After graduating summa cum laude in Electronic Engineering in 1988 at Politecnico di Milano, attains the Master’s degree CEFRIEL in “Information Technology in Industrial Processes Control” in 1990. Since 1990, he refers to the DEIB (Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione) department of Politecnico di Milano as full professor, teaching courses of automation, industrial automation and discrete event systems modeling. He is co-author of five patents concerning the industrial control systems designing and testing field, two of them extended to the European focus. He is author of over 200 publications, including scientific works published on papers and conferences – both national and international – research and academic books, books chapters and editorials. Since 2008, he holds the “Information Technology Engineering” course in Tongji University of Shangai. He has been the national president of ANIPLA (Associazione Nazionale Italiana Per l’Automazione) and member of different technical committees from IEEE and IFAC. He coordinated various Italian and European research projects in both the industrial automation field and the energy system control field. He co-founded Enertech Solution in 2009 through the Enterprise Accelerator of Politecnico di Milano.

Soroush Rastegarpour was born in Tehran on 7 July 1988. He received his Ph.D. degree in control & system engineering from the University of Politecnico di Milano in 2019. Since January 2022, he started a new academic position with the department of electronic, information, and bioengineering at Politecnico di Milano as an assistant professor in the control and automation section. He was a Postdoctoral researcher at DAISY Lab, Politecnico di Milano focusing on the title of predictive control strategies for industrial applications. He was a visiting researcher in National Technical University of Athens (NTNUA), Chalmers University in Sweden, and Denmark Technical University (DTU).
His research interests include linear and nonlinear model predictive control algorithms, Optimal filtering, and combination of learning algorithms and MPC approaches for the application of smart buildings. Recently, he is focusing on the dynamical modeling of complex energy systems such as industrial steam generators and chemical plants with the goal of multi-objective optimization and control.

Alessandro Gaboardi obtained his Master’s degree in Automation and Control Engineering at Politecnico di Milano in April 2022 with a thesis work concerning an MPC approach for a complex waste heat recovery unit of an industrial steam production system. Since May 2022, he works as a researcher at DAISY Lab focusing on the energetic optimization field on industrial steam generators and domestic heating/cooling devices and the supervisory control applied to the industrial automation field. His main role and focus is the technical consultancy towards Daisy industrial partners. His research interests include non-linear model predictive control techniques and combination of data-driven learning algorithms with NMPC approaches.

Emre has obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Control and Automation Engineering at Istanbul Technical University. He practiced both high level and local level controller projects including realizations with plc and micro controller applications. Subsequently, Emre obtained his Master’s degree in Automation and Control Engineering at Politecnico di Milano in April 2021. After his graduation, Emre continued his career in DEIB department of Politecnico di Milano as a researcher. His projects are related to control and automation of production and storage systems in a wide range of industrial fields.

Riccardo Babini obtained his Master’s degree cum laude in Control and Automation Engineering at Politecnico di Milano in 2017 with a thesis work concerning self-tuning procedures for domestic heating controllers. After an industrial experience as software engineer for ASRS (Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems) supervision, he joined Daisy Lab as researcher in 2018. He is the assistant teacher for Professor Ferrarini’s courses in automation and control field in Politecnico di Milano. His current research line involves mainly the energetic optimization field on industrial steam generators and domestic heating/cooling devices and the supervisory control applied to the industrial automation field. His main role and focus is the technical consultancy towards Daisy industrial partners.

After obtaining his Bachelor Degree in Electronics Engineering at Iran University of Science and Technology in 2013, Eshan Fathi applies to the Master Degree in Control and Automation Engineering at Politecnico di Milano until 2016. A 3 year experience as researcher at Daisy Lab follows, over which Eshan specializes in advanced control strategies and time-varying model identification mainly in building energy sector.

Prior to Daisy Lab 3 years experience as researcher, Samuele Disegna graduated in Electronic Systems Engineering at Politecnico di Milano in 2015. His expertise area concern digital and analog electronic systems, digital and analog integrated circuit design, model identification and data analysis and power electronics. He has experience as teacher assistant and consultant on multiple industrial automation fields and advanced robotics.

Le Anh Dao obtained his Master’s degree in Engineering at Politecnico di Milano in 2014 with a thesis work concerning the control and management of smart micro-grids. He is now a PhD student and temporary researcher at DEIB department of Politecnico di Milano. His research field concerns the energetic management of buildings and micro-grids and the design of advanced control schemes for induction generators. He is author and co-author of national and international scientific publications.

Anacleto Petretti obtained the Master’s degree in Automation Engineering in April 2013. After a brief software developer experience at IBM Italia, he is now a temporary researcher at Politecnico di Milano. His research field focuses on the energetic efficiency for commercial and residential buildings and the control of robotized production and packaging systems, working in direct business consulting with local companies. Currently he is managing a project focused on modeling, control and diagnose industrial steam generators.

Giacomo Pietro Ferrari obtained his Master’s degree in Automation Engineering at Politecnico di Milano in December 2014. After his graduation, Giacomo is a temporary researcher at DEIB department of Politecnico di Milano. His research field is focused on flexible control strategies for building energy management and the automation of robotized packaging lines. He worked in direct business consulting with different local companies on industrial automation topics.