Rafael Natalio Fontana Crespo

Thesis title

Digital Twin Models for Marine Offshore Renewable

Research topic

Digital Twin models for Marine Offshore Renewable

Tutors

• Enrico Macii
• Edoardo Patti

Research presentation

Poster

• Track Program Committee, Track 8 - Advanced Sensing Technologies in the Industrial Internet of Things Era, IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (Padova, Italy), 10-13/09/24, https://2024.ieee-etfa.org/main/static/files/track_cfps/etfa2024_Track8_Cfp_updated.pdf (2024)
• Reviewer for the 25th IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC 2025), (Crete, Greece), 15-18/07/2025. I reviewed 6 papers for the conference. https://www.eeeic.net (2025)
• Reviewer Journal "Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence", Elsevier (Q1), https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=24182&tip=sid&clean=0#google_vignette (2025)
• Track Program Committee, Track 9 - Industrial Real-Time and Networked Embedded System, IoT Technologies; IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN 2025), (KunMing, China), 12-15/07/2025 https://indin2025.ieee-ies.org/#/calls/callForPaper (2025)
• Internship of 6 months in ENI S.p.A, in the headquarters in San Donato Milanese, Italy. The internship took place from 04/03/2024 to 27/09/2024. (2024)
• Track Program Committee, Track 8 - "Advanced Sensing Technologies in the Industrial Internet of Things Era"; 30th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2025), (Porto, Portugal), 09-12/09/25, https://etfa2025.ieee-ies.org/files/tracks/ETFA2025_TT08-AdvancedSensingTechnologiesInTheIndustrialIoTEra_CfP.pdf (2025)
• Completed form provided by the committee to collect information relevant for PhD quality awards (2025)

Master of Science

• Programming for IoT applications. A.A. 2025/26, ICT ENGINEERING FOR SMART SOCIETIES. Collaboratore del corso
• Programming for IoT applications. A.A. 2024/25, ICT FOR SMART SOCIETIES (ICT PER LA SOCIETA' DEL FUTURO). Collaboratore del corso
• Challenge@PoliTo by Firms - Spoke 2 - Blue Engineering Srl. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE (ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT). Collaboratore del corso
• Challenge@PoliTo by Students - CTE NEXT Digital Twin. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE (ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT). Collaboratore del corso
• Programming for IoT applications. A.A. 2023/24, ICT FOR SMART SOCIETIES (ICT PER LA SOCIETA' DEL FUTURO). Collaboratore del corso

• EDA - Electronic Design Automation (DAUIN)

• Fontana Crespo, Rafael Natalio; Di Cataldo, Santa; Patti, Edoardo (2026)
  An IoT ecosystem for data management of laser-based powder bed fusion of polymers. In: Fundamentals of Laser-Based Powder Bed Fusion of Polymers / Pei E., Seepersad C., Kleszczynski S., Lakomiec M., S.L., Elsevier, pp. 299-320. ISBN: 9780443299988
  Contributo in Volume
• Gaggini, Francesco; Crespo, Rafael Natalio Fontana; Calo, Matteo; Gentile, Vincenzo ... (2025)
  An Internet of Things Ecosystem for Atmospheric Water Generators. In: IEEE ACCESS, vol. 13, pp. 77565-77581. ISSN 2169-3536
  Contributo su Rivista
• FONTANA CRESPO, RAFAEL NATALIO; Aliberti, Alessandro; Bottaccioli, Lorenzo; Pasta, ... (2024)
  A comparative analysis of Machine Learning Techniques for short-term grid power forecasting and uncertainty analysis of Wave Energy Converters. In: ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, vol. 138, Part A. ISSN 0952-1976
  Contributo su Rivista
• FONTANA CRESPO, RAFAEL NATALIO; Luo, Yingjun; Baracani, Manuela; Squillari, Paolo; ... (2024)
  A Distributed IoT Software Infrastructure for Multi-Purpose Services in Multi-Energy Systems. In: 2024 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2024 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EEEIC / I&CPS Europe), Rome (ITA), 17-20 June, 2024. ISBN: 979-8-3503-5518-5
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• FONTANA CRESPO, RAFAEL NATALIO; Cannizzaro, Davide; Bottaccioli, Lorenzo; Macii, Enrico; ... (2023)
  A Distributed Software Platform for Additive Manufacturing. In: IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2023), Sinaia, Romania, 12-15 September 2023. ISBN: 979-8-3503-3991-8
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)