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AUGUSTO FERRANTE

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Position

Professore Ordinario

Address

VIA G. GRADENIGO, 6/B - PADOVA

Telephone

049/8277681

PERSONAL INFORMATIONBorn in Piove di Sacco (PD) on August 5, 1967. Married.Foreign languages spoken: English (good knowledge), Spanish (basic knowledge).Website with full curriculum: http://www.dei.unipd.it/~augusto/EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONSJuly 18, 1991: Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering, specializing in "Systems and Control," with a score of 110/110 cum laude, at the University of Padua.October 27, 1995: PhD in Systems Engineering at the University of Padua.ACADEMIC EXPERIENCENovember 1991 - February 1995: PhD student at the Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Padua.September 1994 - June 1995: Adjunct professor at the DIEGM, University of Udine.July 1995 - October 1998: Researcher at the DIEGM, University of Udine.November 1998 - October 2001: Associate Professor at the DEI, Politecnico di Milano.November 2001 - February 2006: Associate Professor at the Department of Information Engineering, University of Padua.March 2006 - now: Full Professor at the Department of Information Engineering, University of Padua.RESEARCH ACTIVITIESAugusto Ferrante's scientific interests lie in the areas of systems and control theory and estimation. In these fields, he has published over 160 scientific papers in leading journals and proceedings of the most prestigious conferences in the field of Automation.DOCTORAL STUDENTSA. Ferrante has been the advisor for the following doctoral students:Alessandro Abate: https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/people/alessandro.abate/Francesco Ticozzi: http://www.dei.unipd.it/~ticozzi/Federico RamponiMattia ZorziChiara MasieroValentina CicconeDaniele AlpagoLucia FalconiCONFERENCESA. Ferrante has participated in numerous conferences in the field of automation. He has organized and chaired numerous invited sessions at international conferences. He has been an Associate Editor for many editions of the "Med. Contr. Conf."He was one of the organizers of the following international conferences:"ERNSI07" (http://control.dei.unipd.it/ERNSI07/index.htm)"International Conference on Modeling, Estimation and Control" (http://www.dei.unipd.it/~chiuso/ICMEC/index.htm)"MTNS'98".RESEARCH PROJECTS (GRANTS)Since 1992, A. Ferrante has been actively involved in research projects funded by the Ministry of University and Scientific Research, universities, and the European Community.The following is a list of some of the competitive research projects he has participated in over the past few years: University project "A Unifying Framework for Spectral Estimation and Matrix Completion: A New Paradigm for Identification, Estimation, and Signal Processing," coordinated by A. Ferrante and funded by the University of Padua for the years 2012-2013. PRIN project "New Algorithms and Applications of Adaptive Identification and Control," coordinated by Prof. G. Picci and co-financed by the MIUR for the years 2010-2011. Strategic University project "Quantum-Future," coordinated by Prof. P. Villoresi and funded by the University of Padua with €1,400,000 for the years 2010-2012.TEACHING ACTIVITIESFrom 1991 to 1998: During this period, Augusto Ferrante taught various courses at the University of Padua, the University of Udine, and the University of California at Davis.From 1998 onwards, he has taught an average of two courses per year in various disciplines of automation.

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Dom--:----:--Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione (DEI) Edificio DEI/A, v. Gradenigo, 6/B, terzo pianoPer appuntamento da prendere scrivendo a: augusto@dei.unipd.it

Teachings

  • FUNDAMENTALS OF CONTROL THEORY, AA 2025 (IN10103342)

  • FUNDAMENTALS OF CONTROL THEORY, AA 2024 (IN10103342)