LCA

Laboratory of Control and Automation

LCA

Lab full name
Control and Automation Lab
ERC 2nd Level Code
PE7 Systems and Communication Engineering
PE6 Computer Science and Informatics
PE8 Products and Processes Engineering
SH3 Environment, Space and Population
ERC 3rd level Code
PE7_1 Control engineering
PE7_3 Simulation engineering and modelling
PE7_8 Networks (communication networks, sensor networks, networks of robots, etc.)
PE6_7 Artificial intelligence, intelligent systems, multi agent systems
PE6_11 Machine learning statistical data processing and applications using signal processing
PE8_6 Energy processes engineering
SH3_8 Urban, regional and rural studies
Research Activities

The purpose of the laboratory is the study, enhancement and dissemination of scientific research carried out with several Italian and international partners, both private and public. 
Each year, the laboratory hosts foreign students and researchers, organizes seminars and conferences.
It hosts the spin-off  Automation in Logistics and Service Systems, s.r.l., a spin-off company founded in 2013 and supported by the Polytechnic of Bari.
Modeling, management and control of complex systems: manufacturing systems, Intelligent transportation systems, Connected Cooperative and Automated Mobility, modal and multi-modal logistics systems, transport of dangerous goods; management of electric mobility, Smart Cities and Smart building. 
Smartness and Decision Support Systems: Artificial Intelligence algorithms and applications of ICT skilled at predicting and solving upcoming situations and in different contexts (transportation, logistics, production, healthcare systems) with minimal or reduced human intervention, scheduling problems and planning, workflow management; models to maximize the effectiveness of technological products and processes, methods for the reduction of alternatives and choices.

Distributed optimization algorithms and consensus
Resource allocation in systems composed of heterogeneous agents, assignment problems in distributed networks with communication constraints, fault detection and identification of discrete event systems, consensus algorithms.

Methodologies:

  • Optimization, Simulation, Modelling
  • Models to maximize the effectiveness of technological products and processes
  • Artificial Intelligence, deep reinforcement learning and applications of ICT tools

People

  • Prof. Maria Pia Fanti, full professor, chair - ERC: PE7
  • Prof. Guido Maione, associate professor, ERC: PE7
  • Prof. Paolo Lino, associate professor, ERC: PE7
  • Dott. Agostino Mangini, associate professor, ERC: PE7
  • Michele Roccotelli, Researcher of type B, ERC: PE7
  • Maria Del Cacho, Researcher of type A, ERC: PE7
  • Ruotian Liu, Researcher of type A, ERC: PE7
  • Angelina Krendeleva, phd student
  • Prof. Walter Ukovich, contract
  • Gaetano Volpe, assegnista
  • Wasim Ali, assegnista
  • Giuseppe Olivieri, phd student
  • Esmaeil Abbasi Ahmad, phd student
  • Bartolomeo Silvestri, assegnista
  • Giuseppe Olivieri, phd student
  • Tian Qibai, phd student
  • Shu Zhang, phd student
  • Marco Colucci, phd student
  • Giuseppe Disimino, phd student
  • Giuseppe Mastandrea, phd student
  • Giuseppe Rana, phd student
Department
DEI
Contact Person
Maria Pia Fanti
mariapia.fanti@poliba.it
Technical Staff
Agostino Marcello Mangini
agostinomarcello.mangini@poliba.it
Companies and Institutions
New Jersey Institute Of Technology, Newark, Usa
Research Group Led By Prof. A. Giua From The University Of Cagliari
École Normal De Cachan, France
Laboratory Of Knowledge And Intelligent Computing, Artas, Greece
Intermodal Terminal Of Trieste - Fernetti S.P.A.
Municipality Of Bari
Autovie Venete, Insiel Fvg
Institute Of Communication And Computer Systems (ICCS), Greece
ABB Bv, Netherlands
Avesta Battery & Energy Engineering, Belgium
Robert Bosch Gmbh (Rb), Germany
Commissariat A L’energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives (CEA) France
Chargery Gmbh (Chargery), Germany
Centro Ricerche Fiat (CRF), Italy
European Road Transport Telematics Implementation Coordination Organisation - Intelligent Transport Systems & Services Europe (Ertico), Belgium
Grenoble-Alpes-Metropole Metro, France
Hubject Gmbh (Hubject), Germany
Consorzio Interuniversitario per L'ottimizzazione e La Ricerca Operativa, Italy
Idiada Automotive Technology, Spain
Mosaic Factor Sl, Spain
Route220 Srl, Italy
Universita Di Pisa, Italy
Volvo Personvagnar Ab, Sweden
Projects
1. EU H2020 “eCharge4Drivers, ‘Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure for improved User Experience”, 2020-2024
2. INEA CEF “FENIX, A European FEderated Network of Information eXchange in Logistics”, 2019-2022.
3. EU Adriatic-Ionian Programme INTERREG V-B “FUTURE 4.0 ManuFactUring educaTion and training governance model for IndUstry 4.0 in the Adriatic-Ionian aREa”, 2018-2019.
4. EU H2020 “ELVITEN, Electrified L-category Vehicles Integrated into Transport and Electricity Networks”, 2017-2020.
5. EU H2020 “AEOLIX, Architecture for EurOpean Logistics Information eXchange”, 2016-2019
6. EU H2020 “optiTruck, optimal fuel consumption with Predictive PowerTrain control and calibration for intelligent Truck”, 2016-2019
7. EU H2020 “NEMO, Hyper-Network for electroMobility”, 2016-2019
8. EU CIP-ICT-PSP-2013-7, COoperative loGISTICS for sustainable mobility of goods- CO-GISTICS. 2014- 2017.
9. Smart Cities and Communities and Social Innovation Pilot, “Applications post Directive 2010/65 in Italian port realities of the Suite MIELE to support the Authority to optimize the inteRoperability in the intermodAlity of city-port flows- ASMARA” 2014-
10. Horizon Europe “IN2CCAM, Enhancing Integration and Interoperability of CCAM eco-system”, 2022-2025
11. HORIZON-JU-SNS-2023 “6GTWIN, Integrating Network Digital Twinning into Future AI-based 6G Systems”, 2024-2027
12. HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-03 - CHORUS " Coordination of Heterogeneous Actors in Mixed Traffic within CCAM", 2025- 2028
Funding
1. EU H2020 “eCharge4Drivers, ‘euros 476.250,00
2. INEA CEF “FENIX, Euros 800.000,00
3. INTERREG V-B “FUTURE 4.0 Euros 95.985,00
4. EU H2020 “ELVITEN, Euros 495.037,50
5. EU H2020 “AEOLIX, 206.562,50
6. EU H2020 “optiTruck, Euros 184.375,00
7. EU H2020 “NEMO, Euros 66.562,50
8. EU CIP-ICT, CO-GISTICS. Euros 81.900,00
Facilities
n. 15 workstations equipped with PC and standard software
n. 3 multifunction color laser printer
Softwares
1. Rockwell Automation ARENA software
2. MATLAB and Simulink
3. FlexSim 6 licences stand alone and license server based, 40 seats
4. 10 Emulate3D Ultimate licenses
Services
1. Decision Support Systems
2. Applications for Estimation of Arrival Time
3. Booking services for charging electric cars
4. Platforms and web services
5. Serious games
Address / How to reach us
Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari Building Salvatore, 4° piano
Hours
8:30-18:00
Area (mq)
100
Link to external content
http://lca-projects.poliba.it/lca/index.html

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