Marco Macchia - Personal Homepages

Marco Macchia
Homepage: http://homepages.ulb.ac.be/~mmacchia
E-mail address: mmacchia[at]ulb.ac.be
Last updates: 7 March 2017
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.
Experience
Workshops and Schools
10 - 14 Oct 2016
7th Cargese Workshop on Combinatorial Optimization, Institut d’Études Scientifiques de Cargèse.
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).
31 Jul - 2 Sept 2013
Participant in the summer courses organized by Scuola Matematica Interuniversitaria (SMI, Interuniversitary School of Mathematics) with final
exams, Università degli Studi di Perugia (Italy).
15 - 26 Jul 2013
Participant in the 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).
Talks
22 Nov 2016
Extension complexity of stable set polytopes of bipartite graphs (speaker),
Institut für Mathematik, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main
(Germany).
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
◦ M. Aprile, Y. Faenza, S. Fiorini, T. Huynh, M. Macchia, Extension complexity
of stable set polytopes of bipartite graphs, preprint (2017) available at
[arxiv:1702.08741].
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◦ A. Bohn, Y. Faenza, S. Fiorini, V. Fisikopoulos, M. Macchia, K. Pashkovich,
Enumeration of 2-level polytopes, journal version, preprint (2017) available at [arxiv:1703.01943].
◦ 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 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), polymake, GAP, Macaulay2, Julia, SageMath.
◦ Good experience with C, C++, Perl, Python programming languages and
with High Performance Computations and simulations.
◦ Good experience in web editing (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery).
Interests and Activities
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
◦ Good ability to dialogue with teenagers acquired in various contexts of
tutoring and associations.
◦ Excellent teamwork skills (management of conflicts and interpersonal
relationships at work).
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◦ 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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