CV - Alessandro Pisano, PhD
Personal data
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Birth date and nationality:
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Alessandro PISANO. pisano@diee.unica.it.
06/09/1972, Italian.
Married.
via delle Libellule 12, 09126, Cagliari.
Education
June-1997 Laurea degree in Electronic Engineering with full marks (110/110)
Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (DIEE), Univ. of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
February-2001 Phd Degree in Electronic and Informatic Engineering, DIEE, Cagliari University
Summer Schools and Technical Training Courses Attended
- 1st International School on Marine Technologies, Lerici (Genova), 7-11 January 2002.
- “PLC-based systems in industrial automation”, course by Schneider Electric, June 2003.
Current activity
He currently holds an annual research grant as co-investigator in the project “Modeling and Control
of Gantry Cranes for Container Handling”, Subtask of National Project “PON-CYBERSAR”.
Professional activities
Since 2000 he is a registered Professional Engineer in Cagliari.
2002-2006
He worked as a system engineer consultant with Ichnotech s.n.c., a private
engineering company co-founded with a collegue.
2006-present
Independent technical consultant
Participation to past and ongoing research projects
Duration
Subject
Funding source
1998
Implementation of novel velocity estimators for
electrical motor drives by using incremental encoder
measurements
Navigation, Guidance and Control of Robotic
Underwater Vehicles
Advanced control methods for mechanical systems
subject to oscillations
Innovative Control Strategies in high-speed
transportation systems
GPS systems for Automatic Train Protection (ATP)
Project funded by Regione
Sardinia
1999-00
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
Italian “PRIN” (National
Projects of Relevant Interest)
PRIN
PRIN
National Funds for Applied
Researches (FAR). In
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signalling
2003-04
Design and implementation of high-dexterity robotic
manipulators with haptic feedback”
2004-05
Robust Regulation of Active Pantographs via
Variable Structure Control
Novel position controllers for electro hydraulic
valves for gas and steam turbines
Underwater Propulsion System based on an
Oscillating Foil
Real-time Simulation and Control of Combined-Cycle
Power Plants
2006
2006
2006-ongoing
2006-ongoing
Modeling and Control of Gantry Cranes for
Container Handling
collaboration with Ansaldo
Signal, ltd.
National Fund for
Technological Innovation
(FIT).
In collaboration with
Microsystems, ltd.
PRIN
Research funded by Ansaldo
Energia, ltd.
Project funded by Regione
Liguria
Project funded by the Italian
Ministry of University and
Scientific Research.
Project funded by the Italian
Ministry of University and
Scientific Research.
Patents :
“Method and apparatus for the dynamic positioning of an object moving in a fluid”, Italian Patent,
November 2005, Co-inventor.
Teaching Activities
He has been involved as teaching assistant in the following M.S. University courses pertaining to
the area of systems and control theory: System Analysis 1 and 2; Automatic Control 1 and 2;
Nonlinear Control Systems, Industrial Robotics; Digital Control Systems; Industrial Automation.
He teached in the professional courses: “Modeling of Dynamical Systems”, “Automatic Control”,
“Matlab-Simulink”, “Industrial Systems and automation”, “Educational aspects of Automatic
Control Laboratory”
He has supervised about 35 final M.S. Theses in Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering.
Main scientific interests
Since 1997, the research activities of Dr. Pisano span over the theory and application of nonlinear
advanced control techniques. A great deal of efforts has been devoted to the area of robust
variable-structure control (VSC) with sliding modes. More specifically, the following topics of
theoretical, practical and applicative relevance have been dealt with:
Theoretical
- Nonlinear control and estimation via high-order sliding mode (HOSM) techniques [J1J5,J17,J20,B2,B3,C5,C10,C12,C15,C18,C19,C23,C29,C31,C34]:
State and output-feedback problems; Observer-based control; Globality Issues;
Real-time Differentiation. Frequency domain analysis of VSC with HOSMs
- Practical implementation issues [J6,J16,J19,B1,C1-C4,C6,C14,C30,C32,C33,C35,C36,C39]:
Digital realization; effects of parasitic dynamics and measurement noise,
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Applicative:
- Robust Control of Mechanical Systems [J9 + specific references below]
- Hydrojet and fin-based underwater propulsion. Underwater and sea-surface vehicles.
[J15,B4,C16,].
- Active Pantographs Control [J13,C21,C22,C25,C37]
- Industrial gantry cranes [J7,J11,C11,C20,C26]
- Industrial, advanced and educational robotics: industrial manipulators, robotic hands,
master/slave haptic interfaces, LEGO-Mindstorms based systems [J12,C17].
- Electrohydraulic industrial servovalves control (in collaboration with Ansaldo Energia, ltd).
- Robust estimation and control for electrical drives (DC and Induction motor drives)
[J8,J10,J14,B5,C7,C8,C9,C13,C27]
- Chaos control and synchronization [C24,C28]
- Dynamic Voltage/Frequency scaling in multiprocessor Systems on Chip (SoC) via controltheoretic techniques [J18,C38]
New topics currently under investigation:
Fractional-order models for process control applications.
Computationally-efficient real-time simulation of combined-cycle power plants.
Control of transients in combined-cycle power plants (in collaboration with Ansaldo Energia)
Active control of compressor surge and Rotating Stall. (in collaboration with Ansaldo Energia)
Scientific collaborations outside DIEE
Prof. Antonella Ferrara, University of Pavia, Italy
Prof. S. Cincotti, Dept. Biophysical and Electronic Eng., University of Genova, Italy.
Dr. Arie Levant, Tel-Aviv University, Israel,
Prof. Leonid. Fridman and Dr. Rafael Iriarte, National Autonomous University of Mexico,
Dr. Igor. Boiko, Honeywell ltd., Canada,
Dr. Elisabetta Punta, Italian CNR (Italian National Res. Council),
Dr. Pierluigi Pisu, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University, US.
Prof. L. Benini, Dept. of Informatics and Electronics, Univ. of Bologna, Italy,
Dr. Andrea Acquaviva, Univ. of Verona, Italy,
Prof. B. Allotta and Dr. Luca Pugi, Univ. of Pisa, Italy.
Dr. Salvatore Carta and Dr. Andrea Alimonda, Dept. of Informatics, Cagliari University.
Scientific organization activities
Dr. Pisano served as Chair of National Organizing Committee and Program Committee Member for
the 9-th IEEE Int. Workshop on Variable Structure Systems VSS’06, held in Alghero, Italy, June 57, 2006. He serves currently and extensively as reviewer for the main journals and conferences.
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Publications
Since 1997 he has co-authored 20 peer-reviewed international journal papers, 5 chapters in book
monographs, 39 communications to peer-reviewed international conferences. The full list of
publications follows.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
[J1] Bartolini G., Ferrara A., PISANO A., Usai E. "Adaptive reduction of the control effort in chatteringfree sliding mode control of uncertain nonlinear systems" Journal of Applied Mathematics and
Computer Sciences, vol. 8, n. 1, pp. 51-71, 1998.
[J2]
Bartolini G., PISANO A., Usai E. "First and Second Derivative Estimation by Sliding Mode
Technique" Journal of Signal Processing, vol. 4, n. 2, pp. 167-176, 2000.
[J3] Bartolini G., Levant A., PISANO A., Usai E. "On the robust stabilization of nonlinear uncertain
systems with incomplete state availability", ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and
Control, vol. 122, pp. 738-745, 2000.
[J4] Bartolini G., Ferrara A., PISANO A., Usai E. "On the convergence properties of a 2-sliding control
algorithm for nonlinear uncertain systems", International Journal of Control, vol. 74, n. 7, pp. 718731, 2001.
[J5]
Bartolini G., PISANO A. , Usai E. "Global Stabilization for Nonlinear Uncertain Systems with
Unmodeled Actuator Dynamics" IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, vol. 46, n. 11, pp. 1826-1832,
2001.
[J6]
Bartolini G., PISANO A.,Usai E. "Digital Second Order Sliding Mode Control for Uncertain
Nonlinear Systems" Automatica vol. 37, no. 9, pp. 1371-1377, 2001.
[J7]
Bartolini G., PISANO A..,Usai E. "Second Order Sliding Mode Control for Container Cranes"
Automatica, vol. 38, pp. 1783-1790, 2002.
[J8] Bartolini G., Damiano A., Gatto G.L., Marongiu I., PISANO A., Usai E. "Robust Speed and Torque
Estimation in Electrical Drives by Second Order Sliding Modes" IEEE Trans. on Control Systems
Technology, vol. 11, n. 1, pp. 84-90, 2003.
[J9] Bartolini G., PISANO A., Punta E., Usai E. "A survey of applications of second-order sliding mode
control to mechanical systems" International Journal of Control, vol. 76, n. 9/10, pp. 875-892, 2003.
[J10]
Bartolini G., PISANO A., Pisu P. "A Simplified Exponentially Convergent Rotor Resistance
Estimator for Induction Motors", IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, vol. 48, n. 2, pp. 325-330,
2003.
[J11] Bartolini G., PISANO A., Usai E. "Output-feedback control of container cranes: a comparative
analysis", Asian Journal of Control, in press in vol. 5, n. 4, 2003.
[J12]
Bartolini G., PISANO A. "Global output-feedback tracking and load disturbance rejection for
electrically-driven robotic manipulators with uncertain dynamics", International Journal of Control,
vol. 76, n. 12, pp.1201-1213, 2003.
[J13]
PISANO A. Usai E. “Output--Feedback Regulation of the Contact-Force in High--Speed Train
Pantographs", ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, vol. 126, n. 1, pp. 8287, 2004.
[J14] Damiano A.,Gatto G.L., Marongiu I., PISANO A. ”Second-order sliding-mode control of DC drives”
IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, vol. 51, n. 2, pp. 364-373, 2004.
[J15] PISANO A. Usai E. “Output-feedback control of an underwater vehicle prototype by higher-order
sliding modes”, Automatica, vol. 40, n. 3, pp. 1525-1530, 2004.
[J16]
Bartolini G., PISANO A. Usai E. “An improved second-order sliding mode control scheme robust
against the measurement noise”, IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, vol. 49, n. 10, pp. 1731-1737,
2004.
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[J17] Boiko I., Fridman L., Iriarte R., PISANO A. Usai E. “Parameter tuning of second-order sliding mode
controllers for linear plants with dynamic actuators”, Automatica, vol. 42, pp. 833 – 839, 2006.
[J18] Acquaviva, A., Alimonda, A., Benini, L. Carta, S. PISANO A. “A Control Theoretic Approach to
Energy Efficient Pipelined Computation in MPSoCs.”, Accepted for publication in th ACM
Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, in press.
[J19] Boiko I., Fridman L., PISANO A. Usai E. “Performance Analysis of Second-Order Sliding-Mode
Control Systems with Fast Actuators.”, Accepted for publication in th IEEE Trans. on Automatic
Control, in press.
[J20] PISANO A. Usai E “Globally convergent real-time differentiation via second order sliding modes.”,
Accepted for publication in the International Journal of Systems Sciences, in press.
[J21] Boiko I., Fridman L., PISANO A., Usai E. "Chattering Analysis in Systems with Second-Order
Sliding-Modes". Accepted as Regular Paper in the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. In
press.
BOOK CHAPTERS
[B1] Bartolini G., PISANO A., Usai E. "Variable Structure Control of Sampled Data Systems by Second
Order Sliding Modes", in "Variable Structure Systems, Sliding Mode and Nonlinear Control", K.D.
Young and U.Ozguner eds., Springer Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol. 247,
pp. 43-68, Springer Verlag, 1999.
[B2]
Bartolini G., Pillosu S., PISANO A., Usai E. "Time-Optimal Stabilization for a Third-Order
Integrator: a Robust State-Feedback Implementation" in "Dynamics, Bifurcations and Control", F.
Colonius and L. Gruene eds., Springer Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol. 273,
pp. 131-144, Springer Verlag, 2002.
[B3]
Bartolini G., Levant A., PISANO A., Usai E. "Higher-Order Sliding Modes for Output-Feedback
Control of Nonlinear Uncertain Systems" in "Variable Structure Systems: Towards the 21-st
century" X. Yu and J, Xu eds., Springer Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol.
274, pp. 83-108, Springer Verlag, 2002.
[B4] Bartolini G., PISANO A., Punta E., Usai E. "Motion Control of Underwater Objects by using SecondOrder Sliding-Mode Techniques" in "Variable Structure Systems: from Principles to
Implementation" , A. Sabanovic, L. Fridman and S. Spurgeon eds. IEE Control Engineering Series,
IEE publishing, UK, ISBN 0-86341-350-1, 2004.
[B5]
Bartolini G., Orani N., PISANO A., Usai E. " Higher-order sliding mode approaches to control and
estimation in electrical drives " in " Advances in Variable Structure and Sliding Mode Control", C.
Edwards, E. Fossas and L. Fridman,eds., Springer Lecture Notes in Control and Information
Sciences, vol. 334, Springer Verlag, 2006.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDING
[C1]
Bartolini G., PISANO A., Usai E. "Digital second order sliding mode control of SISO uncertain
nonlinear systems" Proc. of the 1998 American Control Conference ACC '98, Philadelphia, USA,
June 1998.
[C2]
Bartolini G., PISANO A.,Usai E. "Digital second order sliding mode control with uncertainties
estimation for a class of SISO nonlinear systems" Proc. of the 1998 IEEE Mediterranean Conference
on Control and Systems MEDCONF '98, Alghero, Italy, June 1998
[C3]
Bartolini G., PISANO A., Usai E "Direct discretization of Second Order Sliding Mode Control for
Uncertain Nonlinear Systems" Proc of the 1998 Conference on Decision and Control CDC '98,
Tampa, USA, December 1998.
[C4]
Bartolini G., PISANO A., Usai E "Variable structure control of nonlinear sampled data systems by
second order sliding modes" Proc of the 1998 Workshop on Variable Structure Systems VSS '98,
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Tampa, USA, December 1998.
[C5] Bartolini G., Levant A. PISANO A., Usai E. "2-Sliding Mode with Adaptation" Proc. of the 1999
IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Systems MEDCONF ‘99, Haifa, Israel, June 1999.
[C6]
Bartolini G., PISANO A., Usai E. "Direct Discretization of a Second Order Sliding Mode Control
Scheme for Uncertain Nonlinear Systems" Proc. of the 1999 European Control Conference ECC`99,
Kalrsruhe, Germany, August 1999.
[C7] Damiano A., Gatto G.L., PISANO A., Usai E. "Rotor Speed Estimation in Electrical Drives by Second
Order Sliding Modes" Proc. of the 1999 European Control Conference ECC `99, Kalrsruhe,
Germany, August 1999.
[C8]
Damiano A., Gatto G.L., PISANO A., Usai E. "Second Order Sliding Mode Control of PM DC
Motor" Proc. of the 1999 International Symposium on Industrial Electronics ISIE`99, Bled,
Slovenia, June 1999.
[C9] Damiano A., Gatto G.L., Marongiu I., PISANO A. "Synthesis and Digital Implementation of a
Reduced Order Flux Observer for Induction Motor Drives" Proc. of the 1999 International
Symposium on Industrial Electronics ISIE`99, Bled, Slovenia, June 1999.
[C10] Bartolini G., Levant A., PISANO A., Usai E. "A 2-sliding mode observer-controller scheme for
nonlinear uncertain systems" Proc of the 1999 Conference on Decision and Control CDC '99,
Phoenix, USA, December 1999.
[C11] Bartolini G., Orani N., PISANO A., Usai E. "Load Swing Damping in Overhead Cranes by Sliding
Mode Technique" Proc of the 39th Conference on Decision and Control CDC 2000, Sidney, AU,
December 2000.
[C12]
Bartolini G., PISANO A., Usai E. "Global Stabilization and Peaking Reduction for Nonlinear
Uncertain Systems with Unmodeled Actuator Dynamics" Proc of the 39th Conference on Decision
and Control CDC 2000, Sidney, AU, December 2000.
[C13] Bartolini G., Murineddu A., PISANO A., Usai E. "A Combined First Order-Second Order Sliding
Mode Control Scheme for IM Drives" Proc of the 2000 Workshop on Variable Structure Systems
VSS 2000, Gold Coast, AU, December2000.
[C14] Bartolini G., PISANO A., Usai E. "Digital Sliding Mode Control with O(T 3) accuracy" Proc of the
2000 Workshop on Variable Structure Systems VSS 2000, Gold Coast, AU, December2000.
[C15]
Bartolini G., Pillosu S., PISANO A., Usai E. "Time-Optimal Stabilization for a Third-Order
Integrator: a Robust State-Feedback Implementation" Proc. of the 2001 Nonlinear Control Network
Workshop NCN 2001, Irsee (DE), April 2001.
[C16] Bartolini G., Cisci L., PISANO A., Usai E. "Navigation and Control of AUVs via Second Order
Sliding-Modes and Extended Kalman Filtering" Proc. of the 2001 IEEE Mediterranean Control
Conference MED 2001, Dubrovnik (Croatia) June 2001.
[C17] Bartolini G., PISANO A., Punta E. "Chattering-Free Sliding-Mode Tracking Control for Robotic
Manipulators" Proc. of the 2001 IEEE European Control Conference ECC 2001, Porto (Portugal)
September 2001.
[C18] Bartolini G., PISANO A , Usai E. "Chattering Reduction in the Variable Structure Control of
Nonlinear Systems with Incomplete State Availability" Proc. of the 2001 IEEE European Control
Conference ECC 2001, Porto (Portugal) September 2001.
[C19] Bartolini G., PISANO A., Usai E. "Global Tracking Control for a class of Nonlinear Uncertain
Systems" Proc. of the 40th Conference on Decision and Control CDC 2001, Orlando, US, December
2001.
[C20] PISANO A., Usai E. "Robust control of container cranes: theory and experimental validation" Proc.
of the 40th Conference on Decision and Control CDC 2001, Orlando, US, December 2001.
[C21]
Levant A., PISANO A., Usai E. "Output feedback contact-force control in high-speed train
pantographs" Proc. of the 40th Conference on Decision and Control CDC 2001, Orlando, US,
December 2001.
[C22] Piga-Carboni A., PISANO A., Usai E. "Robust Control of the Contact Force of an asymmetric
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pantograph" Proc. of the 2002 Int. Conf. on CAD, Manifacture and Operation in the Railway System
COMPRAIL 2002, Lemnos (Greece), June 2002.
[C23] Bartolini G., Levant A., PISANO A., Usai E. "A Real-Sliding Criterion for Control Adaptation" Proc.
of the 2002 Workshop on Variable Structure Systems VSS 2002, Sarajevo, YUG, July 2002.
[C24] Cannas B., Cincotti S., PISANO A., Usai E., "Robust chaos synchronisation: a comparative analysis"
Proc. of the 2002 Workshop on Variable Structure Systems VSS 2002, Sarajevo, YUG, July 2002.
[C25] Piga-Carboni A., PISANO A., Usai E. "VSC applied to a Brecknell-Willis high-speed pantograph"
Proc. of the 2002 Workshop on Variable Structure Systems VSS 2002, Sarajevo, YUG, July 2002.
[C26] Bartolini G, PISANO A., Usai E. "Output-feedback control of container cranes: a comparative
analysis" Proc. of the 41th Conference on Decision and Control CDC 2002, Las Vegas, US,
December 2002.
[C27] Bartolini G., PISANO A., Pisu P. "Rotor Resistance Identification for an Induction Machine via
Combined Adaptive and Sliding-Mode Technique" Proc. of the 41th Conference on Decision and
Control CDC 2002, Las Vegas, US, December 2002.
[C28] Cannas B., Cincotti S., PISANO A., Usai E. "Controlling Chaos Via Second-Order Sliding Modes"
Proc. of the 2003 Int. Simposium on Circuits and Systems ISCAS 2003, Bangkok, May 2003.
[C29] Bartolini G, PISANO A., Usai E. " Sliding-mode control with mild information demand for relativedegree 3 systems" Proc. of the 42th Conference on Decision and Control CDC 2003, Maui, US,
December 2003.
[C30] PISANO A., Usai E ."An improved second-order sliding-mode control scheme robust against the
measurement noise" Proc. of the 42th Conference on Decision and Control CDC 2003, Maui, US,
December 2003
[C31] Bartolini G., PISANO A., Usai E. "On a third-order sliding mode controller " Proc. of the 8th Int.
Workshop on Variable Structure Systems VSS 2004, Vilanova i la Geltru, SP,. Sept 2004
[C32] Boiko I. Fridman L., PISANO A., Usai E. "Shaping the amplitude and frequency of chattering in 2SMC with dynamic actuators " Proc. of the 8th Int. Workshop on Variable Structure Systems VSS
2004, Vilanova i la Geltru, SP,. Sept 2004
[C33] Boiko I. Fridman L., PISANO A., Usai E. " Performance Analysis of Second-Order Sliding-Mode
Control Systems with Fast Actuators" Proc. of the 8th Int. Workshop on Variable Structure Systems
VSS 2004, Vilanova i la Geltru, SP,. Sept 2004
[C34] Boiko I. Fridman L., Iriarte R., PISANO A., Usai E. "Analysis of the “Sub-optimal" second-order
sliding-mode control algorithm in the frequency domain" Proc. of the 43nd Conference on Decision
and Control CDC 2004, Nassau, Bahamas, December 2004
[C35] Boiko I. Fridman L., PISANO A., Usai E. "Fast Oscillations in Feedback Control Systems with Fast
Actuators riven by the Second-Order Sliding Mode 'Suboptimal' Algorithm " Proc. of the 43nd
Conference on Decision and Control CDC 2004, Nassau, Bahamas, December 2004
[C36] Boiko I. Fridman L., Orani N., PISANO A., Usai E. "Oscillations analysis in nonlinear variablestructure systems with second-order sliding-modes and dynamic actuators " Proc. of the 16th IFAC
World Congress IFAC 2005, Prague, CZ,. June 2005.
[C37] Allotta B., PISANO A., Pugi L, Usai E. " VSC of a servo-actuated ATR90-type pantograph" Proc. of
the 44th Conference on Decision and Control CDC 2005, Siviglia, December 2005
[C38] Acquaviva A., Alimonda A., Carta S., PISANO A. "A Control Theoretic Approach to Run-Time
Energy Optimizationof Pipelined Elaboration in MPSoCs”. Proc. of the Design, Automation and
Test in Europe Conference DATE ’06., Munich, March 2006
[C39] Orani N., PISANO A., Usai E. “On a new sliding mode differentiator scheme" Proc. of the 2006
International Conference on Industrial Technology - ICIT 2006, Mumbai, India, December 2006
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