Alessandro Rizzo, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Automation

Politecnico di Bari

Dipartimento di Elettrotecnica ed Elettronica

Via E. Orabona 4

70125 Bari – Italy

arizzo[AT]I_TRIPLE_E.org (invalid)

Education

• 1995 ‑ Erasmus Fellowship, IRISA, Institut de Recherche en Informatique et SystËmes AlÈatoires
• 1996 ‑ Laurea cum Laude in Computer Engineering, University of Catania, Italy
• 2000 ‑ Ph.D. Degree in Electronics and Automation Engineering, University of Catania, Italy

Professional History

• 1998 ‑ appointed by EURATOM at JET Joint Undertaking for the development of artificial intelligence techniques for fault detection and sensor validation.
• 1999-2001 ‑ consultant to ST Microelectronics, Catania, Italy
• 1999-2002 – Professor of Robotics, University of Messina, Italy
• 2002-present ‑ Assistant Professor of Automation, Politecnico di Bari, Italy

University Service

• 2006 – Member of the Professor Council in the Information Engineering Ph.D. Program of Politecnico di Bari

Research Interests

• Modelling and control of complex systems
• Dynamical networks
• Monitoring, fault detection and sensor validation for industry and experimental physics laboratories
• Nonlinear dynamics and cellular nonlinear networks

Awards and Patents

• 2001 – Best Paper Award at Fourth International ICSC Symposium on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems for Industry, Paisley, Scotland, U.K., June 26 - 29, 2001
• 2002 – Award Winning Application at 15th Triennal IFAC World Congress, Barcelona, Spain
• 2002 – US Patent #6,738,313 ≥System for detecting distances using chaotic signals≤
• 2002 – US Patent # 6,842,745 ≥Programmable chaos generator and process for use thereof≤

Professional Society Service

• IEEE, Nuclear and Plasma Science Society. Chapter Chair, Italy Section
• IEEE, Circuits and System Society. Member of Cellular Neural Networks and Array Computing and Neural Systems and Applications Technical Committees

Review/Advisory Panel

• Review committee member for IEEE and IFAC conferences
• Reviewer for many scientific journals (IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Part 1; IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics; Soft Computing, A Fusion of Foundations, Methodologies, and Applications, Springer-Verlag; Control Engineering Practice, Elsevier press)

Research Partners

• Department of Electrics, Electronics and System Engineering of Catania University, Italy
• Mathematics Department of Messina University, Italy
• JET Joint Undertaking, Abingdon, UK
• ENEA-FTU, Frascati, Italy
• National Optics Institute (INO), Firenze, Italy
• International Vulcanology Institute (INGV) of the National Research Council (CNR), Catania, Italy
• National Nuclear Physics Institute (INFN), National South Italy Lab, CNR-Catania, Italy;
• ST Microelectronics (semiconductors), Catania, Italy
• Fiat Research Centre (automotive), Valenzano (BA), Italy

Selected Publications concerning the lecture

1. L. Fortuna, S. Graziani, A. Rizzo, M.G. Xibilia, ≥Soft Sensors for Monitoring and Control of Industrial Processes≤, Advances in Industrial Control Series, Springer, 2006.

2. L. Fortuna, V. Marchese, A. Rizzo, M.G. Xibilia, ≥A Neural Networks Based System for Post Pulse Fault Detection and Data Validation in Tokamak Machines≤, ISCAS 99 conference, Orlando, FL, vol. 5, pp. 563 – 566, june 1999.

3. Fortuna, A. Gallo, A. Rizzo, MG Xibilia, ≥An Innovative Intelligent System for Fault Detection in Tokamak Machines≤, ICALEPCS99, International Conference on Accelerators and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems, Trieste, Italy, Oct. 99

4. G. Buceti, A. Gallo, A. Rizzo, M.G. Xibilia, ≥A Fuzzy sensor validation system for plasma density measures in tokamak machines based on neural models≤, SOCO/ISFI 2001, Fourth International ICSC Symposium on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems for Industry, Paisley, Scotland, U.K., June 26 - 29, 2001.

5. G. Buceti, L. Fortuna, A. Rizzo, M.G. Xibilia, ≥An Automatic Validation System for Interferometry Density Measurements in the ENEA-FTU Tokamak Based on Soft-Computing≤, 8^th International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems, ICALEPCS01, San Jose, California, 2001, pp. 343-345.

6. A. Rizzo, M.G. Xibilia, ≥An Innovative Intelligent System for Sensor Validation in Tokamak Machines≤, IEEE Trans. On Control Systems Technology, Vol. 10, No. 3, May 2002.

7. G. Buceti, L. Fortuna, A. Rizzo, M.G. Xibilia, ≥Automatic Validation of the 5-Channel DCN Interferometer in ENEA-FTU based on Soft Computing Techniques≤, Fusion Engineering and Design, Elsevier Science, Vol. 60, No. 3, pp.381-387, 2002.

8. L. Fortuna, A. Rizzo, M. Sinatra, M.G. Xibilia, ≥Soft Analysers for a Sulfur Recover Unit≤, Proc. of 15th Triennal IFAC World Congress, Barcelona, Spain, 2002.

9. G. Buceti, C. Centioli, F. Iannone, M. Panella, A. Rizzo, V. Vitale, ≥A Rating System for Post Pulse Data Validation≤, SOFT2002, 22^nd Symposium on Fusion Technology, Helsinki, Finland, September 2002.

10. B. Esposito, Y. Kaschuck, A. Rizzo, L. Bertalot, A. Pensa, ≥Digital Pulse Shape Discrimination in Organic Scintillators for Fusion Applications≤, Nuclear Instrumentation and Measurement, Part A, Volume: 518, Issue: 1-2, February 1, 2004, pp. 626-62.

11. P. Arena, A. Basile, L. Fortuna, G. Mazzitelli, A. Rizzo, M. Zammataro, ≥CNN-Based Real-Time Video Detection of Plasma Instability in Nuclear Fusion Applications≤, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS2004, Vancouver, Canada, 2004.

12. B. Esposito, L. Fortuna, A. Rizzo, ≥A Neural System for Radiation Discrimination in Nuclear Fusion Applications≤, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS2004, Vancouver, Canada, 2004.