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Luigi Glielmo (LG) holds a Master in Electronic Engineering (5-year “laurea”) degree in Electronic Engineering and a research doctorate in Automatic Control, from University of Naples Federico II, where subsequently he returned to teach after also having taught at University of Palermo.

After more than 20 years at University of Sannio (Unisannio) in Benevento, where he has been Head of the Department of Engineering (2001–2007), Rector’s Delegate for Disabled Students (2002–2007), Rector’s Delegate for Technology Transfer (2009–2019), Coordinator of the PhD program in Information Engineering (2009–2016) and then in Information Technologies for Engineering (2013–2021) and established GRACE, the Group for Research on Automatic Control Engineering, he is now back to Università di Napoli Federico II.  He pursued active research over the years on a variety of topics: singular perturbation methods, model predictive control methods, automotive controls, deep brain stimulation modeling and control, smart-grid control, satellite autonomy, modelling of protein transport in eukariotic cells, Boolean control networks. He has co-authored more than 200 papers published in international journals or international conference proceedings, co-edited two books, and holds two patents. A senior member of IEEE and member of SIAM, he is currently vice-chair of the Conference Board of IFAC, the International Federation of Automatic Control.

International Conferences

• European Control Conference, Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 12–15, 2020; member of the editorial board

• European Control Conference, Naples-Italy, June 25–28, 2019; General Co-Chair

• Automatica.it 2012, Annual meeting of the Italian researchers and professors of Automatic Control, September 12–14, 2012, Benevento; Chair

• IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) 18th World Congress, August 20– September 2, 2011, Milan; Panel on: “The Impact of Control Technology: Overview, Success Stories, and Research Challenges”, Invited panelist

• IEEE Control Systems Society Workshop on the Future of Control in Transportation Systems, May 27–29, 2010, Benevento, with IEEE CSS Outreach support; Chair

• International Workshop on the Impact of Control: Past, Present and Future, October 18– 20, 2009, Berchtesgaden, Germany; Invited speaker and chair of the Automotive working group

• IEEE Multi-conference on Systems and Control, September 3–5, 2008, San Antonio, TX, Invited session chair

• IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) Symposium on Advances on Automotive Control, April 19–23, 2004, Salerno, Italy, General Co-Chair

• IEEE/ASME Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, July 8–11, 2001, Como, Italy: 

  • Workshop and Tutorial Chair

  • Organizer of the tutorial session on “Mechatronics Realizations in Hybrid Electric Vehicle”

• International Workshop on Robust Control via Variable Structure & Lyapunov Techniques, technically co-sponsored by IEEE Control Systems Society, September 7–9, 1994, Benevento, Italy, General Co-Chair.

Archival Journals

• IEEE Control Systems Letters; Associate editor 2017–present

• IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control; Associate editor 2002–2006 

• Dynamics and Control, Kluwer, Associate editor 1999–2002

Reference Works

• Encyclopedia of Systems and Control, Springer-Verlag; Associate editor for the Automotive controls section, 1st edition in 2015, 2nd edition in 2020.

Professional Bodies

• Conference Board of IFAC, International Federation of Automatic Control; Board Member 2020–2023

• SIDRA, Società Italiana Docenti e Ricercatori di Automatica: Board Member (2007–2012)

• IEEE Control Systems Society Technical Committee on Automotive Controls; Chair (2001–2004), having proposed the constitution thereof in 2000.

Academic management

• Chair of the national committee on scientific habilitation in Automatica (2016-2018)

• Coordinator of the PhD program on Information Technologies for Engineering (2013– 2021)

• Rector’s Delegate for Technology Transfer (2013–2019)

• Vice-Chair of the university committee in charge of writing the statute (2011) 

• Rector’s Delegate for Technology Transfer and Research Evaluation (2009–2013) Coordinator of the PhD program on Information Engineering (2009–2016)

• Rector’s Delegate for Disabled Students (2003–2007)

• (First) Head of the Department of Engineering of University del Sannio (2001-2007)

Principal Investigator (PI):

• Research projects with various automotive companies such as Magneti Marelli Powertrain Division, Centro Ricerche FIAT, ELASIS, FMA, Centro Sviluppo Materiali SpA.

• Research programs funded by the Italian Ministry of Research

Local PI:

• HAEOLUS, Hydrogen-Aeolic Energy with Optimised eLectrolysers Upstream of Substation, FCH JU (Fuel Cells and Hydrogen – Joint Undertaking) H2020 EU project (Ongoing)

• AFarCloud, Aggregate Farming in the Cloud, ECSEL JU H2020 EU project (Completed)

• ICT based Intelligent management of Integrated RES for the Smart Grid optimal operation - I3RES, FP7 European project, 2012–2015

• Sustainable-Smart Grid Open System for the Aggregated Control, Monitoring and Management of Energy, e-Gotham, Artemis European project, 2012–2015