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Positions

2024–present

Senior Researcher

Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IDSIA) USI-SUPSI, Lugano, Switzerland

Research at the intersection of automatic control, machine learning, and dynamical systems theory. Led initiatives in meta-learning and foundation models for dynamical systems.

Teaching courses related to Data Science and Probability.

2018–2024

Researcher

Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IDSIA) USI-SUPSI, Lugano, Switzerland

Contributed to research, teaching, and project activities closely aligned with current role.

2017–2018

Software Engineer

SMS Spinnler Fleury AG, Balerna, Switzerland

Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) software development in IEC 61131-3, Python scripting, HMI development in LabVIEW, and customer support for industrial micro-assembly machines.

2015–2017

Control Engineering Consultant

Whirlpool EMEA, Biandronno (VA), Italy

Contributed to R&D activities within Whirlpool's Advanced Development group. Involved in temperature estimation algorithms, modeling of power converters, and HIL software platform implementation.

2014–2015

Postdoctoral Researcher

Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France

Conducted research in collaboration with the CEA Institute of Grenoble on novel control architectures for phase-locked loop circuits applied to wireless telecommunications.

Education

2010–2014

PhD in Systems and Control

Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Thesis: Batch-to-batch learning for model-based control of process systems with application to cooling crystallization.

2007–2009

MSc in Computer Engineering

Università degli Studi di Pavia

Graduated with 110/110 cum laude. Thesis: Artificial Pancreas: black-box identification of the glucose-insulin metabolisms.

2004–2007

BSc in Computer Engineering

Università degli Studi di Pavia

Graduated with 110/110 cum laude. Thesis: Design, realization and control of a laboratory-scale gantry crane.