-128, Vol. 48, no. 1 (2010)
- P. Bertolazzi, C. Guerra, G. Liuzzi "A global optimization algorithm for protein surface alignment". BMC Bioinformatics, pp. 488-498, Vol. 11 (2010)
- G. Liuzzi, A. Risi "A decomposition algorithm for unconstrained optimization problems with partial derivative information". Accepted for pubblication on Optimization Letters. DOI 10.1007/s11590-010-0270-2 (2010)
- G. Di Pillo, G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi "An Exact Penalty-Lagrangian Approach for Large-Scale Nonlinear Programming". Optimization, pp. 223-252, Vol. 60 (2010)
- G. Liuzzi, L. Palagi, M. Piacentini "On the convergence of a Jacobi-type algorithm for Singly Linearly-Constrained Problems Subject to simple Bounds" . Optimization Letters, pp. 347-362, Vol. 5, no. 2 (2011)
- G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi, F. Rinaldi "Derivative-free methods for bound constrained mixed-integer optimization". Accepted for pubblication on Computational Optimization and Applications. DOI: 10.1007/s10589-011-9405-3 (2011)
- D. Di Lorenzo, G. Liuzzi, F. Rinaldi, F. Schoen, M. Sciandrone "A concave optimization-based approach to sparse portfolio selection". Accepted for pubblication on Optimization Methods and Software (2011)
- D. di Serafino, G. Liuzzi, V. Piccialli, F. Riccio, G. Toraldo "A modified DIviding RECTangles algorithm for a problem in astrophysics". Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, pp. 175-190, Vol. 151, no. 1 (2011)
- G. Di Pillo, G. Liuzzi, S. Lucidi "A primal-dual algorithm for nonlinear programming exploiting negative curvature directions". Numerical Algebra, Control and Optimization, pp. 509-528, Vol. 1 (2011)
Articles published in Books
- G.Di Pillo, G.Liuzzi, S.Lucidi, L.Palagi, "Fruitful uses of smooth exact merit functions in constrained optimization'', in High Performance Algorithms and Software for Nonlinear Optimization, G.Di Pillo and A.Murli eds. Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 198-222, (2003)
Articles submitted for publication
- G.Liuzzi, S.Lucidi, F. Rinaldi "Derivative-free methods for constrained mixed-integer optimization". R.11-11 Istituto di Analisi dei Sistemi ed Informatica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. Submitted for pubblication on SIAM Journal on Optimization (2011)
Technical Reports and other material
- G. Liuzzi, A. Risi "A derivative-free parallel algorithm for bound constrained programming problems". Report R.670/2007, Istituto di Analisi dei Sistemi ed Informatica "A. Ruberti" (IASI-CNR). (2007)
- G.Liuzzi, "New Methods for Constrained Nonlinear Programming" . Ph.D. Thesis. Department of Computer and Systems Science "Antonio Ruberti", University of Rome "La Sapienza". (2001)
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