Giuseppe Fedele
University of Calabria
Department of Informatics, Modeling, Electronics and Systems Engineering
Via Pietro Bucci, cubo 42/C
87036 Rende (CS), Italy
Personal data
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Born: March 28, 1974, in Cosenza, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Present position
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- From December 1, 2006 Assistant Professor in Automatic Control at University of Calabria (Italy), Department of Informatics, Modeling, Electronics and Systems Engineering.
- On April 7, 2017 Italian National Scientific Qualification as Associate Professor in Systems and Control Engineering.
Education
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- 2005 - Ph.D. in Computer Science and System Engineering (at University of Calabria, Italy).
- 2001 - Professional Engineer Qualification.
- 1999 - Laurea Degree in Computer Science Engineering (with 110/110 summa cum laude, at University of Calabria, Italy).
- 1992 Scientific Degree (marks 60/60, at the Scientific High School G.B. Scorza of Cosenza, Italy).
Participation to schools
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- Summer school: “Automotive Control, Predictive Control”, V Scuola Nazionale CIRA (Consorzio Interuniversitario di Ricerche in Automatica), Bertinoro (FO), Italy, July 16-21, 2001;
- Summer school: “Linear systems: polynomial and geometric approaches, Mobile robotics”, VI Scuola Nazionale CIRA (Consorzio Interuniversitario di Ricerche in Automatica), Bertinoro (FO), Italy, July 15-20, 2002;
- Course on “Advanced methods for signal processing: filtering and estimation”, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, April 8-10, 2002.
Past and post-doc position
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- May-November 2000, research contract at Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) – Pisa (Italy): “Graphic and Linguistic neural network-based system for automatic restoration and recognition of ancient printed texts”, (CNR, Pisa, Italy).
- March 2005-October 2006, research contract at Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informatica e Sistemistica, University of Calabria, Italy: “Structural properties of dynamic systems. Interpolation and approximation theory for parametric identification of control systems”, (University of Calabria, Italy).
- September-October 2008, stage at Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy, Universit\'e Henri Poincaré, Nancy, France on “Algebraic identification methods”, (CRAN, Nancy, France).
Research interests
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Approximation theory and numerical linear algebra, Filtering and identification, Algebraic identification in the frequency domain, Active noise control, Chaos synchronization, Signal processing for localization, navigation and tracking, Multi-agents systems.
Teaching
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- “Automatic Control” (5 credits) in Managment Engineering (3-Years Laurea Degree) at University of Calabria, at seat of Crotone (years 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009);
- “Fundamentals of Automatic Control” (9 credits) in Managment Engineering (3-Years Laurea Degree) at University of Calabria, at seat of Crotone (years 2009-2010, 2010-2011);
- “Signal Processing for Control” in Automation Engineering (Master Laurea Degree) at University of Calabria (years 2006-2007, 2008-2009, 2009-2010 (5 credits), 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018 (6 credits));
- “Industrial Automation” (5 credits) in Computer Science Engineering (3-Years Laurea Degree) and Automation Engineering (Specialistic Laurea Degree) at University of Calabria (years 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010);
- “Fundamentals of Automatic Control” (9 credits) in Electronic Engineering (3-Years Laurea Degree) at University of Calabria (years 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022).
- “Filtering and Identification for Control” (6 credits) in Automation Engineering (Master Laurea Degree) at University of Calabria (years 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022);
- “Localization Systems” (6 credits) in Automation Engineering (Master Laurea Degree) at University of Calabria (years 2020-2021, 2021-2022).
Institutional responsabilities
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- 2019- Responsible of the Electronics and Control Laboratory at the STAR research infrastructure (Southern Europe Thomson Back-Scattering Source for Applied Research), University of Calabria.
- 2021- Member of the council of the Department of Informatics, Modeling, Electronics and Systems Engineering, University of Calabria, Italy.
- 2018-2020 Vicar Coordinator of the Council of the Master's Degree Course in Automation Engineering, University of Calabria, Italy.
- 2008- Member of the Erasmus/Socrates Project, Department of Informatics, Modeling, Electronics and Systems Engineering, University of Calabria, Italy.
Participation in doctoral colleges:
- 2007-2010, Ingegneria dei Sistemi e Informatica, Cycles XXIII-XXVI;
- 2011-2012, Scuola Archimede in Scienze, Comunicazione e Tecnologie, Cycles XXVII-XXVIII;
- 2013-2022, Scienze e Ingegneria dell'Ambiente, delle Costruzioni e dell'Energia, Cycles XXIX-XXXVII.
He is or has been a tutor to doctoral students:
- Gaetano D’Aquila, Methods for indoor localization, Cycle XXIX.
- Anselmo Filice, Industrial PhD in Planning, Coordination and Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) fleets for autonomous environmental monitoring operations, Cycle XXXIV.
Editorial activity
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- From 2010 to 2016, I was a member of the Technical Program Committee of the “International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering” (EEEIC);
- From 2013 to 2016, I was a member of the editorial board of “The Scientific World Journal”, Publisher: Hindawi;
- From 2013, I am a member of the editorial board of “Mathematical Problems in Engineering”, Publisher: Hindawi;
- From 2021, I am Associate Editor of “International Journal of Robotics and Control Systems” (IJRCS), Publisher: Association for Scientific Computing Electronics and Engineering" (ASCEE).
- From 2022, I am a member of the Technical Program Committee of the “The 2nd International Conference on Applied Mathematics, Modeling and Computer Simulation” (AMMCS 2022).
- From 2022, I am a member of the editorial board of the journal “Annals of Applied Sciences”.
- Guest Editor of the Special Issue on “Recent advances in adaptive methods for frequency estimation with applications”, International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, Wiley, 2016 (co-guest editor with Prof. Marc Bodson, Electrical & Computer Engineering University of Utah Salt Lake City, USA);
- Organiser and co-chair of the Special Session “Recent advances on coordination and control of multi-agent systems”, 24$th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), Zaragoza, Spain, September 10- 13, 2019.
Membership of Scientific Societies
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2008- IEEE Society (member \#90468865), IEEE Control Systems Society, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.
Participation to research projects
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I was a member of the national Italian projects:
- PowerTrain - Metodologie Innovative di Sviluppo di Motopropulsori Automobilistici (Innovative Methodologies for the Design of Automotive Powertrains) (PON01-01517);
- I-CONTACT - Innovative Contact management based On novel inte- grated wireless Network Technologies and Crm tools (PON01-01795);
- BaSS - Bank Security and Safety - PIA 2010 - POR FESR CALABRIA 2007-2013;
- CTSIM - Serious Game for Ro-Ro Operations; it was a research project with the aim to train operators working in car terminals with particular attention to drivers, marshalls, quality checkers and tally men;
- T-ESEDRAS proposes an advanced decision support system oriented to the analysis of operational performance of processes and activities traditionally performed throughout the life cycle of the container terminals;
- SILPI - Sistema per l'Identificazione di Lapidei Per Immagini, (System for the Identification of Lapidae by Images)
and member of the European project
- Energy to Smart Grid (E2SG).
Scientific project manager of the national Italian projects:
- SiSTEA - Sistema per il Time-shift dell’Energia con Accumulo ad elevata efficienza, (Energy Time-Shift System with High Efficiency Storage).
- SiLI4.0 - Smart Indoor Localization for Industry 4.0 applications.
Technology transfer
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Co-founder, partner and academic referent of GiPStech srl, spin-off of University of Calabria, dedicated to developing an innovative indoor localization/navigation solution that yields precision without or with little infrastructure requirements by employing sensor-fusion algorithms that fully leverage the sensors commonly onboard smartphones
(www.gipstech.com).
Patents
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- An integrated graphic-linguistic system for ancient printed text automatic recognition. Patented system on behalf of the National Research Council (CNR, Italy) in November 11, 2001.
- System and method for calibrating magnetic sensors in real and finite time, February 7, 2019, International Publication Number, US 2019/0041209 A1.
- Method for estimating the direction of motion of an individual, October 22, 2020, International Publication Number, US 2020/0333137 A1.
- Method for reconstructing the movement of an individual and the signal map of a location, November 28, 2019, International Publication Number, WO 2019/224664 A1.
