From August 2005 to January 2006: hardware/software developer with Danieli Automation S.p.A. for modeling and control activities in the area of automation engineering.
From February 2006 to December 2006: research fellow with the Institute of Intelligent Systems for Automation of the National Research Council of Italy for working on modeling, simulation, and control of logistics operations in intermodal container terminals.
From April 2007 to August 2007: research contract with the Institute of Intelligent Systems for Automation of the National Research Council of Italy for working on "Development of a numerical simulator for the management of intermodal terminals based on TETRA network".
November 2009: research contract with the Department of Production Engineering, Thermoenergetics, and Mathematical Models of the University of Genoa for working on "Discrete-time mathematical modeling and predictive control for supply and distribution chains".
From January 2010 to December 2010: postdoctoral fellow with the Department of Production Engineering, Thermoenergetics, and Mathematical Model of the University of Genoa.
From January 2011 to February 2011: postdoctoral fellow with the Institute of Intelligent Systems for Automation of the National Research Council of Italy.
From March 2011 to October 2020: researcher with the National Research Council of Italy.
From September 1995 to July 2000: high-school studies at Liceo Lanfranconi, completed with full marks (100/100).
From September 2000 to July 2003: B.S. degree in Electronic Engineering received from the University of Genoa, Italy, on July 24, 2003, with full marks (110/110), "summa cum laude". Title of the thesis work: "Analysis and development of piecewise-linear multiport resistors". Supervisor Prof. M. Parodi.
From September 2003 to June 2005: M.S. degree in Electronic Engineering received from the University of Genoa, Italy, on June 14, 2005, with full marks (110/110), "summa cum laude" and printing honors. Title of the thesis work: "Identification and approximation of nonlinear dynamical systems through piecewise-linear models". Supervisors Prof. M. Parodi and Prof. M. Storace.
From January 2007 to December 2009: student of the Ph.D. course in Mathematical Engineering and Simulation of the University of Genoa, Italy.
April 2010: Ph.D. degree in Mathematical Engineering and Simulation received from the University of Genoa, Italy, on April 8, 2010, with merits. Title of the thesis work: "Feedback optimal control of systems described by partial differential equations". Supervisors Prof. A. Alessandri, Prof. P. Bagnerini, Prof. R. Cianci, Prof. R. Zoppoli.
July 2007: I attended the Ph.D. summer school "Identification of nonlinear systems", Bertinoro, Italy. Coordinator Prof. M. Milanese.
July 2008: I attended the Ph.D. summer school "Introduction to the control of nonlinear systems", Bertinoro, Italy. Coordinator Prof. A. Isidori.
June 2009: I attended the seminar "Workshop Mathworks: speeding up Matlab applications", Segrate, Italy.
July 2009: I attended the international CIME-EMS summer school in applied mathematics "Multiscale and adaptivity: modeling, numerics and applications", Cetraro, Italy. Coordinators Prof. G. Naldi and Prof. G. Russo.
July 2010: I attended the international CIME summer school "Control of partial differential equations", Cetraro, Italy. Coordinators Prof. P. Cannarsa and Prof. J-M. Coron.
July-August 2010: I attended the "International summer school on sustainable strategies and operations", Columbia University, New York, USA. Coordinators Prof. V. Albino and Prof. P. Carbone.
July 2011: I attended the "OPTPDE summer school - Challenges in applied control and optimal design", Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, Bilbao, Spain. Coordinator Prof. E. Zuazua.
August-September 2011: I attended the I attended the summer school and workshop "Partial differential equations - Optimal design and numerics", Benasque International Center of Science, Benasque, Spain. Coordinators Prof. E. Zuazua and Prof. G. Buttazzo.
June 2012: I attended the course on management and enhancement of research activities "How is the research?", National Research Council of Italy, Genoa, Italy. Coordinator Prof. A. Luperini.
Courses attended in partial fulfillment of the Ph.D. degree
Analysis of nonlinear dynamical systems (Prof. M. Storace).
Models for engineering based on partial differential equations (Prof. M. Parodi).
Partial differential equations and applications (Prof. R. Cianci).
Modeling and simulation (Prof. A. Bruzzone).
Numerical methods for the solution of partial differential equations (Prof. P. Bagnerini).
Differential geometry (Prof. G. Monti Bragadin).
Functional analysis (Prof. T. Zolezzi).
Fourier analysis (Prof. F. De Mari).
Statistics and nonlinear regression (Prof. C. Cervellera).
Hamiltonian formalism and optimal control (Prof. A. Alessandri and Prof. S. Vignolo).
March 2004, February 2006: winner of the prize "The university awards its best students" of the University of Genoa for the years 2003/2004 and 2004/2005.
April 2006: winner of the "Fondazione Pretto Cassanello" award for my deserving studies in the years 2004/2005.
November 2006: winner of a grant for attending the Ph.D. course in Mathematical Engineering and Simulation of the University of Genoa.
July 2009: winner of a grant for attending the international CIME-EMS summer school "Multiscale and adaptivity: modeling, numerics and applications".
July 2010: winner of a grant for attending the international CIME summer school "Control of partial differential equations".
July 2010: winner of a grant for attending the "International summer school on sustainable strategies and operations".
July 2011: winner of a grant for attending the "OPTPDE summer school - Challenges in applied control and optimal design".
July 2012: the paper "A. Alessandri, M. Baglietto, G. Battistelli, M. Gaggero, 'Moving-horizon state estimation for nonlinear systems using neural networks', IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 768-780, 2011" has been selected among the best papers written by authors of the National Research Council of Italy in the years 2010 and 2011, and inserted in the 2012 volume "CNR Highlights".
November 2013: winner of the prize "Ricercatamente" for the best research activity of most promising young researchers "under 35" at the National Research Council of Italy in the field "Engineering, ICT and Technology for Energy and Transportation". The award was sponsored by the National Research Council of Italy and Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.
March 2017: certification of distinguished service for my work as researcher at the National Research Council of Italy.
April 2021: IEEE Access Outstanding Associate Editor of 2020. The criteria for becoming an Outstanding Associate Editor is to be among the top 3\% of IEEE Access Associate Editors based on the number of articles handled throughout the year in a thorough and rigorous manner, as well as being active and in good standing with the IEEE and IEEE Access.
2015: principal investigator for the Institute of Intelligent Systems for Automation of the National Research Council of Italy of the task 6.1 "New methodologies for the real-time management of the traffic network" within the research project "Platform for urban mobility with integration of information from heterogeneous sources" (PLUGIN) of the District of Intelligent Systems of the Liguria Region, funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research on the Fund for the Facilitation of Research (art. 5 of D.Lgs. n. 297/1999). In particular, I worked on modeling and optimization of vehicle traffic in urban areas.
2015-2016: principal investigator for the Institute of Intelligent Systems for Automation of the National Research Council of Italy of the task 3.5 "Aspects and solutions for security" within the research project "Advanced solutions and technologies for sustainable telecommunications networks" (STARTECO) of the District of Intelligent Systems of the Liguria Region, funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research with the Fund for the Facilitation of Research (art. 5 of D.Lgs. n. 297/1999). In particular, I worked on black-box modeling of the energy consumption of telecommunications devices.
2015-2017: principal investigator of the research unit of the Institute of Intelligent Systems for Automation of the National Research Council of Italy of the research project "Services-oriented technologies for the development of ICT platforms" (GESTEC) of the District of Intelligent Systems of the Liguria Region, funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research with the Fund for the Facilitation of Research (art. 5 of D.Lgs. n. 297/1999). In particular, I worked on optimization of datacenters implementing cloud services.
2016-2018: principal investigator of the task "Design of controllers for level set dynamics" of the project "Optimal control of level set dynamics involved by PDE systems" (C-LEVEL), funded by the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), grant n. FA9550-15-1-0530. In particular, I worked on dynamic optimization and control of fronts using level set methods.
Participation in funded research projects
2006-2007: investigator in the research project "Simulation, control and telecommunication networks for port terminal management", funded by the Regional Program of Innovative Actions of the European Regional Development Funds, PRAI-FESR 2000/2006 of the Liguria Region, in collaboration with the Department of Communications, Computer and System Sciences of the University of Genoa and Selex Communications (now Leonardo, a Finmeccanica company). In particular, I worked on modeling and control of logistics operations in container terminals.
2007-2008: investigator in the research project "Development of an internet traffic classifier for the purpose of network supervision and security", funded by the Liguria Regional Board for Scientific and Technological Investments, action 3.7-D Diffusion and Transfer of Innovation. In particular, I worked on mathematical modeling and classification of internet packets using neural networks and support vector machines.
2009: investigator in the research project "Modeling and identification of vehicle traffic using hyperbolic models", funded by the University of Genoa. In particular, I worked on the development of macroscopic models for vehicle flows.
2009-2010: investigator in the research project "Modeling and control of UAVs for environmental monitoring", funded by the Genoa Commune during a collaboration with the Department of Production Engineering, Thermoenergetics, and Mathematical Models of the University of Genoa. In particular, I worked on the mathematical model and control system of an unmanned aerial vehicle.
2011: investigator in the research project "Mathematical models for the healing process of cellular tissues", funded by the University of Genoa. In particular, I worked on parameter estimation of partial differential equations used for modeling cellular tissues.
2011-2013: investigator in the research project "Modeling, supervision and optimization of hybrid vehicles for public transportation" in collaboration with PRO.TE.CO Impianti s.r.l., funded by the Regional Operative Programs, POR-FESR 2007/2013 of the Liguria Region, action 1.2.2 Industrial Research and Experimental Development. In particular, I worked on black-box mathematical modeling and parameter identification of hybrid vehicles.
2011-2014: investigator in the research project "Innovative systems for energy storage in hybrid vehicles for public transportation" in collaboration with Eutecne s.r.l., funded by the Regional Operative Programs, POR-FESR 2007/2013 of the Liguria Region, action 1.2.2 Industrial Research and Experimental Development. In particular, I worked on black-box modeling of supercapacitors for hybrid vehicles in public transportation.
2013: investigator in the research project "Optimization of energy sources in small and medium boats" in collaboration with Sistemi Digitali s.r.l., funded by the Regional Operative Programs, POR-FESR 2007/2013 of the Liguria Region, action 1.2.2 Industrial Research and Experimental Development. In particular, I worked on modeling and optimization of energy sources in small boats.
2013-2014: investigator in the flagship research project "The Italian research for the sea" (RITMARE), funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research within the National Program for Research. In particular, I worked on the classification of sonar signals.
2014-2016: investigator in the research project "Smart mobility and last mile logistics" (SMILE), funded within the PAR-FAS 2007/2013 program of the Liguria Region. In particular, I worked on modeling and optimization of the flows of goods in urban areas.
2015: investigator in the research project "Mathematical investigation and modeling of the healing process of epithelial tissues" in collaboration with the Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI, funded by the Galileo program of the Italian-French University. In particular, I worked on parameter estimation of partial differential equations used for modeling cellular tissues.
2019-2021: investigator in the research project ``Autonomous robotics for the extended ship'' within the PON 2014/2020 program of Italy. In particular, I worked on optimal mission planning of autonomous robots.
2007/2008: lecturer of the course "Decision and planning" (4 hours) of the University of Genoa for post-graduate students.
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021: lecturer of the course "Model predictive control and applications" (18 hours per year) of the Ph.D. degree in Computer Science and Systems Engineering of the University of Genoa.
Official bachelor and master courses
2010/2011, 2011/2012: lecturer of the course "Operations research" (39 hours, 27 hours, respectively) of the B.S. degree in Management Engineering of the University of Genoa.
2010/2011, 2011/2012, 2012/2013: lecturer of the course "Operations research 2" (27 hours, 27 hours, 42 hours, respectively) of the M.S. degree in Management Engineering of the University of Genoa.
2013/2014: lecturer of the course "Operations research 1" (24 hours) of the B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering of the University of Genoa.
2015/2016: lecturer of the course "Mathematical methods" (40 hours) of the M.S. degree in Multimedia Signal Processing and Telecommunication Networks of the University of Genoa.
2015/2016: lecturer of the course "Optimization methods for safety engineering" (24 hours) of the M.S. degree in Safety, Transportation, and Territorial Systems Engineering of the University of Genoa.
2016/2017: lecturer of the course "Optimisation techniques" (40 hours) of the M.S. degree in Robotics Engineering of the University of Genoa and of the European Master on Advanced Robotics (EMARO).
2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020: lecturer of the course "Operations research 1" (48 hours, 48 hours, 48 hours) of the B.S. degree in Industrial and Management Engineering of the University of Genoa.
2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021: lecturer of the course "Mathematical methods" (40 hours, 50 hours, 50 hours, 50 hours, 50 hours) of the M.S. degree in Internet and Multimedia Engineering of the University of Genoa.
2019/2020, 2020/2021: lecturer of the course "Operations research" (60 hours, 60 hours) of the B.S. degree in Management Engineering of the University of Genoa.
2020/2021: lecturer of the course "Statistics and Optimization" (60 hours) of the B.S. degree in Electronics Engineering and Information Technologies of the University of Genoa.
Activity in specialization schools
2020/2021: invited lecturer of the Specialization School IANUA-ISSUGE of the University of Genoa within the module "Optimization methods for sciences and information technologies" (4 hours).
Activity as teaching assistant
2003/2004: I worked towards the realization of the teaching material for the course "Analogical and digital filters" of the B.S. degree in Electronic Engineering of the University of Genoa.
2006/2007, 2007/2008: teacher support activity for the course "Dynamical systems theory" (20 hours, 20 hours, respectively) of the M.S. degree in Management Engineering of the University of Genoa.
2006/2007, 2007/2008, 2008/2009: tutoring activity for the course "Numerical methods for civil engineering" (60 hours, 60 hours, 75 hours, respectively) of the B.S. degree in Civil Engineering of the University of Genoa.
2009/2010: teacher support activity for the course "Operations research" (15 hours) of the M.S. degree in Electronic Engineering of the University of Genoa.
2009/2010, 2010/2011: teacher support activity for the course "Mathematical physics and numerical analysis" (18 hours, 18 hours, respectively) of the M.S. degree in Civil Engineering of the University of Genoa.
2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021: teacher support activity for the course "Operations Research" (30 hours per year) of the M.S. degree in Computer Science Engineering of the University of Genoa.
Supervision of students
Supervisor of thesis works for the Ph.D. degree at the University of Genoa.
Supervisor and co-supervisor of thesis works for B.S. and M.S. degrees at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Genoa.
Supervisor and tutor of internship projects between the National Research Council of Italy and the University of Genoa.
Since July 2016: Associate Editor of the international journal "Mathematical Problems in Engineering".
Since August 2019: Associate Editor of the international journal "IEEE Access".
Since February 2021: Associate Editor of the "International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing".
Aprile 2021: IEEE Access Outstanding Associate Editor for the year 2020.
Editorial Boards of international conferences
Since August 2014: member of the Conference Editorial Board of the European Control Association (EUCA-CEB).
Since July 2015: member of the Conference Editorial Board of the IEEE Control Systems Society (IEEE-CSS-CEB).
Associate Editor of international conferences
Associate Editor of ECC 2015, "14th European Control Conference", Linz, Austria, 15-17 Jul., 2015.
Associate Editor of ECC 2016, "15th European Control Conference", Aalborg, Denmark, 29 Jun.-1 Jul., 2016.
Associate Editor of ACC 2016, "2016 American Control Conference", Boston, USA, 6-8 Jul., 2016.
Associate Editor of CDC 2016, "55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control", Las Vegas, USA, 12-14 Dec., 2016.
Associate Editor of ACC 2017, "2017 American Control Conference", Seattle, USA, 24-26 May, 2017.
Associate Editor of CDC 2017, "56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control", Melbourne, Australia, 12-15 Dec., 2017.
Associate Editor of ECC 2018, "16th European Control Conference", Limassol, Cyprus, 12-15 Jun., 2018.
Associate Editor of ACC 2018, "2018 American Control Conference", Milwaukee, USA, 27-29 Jun., 2018.
Associate Editor of CDC 2018, "57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control", Miami Beach, USA, 17-19 Dec., 2018.
Associate Editor of ECC 2019, "17th European Control Conference", Naples, Italy, 25-28 Jun., 2019.
Associate Editor of ACC 2019, "2019 American Control Conference", Philadelphia, USA, 10-12 Jul., 2019.
Associate Editor of CDC 2019, "58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control", Nice, France, 11-13 Dec., 2019.
Associate Editor of ECC 2020, "18th European Control Conference", Saint Petersburg, Russia, 12-15 May, 2020.
Associate Editor of ACC 2020, "2020 American Control Conference", Denver, USA, 1-3 Jul., 2020.
Associate Editor of CDC 2020, "59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control", Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, 8-11 Dec., 2020.
Associate Editor of ECC 2021, "19th European Control Conference", Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 29 Jun.-2 Jul., 2021.
Associate Editor of ACC 2021, "2021 American Control Conference", New Orleans, USA, 26-28 May, 2021.
Associate Editor di CDC 2021, "60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control", Austin, USA, 13-15 Dec., 2021.
Technical Program Committees of international conferences
Member of the International Program Committee of ICANN 2010, "20th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks", Thessaloniki, Greece, 15-18 Sep., 2010.
Member of the International Program Committee of AIAI 2011, "7th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations", Corfu, Greece, 15-18 Sep., 2011.
Member of the International Program Committee of SSD 2011, "8th International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signal and Devices", Sousse, Tunisia, 22-25 Mar., 2011.
Member of the International Program Committee of ISNN 2012, "9th International Symposium on Neural Networks", Shenyang, China, 11-14 Jul., 2012.
Member of the International Program Committee of AIAI 2012, "8th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations", Halkidiki, Greece, 27-30 Sep., 2012.
Member of the International Program Committee of SSD 2012, "9th International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signal and Devices", Chemnitz, Germany, 20-23 Mar., 2012.
Member of the International Program Committee of AIAI 2013, "9th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations", Paphos, Cyprus, 26-28 Sep., 2013.
Member of the International Program Committee of ICANN 2013, "23rd International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks", Sofia, Bulgaria, 10-13 Sep., 2013.
Member of the International Program Committee of AIAI 2014, "10th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations", Rhodes, Greece, 19-21 Sep., 2014.
Member of the International Program Committee of ICANN 2014, "24th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks", Hamburg, Germany, 15-19 Sep., 2014.
Member of the International Program Committee of "International Conference on Neural Networks - Fuzzy Systems", Venice, Italy, 15-17 Mar., 2014.
Member of the International Program Committee of ICIST 2015, "5th International Conference on Information Science and Technology", Changsha, China, 24-26 Apr., 2015.
Member of the International Program Committee of COGNITIVE 2015, "7th International Conference on Advanced Cognitive Technologies and Applications", Nice, France, 22-27 Mar., 2015.
Member of the International Program Committee of AIAI 2015, "11th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations", Bayonne/Biarritz, France, 14-17 Sep., 2015.
Member of the International Program Committee of KES-IDT 2015, "17th KES International Conference on Intelligent Decision Technologies", Sorrento, Italy, 17-19 Jun., 2015.
Member of the International Program Committee of ICINCO 2015, "12th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics", Colmar, France, 21-23 Jul., 2015.
Member of the International Program Committee of COGNITIVE 2016, "8th International Conference on Advanced Cognitive Technologies and Applications", Rome, Italy, 20-24 Mar., 2016.
Member of the International Program Committee of ICINCO 2016, "13th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics", Lisbon, Protugal, 29-31 Jul., 2016.
Member of the International Program Committee of KES-IDT 2016, "8th KES International Conference on Intelligent Decision Technologies", Puerto de la Cruz, Spain, 15-17 Jun., 2016.
Member of the International Program Committee of WCICA 2016, "12th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation", Guilin, China, 12-15 Jun., 2016.
Member of the International Program Committee of AIAI 2016, "12th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations", Thessaloniki, Greece, 16-18 Sep., 2016.
Member of the International Program Committee of ICCEIS 2016, "International Conference on Control Engineering and Information System", Dalian, China, 13-15 May, 2016.
Member of the International Program Committee of ICITCS 2016, "6th International Conference on IT Convergence and Security", Prague, Czech Republic, 26-29 Sep., 2016.
Member of the International Program Committee of AINA 2017, "31st IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications", Taipei, Taiwan, 27-29 Mar., 2017.
Member of the International Program Committee of KES-IDT 2017, "9th KES International Conference on Intelligent Decision Technologies", Vilamoura, Portugal, 21-23 Jun., 2017.
Member of the International Program Committee of ICINCO 2017, "14th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics", Madrid, Spain, 26-28 Jul., 2017.
Member of the International Program Committee of ICAT2E 2017, "International Conference on Advanced Technologies Enhancing Education", Qingdao, China, 18-20 Mar., 2017.
Member of the International Program Committee of COGNITIVE 2017, "9th International Conference on Advanced Cognitive Technologies and Applications", Athens, Greece, 19-23 Feb., 2017.
Member of the International Program Committee of ICISA 2017, "8th International Conference on Information Science and Applications", Macau, China, 20-23 Mar., 2017.
Member of the International Program Committee of MDCE 2017, "International Conference on Mechanical Design and Control Engineering", Shanghai, China, 15-17 Dec., 2017.
Member of the International Program Committee of EANN 2017, "18th International Conference on Engineering Applications of Neural Networks", Athens, Greece, 25-27 Aug., 2017.
Member of the International Program Committee of IAS 2017, "13th International Conference on Information Assurance and Security", Marrakech, Morocco, 11-13 Dec., 2017.
Member of the International Program Committee of IBICA 2017, "8th International Conference on Innovations in Bio-Inspired Computing and Applications", Marrakech, Morocco, 11-13 Dec., 2017.
Member of the International Program Committee of COGNITIVE 2018, "10th International Conference on Advanced Cognitive Technologies and Applications", Barcelona, Spain, 18-22 Feb., 2018.
Member of the International Program Committee of KES-IDT 2018, "10th KES International Conference on Intelligent Decision Technologies", Gold Coast, Australia, 20-22 Jun., 2018.
Member of the International Program Committee of AIAI 2018, "14th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations", Rhodes, Greece, 25-27 May, 2018.
Member of the International Program Committee of INISTA 2018, "2018 IEEE International Conference on Innovations in Intelligent Systems and Applications", Thessaloniki, Greece, 3-5 Jul., 2018.
Member of the International Program Committee of ICINCO 2018, "15th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics", Porto, Portugal, 29-31 Jul., 2018.
Member of the International Program Committee of ICANN 2018, "27th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks", Rhodes, Greece, 5-7 Oct., 2018.
Member of the International Program Committee of EANN 2018, "19th International Conference on Engineering Applications of Neural Networks", Bristol, United Kingdom, 3-5 Sep., 2018.
Member of the International Program Committee of ICISA 2018, "9th iCatse Conference on Information Science and Applications", Hong Kong, China, 25-27 Jun., 2018.
Member of the International Program Committee of COGNITIVE 2019, "11th International Conference on Advanced Cognitive Technologies and Applications", Venice, Italy, 5-9 May, 2019.
Member of the International Program Committee of KES-IDT 2019, "11th KES International Conference on Intelligent Decision Technologies", St Julian's, Malta, 17-19 Jun., 2019.
Member of the International Program Committee of IRC 2019, "3rd IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing", Naples, Italy, 25-27 Feb., 2019.
Member of the International Program Committee of EANN 2019, "20th International Conference on Engineering Applications of Neural Networks", Crete, Greece, 24-26 May, 2019.
Member of the International Program Committee of AIAI 2019, "15th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations", Crete, Greece, 24-26 May, 2019.
Member of the International Program Committee of CTDE 2019, "Special Session on Control Theory and Differential Equations", within the "16th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics", Prague, Czech Republic, 29-31 Jul., 2019.
Member of the International Program Committee of ICINCO 2019, "16th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics", Prague, Czech Republic, 29-31 Jul., 2019.
Member of the International Program Committee of INISTA 2019, "2019 IEEE International Symposium on Innovations in Intelligent Systems and Applications", Sofia, Bulgaria, 3-5 Jul., 2019.
Member of the International Program Committee of ICISA 2019, "10th International Conference on Information Science and Application", Seoul, Korea, 16-18 Dec., 2019.
Member of the International Program Committee of SOMMA 2019, "Symposium on Machine Learning and Metaheuristics Algorithms, and Applications", Kerala, India, 18-21 Dec., 2019.
Member of the International Program Committee of IAS 2019, "15th International Conference on Information Assurance and Security", Bhopal, India, 10-12 Dec., 2019.
Member of the International Program Committee of IBICA 2019, "10th International Conference on Innovations in Bio-Inspired Computing and Applications", Gunupur, India, 16-18 Dec., 2019.
Member of the International Program Committee of KES-IDT 2020, "12th KES International Conference on Intelligent Decision Technologies", Split, Croatia, 17-19 Jun., 2020.
Member of the International Program Committee of IRC 2020, "4th IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing", Taichung, Taiwan, 9-11 Mar., 2020.
Member of the International Program Committee of ICINCO 2020, "17th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics", Lieusaint-Paris, France, 7-9 Jul., 2020.
Member of the International Program Committee of COGNITIVE 2020, "12th International Conference on Advanced Cognitive Technologies and Applications ", Nice, France, 26-30 Jul., 2020.
Member of the International Program Committee of AIAI 2020, "16th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations", Halkidiki, Greece, 5-7 Jun., 2020.
Member of the International Program Committee of EANN 2020, "21st International Conference on Engineering Applications of Neural Networks", Halkidiki, Greece, 5-7 Jun., 2020.
Member of the International Program Committee of INISTA 2020, "2020 International Conference on Innovations in Intelligent Systems and Applications", Novi Sad, Serbia, 24-26 Aug., 2020.
Member of the International Program Committee of ICITCS 2020, "International Conference on IT Convergence and Security", Nha Trang, Vietnam, 16-18 Jun., 2020.
Member of the International Program Committee of MIKE 2020, "8th International Conference on Mining Intelligence and Knowledge Exploration", Thessaloniki, Greece, 9-11 Nov., 2020.
Member of the International Program Committee of INISTA 2020, "2020 International Conference on Innovations in Intelligent Systems and Applications", Novi Sad, Serbia, 24-26 Aug., 2020.
Member of the International Program Committee of RSVT 2020, "2nd International Conference on Robotics Systems and Vehicle Technology", Xiamen, China, 3-5 Dec., 2020.
Member of the International Program Committee of ICISA 2020, "11th International Conference on Information Science and Application", Bali, Indonesia, 16-18 Dec., 2020.
Member of the International Program Committee of SOMMA 2020, "2nd Symposium on Machine Learning and Metaheuristics Algorithms, and Applications", Chennai, India, 14-17 Oct., 2020.
Member of the International Program Committee of CTDE 2020, "Special Session on Control Theory and Differential Equations"', within the "17th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics", Lieusaint-Paris, France, 7-9 Jul., 2020.
Member of the International Program Committee of ICSCC 2020, "6th International Conference on Systems, Control and Communications", Chongqing, China, 4-6 Dec., 2020.
Member of the International Program Committee of IAS 2020, "16th International Conference on Information Assurance and Security", online virtual conference, 15-18 Dec., 2020.
Member of the International Program Committee of IBICA 2020, "11th International Conference on Innovations in Bio-Inspired Computing and Applications", online virtual conference, 16-18 Dec., 2020.
Member of the International Program Committee of ICINCO 2021, "18th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics", Virtual Conference, 6-8 Jul., 2021.
Member of the International Program Committee of ICAII 2021, "2nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Innovation", Chengdu, China, 9-11 Apr., 2021.
Member of the International Program Committee of COGNITIVE 2021, "13th International Conference on Advanced Cognitive Technologies and Applications", Porto, Portugal, 18-22 Apr., 2021.
Member of the International Program Committee of IWROV 2021, "International Workshop on Remote Operated Vehicle", Singapore, 19-21 Apr., 2021.
Member of the International Program Committee of CTISC 2021, "3rd International Conference on Advances in Computer Technology, Information Science and Communications", Shanghai, China, 23-25 Apr., 2021.
Member of the International Program Committee of ICITCS 2021, "9th International Conference on IT Convergence and Security", online virtual conference, 15-17 May, 2021.
Member of the International Program Committee of KES-IDT 2021, "13th KES International Conference on Intelligent Decision Technologies", Rome, Italy, 14-16 Jun., 2021.
Member of the International Program Committee of EANN 2021, "22nd International Conference on Engineering Applications of Neural Networks", Crete, Greece, 25-27 Jun., 2021.
Member of the International Program Committee of AIAI 2021, "17th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations", Crete, Greece, 25-27 Jun., 2021.
Member of the International Program Committee of IRC 2021, "5th IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing", Taichung, Taiwan, 15-17 Nov., 2021.
Member of the International Program Committee of ICISA 2021, "12th International Conference on Information Science and Application", Virtual Conference, 24-26 Nov. 2021.
Member of the International Program Committee of CTDE 2021, "Special Session on Control Theory and Differential Equations", within the "18th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics", Virtual Conference, 6-8 Jul., 2021.
Member of the International Program Committee of INISTA 2021, "2021 International Conference on Innovations in Intelligent Systems and Applications", Kocaeli, Turkey, 25-27 Aug., 2021.
Chair of conference sessions
Invited chair of the session "Computer networks" at the "53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control", Los Angeles, USA, 15-17 Dec., 2014.
Invited chair of the session "Distributed parameter systems II" at the "2016 American Control Conference", Boston, USA, 6-8 Jul., 2016.
Activity as reviewer
Since November 2014: reviewer for Mathematical Reviews.
Since January 2015: member of the Board of Referees of the journal "Scienze e Ricerche" of the Italian Book Association.
Reviewer for the following international journals:
Abstract and Applied Analysis,
Annals of Operations Research,
Automatica,
Computers and Operations Research,
Enterprise Information Systems,
European Journal of Control,
European Journal of Operational Research,
Future Generation Computer Systems,
IEEE Access,
IEEE Security and Privacy,
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control,
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering,
IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology,
IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems,
IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems,
IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks,
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology,
IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Information,
International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing,
International Journal of Communication Systems,
International Journal of Computers and Applications,
International Journal of Control,
International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control,
Internet Technology Letters,
Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing,
Journal of Control Science and Engineering,
Journal of Food Quality,
Journal of Marine Science and Technology,
Journal of Process Control,
Journal of Transport Geography,
Journal of Urban Technology,
Mathematical Problems in Engineering,
Multimedia Systems,
Networks,
Neural Networks,
Neural Processing Letters,
Neurocomputing,
Optimal Control Applications and Methods,
Optimization Letters,
SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization,
Soft Computing,
The Open Electrical and Electronic Engineering Journal,
Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies.
Reviewer for the following international conferences:
American Control Conference,
ELECTRIMACS Conference,
European Control Conference,
IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications,
IEEE Conference on Decision and Control,
IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems,
IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium,
IEEE International Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry,
IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems,
IEEE Multi-conference on Systems and Control,
IFAC International Conference on Intelligent Control and Automation Science,
IFAC Symposium on Control in Transportation Systems,
IFAC World Congress,
International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks,
International Conference on Computer Science and Application Engineering,
International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems,
International Joint Conference on Neural Networks,
International Symposium on Neural Networks,
Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation.
Roles and appointments within the National Research Council of Italy
Since April 2016: responsible of the activities of the "Complex systems laboratory" of the Institute of Intelligent Systems for Automation, then merged into the Institute of Marine Engineering, of the National Research Council of Italy. Various activities are carried out in the laboratory, such as numerical simulations for scientific research and dissemination, training of students and postdocs, development and testing of algorithms for funded research projects.
Since July 2018: representative within the engineering department of the project area Robotics and Control Systems for the Institute of Marine Engineering of the National Research Council of Italy.
Since July 2018: representative within the engineering department of the project area Future Internet for the Institute of Marine Engineering of the National Research Council of Italy.
Since November 2018: elected member of the Institute Board of the Institute of Marine Engineering of the National Research Council of Italy as representative of researchers and technologists.
Since January 2020: responsible of the ICT infrastructure of the Genoa operating unit of the Institute of Marine Engineering of the National Research Council of Italy.
Since January 2020: responsible of the Genoa operating unit of the Institute of Marine Engineering of the National Research Council of Italy.
Scientific evaluation boards
Since March 2017: scientific evaluator of research projects of the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, funds for sustainable growth, call "Horizon 2020 - PON 2014/2020".
Since March 2017: scientific evaluator of research projects of the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, funds for sustainable growth, call "Great Projects PON - Sustainable Industry".
From April 2017 to May 2017: scientific evaluator of research projects of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, call "Make Research in Italy: framework to attract and strengthen the research excellence in Italy", (FARE 2016).
Since August 2019: scientific evaluator of research projects of the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, funds for sustainable growth, call "Innovation agreement DM 24/5/2017".
Since January 2020: scientific evaluator of research projects of the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, funds for sustainable growth, call "Sustainable Industry FRI DM 02/08/2019".
Since May 2020: scientific evaluator of research projects of Piemonte Region, Italy, funded by the European Funds for Regional Development, call PASS.
December 2020: scientific evaluator of research projects funded by the Mathematical Center in Akademgorodok, Russia.
March 2021: scientific evaluator of research projects funded by the University of Genoa, Italy.
March 2021: scientific evaluator of research projects funded by the Fondazione di Sardegna, Italy.
Evaluation boards for post-graduate courses
April 2015: member of the examination committee of the Ph.D. course in Mathematical Engineering - School of Sciences and Technologies for Engineering of the University of Genoa.
April 2016: member of the examination committee of the Ph.D. course in Engineering Machines and Systems for Energy, Environment, and Transportation - School of Sciences and Technologies for Engineering of the University of Genoa.
April 2017: member of the examination committee of the Ph.D. course in Mathematical Engineering - School of Sciences and Technologies for Engineering of the University of Genoa.
Since July 2017: member of the Scientific Board of the Ph.D. program in Engineering of Models, Machines, and Systems for Energy, Environment, and Transportation of the University of Genoa.
Evaluation boards for undergraduate courses
2010-2013: member of the examination committee of the course "Operations Research 2" of the M.S. degree in Management Engineering of the University of Genoa.
2010-2017: member of the examination committee of the course "Operations Research" of the B.S. degree in Management Engineering of the University of Genoa.
2014-2019: member of the examination committee of the course "Operations Research" of the M.S. degree in Computer Engineering of the University of Genoa.
2014-2019: member of the examination committee of the course "Operations Research" of the M.S. degree in Safety Engineering and Transportation Systems of the University of Genoa.
2018-2019: member of the examination committee of the course "Optimisation Techniques" of the M.S. degree in Robotics Engineering of the University of Genoa and the European Master on Advanced Robotics (EMARO).
2016-2019: member of the examination committee for the B.S and M.S. degrees in Communication Engineering of the University of Genoa.
Evaluation boards for Researcher positions
2015: member of the examination committee for a Researcher position at the National Research Council of Italy.
2015: member of the examination committee for a Research Fellow position at the National Research Council of Italy.
2017: member of the examination committee for a Technician position at the National Research Council of Italy.
2021: member of the examination committee for a Research Fellow position at the National Research Council of Italy.
Other evaluation boards
2015: member of the jury of the "National Prize of Scientific Diffusion" of the Italian Book Association.
2015: member of the internal jury of the "2015 Prize for Innovation" of the National Research Council of Italy.
2016: member of the electoral commission for the elections of the scientific council of the Institute of Intelligent Systems for Automation of the National Research Council of Italy.
2016: member of the jury of the "National Prize of Academic Publishing" of the Italian Book Association.
Other
July 2017: delegate of the President of the National Research Council of Italy to participate at the ordinary and extraordinary shareholders meetings of the company TICASS s.c.r.l..
I presented the work [NC1] at the "XXXVIII Annual Conference of the Italian Operations Research Society", Genoa, Italy, 5-8 Sep., 2007.
I presented the works [NC2,NC3] at the "Annual Meeting SIDRA", Genoa, Italy, 10-12 Sep., 2007.
I presented the work [C3] at the "3rd International Workshop on Assessment and Future Directions of Nonlinear Model Predictive Control", Pavia, Italy, 5-9 Sep., 2008.
I presented the work [C5] at the "Annual Conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists", Lisbon, Portugal, 7-9 Jul., 2010.
I presented the work [C8] at the "1st Euro-Mediterranean Summit on New Technologies for Urban Security", Genoa, Italy, 20-21 May, 2011.
I presented the work [C11] at the "14th International Conference on Hyperbolic Problems: Theory, Numerics, Applications", Padua, Italy, 25-29 Jun., 2012.
I presented the work [C12] at the "4th IFAC Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Conference", Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, 23-27 Aug., 2012.
I presented the work [C15] at the "International Joint Conference on Neural Networks", Dallas, USA, 4-9 Aug., 2013.
I presented the works [C18] and [C19] at the "International Joint Conference on Neural Networks", Beijing, China, 6-11 Jul., 2014.
I presented the works [C20] and [C21] at the "53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control", Los Angeles, USA, 15-17 Dec., 2014.
I presented the work [C23] at the "15th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing", Ottawa, Canada, 11-13 May, 2015.
I presented the works [C26] and [C27] at the "2016 American Control Conference", Boston, USA, 6-8 Jul., 2016.
I presented the work [NC8] at the "International Conference on Optimization and Decision Science, XLIX Annual Conference of the Italian Operational Research Society (AIRO) 2019 ", Genoa, Italy, 4-7 Sep., 2019.
Other talks
July 2011: Invited speaker at the Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM), Bilbao, Spain, where I presented the work "Feedback optimal control of distributed parameter systems by using a finite-dimensional approximation scheme".
February 2012: Invited speaker at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Genoa, where I presented the works "Application of model predictive control for the management of intermodal container terminals" and "Optimal control for distributed parameter systems".
February 2014: Invited speaker at the workshop "People, Profit, Planet - For a sustainable maritime world", organized in Genoa by the RINA Group and the Maritime Museum of Genoa, where I presented the work "Modeling, control and optimization of logistics systems".
March 2014: Invited speaker at the laboratory Grenoble Images Parole Signal Automatique (GIPSA-lab), joint research unit of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and Universite de Grenoble, Grenoble, France, where I presented the work "Optimization in control".
October 2014: Invited speaker at the workshop "The work of the researcher", organized in Genoa, Italy, within the Festival della Scienza, where I presented my research activity.
September 2019: Speaker at the event "Festival della comunicazione 2019", organized in Camogli, Italy, where I presented the work "Optimization and robotics: from mathematics to technology".
