Research Coordination

1984 – 1989, Coordinator of a research group on digital control and discrete time systems at the University of l'Aquila in the framework of the national project “ Teoria del Controllo ” supported by the Ministerium of Research

1987 - 1991, Co-responsable, with D. Normand-Cyrot, of an European Network on Digital Control.

- coordinator of national projects in System and Control Theory, supported by the italian Ministerium of University and Scientific and Tecnological Research – MURST, in 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997;

- projects on “Spacecraft Control ” supported by the Italian Space Agency – ASI – for the development of fundamental research in space, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2002;
- “ Orbital Control ” a coordinated project at the University of Rome 'La Sapienza' supported by the MURST, 1992 to present ;
- co-responsible of European Networks on Hybrid Systems in1998

Member of the International Program Committee of several international Conferences. Chairman of the Organizing Commettee of the First IFAC Symposium on “ Nonlinear Control Systems Design ” (Capri, 1989). Chairman and organizer of sessions on nonlinear control, digital systems and applications in International Conferences.

1991 - 1997, Member of the Executive Council of the European Control Community Association (E.U.C.A.).

1990 - 1994, Member of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Space Agency (A.S.I.) representing the scientific community of researchers in the areas of “ Automatica ” and “ Informatica ”.

INITIATIVES IN THE AREA OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

The transfert of the control and system methodologies to applicative sectors as industrial automation and space technologies inspired, from the eighties, some initiatives :
- the constitution of SIMUTEL, a consortium between the university of l'Aquila and private societies in the field of Automation, where he served as President from 1988 to 1994 ;
- the participation to the settlement of the « Technological Park » of the University of L’Aquila, as member, from 1993 to 1994, of the the Executive Council of CERSFA a consortium in the field of Integrated Manifacturing ;
- the settlement a Laboratory of System and Control at The Department of Informatica e Sistemistica and the development of Projects with industries operating in space technologies which brought to the realization of SACS – Satellite Attitude Control Simulator – an experimental platform for attitude control patented by the Italian Space Agency ;
- the Membership of the International Mars Exploration Working Group from 1993 to 1996.

Major positions occuped in the framework of technological transfert are :
- Chairman and Member of the Executive Councils of the overmentioned consortia – SIMUTEL from 1988 to 1994, CERSFA from 1993 to 1994, respectively.
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Space Agency - ASI, from 1989 to 1994, representing the scientific communities of the information technology area ;
- Member of the Technological Committee of ASI, from 1996 to 1999 ;
- Member of the Working Group on the evaluation of ASI, from 2000 to 2001.

Other activities:

- Scientific advisor, in 1995, to the Director of the Joint Research Center – JRC -, the international research center of the European Union ;
- Member of the Commissions for the evaluation of national projects for the italian participation to the International Space Station in 1999 and 2000 ;
- Chairman of the Commission for the Certification of the italian "Standard Space Platform" for small space missions - MITA « Minisatellite Italiano a Tecnologia Avanzata », from 1999 to 2000 ;
- Member, from 1991 to 1996, of CEI – Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano.