Major update website after PhD

Author: gsilano

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   school       = {University of Sannio in Benevento},
   year         = {2020},
   month        = {7},
+	link         = {https://www.researchgate.net/publication/345767635_Giuseppe_Silano's_PhD_Thesis_-_Advisor_Prof_Dr_Luigi_Iannelli},
 	group			   = {phdthesis},
 	abstract     = {Aerial robotics is a fast-growing field of robotics and in particular multirotor aircraft, like quad-rotors, are rapidly increasing in popularity also out of the scientific community. Thanks to their hovering and Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) capabilities and the capacity to perform tasks with complete autonomy, they are now a standard platform for numerous military and civilian applications, e.g., inspections of power lines, bridges and pipelines, soil and field analysis, crop monitoring. Among different advantages offered by such class of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), there is the capacity to perform tasks with complete autonomy thus minimizing costs and risks involved with the direct intervention of human operators. However, designing autopilots for UAVs is a challenging task, which involves multiple interconnected aspects. Numerous researchers are currently addressing the problem of designing autonomous guidance and navigation systems as well as control systems for multi-rotor vehicles. Therefore, having tools able to show what it happens when some new applications are going to be developed in unknown or critical situations is more and more important. Simulation is one of such helpful tools, widely used in robotics, enabling not only to verify the components integration and to evaluate their behavior under different circumstances but also to simplify the development and validation processes. Furthermore, simulation is cheaper than experiments with real robots, in terms of time and human resources. It can also provide more flexibility, by allowing testing under conditions that would be unfeasible otherwise: a simulated environment can be significantly more complex and larger than a lab environment, and meanwhile ensure a perfect repeatability. Moreover, it makes possible simulating multiple robots when the hardware may not be available. Finally, bugs and mistakes in simulation cost virtually nothing: it is possible to crash a vehicle several times and thereby getting a better understanding of implemented methods under various conditions. Different solutions, typically based on dedicated robotic simulators such as Gazebo, V-REP, AirSim, MORSE, are available to this purpose. They employ recent advances in computation and computer graphics in order to simulate physical phenomena (gravity, magnetism, atmospheric conditions) and perception (e.g., providing sensor models) in such a way that the environment realistically reflects the actual world. Definitely, it comes out that software platforms able to test algorithms for UAVs moving in a simulated 3D environment are becoming an indispensable part of the design phase. The aim of this thesis is to show the role and the effectiveness of robotics simulators in flight control system design for multi-rotor aircraft (especially, quad-rotors) proposing a Software-in-the-loop (SIL) methodology. In particular it will be explained, by using rather complex examples, how a SIL approach allows to detect and to manage instabilities that otherwise might not arise when considering only MATLAB/Simulink simulations. On the other hand such instabilities may not be just related to the complexity, accuracy or detailed modeling of the simulated plant, but rather they may appear due to peculiar features of the final realization and, in particular, the software that will implement the control strategy. Indeed, aspects like synchronization, overflow, tasks communication, are all managed by libraries or tools available during the control design phase and yet they are specific of the final code implementation. From such perspective, SIL simulation has to be considered a valuable tool for discovering, in an earlier phase of the usual V-model process, those issues that Model-in-the-loop (MIL) simulation does not necessarily detect. At the same time, a SIL simulation, obtained by using realistic and detailed simulators, gives the opportunity of validating in an easy way the effects of modifying the control strategy for complex missions. That represents quite often the easiest way to tune the flight control system and to check its validity. Although advantages of such methodology are reasonable for the scientific community from a very general viewpoint, illustrative case studies can be of interest in particular if declined to the specific application, and when the code is provided as open-source for scientific and educational. activities. Thus, the thesis aims to give the reader practical and concrete evidence of the above considerations by looking at an up-to-date control application, i.e., the flight control system of small quad-rotors and rather complex platforms, providing a complete SIL simulation methodology.}
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-	I was born in Benevento, Italy, in 1989. I received the bachelor’s degree in computer engineering (2012) and the master’s degree in electronic
-	engineering for automation and telecommunication (2016) from the <a href="https://www.unisannio.it/it"><b>University of Sannio</b></a>, Benevento, Italy.
-	From May to November 2016, I was a research fellow at the same university. Later on, I joined the automatic control group (GRACE) in the same university as a
-	doctorate student. During my doctorate, I worked on the use of software-in-the-loop methodologies for the analysis and control design of small UAV systems, under
-	the supervision of <a href="http://home.ing.unisannio.it/iannelli/cv/" rel="_blank"><b>Prof. Dr. Luigi Iannelli</b></a>. From March to October 2019, I was a
-	visiting Ph.D. student at LAAS - CNRS, in Toulouse, working with <a href="https://homepages.laas.fr/afranchi/robotics/?q=node/1"><b>Prof. Dr. Antonio Franchi</b></a>
-	and his team. Currently, I am a postdoctoral research fellow at the Czech Technical University in Prague, working in the <a href="http://mrs.felk.cvut.cz/"><b>Multi-robot
-	System (MRS) Group</b></a> together with <a href="http://mrs.felk.cvut.cz/people/martin-saska" rel="_blank"><b>Prof. Dr. Martin Saska</b></a>. My research interests are in
-	simulation and control, object detection and tracking from images, robot manipulation, software and hardware-in-the-loop methodologies, model predictive control,
-	symboloic control under temporal-logic specifications and planning for unmanned aerial vehicles. I was among the finalists of the
-	“<a href="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8667511"><i>Aerial robotics control and perception challenge</i></a>”, the Industrial Challenge of the 26th Mediterranean
-	Conference on Control and Automation (MED’18)<sup><a href="#fn1" id="ref1">1</a></sup>, organized by the <a href="http://www.med-control.org/"><b>Mediterranean Control
-	Association</b></a>, and among the participants of the <a href="http://mbzirc2020team.laas.fr/members"><i>LAAS Team</i></a> selected as a finalist of the Mohammed Bin
-	Zayed Robotics Competition 2020.</font></p>
+	I was born in Benevento, Italy, in 1989. I received the bachelor’s degree in computer engineering (2012), the master’s degree in electronic
+	engineering (2016), and the doctorate in information engineering (2020) from the <a href="https://www.unisannio.it/it"><b>University of Sannio</b></a>,
+	Benevento, Italy. From May to November 2016, I joined the automatic control group (GRACE) as a research fellow at the same university. During my
+	doctorate, I worked on the use of software-in-the-loop methodologies for the analysis and control design of small UAV systems, under the supervision
+	of <a href="http://home.ing.unisannio.it/iannelli/cv/" rel="_blank"><b>Prof. Dr. Luigi Iannelli</b></a>. From March to November 2019, I was a
+	visiting Ph.D. student at LAAS - CNRS, in Toulouse, working with <a href="https://homepages.laas.fr/afranchi/robotics/?q=node/1"><b>Prof. Dr.
+	Antonio Franchi</b></a>and his team. Currently, I am a post-doctoral research fellow at the Czech Technical University in Prague, working with
+	the <a href="http://mrs.felk.cvut.cz/"><b>Multi-robot System (MRS) Group</b></a> together with <a href="http://mrs.felk.cvut.cz/people/martin-saska"
+	rel="_blank"><b>Prof. Dr. Martin Saska</b></a>. My research interests are in simulation and control, object detection and tracking from images,
+	robot manipulation, software and hardware-in-the-loop methodologies, model predictive control	symboloic control under temporal-logic specifications,
+	and planning for unmanned aerial vehicles. I was among the finalists of the “<a href="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8667511"><i>Aerial robotics
+	control and perception challenge</i></a>”, the Industrial Challenge of the 26th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED’18)<sup><a href="#fn1"
+	id="ref1">1</a></sup>, organized by the <a href="http://www.med-control.org/"><b>Mediterranean Control Association</b></a>, and among the participants
+	of the <a href="http://mbzirc2020team.laas.fr/members"><i>LAAS Team</i></a> selected as a finalist of the Mohammed Bin Zayed Robotics Competition 2020.</font></p>
 
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-	<strong>University of Sannio in Benevento</strong>, Benevento, Italy<br />
-	PhD in Information Technologies for Engineering (curriculum in Automatic Control), on going <br />
+	<strong>PhD in Information Technologies for Engineering</strong> (curriculum in Automatic Control), November 2020 <br />
 	Thesis title: “Software-in-the-loop methodologies for the analysis and control design of small UAV systems”<br />
+	University of Sannio in Benevento, Benevento, Italy<br />
 	Advisor: <a href="http://home.ing.unisannio.it/iannelli/cv/" rel="_blank"><b>Prof. Dr. Luigi Iannelli</b></a> </font></p>
 
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-	<strong>University of Sannio in Benevento</strong>, Benevento, Italy<br />
-	Master Degree in Electronic Engineering for Automation and Telecommunication (curriculum in Automatic Control), March 2016<br />
+	<strong>Master Degree in Electronic Engineering</strong> (curriculum in Automatic Control), March 2016<br />
 	Thesis title: “Development of a simulator aimed to detect and track moving objects for UAVs”<br />
+	University of Sannio in Benevento, Benevento, Italy<br />
 	Advisor: <a href="http://home.ing.unisannio.it/iannelli/cv/" rel="_blank"><b>Prof. Dr. Luigi Iannelli</b></a> </font></p>
 
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-	<strong>University of Sannio in Benevento</strong>, Benevento, Italy<br />
-	Bachelor Degree in Computer Engineering (curriculum in Automatic Control), July 2012<br />
+	<strong>Bachelor Degree in Computer Engineering</strong> (curriculum in Automatic Control), July 2012<br />
 	Thesis title: “An Object Oriented approach aimed to the creation of control software for industrial processes”<br />
+	University of Sannio in Benevento, Benevento, Italy<br />
 	Advisors: <a href="http://home.ing.unisannio.it/iannelli/cv/" rel="_blank"><b>Prof. Dr. Luigi Iannelli</b></a> and Eng. Paolo Rubino </font></p>
 
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+  <small class="timestamp text-muted"><b> 10 November 2020, News</b></small><br>
+	Today, <b>I defended my thesis and got my PhD in Information Engineering</b>. Thank you all for your support over the years.
+  Here is the link to my <a target="_blank" href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/345767635_Giuseppe_Silano's_PhD_Thesis_-_Advisor_Prof_Dr_Luigi_Iannelli">PhD Thesis</a>.
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 	for power line inspection tasks</b> starting from STL specifications.
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+	<p>
+	<small class="timestamp text-muted">News</small><br>
+	Today, <b>I defended my thesis and got my PhD in Information Engineering</b>. Thank you all for your support over the years.
+  Here is the link to my <a target="_blank" href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/345767635_Giuseppe_Silano's_PhD_Thesis_-_Advisor_Prof_Dr_Luigi_Iannelli">PhD Thesis</a>.
+	</p>
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 	<small class="timestamp text-muted">News</small><br>
 	From June 2020, I am a <b>Postdoctoral research fellow</b> at the Czech Technical University in Prague working with

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 	When I decided to build my website (I thought it was a good idea to get to know myself and my work known on the web), I was looking for something easy to manage and
 	update. Something that was modern and that could help me to publish in a rapid way all my papers and new infos about my research and career. While considering websites
 	of my colleagues abroad, (e.g., <a href="https://www.alex-winkler.com/"><b>Alexander W. Winkler</b></a>, <a href="http://jpreiss.github.io/"><b>James Alan
-	Preiss</b></a>), I discovered static site generators, in particular <a href="http://jemdoc.jaboc.net/"><b>jemdoc</b></a> and <a href="https://jekyllrb.com/"><b>Jekyll
+	Preiss</b></a>), I found out static site generators, in particular <a href="http://jemdoc.jaboc.net/"><b>jemdoc</b></a> and <a href="https://jekyllrb.com/"><b>Jekyll
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-		Below is a list of my publications, including <a href="#books"><b>book chapters</b></a>, <a href="#journals"><b>journals</b></a> and <a href="#conferences"><b>conference papers</b></a>. I also reported
-		my <a href="#posters"><b>posters</b></a>, <!-- <a href="#workshops"><b>workshops</b></a>, --> and <a href="#phdThesis"><b>PhD thesis</b></a>. Drop me an <a href="mailto: giuseppe.silano@fel.cvut.cz"><b>e-mail</b></a>
-		if you are looking for the preprint of some specific paper not available here.
+		Below is a list of my publications, including <a href="#books"><b>book chapters</b></a>, <a href="#journals"><b>journals</b></a> and <a href="#conferences"><b>
+		conference papers</b></a>. I also reported my <a href="#posters"><b>posters</b></a> <!-- <a href="#workshops"><b>workshops</b></a>, --> and <a href="#phdThesis">
+		<b>PhD thesis</b></a>. Drop me an <a href="mailto: giuseppe.silano@fel.cvut.cz"><b>e-mail</b></a> if you are looking for the preprint of some specific paper not available here.
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