AUTOMATICA.IT 2025: AUTOMATICA.IT 2025
PROGRAM

Days: Wednesday, September 3rd Thursday, September 4th Friday, September 5th

Wednesday, September 3rd

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09:00-10:20 Session 1A: Control Theory I
Location: Aula A
09:00
A new Algorithm for Root Locus Construction (abstract)
09:10
Design method to control time-delayed motion systems with integral action (abstract)
09:20
Fault Detection in Partially Observed Petri Nets (POPN) (abstract)
09:30
monviso: A Python Package for Solving Monotone Variational Inequalities (abstract)
09:40
Robust Aperiodic Sampled-Data Washout Control for Uncertain Affine Systems (abstract)
09:50
Robust Bézier-based Trajectory Tracking (abstract)
10:00
Stabilization of Switched Affine Systems With Dwell-Time Constraint (abstract)
10:10
The Positive Real Characteristic Values of the Inverse Systems (abstract)
09:00-10:20 Session 1B: Robotics I
Location: Aula Magna
09:00
A Distributed Framework for Integrated Task Allocation and Safe Coordination in Networked Multi-robot Systems (abstract)
09:10
A Robotic System for Wiring Harness Manufacturing (abstract)
09:20
Automated Disassembly of Dress Zips Using LLM-Enhanced Collaborative Robots (abstract)
09:30
Geometric Disturbance Observer Based Control for Multirotors (abstract)
09:40
HCAI Robotics Research: a Bibliometric Analysis (abstract)
09:50
Quantifying the Perceived Sense of Control in Humamn-Robot Interaction by Exploiting the Hand Blink Reflex (abstract)
PRESENTER: Bernardo Brogi
10:00
Recent advances in max-plus algebra applications: modelling and control of a fish-robot shoal (abstract)
10:10
Solving Nonlinear MPC Problems in the Koopman Lifted Space: The Case Study of Mobile Robot Navigation in Cluttered Environments (abstract)
PRESENTER: Lorenzo Calogero
09:00-10:20 Session 1C: Optimization and MPC
Location: Aula D
09:00
Extended Abstract: Robust Decision-Making via Free Energy Minimization (DR-FREE) (abstract)
09:10
Integral control of the proximal gradient method for unbiased sparse optimization (abstract)
09:20
Learning the objective function of model predictive control from human preferences over pairwise system trajectories (abstract)
09:30
Measured-state conditioned recursive feasibility for stochastic model predictive control (abstract)
09:40
Multi-agent learning for distributed black-box optimization (abstract)
09:50
Recurrent neural network-based robust control systems with closed-loop regional incremental ISS and application to MPC design (abstract)
10:00
Thermal management optimization in battery electric vehicles using Hierarchical Nonlinear MPC and Machine Learning techniques (abstract)
10:10
Control of Multilevel Flying-Capacitor Converters Using Optimal Dynamic Programming Benchmark (abstract)
11:00-11:40 Session 2A: Modeling and Identification
Location: Aula D
11:00
A constrained optimization approach to system identification through simulation error minimization (abstract)
11:10
A First-Principle Model for Bacterial Cellulose-Based Ionic Sensors (abstract)
11:20
Extended Kalman Filter Informed Neural Network for discrete-time system identification and state reconstruction (abstract)
11:30
The Fast-Modeling Power-Oriented Graphs Procedure (abstract)
11:00-12:20 Session 2B: Vehicles
Location: Aula A
11:00
A comprehensive discrete-event model for optimal allocation and scheduling of electric bus charging (abstract)
PRESENTER: Lorenzo Farina
11:10
Autonomous Driving in Highway Scenarios through Sliding Mode Control and Quadratic Artificial Potential Fields (abstract)
11:20
Model-Structured Neural Networks for Road Friction-Aware Anti-Lock Braking Systems (abstract)
11:30
Advances in Resilient and Secure Control of Networked Multi-Vehicle Systems in Adversary Environments (abstract)
11:40
High-Performance Motorbike Lean Angle Estimation (abstract)
11:00-12:20 Session 2C: Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Control I
Location: Aula Magna
11:00
Adversarial Learning Attacks on Autoencoder-based models for Nonlinear Dynamical Systems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Marco Ledda
11:10
Data-Driven Forecasting for Maritime Safety: Oil spill and Wave Dynamics Prediction (abstract)
11:20
Self-Supervised Vision-Driven Trajectory Planning for Robotic Deburring (abstract)
11:30
Sensor Fault Detection in Bridge Monitoring Applications (abstract)
PRESENTER: Simone Felicioni
11:40
Centralized and Distributed Reinforcement Learning in System of Systems: Application to a Quadruple Tank Plant (abstract)
11:50
AUTOMATIC LABEL-FREE SYSTEM FOR CELL VIABILITY ON-A-CHIP (abstract)
11:40-12:30 Session 3: Control of Energy Systems
Location: Aula D
11:40
Control of Fusion Power Plants: from real-time data acquisition systems to advanced analysis and identification techniques (abstract)
11:50
Modeling and Control for Airborne Wind Energy Systems (abstract)
12:00
Experimental Setup and Validation of Model and Resonance Mitigation Controller for Floating Offshore Airborne Wind Energy Systems (abstract)
12:10
Optimal Power Smoothing of Airborne Wind Energy Systems via Pseudo-Spectral Methods and Multi-objective Analysis (abstract)
12:20
Predictive Maintenance in Marine Diesel Engines: Data-Driven Approaches (abstract)
14:00-15:20 Session 4A: Path Planning
Location: Aula Magna
14:00
A convex reformulation for speed planning of a vehicle under the travel time and energy consumption objectives (abstract)
14:10
A MATLAB App for Teaching Multi-Objective Speed Planning: Minimizing Time and Energy Consumption (abstract)
14:20
Decentralized Path Planning and Coordination for Multi-AGV Systems in Non-Standardized Automated Warehouses (abstract)
14:30
From Early to Late Apexes: Biasing the Driving Style of Online Time-Optimal Maneuver Planning (abstract)
14:40
Motion planning for autonomous agricultural robots in unstructured terrain (abstract)
14:50
Multi-Objective Optimization Approach for Multi-Vehicle Path Planning in Hybrid Layout (abstract)
15:00
Optimal Trajectory Planning for Drone Fleets in Complex Logistic Scenarios (abstract)
14:00-15:20 Session 4B: Dausy Pitch Session (1st year)
Location: Aula A
14:00
Modelling of Miniaturized Optical Gyros for next gen ADCS (abstract)
14:10
FATS-V: Fusion by Agreement with Trust Scaling and Verification for Robust RGB–IR Obstacle and Path Detection (abstract)
14:20
Removal of extracellular DNA for the optimization of production in closed systems. (abstract)
14:30
Distributed Stability-Guaranteed Reinforcement Learning-based Control for Microgrid Voltage Regulation (abstract)
14:40
Optimization Algorithms for Multiphase Pin-Point Lunar Landing Guidance (abstract)
PRESENTER: Carlo Barbara
14:50
Continuous-Time Priority-Based Search for Multi-AGV Coordination in Industrial Environments (abstract)
15:00
Machine Learning-Based Approaches for Attack Detection in IoT Networks (abstract)
PRESENTER: Muhammad Nouman
15:10
A Geometrically-informed Extention of STOMP for Effective Collition-free Motion Planning of Robotic Manipulators in Complex Environments (abstract)
14:00-15:20 Session 4C: CSS Chapter Session
Location: Aula D
14:00
Model Predictive Control for Energy Saving of Hybrid Trains in Catenary-Free Scenarios
14:07
Dynamics of popularity in social media:The Roles of Network Effects and Recommendation Systems
14:14
Learning-based control of the multi-agent shepherding problem
14:21
Learning-based control strategies for safe autonomous robot navigation in unknown environments
14:28
Modeling and Modal Control for Adaptive Optics of Ground-Based Telescopes
14:35
Controllo ottimizzato del bolo insulinico tramite Deep Reinforcement learning
14:42
A new combined approach for model class selection and parameters learning for nonlinear dynamical systems
14:49
Triggered Methods for Reduced Function Evaluation in Neural Network Controllers
14:56
Optimal control based maneuvering for virtua lvehicle prototypes
15:03
Modeling and control of an impacting electromagnetic actuator via hybrid Lyapunov techniques
14:00-17:00 Session 4D: Dausy Poster Session (2nd year)
Location: Poster Area
Comparative Analysis of Two LiDAR-Driven Methods for Autonomous Navigation in Orchard Rows (abstract)
A Multi-Robot Collaborative Framework accounting for Tasks Cost and Heterogeneity and approached via Proximal Policy Optimization. (abstract)
Closed-form SDRE Control for Second-Order Nonlinear Systems (abstract)
Advanced control strategies with applications to sustainable bioprocesses (abstract)
Thermal management of a school room via quadratic multi-objective optimization (abstract)
Learning-based Detection of Fault Type and Location in Electrical Distribution Networks (abstract)
Generalized Least Squares for Vehicle Traffic Estimation (abstract)
PRESENTER: Nadia Naz
Safety-driven motion planning and control of autonomous wheelchair (abstract)
Synchronization Model for Indoor Group Flights of DJI Tello Drones (abstract)
PRESENTER: Olha Pohudina
15:40-17:00 Session 5A: PRIN DOCEAT
Location: Aula Magna
15:40
Contact-Aware Multi-Rotors for Interaction Tasks - a PRIN-DOCEAT contribution (abstract)
15:50
Lyapunov-based avoidance controllers with stabilizing feedback - a PRIN-DOCEAT contribution (abstract)
16:00
Learning-based quadrotor tracking control using Recursive Gaussian Processes - a PRIN DOCEAT contribution (abstract)
16:10
A containerized distributed control architecture for heterogeneous swarm - a PRIN DOCEAT contribution (abstract)
16:20
Hybrid control strategies exploiting switches and state resets for improved closed-loop performances - a PRIN DOCEAT contribution (abstract)
16:30
Slope-Aware Actuated Landing for Small Quadrotors - a PRIN-DOCEAT contribution (abstract)
16:40
Cooperative Range-Only SLAM based on Kalman Filtering and Federated Information Sharing - a PRIN DOCEAT contribution (abstract)
15:40-16:10 Session 5C: Dausy Pitch Session (1st year)
Location: Aula A
15:40
Digital Twin for Wildfire Spreading: A New Hybrid Modeling Method Combining Continuous and Discrete Dynamics (abstract)
15:50
Fiber Sensor for Closed-Loop Control of ElectroFluidic Fiber Muscles (abstract)
16:00
Curvature-Based Grasp Planning for Electroadhesive Suction Cups (abstract)
16:10-17:00 Session 6: Applications
Location: Aula A
16:10
Control of Multi-Input DC-DC Converter based on Dynamic Input Allocation (abstract)
16:20
Distributed Reconstruction of Sensor Cyber-Attacks in Cyber-Physical Networks (abstract)
16:30
Economic Nonlinear MPC for Conflicting Control Objectives with Constructive Stability Guarantees: A Two-Fold Application Case Study (abstract)
PRESENTER: Lorenzo Calogero
16:40
Neural Model Predictive Control of Safety-Critical Biological Systems: an Application to Tumor-Immune Cancer Dynamics (abstract)
16:50
A Hierarchical Framework for the Management of Carpooling Using Autonomous Vehicles (abstract)
Thursday, September 4th

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09:00-10:20 Session 7A: Networked Systems
Location: Aula A
09:00
Average Consensus over Time-Varying Directed Graphs with Broadcast Communication (abstract)
09:10
Data Integrity in Networked Control Systems: Emerging Solutions (abstract)
09:20
Distributed Optimization of Macroscopic Probabilistic Models in Multi-Agent Systems (abstract)
09:30
d-TV-DBN: A Hierarchical and Distributed Architecture for Scalable Cyber-Physical Anomaly Detection with Bayesian Networks (abstract)
09:40
Optimal intervention in opinion dynamics on large-scale networks (abstract)
09:50
Stability of Paracontractive Open Multi-Agent Systems (abstract)
10:00
Optimal Wireless Control With Channel State Detection and Message Dropout Compensation (abstract)
10:10
Pairwise Synchronized Consensus in a class of decoupled Multi-Agent Systems (abstract)
09:00-10:30 Session 7B: Robotics II
Location: Aula Magna
09:00
Assistive Humanoid Robot Alter-Ego in Healthcare: The Cart-Pushing Task (abstract)
09:10
Enabling Hands-Free Augmented Reality with Robotic Manipulators (abstract)
09:20
Evaluating Human Potential to Control Multiple Degrees of Freedom via User-Defined Lower-Limbs Movements (abstract)
09:30
Human-Robot Augmentation: Review and Perspectives on Supernumerary Robotic Limbs (abstract)
09:40
Learning dynamically stable Ultra-Slow Gait in Quadruped Robots (abstract)
PRESENTER: Alessia Li Noce
09:50
Nested Continuous Sliding Mode Control of Field Robots (abstract)
10:00
Safety-Driven Multi-Layer Controller Design for Mobile Robot Navigation (abstract)
PRESENTER: Karameldeen Omer
10:10
Shared Control and Task Planning for Semi-Autonomous Robots in Agricultural Harvesting Tasks (abstract)
10:20
A Simulation Study of Mixed Trucks and Robots for Last Mile Delivery (abstract)
09:00-10:35 Session 7C: SMC Day Session
Location: Aula D
09:00
Stability and Sensitivity Analyses in Variable Admittance Control for pHRI with Virtual Fixtures (abstract)
09:10
On the Power of Modularity in Data-Driven Cognitive Architectures for Rich and Interpretable Human-Machine Interaction (abstract)
09:20
Autonomous Robot Safely Moving in a Crowded Human Populated Environment (abstract)
09:30
Safe Learning-based Automated Insulin Delivery for Personalized Type 1 Diabetes Treatment (abstract)
09:40
BCI-Based Shared Autonomy with the Alter-Ego Assistive Humanoid in Domestic Settings (abstract)
09:50
Online phase estimation of muldidimensional pseudo-periodic signals (abstract)
10:00
Towards Reliable And Accurate Myoelectric Interfaces For Human-In-The-Loop Control Of Robot Hands: On The Need For Minimally Supervised Machine Learning Approaches (abstract)
10:10
Virtual Coupling Train Following Control Using High Order Control Barrier Functions (abstract)
11:00-12:20 Session 8A: Control Theory II
Location: Aula A
11:00
A quadratic entropy algorithm for efficient online identification of LPV-ARX models using LS-SVM (abstract)
11:10
Innovation diffusion dynamics toward long-term behavioral shifts (abstract)
11:20
Learning Quasi-LPV Models and Robust Control Invariant Sets with Reduced Conservativeness (abstract)
11:30
Parameter identification for an uncertain reaction-diffusion equation via setpoint regulation (abstract)
11:40
Robust non-convex optimization with structured constraints: complexity bounds and guaranteed reliability level of the scenario solution (abstract)
11:50
Strict Lyapunov Functions for the Super-Twisting Consensus Algorithm (abstract)
12:00
Verification of trajectory-dependent opacity properties via fault diagnosis (abstract)
11:00-12:30 Session 8B: Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Control II
Location: Aula Magna
11:00
Exploring Counterfactual Data Augmentation for Offline Deep Reinforcement Learning in Visual Control (abstract)
PRESENTER: Raffaele Brilli
11:10
Active Illumination for Visual Ego-Motion Estimation in the Dark (abstract)
11:20
Data-Driven Distributed Aggregative Optimization via Deep-Learning Gradient Estimation (abstract)
11:30
Data-Driven Two-Phase Flow Control in Microchannel (abstract)
11:40
Decentralized Attack Detection and Localization for Finite State Machines (abstract)
11:50
Dynamical Systems Behavior Prediction: Machine Learning and Koopman Operator (abstract)
12:00
Robust Online Learning over Networks (abstract)
12:10
An Artificial Intelligence Approach to Manage Vehicles Motorway Entries in Congested Traffic (abstract)
12:20
A DRL Approach for Teleoperated Driving in 6G Network Digital Twin Framework (abstract)
11:00-12:30 Session 8C: Modeling and Control of Medical Systems
Location: Aula D
11:00
A modular model integrating metabolism, growth, and cell cycle (abstract)
11:10
A pharmacometric model for investigating multi-drug adaptive therapy protocols in gastric cancer digital twin patients (abstract)
11:20
Artificial Pancreas: challenges for safe and efficient glucose control (abstract)
11:30
Enhancing Pharmaceutical Batch Processes Monitoring with Predictive LSTM-based Framework (abstract)
11:40
Fractional Order Modeling and Control of Type 1 Diabetes with Genetic Algorithm Optimization (abstract)
11:50
Hybrid Modeling of the Insulin-Glucose System: Combining Linear and Data-Driven Models for Artificial Pancreas (abstract)
12:00
Optimized Feedforward Control for the Co-administration of Propofol and Remifentanil for Induction of Hypnosis in General Anesthesia (abstract)
12:10
Output-feedback long-term glucose control via physical activity management (abstract)
12:20
Towards Compartmentalized Recurrent Neural Networks for Modeling Glucose-Insulin Dynamics (abstract)
PRESENTER: Stefano De Carli
Friday, September 5th

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