EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Control Engineering, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Italy, May 1990.
Laurea D. (summa) in Electrical Engineering, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy, 1986.
APPOINTMENTS
1) December 2005-Present: Full Professor of Control Engineering, Università degli Studi della Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy. Director of Autonomous Systems Lab at the Department of Informatics, Modeling, Electronics and Systems of the University of Calabria. 2) 2005 - Co-founder of the University Spin-off APPLICON S.r.l. (http://www.applicon.it)
3) November 1998-November 2014: Associate Professor of Control Engineering, Università degli Studi della Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy.
4) November 1996-October 1998: Assistant Professor of Control Engineering, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Italy.
5) November 1990-October 1996: Network and Systems Manager at the Department of Mathematic “Ulisse Dini”, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Italy.
EDITORIAL ACTIVITY
-National Organization Committee (NOC) Co-Chair for the organization of the 12th IFAC SAFEPROCESS 2024, 4-7 June 2024, Ferrara.
-Editorial Board Member of Sensors, since 2019.
-Associate Editor IEEE CSS Control Systems Letters, 2016-2022.
-Subject Editor of International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, since 2009.
-Program Co-Chair SYSTOL 2019, Casablanca, Morocco, Sept. 18-20, 2019.
-Program Chair IEEE ISIC 2014, Antibes/Juan-Les-Pins, France, Oct. 8-10, 2014.
-IPC member of more than 40 International Workshops and Conferences
-Organization of several Special Issues on Wiley International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing and International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control.
-Member of the IEEE CSS Technical Committee on Intelligent Control (TCIT) and IFAC TC 6.4 on Fault Detection, Supervision, and Safety of Technical Processes (SAFEPROCESS).
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
- Plenary Talk "Distributed Supervisory Strategies for Multi-Agent Networked Systems”, 14th International Workshop on Advanced Control and Diagnosis (ACD 2017), Bucharest, Romania, Nov. 16-17, 2017.
- Invited Presentation “Supervision and Coordination of Large-Scale Interconnected Networked Systems", "Steel industry with highly intelligent robotic/integrated automation system", Workshop, 06 November 2015, at Tata Steel in the Netherlands at Ijmuiden.
- Two Keynote Presentations: 1) “Fault Detection and Isolation of Electrical Induction Motors via LPV Fault Observers” and 2) “Supervision Problems in Multi-Area Power Systems”, SYSWIND Workshop, held in association with the 2013 Conference on Damage Assessment of Structures DAMAS, Trinity College, Dublin, 9-10 July 2013.
- Invited Presentation “Supervision of Networked Dynamical Systems Under Coordination Constraints”, Wright-Patterson AF Base, Dayton, Ohio, USA, May 18-20, 2006.
TEACHING AND ADVISING
He has taught more than two dozen of undergraduate and graduate classes (Systems Theory, Digital Control, Automatic Control, Systems Analysis, Software Tools for the Simulation of Dynamical Systems, Adaptive Systems, Vehicle Control, Industrial Automation, Automation Lab) at the Universities of Florence and Calabria. He has been Master Thesis advisor of over forty students, advisor of fifteen Ph.D. students (all graduated), and twenty-five Post-Doc researchers.
AWARDS
- Best paper award of the 20th IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (IEEE VPPC 2023), Milan, Italy, 23-27 Oct. 2023, for the paper: "Performance Analysis of Linear and Rotary Energy Harvesting Shock Absorber Systems" with G. Gagliardi, P.C.T. Woafo, P. Manna and A. Casavola.
- Best Journal of Process Control survey paper award 2023 for the paper: "A survey and classification of incipient fault diagnosis approaches", Vol. 97, pp 1-16, Jan. 2021, with H. Safaeipour, M. Forouzanfar, A. Casavola.
- Best student paper finalist: ``Optimal LQG control for distributed networked systems'', IEEE Control and Decision Conference, New Orleans, USA, Dec. 2007, with E. Garone, B. Sinopoli, A. Goldsmith and A.Casavola.
- Listed in the 100.000 Top Scientists Database by Plos Biology 2020.
- Listed in the World's Top 2% Scientist (“Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”, by Stanford University; latest version published on 3 November 2022, https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/5)
FUNDED RESEARCH (as general PI or local PI)
- Research project “RESearch and innovation on future Telecommunications systems and networks, to make Italy more smART (RESTART)”, code PE00000001, Spoke 6, subproject SEXTET, PNRR MUR – M4C2 – Investment 1.3, - “Partnerships extended to universities, research centers, companies for the funding of basic research projects” - D.D. n. 34, March 15, 2022.
- Research project “Tech4You - Technologies for climate change adaptation and quality
of life improvement”, Spoke 2, Pilot 2.1.6, ECS 00000009, CUP H23C22000370006, "Innovation Ecosystems", set up of "territorial leaders in R&D", National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4, Component 2 Investment 1.5, European Union - NextGenerationEU
- Research project “Tech4You - Technologies for climate change adaptation and quality
of life improvement”, Spoke 4, Pilot 4.4.2, ECS 00000009, CUP H23C22000370006, "Innovation Ecosystems", set up of "territorial leaders in R&D", National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4, Component 2 Investment 1.5, European Union - NextGenerationEU
- Research project MUR (PRIN'22) ``Resilient Optimization in Distributed Cyber-Physical Control Problems subject to Adversarial Behavior'', 2023-25,
- “Robotic Autonomous for the Extended Ship (ARES)”, 2019-2022, PON Ricerca e Innovazione 2014-2020;
- “Pipeline Integrity Management (PIM 4.0)”, 2019-2021, PON Imprese e Compatibilità 2014-2020;
- “Smart Cities Adaptive Lighting Systems (SCAL)”, 2018-2020, POR Calabria FESR-FSE 2014-2020;
- “Marine Ecosystem Monitoring (MONEMA)”, 2018-2020, POR Calabria FESR-FSE 2014-2020.
- “Smart Technology Pipeline Set-Up for Industry 4.0 (TECHFEM), 2018-2020, POR Calabria FESR-FSE 2014-2020.
- “Marine Robotics Research Infrastructure Network (EUMARINEROBOTS)", 2020-2021, H2020 INFRAIA 2018-2021.
- “Plan, Test and Coordinate the Enhancement and Establishment of Underwater Museums, Diving Parks and Knowledge Awareness Centers in order to support sustainable and responsible tourism development and promote Blue growth in coastal areas and islands of the Mediterranean (BLUEMED)”, EU MED 2014-2020.
- "Advanced Underwater Acoustic Networking & Cooperation (AUANC)", 2014-2015, NATO ONRG NICOP grant.
- "Adaptive and Predictive Control Techniques for Electrical Power Systems and Grids (ICARO)", 2013-2014, PO Calabria FSE 2007/2013, ASSE IV.
- “Environmental Monitoring of Offshore Underwater Fish Farms (NEMO)”, 2015-2016, a subproject of the FP7 SUNRISE project “Sensing, Monitoring and Actuating of the Underwater World through a Federated Research Infrastructure Extending the Future Internet”.
- "Smart Lighting" (SMART), 2012-2015, PON Smart Cities and Communities, Research and Competitiveness.
- "Innovative Methodologies for Automotive Engines Development", 2011-2013, PON Research and Competitiveness Project.
- "Electronic and software solutions for acoustic signals processing recorded by microphone sensors and the design of the signal processing chain for the reconstruction of relevant motor variables", 2012-2013, research grant, Magneti Marelli Powertrain S.p.a., Bologna, IT.
- Research Contract Magneti Marelli Powertrain S.p.a., Bologna "Development of a vehicle simulation environment for HEV/BEV control development, validation and systems sizing (Battery, BMS, Engine, Electric Motor, APU) for specific drive cycles", 2011-2012, research grant, Magneti Marelli Powertrain S.p.a., Bologna, IT.
PATENTS
G. Cario, A. Casavola, M. Lupia and W. Nesci, "Anti-Uncontrolled Ascent Systems for Divers", N. ITRM2011063, 2011.
PUBLICATIONS
Over 350 papers in prominent international conferences and journals with over 6000 citations, H-index=37, i10-index=129 (according to “Google Scholar” June 2024).
A complete list of publications is available on
http://iris.unical.it
A list of most cited publications is available on Google Scholar at
https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=4K7L-eAAAAAJ&hl=it&oi=ao
