Adriano Fagiolini is an Associate Professor at the University of Palermo, Italy. He earned his M.S. in Computer Science Engineering in 2004 and his Ph.D. in Robotics and Automation in 2009 from the University of Pisa. Over the years, he has held Visiting Researcher positions at institutions such as Université de Lorraine (France, 2019), the University of the South Pacific (Fiji, 2017 and 2018), and the University of California at Riverside (USA, 2015 and 2017).
He took part in the prestigious Summer Student Programme at CERN, Geneva, in 2002 and later pursued the International Curriculum in Hybrid Control for Complex and Distributed Systems during his doctoral studies. In 2008, he led the University of Pisa team to a remarkable second-place finish at the European Space Agency's Lunar Robotics Challenge. His received the IEEE ICRA Best Manipulation Paper Award in 2005.
Since 2018, Adriano has been an Associate Editor for the IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L) and, more recently, for the Robotics Reports Journal by Mary Ann Liebert (since 2023). He has contributed to global robotics advancements as a program committee member for flagship conferences like IEEE ICRA and IEEE/RSJ IROS (since 2017) and as a member of the IFAC Technical Committee on Control and Education (since 2020). As of November 2024, he serves as the Program Coordinator for the Bachelor's and Master's Degree Programs in Automation and Systems Engineering at the University of Palermo.
Adriano has been teaching courses such as Automatic Control, Foundations of Robotics, and Mobile & Distributed Robotics since 2012. His research spans cutting-edge topics like soft robotics, machine learning in robotics, self-driving racecars, distributed consensus algorithms for Boolean data, and advanced clustering and estimation methods.
She was born in Bor, Serbia in 1993. She received her Dipl. Ing. at the School of Electrical Engineering (ETF), University of Belgrade in 2016. During the internship in Military Technical Institute in Belgrade she did graduation thesis, titled Autopilot design for the self-guided short-range air-to-surface missile under the supervision of prof. dr Stevica Graovac. She did the internship in Robert Bosch GmbH in Renningen, Germany in summer 2016 in the field of testing procedures for the electrical drives. The following year (2017) she got the M.Sc. degree. Her master thesis under the title Analysis of low power DC motors vibration signals using wavelet analysis was done during the internship in Robert Bosch GmbH in Buehl, Germany under the supervision of prof. dr Željko Đurović and dipl. phys. Rüdiger Ruddies. In 2016 she got CLAD certificate (Certified LabVIEW Associate Developer) from National Instruments. Currently she is enrolled in joint PhD studies in University of Palermo and University of Belgrade in the field of robotics and control, supervised by prof. dr Adriano Fagiolini and prof. dr Kosta Jovanović.
Dr. Sheikh Izzal Azid is a Lecturer in Engineering at Murdoch University. His research interests include Aerial and Underwater Robotics, Linear and Nonlinear Controls, Robust Controls, Sensor-less Controls, Unknown Disturbance/State Observers, and Autonomous Systems. Azid has also been the recipient of the IEEE Young Humanitarian Award in 2015 where he was ranked in Top 20 in the world. His Ph.D. study was in the area of Robust Controls and Aerial Robotics from the University of the South Pacific in collaboration with the University of Palermo, Italy. He attained his MSc in Engineering in Automation and Intelligent Systems. Azid is a recipient of the Erasmus+ staff exchange program and he was attached to the Technical University of Sofia and the University of Palermo. Azid has also worked as a consultant for several European Projects on Science, Technology, and Innovation in the Pacific of about 4.4 million Euros.
He received the M.S. degree in aerospace engineering, in 2018, and his PhD in Information and Communication Technology, in 2023, from the University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. His research interests focus on the development of control and estimation systems for self-driving vehicles and UAVs.
He received his M.S. degree in Automation and Control Engineering in 2019 from Damascus University in Syria. He is now pursuing his Ph.D. in the DRIM program (a national interest program in Robotics and Intelligent Machines), focusing on healthcare and wellness research. His interests include Robotics, AI algorithms, Data Science, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Optimization, and Control Systems.
In 2018, he obtained his M.Sc. degree in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Biskra in Algeria. He enrolled at the University of Genova as a Ph.D. student in the D.R.I.M program (National Doctoral School in Robotics and Intelligent Machines for Healthcare and Wellness). Currently, he is conducting his Ph.D. research at the University of Palermo, working on his project titled "Social Robot Assistant for Intelligent Health Care," supervised by Prof. Dr. Antonio Chella and Prof. Dr. Adriano Fagiolini. His primary research interests include Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, focusing on Computer Vision, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Social Robotics, Human-Robot Interaction, Robot Control and Motion Planning, and Cloud Robotics.
PhD and BSc UNIPA & MSc POLIMI
From Sicily.
Constrained Optimization, Machine Learning, Analysis and Control of Nonlinear Systems; Robust Control, Adaptive Control, Networked Control. Electrical Machines. Mathematical Modeling, Mathematics.
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PhD and BSc UNIPA & MSc POLIMI
In 2019, he obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Cybernetic Engineering, Mechatronics branch, from the University of Palermo. Subsequently, in 2024, he earned his Master’s degree in Robotics and Automation Engineering from the University of Pisa. He is currently conducting his Ph.D. research at the University of Palermo under the supervision of Prof. Adriano Fagiolini.
He received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering in 2024 from University of Palermo, Italy; during the same year he became the first postgraduate research scholarship recipient at MIRPALab. His interests mainly focus on research and development in mechanical, electronic and robotic fields. He has recently been involved in the design and construction of a 4-legged terrestrial robot.
He received his Bachelor of Science in Cybernetic Engineering - Mechatronic branch - in 2023 from University of Palermo, Italy; the same year he became a Master's Degree student in Cyber-physical Systems Engineering. In 2024 he became a research scholarship recipient at MIRPALab. Student and passionate in control theory, mechanics and electronics, his focus is mostly towards R&D in robotics.
He currently works at the Faculty of Science Technology and Environment, University of the South Pacific, Fiji Islands. Hiye does research in Electrical Engineering and Electronic Engineering. Their most recent publication is "Design of a Fractional Order PI (FOPI) for the Speed Control of a High-Performance Electrical Drive with an Induction Motor".
He received his PhD in Information Engineering at the University of Pisa at the Research Center "E. Piaggio". He received his Bachelor Degree in Physics in 2013 from the University of Cagliari and his Master's Degree in Physics (Fundamental Interactions) in 2016 from the University of Pisa. His research is in mobile robotics. He is working on observers of for hybris systems and has joined in the Italian Roborace Team. His research interests include applications of Machine Learning to robotics, action recognition, and model identification.
He earned his Master’s Degree in Automation Engineering in 2012 and a Ph.D. in Automation Engineering in 2015 from the University of Palermo. In 2015, he joined the University of California, Riverside, as a Visiting Scholar, focusing on analyzing structural properties of Cyber–Physical Systems and developing optimal strategies for network attack detection. In 2014, he was part of the team that received the IEEE Best Research Team Award at the International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies. His research explores cutting-edge topics such as mathematical modeling for real-time embedded control systems, the design and implementation of photovoltaic monitoring systems, and experimental setups for real-world photovoltaic plants.