Associate Professor (L. 240)
Department of Electronics and Telecommunications (DET)
- Member of Interdepartmental Center PIC4SeR - PoliTO Interdepartmental Centre for Service Robotics
Profile
Research interests
Biography
Alessandro Rizzo received the Laurea degree (summa cum laude) in computer engineering and the Ph.D. degree in automation and electronics engineering from the University of Catania, Italy, in 1996, and 2000, respectively. In 1998, he worked as EURATOM Research Fellow at JET Joint Undertaking, Abingdon, U.K., researching on sensor validation and fault diagnosis for nuclear fusion experiments. In 2000 and 2001, he worked as Research Consultant to ST Microelectronics, Catania Site, Italy, and as Industry Professor of Robotics at the University of Messina, Italy. From 2002 to 2015 he was a tenured Assistant Professor at Politecnico di Bari, Italy, where he conducted and supervised research on modeling and control of nonlinear systems, robotics, complex networks and systems, distributed estimation and control, and dynamical systems theory. In November 2015, he joined the Politecnico di Torino, Italy, as a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Control and Computer Engineering. From 2012, he has also been a Visiting Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering of the New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY, USA. Prof. Rizzo is engaged in conducting and supervising research on complex networks and systems, modeling and control of nonlinear systems, cooperative robotics. He is author of two books, two international patents, and more than 100 papers on international journals and conference proceedings. Prof. Rizzo has been the recipient of the award for the best application paper at the IFAC world triennial conference in 2002 and of the award for the most read papers in Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (Elsevier) in 2009. Prof. Rizzo is also a Distinguished Lecture of the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Science Society.
Scientific branch
(Area 0009 - Industrial and information engineering)
Skills
ERC sectors
SDG
Open badges
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Awards and Honors
- Borsa Erasmus conferred by Comunità Europea, Italy (1995)
- Best Paper Award SOCO/ISFI Conference conferred by International Computing Sciences Conferences ICSC, Italy (2001)
- Award Winning Application Paper conferred by IFAC International Federation of Automatic Control, United States (2002)
- IEEE Distinguished Lecturer conferred by IEEE, United States (2007)
- IEEE Senior Member conferred by IEEE, United States (2008)
- Most 10 read papers on on Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (Elsevier) conferred by IMACS International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Belgium (2009)
- IMACS (International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation) Honor Member conferred by IMACS (International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation), Belgium (2010)
- Scolarship H2CU Honors Center of Italian Universities conferred by H2CU Honors Center of Italian Universities, Italy (2012)
- Migliore presentazione SIDRA Società Italiana Docenti e Ricercatori in Automatica conferred by SIDRA Società Italiana Docenti e Ricercatori in Automatica, Italy (2012)
- APS Highlight in Physics - Synopsis conferred by APS - American Physical Society, United States (2014)
Fellowships
- Executive Committee member - Italy Chapter della IEEE Control Systems Society, Italia (2023-2025)
- Steering Committe member - SICC - Società Italiana Caos e Complessità, Italia (2018-2025)
Editorial boards
- IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONTROL OF NETWORK SYSTEMS (2022-), Associate Editor of magazine or editorial series
- IEEE CONTROL SYSTEMS LETTERS (2022-), Associate Editor of magazine or editorial series
- JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE (2021-), Associate Editor of magazine or editorial series
- JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT & ROBOTIC SYSTEMS (2020-), Associate Editor of magazine or editorial series
- PLOS ONE (2018-), Associate Editor of magazine or editorial series
Conferences
- ICUAS - International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (4/6/2024-7/6/2023), Invited Session Chair
- COMPENG Complexity in Engineering, Program chair
Other research or teaching roles outside Politecnico
- Visiting Professor, presso New York University (1/9/2013-31/5/2015)
- Visiting Professor, presso New York University (1/5/2012-31/8/2012)
- Visiting Researcher, presso New York University (1/5/2012-31/5/2015)
- Professore a contratto, presso Università degli Studi di MESSINA (1/11/1999-30/6/2002)
- Titolare di contratto di ricerca, presso STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L (ITALY) (1/11/1999-31/10/2001)
- Visiting Researcher, presso ENEA Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (1/1/1999-31/12/2002)
- Visiting Researcher, presso European Fusion Development Agreement (1/3/1998-31/12/1998)
- Visiting Researcher, presso Institut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique INRIA (1/1/1995-31/7/1995)
Teaching
Collegi of the PhD programmes
- INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2024/2025 (40. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - ROBOTICS AND INTELLIGENT MACHINES, 2024/2025 (40. ciclo)
Università degli Studi di GENOVA - ROBOTICS AND INTELLIGENT MACHINES, 2023/2024 (39. ciclo)
Università degli Studi di GENOVA - INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2023/2024 (39. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - ROBOTICS AND INTELLIGENT MACHINES, 2022/2023 (38. ciclo)
Università degli Studi di GENOVA - INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2022/2023 (38. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2021/2022 (37. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2020/2021 (36. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2019/2020 (35. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2018/2019 (34. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2017/2018 (33. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA E DEI SISTEMI, 2016/2017 (32. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA E DELL'INFORMAZIONE, 2015/2016 (31. ciclo)
Politecnico di BARI - INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA E DELL'INFORMAZIONE, 2013/2014 (29. ciclo)
Politecnico di BARI - INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA E DELL'INFORMAZIONE, 2012/2013 (28. ciclo)
Politecnico di BARI - INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA E DELL'INFORMAZIONE, 2011/2012 (27. ciclo)
Politecnico di BARI - INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA E DELL'INFORMAZIONE, 2010/2011 (26. ciclo)
Politecnico di BARI - INGEGNERIA DELL'INFORMAZIONE, 2009/2010 (25. ciclo)
Politecnico di BARI - INGEGNERIA DELL'INFORMAZIONE, 2008/2009 (24. ciclo)
Politecnico di BARI - INGEGNERIA DELL'INFORMAZIONE, 2007/2008 (23. ciclo)
Politecnico di BARI - INGEGNERIA DELL'INFORMAZIONE, 2006/2007 (22. ciclo)
Politecnico di BARI
Collegi of the degree programmes
Teachings
PhD
- PRINCIPI, MATERIALI E APPLICAZIONI DELLA ROBOTICA IN BIOMEDICINA 2. A.A. 2024/25, BIOINGEGNERIA E SCIENZE MEDICO-CHIRURGICHE. Teaching assistant
- Spreading processes on networks (insegnamento su invito). A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI. Main teacher
- Introduction to Complex Systems (insegnamento su invito). A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI. Main teacher
- The art of manipulation in robotics and metaverses (didattica di eccellenza). A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI. Main teacher
- PRINCIPI, MATERIALI E APPLICAZIONI DELLA ROBOTICA IN BIOMEDICINA 2. A.A. 2022/23, BIOINGEGNERIA E SCIENZE MEDICO-CHIRURGICHE. Teaching assistant
- The art of manipulation in robotics and metaverses (didattica di eccellenza). A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI. Main teacher
- Navigation and Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) : A Comprehensive Approach (didattica di eccellenza). A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI. Main teacher
Master of Science
- Automation and planning of production systems. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Titolare del corso
- Robotics. A.A. 2024/25, MECHATRONIC ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA MECCATRONICA). Titolare del corso
- Automation and planning of production systems. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Titolare del corso
- Robotics. A.A. 2023/24, MECHATRONIC ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA MECCATRONICA). Titolare del corso
- Automation and planning of production systems. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Titolare del corso
- Robotics. A.A. 2022/23, MECHATRONIC ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA MECCATRONICA). Titolare del corso
- Automation and planning of production systems. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Titolare del corso
- Robotics. A.A. 2021/22, MECHATRONIC ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA MECCATRONICA). Titolare del corso
- Automation and planning of production systems. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Titolare del corso
- Robotics. A.A. 2020/21, MECHATRONIC ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA MECCATRONICA). Titolare del corso
- Automation and planning of production systems. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Titolare del corso
- Robotics. A.A. 2019/20, MECHATRONIC ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA MECCATRONICA). Titolare del corso
- Challenge@CLIK - PeopleFlowing. A.A. 2019/20, ARCHITETTURA COSTRUZIONE CITTA'. Collaboratore del corso
Teaching and training projects
Projects funded by commercial contracts
- Prestazione Didattica relativa a “Fondamenti di robotica industriale” , (2024-2024) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial contracts
Research
Research fields
- Combined grey-black-box (GBB) model identification. (DET)
- Control of mobility-on-demand systems (DET)
- Data-driven control of autonomous vehicle and fleets (DET)
- Innovative robotic solutions for planetary exploration missions (DET)
- Modeling and Control of Mobility-on-Demand Systems (DET)
- Modeling, optimization, and control of complex and networked systems (DET)
- Unmanned aerial vehicles for smart cities (DET)
Research groups
Research projects
Projects funded by competitive calls
- CNMS - Spoke 1 - Sustainable Mobility Center (Centro Nazionale per la Mobilità Sostenibile – CNMS) - Spoke 1, (2022-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico di Struttura
PNRR – Mission 4 - PHYSINFORM - Physics-Informed Machine Learning for Trustworthy Control of Autonomous Robots, (2022-2024) - Responsabile Scientifico
Non-EU international research - SINAV - Soluzioni Innovative per la Navigazione Autonoma Veloce – SINAV, (2021-2023) - Responsabile Scientifico
ASI Research - Mac2Mic - Macro to Micro: uncovering the hidden mechanisms driving network dynamics , (2018-2020) - Responsabile Scientifico
National Research - Multi-modal crowd sensing to monitor buildings in smart cities, (2017-2018) - Responsabile Scientifico
Non-EU international research
Projects funded by commercial contracts
- Collaborazione tra DET e e l’Università degli Studi di Torino per avvio di progetti su argomenti inerenti all'Intelligenza Artificiale; partecipazione a programmi di ricerca di rilevanza internazionale, progetti per la definizione di network e l’individuazione di nuovi modelli e strategie ; scambio di studenti, dottorandi, ricercatori e docenti , (2024-2027) - Responsabile Scientifico
Memoranda of Understanding - "Dimostratore di un sistema robotico che sfrutti l'Intelligenza Artificiale per l'esecuzione di un comando nel contesto di utilizzo di un operatore telco - Intelligenza artificiale applicata alla robotica di servizio” , (2023-2023) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research - “Realization of a demonstrator for autonomous robotics applications”, (2022-2022) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research - Intelligenza artificiale per la gestione di una flotta di velivoli autonomi, (2022-2024) - Componente gruppo di Ricerca
Commercial Research - Intelligenza artificiale per l’autonomia dei velivoli, (2021-2022) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research - Connected Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR): coordination in outdoor and indoor environments - Progetto N. 13, (2021-2021) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research - Connected autonomous mobile robots (AMR): coordination in outdoor environments - Progetto N. 14, (2020-2020) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research - Connected Drone: Cloud-based Framework for multilayer planning , (2018-2018) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research - Progetto n. 2 - Connected Drone: Cloud-based Framework of risk-aware intelligent navigation, (2017-2017) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research
Supervised PhD students
- Elisa Viola. Programme in Intelligenza Artificiale (40th cycle, 2024-in progress)
- Luca Ambrosino. Programme in Intelligenza Artificiale (39th cycle, 2023-in progress)
- Edoardo Todde. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (39th cycle, 2023-in progress)
Research subject: Develop Ai-based solutions for mechatronics and industrial robotics with traditional control design
Mechatronics and robotics Systems, Automation and Control Mechatronics and robotics Systems, Automation and Control - Andrea Usai. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (39th cycle, 2023-in progress)
Research subject: Modeling and control strategies for unmanned aerial vehicles operating in urban environments
Big Data, Machine Learning, Neural Networks and Data Science Mechatronics and robotics Systems, Automation and Control Big Data, Machine Learning, Neural Networks and Data Science Mechatronics and robotics Systems, Automation and Control - Lorenzo Calogero. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (38th cycle, 2022-in progress)
Research subject: Advanced model predictive control strategies for sustainable mobility
Big Data, Machine Learning, Neural Networks and Data Science Mechatronics and robotics Systems, Automation and Control Big Data, Machine Learning, Neural Networks and Data Science Mechatronics and robotics Systems, Automation and Control - Yuan Cao. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (38th cycle, 2022-in progress)
Research subject: Reinforcement learning control, continually updated the control law over measured performance
Big Data, Machine Learning, Neural Networks and Data Science Mechatronics and robotics Systems, Automation and Control Big Data, Machine Learning, Neural Networks and Data Science Mechatronics and robotics Systems, Automation and Control - Jinze Wu. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (38th cycle, 2022-in progress)
Research subject: Complex and networked systems, Multi-agent systems, Distributed Control, Cooperative Localization
Systems, Automation and Control Systems, Automation and Control Systems, Automation and Control - Zhipeng Ding. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (37th cycle, 2021-in progress)
Research subject: Analysis, planning and control of complex redundant manipulators
Mechatronics and robotics Modeling, simulation and CAD Systems, Automation and Control Mechatronics and robotics Modeling, simulation and CAD Systems, Automation and Control - Marco Rinaldi. Programme in Ingegneria Aerospaziale (37th cycle, 2021-in progress)
- Giada Galati. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (36th cycle, 2020-2024)
Thesis: Human-centered robotics: challenges in socially-aware navigation and mission planning
Mechatronics and robotics Systems, Automation and Control - Weibin Gu. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (36th cycle, 2020-2024)
Thesis: Towards Trustworthy Data-driven Modeling and Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Big Data, Machine Learning, Neural Networks and Data Science Mechatronics and robotics - Francesco Parino. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (35th cycle, 2019-2023)
Thesis: Mathematical modeling and control of epidemics as decision support systems to steer effective public health policies
Big Data, Machine Learning, Neural Networks and Data Science Modeling, simulation and CAD
Publications
Last years publications
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- Fiandrino, Stefania; Bizzotto, Andrea; Guzzetta, Giorgio; Merler, Stefano; Baldo, ... (2025)
Collaborative forecasting of influenza-like illness in Italy: The Influcast experience. In: EPIDEMICS, vol. 50. ISSN 1755-4365
Contributo su Rivista - Calogero, Lorenzo; Pagone, Michele; Cianflone, Francesco; Gandino, Edoardo; Karam, ... (2025)
Neural adaptive MPC with online metaheuristic tuning for power management in fuel cell hybrid electric vehicles. In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUTOMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. ISSN 1545-5955
Contributo su Rivista - Gu, Weibin; Primatesta, Stefano; Rizzo, Alessandro (2025)
Robust adaptive control for aggressive quadrotor maneuvers via SO(3) and backstepping techniques. In: ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS, vol. 188, pp. 1-12. ISSN 0921-8890
Contributo su Rivista - Zino, Lorenzo; Rizzo, Alessandro (2024)
On a Susceptible-Infected-Susceptible Epidemic Model with Reactive Behavioral Response on Higher-Order Temporal Networks. In: IEEE 63rd Conference on Decision and Control, Milano (Ita), 16-19 Dicembre 2024, pp. 3912-3917. ISBN: 979-8-3503-1633-9
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Parino, Francesco; Zino, Lorenzo; Rizzo, Alessandro (2024)
Optimal Control of Endemic Epidemic Diseases With Behavioral Response. In: IEEE OPEN JOURNAL OF CONTROL SYSTEMS, vol. 3, pp. 483-496. ISSN 2694-085X
Contributo su Rivista - Calogero, Lorenzo; Pagone, Michele; Rizzo, Alessandro (2024)
Pseudo-Transient Continuation for Enhanced Quadratic Programming and Optimal Control. In: 2024 Automatica.it Conference, Bolzano (Italy), 11/09/2024-13/09/2024, pp. 155-156
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Ding, Zhipeng; Indri, Marina; Rizzo, Alessandro; Soccio, Pietro (2024)
Smooth and collision-free trajectory planning for redundant 3D laser cutting machines. In: IEEE ETFA - IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, Padova (Italy), 10th-13th September, 2024. ISBN: 979-8-3503-6123-0
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Montanaro, Umberto; Chen, Chen; Rizzo, Alessandro; Sorniotti, Aldo (2024)
Output‐based enhanced closed‐loop model reference adaptive control and its application to direct yaw moment control. In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBUST AND NONLINEAR CONTROL, pp. 9471-9500. ISSN 1049-8923
Contributo su Rivista - Calogero, Lorenzo; Pagone, Michele; Rizzo, Alessandro (2024)
Enhanced Quadratic Programming via Pseudo-Transient Continuation: An Application to Model Predictive Control. In: IEEE CONTROL SYSTEMS LETTERS, vol. 8, pp. 1661-1666. ISSN 2475-1456
Contributo su Rivista - Ding, Zhipeng; Soccio, Pietro; Indri, Marina; Rizzo, Alessandro (2024)
Through hole-cutting conic posture optimization for a redundant 3D laser cutting machine. In: THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY. ISSN 1433-3015
Contributo su Rivista