Summary
Short Curriculum Vitae
- Born October 11th, 1967 in Rome, Italy.
- Diploma cum laude in Electrical Engineering at University of Rome "La Sapienza" (1991).
- Research assistant at the Automatic Control Laboratory, ETH Zurich (1992-1996).
- Nachdiplomstudium (M.Sc.) in Informationstechnik from the ETH-Zurich (1995).
- Doktor in Technischen Wissenschaften (PhD) with medal of honour from the ETH-Zurich (1995).
Thesis on Discontinuous control of nonholonomic systems. - Dottorato di Ricerca (PhD) from the University of Rome "La Sapienza" (1996).
Thesis on Robust control of nonlinear systems. - Lecturer in Nonlinear Control Theory at the Automatic Control Laboratory, ETH Zurich (1995-1996).
- Visiting Lecturer on Control of constrained systems at the Terza University of Rome (1996).
- Lecturer in Control Engineering at the Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College, London (1996-2000).
- Associate Professor at Dept. of Electronics and Information, Politecnico di Milano, Milan (1998-2003).
- Visiting Lecturer on Nonlinear Control at Rice University, Houston (1999).
- Visiting Professor in Nonlinear Control at Kepler University, Linz (2000).
- Senior Lecturer in Control Engineering at the Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College, London (2000-2002).
- Visiting Professor in Nonlinear Control at SUPELEC, Paris (2001).
- Reader in Nonlinear Control Theory at the Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College, London (2002-2005).
- Visiting Fellow at the Mittag-Leffler Institute, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, (May-June 2003).
- Philip Leverhulme Prize (2003). The prize is "to recognise the outstanding research achievements of young scholars of distinction and promise based in UK institutions".
- Professor of Nonlinear Control Theory at the Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College, London (2005-).
- Professor at Dipartimento di Informatica Sistemi e Produzione, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome (2005-).
- IEEE Control Systems Society Antonio Ruberti Young Researcher Prize (2007). The Prize is given annually to "recognize distinguished cutting-edge contributions by a young researcher to the theory or application of systems and control".
- IEEE Fellow (2009): for contributions to nonlinear control theory and its applications to mechanical, electromechanical and power systems.
- Chair of the Conference Editorial Board of the IEEE Control Systems Society (2009--).
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
Ortega R, Praly L, Astolfi A, et al. , 2011, Estimation of Rotor Position and Speed of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors With Guaranteed Stability, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Vol:19, ISSN:1063-6536, Pages:601-614
Astolfi A, 2010, Model Reduction by Moment Matching for Linear and Nonlinear Systems, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol:55, ISSN:0018-9286, Pages:2321-2336
Karagiannis D, Carnevale D, Astolfi A, 2008, Invariant Manifold Based Reduced-Order Observer Design for Nonlinear Systems, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol:53, ISSN:0018-9286, Pages:2602-2614
Andrieu V, Praly L, Astolfi A, 2008, Homogeneous approximation, recursive observer design, and output feedback, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, Vol:47, ISSN:0363-0129, Pages:1814-1850