Alessandro Beghi received the Laurea degree cum laude in Electrical Engineering in 1989 and the Ph.D. degree in Control Systems Engineering in 1993, both from the University of Padova, Italy. In 1994 he joined the Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Italy, where he is currently a Full Professor of Control Systems Engineering.

He held visiting positions at universities and international research centers both in Europe and in the USA. His research interests include stochastic modelling and control, filtering and identification, model reduction, fault detection and isolation, and their applications.

He has worked on a wide range of control applications, from control of fusion devices, guidance algorithms for virtual vehicles, to control of HVAC&R systems, Adaptive Optics systems, and semiconductor manufacturing processes.

He has been responsible of research projects funded by the European Union, the Italian Ministry for Instruction and Research, the University of Padova. He has been responsible of research activities with national and international companies, among which, Electrolux, Emerson Network Power, Infineon, Aprilia Racing, Ducati Corse. He is co-inventor of 7 Patents on the use of advanced control techniques in different applications fields.

He is the member of the Board and scientific advisor of the Regional Cluster IMPROVENET “ICT for Manufacturing Processes Veneto Network”.

He is the author of more than 200 publications in journals, books, and conference proceedings.

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