D&C Lab

D&C LAB

D&C Lab

Lab full name
Decision and Control Laboratory
ERC 2nd Level Code
PE7 Systems and Communication Engineering
PE1 Mathematics
ERC 3rd level Code
PE7_1 Control engineering
PE1_19 Control theory and optimisation
Research Activities

The mission of the Decision and Control Laboratory (D&C Lab) is to conduct theoretical and applied research in the broad areas of systems, control, optimization, and decision-making.

Major objectives are the promotion of the results obtained in the field of the scientific research - achieved in collaboration with private and public partners - in a regional, national, and international context, and the advancement of technology transfer of these research results.

The main areas of interest for the research are the scientific disciplinary sector of “Systems and control engineering” (09/G1).

The laboratory is located inside the university campus in Bari.

 

Research and experimentation activities at D&C Lab are conducted in the following macro-areas:

* Management and control of complex systems

Advanced algorithms and ICT applications to predict and solve upcoming situations in various applicative contexts (energy, transport, production, health systems) with minimal or reduced human involvement

Decentralized and distributed control and optimization for large scale systems

Management, control, and optimization of complex systems

Decision support systems for planning and management of Intelligent Transportation Systems, road and rail-road traffic, dangerous freight transport

Management and optimization of smart environment and smart mobility

Design and governance of smart grids, smart cities, and smart communities

Sustainable mobility, multimodal, intermodal, and co-modal transportation

ICT for logistics, manufacturing, and healthcare systems

Modelling, simulation, optimization, and control of discrete event systems

Modelling and nonlinear control

 

* Modelling, control and optimization of industrial applications

Industry 4.0

Re-engineering and automation of manufacturing processes and systems

Coordination of agents and sensors networks

Fault detection and recovery

Logistics, production and distribution

Scheduling and planning, workflow management

Models for maximizing the effectiveness of technological products and processes

Methods for the reduction of alternatives, particularly in the case of large amount of choices

Supply and purchasing management

Best practices in manufacturing

 

* Management, control and optimization of energy systems

Strategic level: analysis and decision tools to support the urban policy maker in determining optimal action plans for long-term energy efficiency in the following areas: building and building grids sectors, public street lighting sector, and integrated management of urban energy systems

Operational level: solutions for the control and scheduling of the energy activities of smart energy users, optimal planning of the energy activities of a smart home, networks of smart homes, management of the optimal charging of electric vehicles

Department
DEI
Contact Person
Mariagrazia Dotoli
mariagrazia.dotoli@poliba.it
Technical Staff
Raffaele Carli
raffaele.carli@poliba.it
Companies and Institutions
Research group led by Professor Slim Hammadi (école Centrale of Lille, France) on modelling and control of co-modal transport systems, and control and operative management of manufacturing systems
Research group led by Professor Bart de Schutter (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands) on the topic of railway transport optimization
Research group led by Professor Sergio Grammatico (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands) on the topic of decision and control techniques for energy systems
Research group led by Professor Cristian Mahulea (University of Zaragoza, Spain) on the topic of discrete event systems
Research group led by Professor Lidia Żakowska (Cracow University of Technology, Poland) on the topic of transport optimization
Research group led by Professor Alexander Fay (Hamburg Helmut Schmidt University, Germany) in the area of factory automation
Research group led by Professor Marek Miskowicz (AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland) in the area of the control of manufacturing systems
Research group led by Professor Bengt Lennartson (Chalmers University, Sweden) on the topic of scheduling techniques for automated manufacturing systems
Research group led by Professor Prof. Samuel Jia (Tsinghua University, China) on the topic of discrete event systems
Research group led by Professor Alessandra Parisio (Manchester University, UK) on the topic of decision and control techniques for energy systems
Research group led by Professor Alessandro Giua (Aix-Marseille Université AMU, France) on the topic of discrete event systems
Research group led by Professor MengChu Zhou (New Jersey Institute of Technology of Newark, USA) on the topic of control and management of distributed production systems
Research group led by Professor Antoine Salvatore Tabbone (Université de Nancy, France)
Research group led by Professor Ryozo Ooka (University of Tokyo, Japan) on the topic of smart design and control of energy storage systems
Research group led by Professor Carla Seatzu (Cagliari University) in the context of management and optimization of intermodal terminals
Research group led by Professor Michela Robba (University of Genoa) on the topic of automation and optimization for sustainable transportation and energy systems
Innolab S.r.l., spin-off of Politecnico di Bari
Elettric80 S.p.A.
Masmec S.p.A.
IBM
E-distribuzione
Centro Ricerche Fiat S.C.p.A.
Banque Centrale du Luxembourg
TERA S.r.l. (Bari)
Retegas Bari S.p.A. (Bari)
SimNT S.r.l. (Bari)
Ferrovie del Sud Est e Servizi Automobilisti S.r.l.
GTS (General Transport Service) S.p.A. (Bari)
Planetek (Bari)
Macnil Gruppo Zucchetti in Bari
Nicola Veronico S.r.l. in Bari
Dream Project S.p.A. in Barletta (BAT)
Tangari S.r.l. in Corato (BA)
Divella S.p.A. in Rutigliano (BA)
Cannillo S.r.l. in Corato (BA)
Primadonna S.p.A. di Bitonto (BA)
OM Carrelli Elevatori S.p.A. in Modugno (BA)
Projects
SMILE (Smart Islands Energy System) funded by the Research and Innovation program of Horizon 2020
MAIA (Active infrastructure monitoring), funded by the Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research (MIUR)
PICO&PRO (integrated and connected processes for the industrial production evolution), funded by the Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research (MIUR)
RAFAEL (System for risk Analysis and Forecast for critical infrastructure in the ApenninEs dorsaL Regions), funded by the Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research (MIUR)
NOVAE (Networks, Buildings, Roads: New virtuous objectives for the Environment and Energy), funded by the Ministry for Education, University and Research (MIUR) and by the Ministry of the Economic Development
UCCSM (An Urban Control Center for monitoring the energetic flows of Apulian municipalities)
SEMINA (Advanced systems for Smart Mobility in Agile Urban Networks)
Funding
• Politecnico di Bari
• European Commission
• Ministry of the Economic Development
Elettric80 S.p.A.,
E-distribuzione
Masmec S.p.A.
GTS (General Transport Service) S.p.A
Banque Centrale du Luxembourg
Facilities
n. 6 workstations
Softwares
Matlab//Simulink
Siemens Plant Simulation
Services
Modeling, control systems for industrial applications and optimization
Management and control of complex systems, smart systems and smart cities
Smartness and decision support systems
Modeling and non-linear control
Distributed optimization and consensus algorithms.
StakeHolder
Graduate
Organizations and Enterprise
Ph.D. Student
Professor
Researcher
Student
Address / How to reach us
Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, via Orabona n. 4, 70125 BARI Ex-Architecture building - 3rd floor - room 3.3
Hours
by appointment from Monday to Friday from 9.00 to 13.00 and from 15.00 to 18.00
Area (mq)
54
Link to external content
http://dclab.poliba.it

Departments

DEI : Department of Electrical and Information Engineering
DARCOD : Department of Architecture, Construction and Design
DICATECH : Department of Civil, Environmental, Land, Building Engineering and Chemistry
DIF : Department of Physics "Michelangelo Merlin"
DMMM : Department of Mechanics, Mathematics and Management

Erc Classification