Francesco Ticozzi. Born in Venice on May 3rd, 1978. Married.
Nationality: Italian. Languages: Italian, English.

EDUCATION

• January, 2007 Dottorato (PhD) in Automatic Control and Operations Research, Department of Information Engineering, Universita` di Padova. Thesis:“Robustness issues in Quantum Control: A System Theoretic Approach”. Advisors: Prof. A. Ferrante, Prof. M. Pavon.
• February, 2003 Laurea Degree in Management Engineering, Universita`
di Padova. Thesis:“Problemi di Robustezza nel Controllo di Sistemi Quantistici”(Robustness Problems in Quantum Systems Control, in Italian). supervisors: Prof. A. Ferrante, Prof. M. Pavon.

EXPERIENCE

• January 2018 - present Associate Professor at the Department of Information Engineering, Universita` di Padova.
• July 2011 - present Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College, Hanover (NH), USA.
• November, 2007 - December, 2017 Assistant Professor (Ricercatore) at the Department of Information Engineering, Universita` di Padova.

GRANTS AND AWARDS

• 2015-2016 “New challenges in reciprocal processes, Schroedinger bridges, optimal transport and their respective geometries with applications to control engineering problems for classical and quantum systems.” – research grant, Universita` di Padova.
• 2009-2011 Leader of the Control Theory Unit in the strategic research project: “QuantumFuture: Communication at the Quantum Limit”. Universita` di Padova (1.4M Euro).
• 2009-2010 Principal investigator for the CPDA080209/08 research grant: “Schroedinger Bridges for Quantum Channels: A New Approach to Information Encoding and Control Design”. Universita` di Padova.
• 2008-2010 Proposer of “QUINTET: A strategic project on Quantum Information Engineering @ DEI”, Department of Information Engineering, Universita` di Padova.
• 2007 C. Offelli Award for best young researchers in the Department of Information Engineering, Universita` di Padova.
• January, 2006 Foundation A. Gini scholarship to support a ten months research period at Dartmouth College, Hanover (NH).


TEACHING

• 2018 “Signals and Systems”, Mechanics and Mechatronics Engineering B.S. programs, Universit`a di Padova, Department of Management and Engineering.
• 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018 “Advanced Topics in Control” Automation Engineering M.S. programs, Universit`a di Padova, Department of Information Engineering.
• 2016, “Quantum Statistical Dynamics and Control”, PhD Schools in Information Engineering and Computational Mathematics, Universit`a di Padova, Department of Information Engineering.
• 2012 and 2013 “Digital control systems”, Automation Engineering M.S. program, Universita` di Padova, Department of Information Engineering.
• 2009 and 2010 “Control Laboratory I ”, Automation Engineering B.S. and M.S. programs, Universita` di Padova, Department of Information Engineering.
• 2009 and June 2010 “Topics in Quantum Information”,PhD Schools in Information Engineering and Computational Mathematics, Universita` di Padova, Department of Information Engineering.
• 2003 “Introduction to Quantum Control and Computation”, Ph.D. program in “Automatic Control and Operation Resarch”, Universita` di Padova, Department of Information Engineering.

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