• Statistical techniques and artificial intelligence methods for the prompt (on-line) detection and diagnosis of faults in safety-critical systems (in particular, for energy production).
• Advanced (deterministic and probabilistic) methods for the modeling, simulation and analysis of safety-critical, dynamic systems and infrastructures (in particular, for energy production and distribution) under uncertainties, in order to assess (efficiently) their associated risk, vulnerability and resilience.
• Uncertainty modeling and quantification techniques for the reliability analysis and risk assessment of safety-critical components and systems (in particular, for energy production and safety).

Settori ERC

SDG

• ENERGIES (2021-), Altro tipo di attività editoriale
• PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. PART O, JOURNAL OF RISK AND RELIABILITY (2016-), Associate Editor di rivista o collana editoriale
• ASCE-ASME JOURNAL OF RISK AND UNCERTAINTY IN ENGINEERING SYSTEMS. PART A, CIVIL ENGINEERING. (2015-), Guest Editor di rivista o collana editoriale

• Professore a contratto, presso CentraleSupelec (1/1/2016-31/3/2017)
• Ricercatore, presso École Centrale Paris (1/11/2014-30/6/2016)
• Ricercatore, presso CentraleSupelec (1/3/2013-31/12/2015)
• Professore Incaricato Esterno, presso CEA Saclay (1/9/2012-13/12/2019)
• Visiting Researcher, presso École Centrale Paris (1/9/2012-31/12/2012)
• Ricercatore a t.d. (art.1 comma 14 L. 230/05), presso Politecnico di MILANO (1/6/2010-28/2/2013)
• Visiting Researcher, presso Massachusetts Institute of Technology (15/9/2008-31/5/2009)

• Collegio di Ingegneria Energetica. Componente
• Collegio di Ingegneria per l'Ambiente e il Territorio. Componente invitato

Dottorato di ricerca

• System-level modeling of nuclear plants. A.A. 2020/21, ENERGETICA. Collaboratore del corso
• System-level modeling of nuclear plants. A.A. 2022/23, ENERGETICA. Collaboratore del corso

Corso di laurea magistrale

• Risk Analysis. A.A. 2022/23, GEORESOURCES AND GEOENERGY ENGINEERING. Collaboratore del corso
• Monte Carlo methods, safety and risk analysis (modulo di Monte Carlo methods, safety and risk analysis A). A.A. 2017/18, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
• Monte Carlo methods, safety and risk analysis (modulo di Monte Carlo methods, safety and risk analysis A). A.A. 2018/19, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
• Monte Carlo methods, safety and risk analysis (modulo di Monte Carlo methods, safety and risk analysis B). A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Titolare del corso
• Monte Carlo methods, safety and risk analysis (modulo di Monte Carlo methods, safety and risk analysis B). A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Titolare del corso
• Monte Carlo methods, safety and risk analysis (modulo di Monte Carlo methods, safety and risk analysis B). A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Titolare del corso
• Monte Carlo methods, safety and risk analysis (modulo di Monte Carlo methods, safety and risk analysis B). A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Titolare del corso
• Risk Analysis. A.A. 2017/18, PETROLEUM AND MINING ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA DEL PETROLIO E MINERARIA). Collaboratore del corso
• Risk Analysis. A.A. 2018/19, PETROLEUM AND MINING ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA DEL PETROLIO E MINERARIA). Collaboratore del corso
• Risk Analysis. A.A. 2019/20, PETROLEUM AND MINING ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA DEL PETROLIO E MINERARIA). Collaboratore del corso
• Risk Analysis. A.A. 2020/21, PETROLEUM AND MINING ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA DEL PETROLIO E MINERARIA). Collaboratore del corso
• Risk Analysis. A.A. 2021/22, PETROLEUM AND MINING ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA DEL PETROLIO E MINERARIA). Collaboratore del corso
• Sicurezza e analisi di rischio. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
• Sicurezza e analisi di rischio. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
• Sicurezza e analisi di rischio. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso

Corso di laurea di 1° livello

• Uso ottimale e sicurezza degli impianti energetici. A.A. 2017/18, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA. Titolare del corso
• Uso ottimale e sicurezza degli impianti energetici. A.A. 2018/19, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA. Titolare del corso
• Sicurezza degli impianti energetici. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA. Titolare del corso
• Sicurezza degli impianti energetici. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA. Titolare del corso
• Sicurezza degli impianti energetici. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA. Titolare del corso
• Sicurezza degli impianti energetici. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA. Titolare del corso

• Gruppo di Ricerca NEMO

• Abrate, Nicolo; Pedroni, Nicola; Moscatello, Alberto; Carpignano, Andrea; Federica, ... (2023)
  A novel approach combining bootstrapped non-intrusive reduced order models and unscented transform for the robust and efficient CFD analysis of accidental gas releases in congested plants. In: JOURNAL OF LOSS PREVENTION IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES, vol. 83, pp. 1-17. ISSN 1873-3352
  Contributo su Rivista
• Abrate, Nicolo'; Dulla, Sandra; Pedroni, Nicola (2023)
  A non-intrusive reduced order model for the characterisation of the spatial power distribution in large thermal reactors. In: ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, vol. 184. ISSN 0306-4549
  Contributo su Rivista
• Uggenti, A. C.; Nallo, G. F.; Carpignano, A.; Pedroni, N.; Zanino, R. (2022)
  Identification of the Postulated Initiating Events of Accidents of a CPS-Based Liquid Metal Divertor for the EU DEMO Fusion Reactor. In: FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, pp. 1-13. ISSN 1536-1055
  Contributo su Rivista
• Roma, G.; Antonello, F.; Di Maio, F.; Pedroni, N.; Zio, E.; Bersano, A.; Bertani, C.; ... (2022)
  Passive safety systems analysis: A novel approach for inverse uncertainty quantification based on Stacked Sparse Autoencoders and Kriging metamodeling. In: PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY, vol. 148. ISSN 0149-1970
  Contributo su Rivista
• Pedroni, N. (2022)
  Computational methods for the robust optimization of the design of a dynamic aerospace system in the presence of aleatory and epistemic uncertainties. In: MECHANICAL SYSTEMS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING, vol. 164. ISSN 0888-3270
  Contributo su Rivista
• Di Maio, F.; Pedroni, N.; Toth, B.; Burgazzi, L.; Zio, E. (2021)
  Reliability assessment of passive safety systems for nuclear energy applications: State‐of‐the‐art and open issues. In: ENERGIES, vol. 14. ISSN 1996-1073
  Contributo su Rivista
• Destino, V.; Pedroni, N.; Bonifetto, R.; Di Maio, F.; Savoldi, L.; Zio, E. (2021)
  Metamodeling and on-line clustering for loss-of-flow accident precursors identification in a superconducting magnet cryogenic cooling circuit. In: ENERGIES, vol. 14. ISSN 1996-1073
  Contributo su Rivista
• Puppo, L.; Pedroni, N.; Bersano, A.; Di Maio, F.; Bertani, C.; Zio, E. (2021)
  Failure identification in a nuclear passive safety system by Monte Carlo simulation with adaptive Kriging. In: NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, vol. 380. ISSN 0029-5493
  Contributo su Rivista
• Destino, Vincenzo; Bonifetto, Roberto; Di Maio, Francesco; Pedroni, Nicola; Zanino, ... (2021)
  Identification of LOFA precursors in ITER superconducting magnet cryogenic cooling circuit. In: RELIABILITY ENGINEERING & SYSTEM SAFETY, vol. 209. ISSN 0951-8320
  Contributo su Rivista
• Roma, G.; Di Maio, F.; Bersano, A.; Pedroni, N.; Bertani, C.; Mascari, F.; Zio, E. (2021)
  A Bayesian framework of inverse uncertainty quantification with principal component analysis and Kriging for the reliability analysis of passive safety systems. In: NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, vol. 379. ISSN 0029-5493
  Contributo su Rivista
• Abrate, Nicolo'; Dulla, Sandra; Pedroni, Nicola; Ravetto, Piero (2021)
  A non-intrusive reduced order model for neutronic transient analyses of the ALFRED reactor. In: Mathematics & Computation (M&C) 2021, Virtual Meeting, pp. 489-498
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Puppo, L.; Pedroni, N.; Maio, F. D.; Bersano, A.; Bertani, C.; Zio, E. (2021)
  A Framework based on Finite Mixture Models and Adaptive Kriging for Characterizing Non-Smooth and Multimodal Failure Regions in a Nuclear Passive Safety System. In: RELIABILITY ENGINEERING & SYSTEM SAFETY, vol. 216. ISSN 0951-8320
  Contributo su Rivista
• Destino, V.; Bonifetto, R.; Pedroni, N.; Savoldi, L.; Di Maio, F.; Zio, E.; Zio, E. (2020)
  Advanced methods for loss-of-flow accident precursors identification in a superconducting magnet cryogenic cooling circuit. In: 30th European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2020 and 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference, PSAM 2020, ita, 2020, pp. 2303-2310
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Nallo, G. F.; Pedroni, N.; Uggenti, A. C.; Carpignano, A.; Zanino, R. (2020)
  Functional safety assessment of a liquid metal divertor for the European demo tokamak. In: 30th European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2020 and 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference, PSAM15 2020, Venice (Italy), 2020, pp. 750-750. ISBN: 978-981-14-8593-0
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Abrate, N.; Dulla, S.; Pedroni, N. (2020)
  A non-intrusive reduced order model for light water reactor core stability analysis. In: 30th European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2020 and 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference, PSAM 2020, Venice (Italy), 2020, pp. 4946-4952. ISBN: 9789811485930
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Pedroni, N. (2020)
  Computational methods for system optimization under uncertainty. In: 30th European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2020 and 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference, PSAM 2020, Venice (Italy), 2020, pp. 1119-1126. ISBN: 9789811485930
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Bani-Mustafa, T.; Pedroni, N.; Zio, E.; Vasseur, D.; Beaudouin, F. (2020)
  A hierarchical tree-based decision-making approach for assessing the relative trustworthiness of risk assessment models. In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. PART O, JOURNAL OF RISK AND RELIABILITY, vol. 234, pp. 748-763. ISSN 1748-006X
  Contributo su Rivista
• Wang, T. R.; Pedroni, N.; Zio, E.; Mousseau, V. (2020)
  Identification of Protective Actions to Reduce the Vulnerability of Safety-Critical Systems to Malevolent Intentional Acts: An Optimization-Based Decision-Making Approach. In: RISK ANALYSIS, vol. 40, pp. 565-587. ISSN 0272-4332
  Contributo su Rivista
• Bellaera, R.; Bonifetto, R.; Di Maio, F.; Pedroni, N.; Savoldi, L.; Zanino, R.; Zio, E. (2020)
  Integrated deterministic and probabilistic safety assessment of a superconducting magnet cryogenic cooling circuit for nuclear fusion applications. In: RELIABILITY ENGINEERING & SYSTEM SAFETY, vol. 201. ISSN 0951-8320
  Contributo su Rivista
• Bellaera, R.; Bonifetto, R.; Pedroni, N.; Savoldi, L.; Zanino, R.; DI MAIO, Francesco; ... (2018)
  Integrated deterministic and probabilistic safety assessment of the cooling circuit of a superconducting magnet for nuclear fusion applications. In: 28th International European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2018, Trondheim (Norvegia), June 17-21, 2018, pp. 2161-2168. ISBN: 978-081538682-7
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)