Educazione: University of Bologna, "Laurea in Ingegneria Elettronica", 100n100 e lode 1977. Carnegie Mellon University, Master of Science in Operations Research 1981.Carnegie Mellon University, Ph.D. in Operations Research 1983.Experienza Professionale:Visiting Professor, Departement de Informatique et Mathematiques Appliquees,(IMAG) Universite de Grenoble 1983-1984. Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics and Operations Research, New YorkUniversity 1984-1987. Associate Professor, Department of Statistics and Operations Research, New YorkUniversity 1987-1989.Full Professor, Mathematics Department, Universita di Padova 1990-present.Ricerca:Integer Programming, Combinatorial Optimization, Graph Theory, Designand Analysis of Combinatorial Algorithms, Polyhedra and Inequalities.Attivita' professionali (last years): Chairman, Fulkerson Prize Selection Committee (awarded every 3 years by the Amer-ican Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Optimization Society) Member of the Organizing and Scientific Committee (3 members) for the "evenyear" (every 2 years) Aussois Symposium in Integer Programming and CombinatorialOptimization Member of the Selection Committee of IPCO (Integer Programming and Combina-torial Optimization Meeting) 1992 2001 2005 2011