Resume
Academic Achievements
- IEEE Fellow (2012) for contributions to dynamic scheduling algorithms in real-time systems
- Received the IEEE TC on Real-Time Systems Outstanding Technical Contributions and Leadership Award (2013)
- Chair of IEEE Technical Committee on Real-Time Systems (2010–2012)
- Program Chair and General Chair of major international real-time computing conferences
- Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Real-Time Systems (Springer); Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics and ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems
- Authored 10 books and over 300 papers in real-time systems, robotics, and neural networks
- Recipient of 15 Best Paper Awards
Research Experience
- 1987–1988: Worked on active perception and real-time control at the GRASP Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania
- 1991–1998: Assistant Professor at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna; founded and directed the RETIS Laboratory, a world-leading group in real-time systems
- 1998–2005: Associate Professor at University of Pavia; directed the Robotics Laboratory in the Computer Science Department
- 2003: Co-founded Evidence s.r.l., a spin-off company providing software solutions for real-time embedded systems
- Led multiple industry-funded research projects with Leonardo S.p.A., Hitachi Rail S.p.A., Progress Rail, etc., focusing on AI applications in avionics, railways, and robotics