Antonio Petitti Contact Information Mobile Robotics Laboratory Institute of Intelligent Systems for Automation Via Amendola, 122/D-O, 70126 Bari, Italy Phone: +39 080 592 9423 Email: petitti@ba.issia.cnr.it Skype: antointotheskype Website: users.ba.cnr.it/issia/iesiap59/ Personal Born in Castellana Grotte, Bari, Italy, on August 07, 1985. Italian Citizen. Education Scuola Interpolitecnica di Dottorato, Turin, Italy Doctorate of Philosophy Candidate, Information and Communication Technologies, January 2013 - March 2015. Dissertation: Theory and Applications of Consensus Protocols for Distributed Estimation Algorithms Advisor: Alessandro Rizzo Co-Advisor: Dr. Antonio Franchi Co-Advisor: Dr. Donato Di Paola Doctorate of Philosophy Candidate, Electrical and Information Engineering, January 2012 - December 2014. Advisor: Alessandro Rizzo Examination for Qualification as Professional Engineer, 2011 M.Sc. Automation Engineering, December 2010 Degree Mark: 110/110 cum laude Thesis: Consensus-based Distributed Target Tracking Algorithms Advisor: Alessandro Rizzo Institute of Intelligent Systems for Automation, Mobile Robotics Laboratory Internship, April - December 2010
Antonio Petitti 2 B.Sc. Automation Engineering, April 2008 Degree Mark: 110/110 Thesis: Simulation and modeling of pedestrian crowd dynamics in emergency conditions Advisor: Biagio Turchiano Co-Advisor: David Naso Research Interests Robotic and Sensor Networks, Distributed Estimation Algorithms, Cooperative Manipulation, and Decentralized Task Allocation. Professional Experience Institute of Intelligent Systems for Automation, Bari, Italy Research Assistant, March 2015 - present Research funded by Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, National Project PRIN: Marine Autonomous Robotics for InterventionS (MARIS) (2013-16) Main duties: Analysis and Development of Cooperative Manipulation Algorithms Institute of Intelligent Systems for Automation, Bari, Italy Research Assistant, March 2012 - February 2015 Research funded by Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research and European Union, Programma Operativo Nazionale Ricerca e Competitività 2007-2013, "BAITAH" - Project. Main duties: Design and Implementation of Task Allocation, Distributed Target Tracking, Control of Mobile Robots Laboratoire d Analyse et d Architectures des Systèmes (LAAS-CNRS) Toulouse, France Visiting Research Fellow, July 2014 - December 2014 Main duties: Distributed Estimation of Inertial Parameters Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics Tübingen, Germany Visiting Research Fellow, October 2013 - November 2013 Main duties: Distributed Estimation of Inertial Parameters Institute of Intelligent Systems for Automation, Genova, Italy Research Assistant, June 2011 - February 2012 Research funded under the 7 th Framework Program by European Union, "MINOAS" - Project. Main duties: Design and Implementation of Path Planning Algorithms for a fleet of Unmanned Inspection Vehicles
Antonio Petitti 3 Department of Electrical and Information Engineering Teaching Assistant, December 2012 - February 2012 Class of Robot Control, M.Sc. in Automation Engineering. Prof. Alessandro Rizzo prepared and delivered two two-hours lectures co-tutored students in project assignments Publications Journal Articles Published D.Di Paola, A.Petitti, and A.Rizzo, Distributed Kalman Filtering via Node Selection in Heterogeneous Sensor Networks, International Journal of Systems Science, 2014, In Press. Submitted A.Petitti, D.Di Paola, R.Colella, A.Milella, G.Attolico, and M.Caccia, Integrated stationary and mobile agents for Ambient Assisted Living in ageing society, submitted to IEEE Intelligent Systems. To Submit S.Giannini, A.Petitti, D.Di Paola, and A.Rizzo, Max-Consensus with Asynchronous Updates and Time Delays, to submit to IET Control, Theory and Applications. A.Petitti, S.Giannini, D.Di Paola, and A.Rizzo, Decentralized Multiple Target Tracking with Assignment for Robotic Networks, to submit to Robotics and Autonomous Systems. A.Petitti, S.Giannini, D.Di Paola, and A.Rizzo, Finite-Time Consensus Protocols over Asynchronous Networks, to submit to Automatica. A.Franchi, A.Petitti, and A.Rizzo, Decentralized Multi-Robot Grasping and Manipulation: the Distributed Estimation Problem, to submit to Transactions on Robotics. Proceedings Submitted D.Di Paola, M.Gaggero, A.Petitti, and L.Caviglione, Predictive Control for Mission Planning of Heterogeneous Robotic Networks in Uncertain Environments, submitted to the 54-th Conference on Decision and Control. Published A.Franchi, A.Petitti, and A.Rizzo, Decentralized Estimation of Kinematics and Dynamics Properties of an Unknown Load via Multi-Robot Manipulation, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May 26-30 2015, Seattle, Washington, USA. A.Franchi, A.Petitti, and A.Rizzo, Distributed Estimation of the Inertial Parameters of an Unknown Load via Multi-Robot Manipulation, 53th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference, December 15-17 2014, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Antonio Petitti 4 A.Petitti, D.Di Paola, A.Milella, P.L.Mazzeo, P.Spagnolo, G.Cicirelli, and G.Attolico. A Distributed Cooperative Architecture for Robotic Networks with Application to Ambient Intelligence, Workshop on Activity Monitoring by Multiple Distributed Sensing (AMMDS2014), August 24 2014, Stockolm, Sweden. S.Giannini, A.Petitti, D.Di Paola, and A.Rizzo, Consensus-Based Distributed Target Tracking with Asynchronous Measurements, 52-th Conference on Decision and Control, December 10-13 2013, Florence, Italy. S.Giannini, D.Di Paola, A.Petitti, and A.Rizzo, On the Convergence of the Max-Consensus Protocol with Asynchronous Updates, 52-th Conference on Decision and Control, December 10-13 2013, Florence, Italy. A.Petitti, D.Di Paola, A.Milella, P.L.Mazzeo, P.Spagnolo, G.Cicirelli, and G.Attolico. A Distributed Heterogeneous Sensor Network for Tracking and Monitoring, 10th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Video and Signal-Based Surveillance (AVSS), August 27-30 2013, Krakow, Poland. A.Petitti, D.Di Paola, A.Rizzo, and G.Cicirelli, Distributed Target Tracking for Sensor Networks with Only Local Communication, The 19th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, June 20-23 2011, Aquis Corfu Holiday Palace, Corfu, Greece. A.Petitti, D.Di Paola, A.Rizzo,and G.Cicirelli, Consensus-based Distributed Estimation for Target Tracking in Heterogeneous Sensor Networks, 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference, December 12-15 2011, Orlando, Florida, USA. Book Chapters A.Petitti, D.Di Paola, A.Milella, P.L.Mazzeo, P.Spagnolo, G.Cicirelli, and G.Attolico. A Heterogeneous Robotic Network for Distributed Ambient Assisted Living, in Human Behavior Understanding in Networked Sensing, Springer, 2014. Technical Reports A.Petitti, D.Di Paola, A.Milella, P.Spagnolo, P.L.Mazzeo, A.Argentieri, G.Cicirelli, and G.Attolico (2013). Progetto BAITAH: Progetto del Sistema e Test dei Componenti Fondamentali, Internal Report (Language: Italian) CNR-ISSIA N.ro 06/2013 July 2013, Bari. A.Petitti, D.Di Paola, A.Argentieri, and G.Attolico (2012). Progetto BAITAH - Valutazione dell Architettura di Controllo e Navigazione del SAR, Internal Report (Language: Italian) CNR-ISSIA N.ro 03/2012 November 2012, Bari. A.Petitti (2011). Cooperative Control of a Multirobot System for Target Tracking, Internal Report CNR-ISSIA N.ro 01/2011 January 2011, Bari. Attended Courses University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland eurathlon/sherpa Summer School 2015 on Field Robotics, 1-5 June, 2015 Organized by EURATHLON and SHERPA European Projects Università di Bari, Bari, Italy Introduction to Python, 28 November, 5 and 12 December, 2014 Organized by Alumni Mathematica
Antonio Petitti 5 LabVIEW Core 2, 30-31 January 2014 Organized by National Instruments LabVIEW Core 1, 27-29 January 2014 Organized by National Instruments Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy Analysis of Complex Networks: Structure and Dynamics, 20-22 February 2013 Organized by Italian Society for Chaos and Complexity ETH Zürich - Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland Airobots: Aerial Service Robotics - Robotics School, 02-06 July 2012 The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom BMVA/EPSRC Computer Vision Summer School 2012, 25-29 June 2012 Italian National Research Council, Bari, Italy Parallel Computing with MATLAB - MathWorks Training Course, 21-22 June 2012 Organized by Mathworks Workshop/Seminars Given A.Petitti, Research Statement: Distributed Estimation and Cooperative Control of Multi-Robot Systems [in Italian], Institute of Intelligent Systems for Automation,, Bari, Italy, 18 December 2013 A.Petitti, Distributed Estimation in Robotic Networks, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany, 18 October 2013 A.Petitti, Multiple Mobile Robot Systems [in Italian],, 18 December 2012 A.Petitti, Introduction to Mobile Robotics [in Italian],, 19 December 2012 Technical Skills Object and Component Oriented Programming: C, C++, Java, Python Operating Systems: Linux, Windows, and Mac OS Matlab/Simulink Environment and Language ROS - Robot Operating System Affiliations Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE): Student Member, 2013-present IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS): Member, 2013-present IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS): Member, 2013-present Italian Society for Chaos and Complexity (SICC): Member, 2013-present
Antonio Petitti 6 Languages Italian Native English Self Assessment* Comprehension Listening: Reading: Independent User [B2] Proficient User [C1] Speaking Spoken Interaction: Spoken Production: Proficient User [C1] Proficient User [C1] Writing Independent User [C1] French Self Assessment* Comprehension Listening: Reading: Basic User [A2] Basic User [A2] Speaking Spoken Interaction: Spoken Production: Independent User [B2] Independent User [B2] Writing Basic User [A2]