Systems and control

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PEOPLE

The Systems and Control area of DEIB counts more than 50 faculty staff members (full professors, associate professors, assistant professors) and more than 200 temporary researchers, including PhD students, post-docs and research collaborators.


RESEARCH

Systems and Control area is devoted to teaching and research in various fields related to control system science and engineering, industrial automation, robotics, systems theory, environmental systems, ecology, and operations research. Despite the rich variety of topics, both theoretical and application-oriented, a unifying system level viewpoint is generally adopted, which enables the analysis, the management, and the design of complex systems, through the powerful theoretical tools of mathematical modeling.


FUNDINGS

The members of the Systems and Control research area are engaged in numerous national and international research projects.

Number of projects and contract (2023-2024): 124
Funding (2023-2024): about 9 million euros


PhD

The PhD program in Information Technology (IT) is organized within the Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria (DEIB) and offers the opportunity to develop a PhD thesis in the research areas of Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics, Systems and Control, Telecommunications. Systems and Control research area is devoted to teaching and research in various fields related to control system science and engineering, industrial automation, robotics, systems theory, environmental systems, ecology, and operations research.

PhD at glance:
94 PhD candidates
86,4 publications (average of the last 5 years)
18 external scholarships


CHALLENGES / COMPETITIONS

The Control Systems research line participates in international competitions with prototypes developed in the laboratory, including:
IAC Indianapolis 
Roborace
A2RL


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