Dr Francesco Liberati, Associate Professor in Automatic Control, Department of Computer, Control and Management Engineering (DIAG) "Antonio Ruberti"
Settore scientifico disciplinare: ING-INF/04 AUTOMATICA.
Email: liberati@diag.uniroma1.it
Office: Room A213, DIAG Department, Via Ariosto 25, 00185, Rome.
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/francescoliberati/
Google Scholar: scholar.google.it/citations?hl=it&user=DNnZ1sQAAAAJ
CV: link
Biographic Information
Francesco Liberati was born in Rome in 1987. He is an Associate Professor in Automatic Control at the University of Rome "La Sapienza", Department of Computer, Control and Management Engineering (DIAG) "Antonio Ruberti". He obtained the PhD degree in Systems Engineering in 2015 from "La Sapienza" University.
From 2021 to 2024 he was an Assistant Professor (RTD-B) in Automatic Control at Sapienza University of Rome, DIAG Department.
In 2017 and 2018, he was a research project manager at "The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA)" of the European Commission, in Brussels, where he managed a portfolio of 20 large smart grids and smart cities research projects.
In 2015 and 2017 he was an Assistant Professor (RTD-A) in Automatic Control at the eCampus University.
He has carried out applied research in several European-funded projects, taking also project management roles as team leader and work package leader.
His current research interest include cyber-physical systems and control problems in smart grids, which involve the application of optimal control and artificial intelligence techniques. Also, he focuses on advanced automation in industrial plants.
Editorial Activities
Associate Editor of the journal "Advanced Control for Applications", edited by Wiley.
Editorial Board Member of the journal "Smart Cities", edited by mdpi.
News
The paper "A hybrid model predictive control-deep reinforcement learning algorithm with application to plug-in electric vehicles smart charging" has been accepted in Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks (SEGAN).
The paper "Fast Task Scheduling with Model Predictive Control Integrating a Priority-based Heuristic" has been accepted in IEEE Access.
The paper "Single Intersection MPC Traffic Signal Control in Presence of Automated Vehicles" has been accepted in IEEE Transactions on Control System Technologies. Link to pdf.