Marco Macchia - Personal Homepages

Marco Macchia
Homepage: http://homepages.ulb.ac.be/~mmacchia
E-mail address: mmacchia[at]ulb.ac.be
Last updates: 29 June 2016
Université Libre de Bruxelles,
Department of Mathematics,
Campus de la Plaine,
room O.8.103,
Boulevard du Triomphe,
B-1050 Brussels - Belgium
Personal Information
Nationality
Italian
Place & date of birth
31 October 1990, Modugno (Bari, Italy)
Education
1 Sept 2014 – To date
Phd candidate, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium),
granted by the European Research Council, within the FOREFRONT project
(Frontiers of Extended Formulations), advisor Prof. Dr. Samuel Fiorini (Université Libre de Bruxelles).
Sept 2012 – 17 Jul 2014
Master’s Degree in Mathematics, Università degli Studi di Bari (Italy),
final grade 110/110 cum laude, with a thesis in Combinatorics and Discrete
Geometry entitled Discrete Morse theory (Teoria di Morse discreta), advisors
Dr. Bruno Benedetti (Freie Universität Berlin), Dr. Giulia Dileo (Università
degli Studi di Bari).
Sept 2009 – 4 Oct 2012
Bachelor Degree in Mathematics, Università degli Studi di Bari (Italy),
final grade 110/110 cum laude, with a thesis in Differential Geometry entitled Homotopic properties of real and complex vector bundles (Proprietà
omotopiche dei fibrati vettoriali reali e complessi), advisor Prof. Anna Maria
Pastore.
2004 – 2009
Scientific High School Diploma, with final mark 100/100 cum laude,
Scientific High School “Sante Simone”, Conversano (Bari - Italy)
Experience
Workshops and Schools
30 May - 3 Jun 2016
18th Conference on Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization
(IPCO 2016) + Summer School, Liége.
16 - 20 May 2016
4th International Symposium on Combinatorial Optimization (ISCO 2016) +
Spring School, Vietri sul Mare.
4 - 8 Jan 2016
20th Combinatorial Optimization Workshop, CNRS Centre Paul Langevin,
Aussois.
21 - 25 Sept 2015
Summer School on Combinatorial Optimization, Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics, Bonn.
29 Jun - 10 Jul 2015
Convex geometry - discrete and computational BMS Summer School, Technische / Freie Universität Berlin.
23 - 26 Mar 2015
3rd ERC SDModels Workshop, Freie Universität Berlin.
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10 - 14 Nov 2014
Discrete, Computational and Algebraic Topology seminar, University of
Copenhagen.
8 - 13 Sept 2014
5th Cargese Workshop on Combinatorial Optimization, Institut d’Études Scientifiques de Cargèse.
6 Feb - 6 Apr 2014
Selected through a written test for a 2-month period abroad at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (USA), within the
frame of the project “Messaggeri della Conoscenza”; attendence of four
Graduate Students Courses and several seminars at the Mathematics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (USA).
Attended courses
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Lorenzo Orecchia, Seminar in Theoretical Computer Science (18.434)
Jonathan Kelner, Topics in Theoretical Computer Science (18.409)
Jacob Fox, Probabilistic Methods in Combinatorics (18.318)
Michael Artin, Introduction to Algebraic Geometry (18.721)
Mark Behrens, Algebraic Topology (18.906)
Attended workshops
5 Mar 2014
◦ From combinatorics to motives: cutting and pasting in algebraic geometry, Ravi
13 Mar 2014
◦ The evolution of MATLAB and How Mathematics impacts your life, Cleve Moler
Vakil (Stanford University);
(Stanford University);
◦ Simons lectures in Mathematics, Dale Spielman (Yale University):
12 Mar 2014
◦ Sparsification of graphs and matrices,
13 Mar 2014
◦ The solution of the Kadison-Singer problem,
14 Mar 2014
◦ Ramanujan graphs of every degree.
31 Jul - 2 Sept 2013
Partecipant in the summer courses organized by Scuola Matematica Interuniversitaria (SMI, Interuniversitary School of Mathematics) with final
exams, Università degli Studi di Perugia (Italy).
Attended courses
◦ Algebra, held by Nikolai Vavilov (Saint Petersburg State University): representation theory of finite groups and Lie algebras.
◦ Differential Geometry, held by Adriano Tomassini (Università di Parma):
real and complex differential geometry, De Rham cohomology, cohomological properties of complex manifolds.
15 - 26 Jul 2013
Summer course Geometry, Optimization and Graph Theory, with final exam,
within the frame of the project Messaggeri della Conoscenza, funded by the
Italian Ministry of Research and Education (MIUR), held at the University of
Bari (Italy) by Bruno Benedetti (Freie Universität, Berlin), Lorenzo Orecchia
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA)
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Talks
16 May 2016
Two-level Polytopes with a Prescribed Facet (speaker), 4th International Symposium on Combinatorial Optimization (ISCO), 2016, Vietri sul Mare (Italy).
19 Dec 2014
Extension Complexity for 2-level polytopes (speaker), Department of Mathematics, Università degli Studi di Bari (Italy), within the frame of the XMaths
Workshop 2014.
23 Sept 2014
Discretizing Morse theory: an algorithmic approach (speaker), Department
of Mathematics, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), within the frame
of the Algebra and Combinatorics Seminars.
25 Jul 2014
Discretizing Morse theory: an algorithmic approach (speaker), Department
of Mathematics, Philipps-Universität Marburg (Germany).
4 Apr 2014
Discretizing Morse theory (speaker), Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA), within the frame of
the project Messaggeri della Conoscenza.
Publications, Preprints, Peer-reviewed Conferences
S. Fiorini, V. Fisikopoulos, M. Macchia, Two-level Polytopes with a Prescribed
Facet, Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Combinatorial
Optimization, ISCO 2016, Vietri sul Mare, Italy.
A. Bohn, Y. Faenza, S. Fiorini, V. Fisikopoulos, M. Macchia, K. Pashkovich, Enumeration of 2-level polytopes, Proceedings of the European Symposium on
Algorithms, ESA 2015, Patras, Greece.
Language Skills
Italian
Native
English
Fluent, First Certificate in English (FCE), awarded by the University of Cambridge (June 2008)
French
Beginner
Computer skills
◦ Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Windows OS, Mac OS X and Unix OS.
Expert user of Microsoft Office software suite.
◦ Proficient in LATEX text and beamer editing.
◦ Comprehensive knowledge of the following software packages:
Matlab (MathWorks), Maple (Maplesoft), polymake, GAP, Macaulay2, Julia.
◦ Very good experience of C, C++, Perl programming languages and of
Gurobi, CPLEX optimizers.
◦ Good experience in web editing (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery).
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Interests and Activities
Interests
◦ Popularization of Science and, in particular, of Mathematics,
◦ Good ability to dialogue with teenagers acquired in various contexts of
tutoring and associations.
Memberships
◦ Participation in the fourth National Physical-Mathematical Certamen
“Fabiana D’Arpa”, at the High School “Leonardo da Vinci” High School,
Maglie (Lecce - Italy), in 2009
◦ Participation, as a high school pupil, in the Mathematical Olympiads,
Giochi di Archimede, organized by Università di Pisa
◦ Participation in the activities of the project of Libroscopio - Science Week
organized by Presidio del Libro of Noicattaro (Bari - Italy)
Skills
◦ Excellent teamwork skills (management of conflicts and interpersonal
relationships at work).
◦ Great ability to organize study and work (setting priorities and taking
responsibility, respecting deadlines and targets).
◦ Very good capability in taking decisions based on the results of work.
◦ Driving Licence type B - Italian
References
◦ Prof. Dr. Samuel Fiorini, Associate Professor in Combinatorics,
Département de Mathématique, Algebra and Combinatorics (CP 216)
Université libre de Bruxelles,
Boulevard du Triomphe, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium,
e-mail: sfiorini[at]ulb.ac.be
◦ Dr. Bruno Benedetti, Postdoc in Discrete Geometry and Topology,
Institute of Computer Science,
Freie Universität Berlin,
Takustrasse 9, 14195 Berlin, Germany,
e-mail: bruno[at]zedat.fu-berlin.de
◦ Dr. Giulia Dileo, Researcher in Geometry,
Dipartimento di Matematica,
Università degli Studi “Aldo Moro” di Bari,
Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy,
e-mail: giulia.dileo[at]uniba.it
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