Curriculum Vitae

Professional Experiences

Associate Researcher

2025 – Present
University of Cambridge

Visiting Researcher

Jan - May 2025
California Institute of Technology

Education

Ph.D. in Robotics / Engineering

2022 – 2025
University of Rennes
  • Thesis: Learning for autonomous multi-robot systems
  • Advisor: Claudio Pacchierotti and Paolo Robuffo Giordano

M.Sc. in Robotics Engineering

2018 – 2020
University of Genoa
  • Grade: 110/110 cum laude
  • Thesis: Deep learning for robot control

Invited Talks

Multi-Agent Learning-based Control: Intelligent Coordination through Control-Theoretic Insights

Jan 2026
Acentauri and Chroma Inria team seminar

Coordination-Informed Multi-Objective Multi-Robot Reinforcement Learning

Sept 2025
Multi-Robot Days - Inria, University of Rennes

Multi-Agent Learning-Based Control: Across Stability and Opinion Dynamics

Jun 2025
KTH seminar

Multi-Agent Learning-Based Control: Across Stability and Opinion Dynamics

May 2025
University of Cambridge Prorok Lab Seminar

Liquid Time-Constant Graph Neural Networks: A Control-Based Perspective

Jan 2025
Caltech ACL lab Seminar

Analysis of dynamic properties of learning models in multi-agent systems

May 2024
Journée TS5 : Hybridation entre les approches basées modèles et basées données

Organized Events

2nd Workshop on Real-World Challenges in Multi-Robot Cooperation: The Power of Heterogeneity and Diversity

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems 2026

Workshop on Real-World Challenges in Multi-Robot Cooperation

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems 2024

Supervised Students

Lorenzo Magnino

2025 – Present
Project: Learning Multi-Robot Reaction-Stable Behaviours

Alessia Fusco

2025 – Present
Project: Predicting Human-Robot Interaction for Collaboration Manipulation

Zhan Ghao

2025 – 2026
Project: Risk-Aware Environment Shaping for Safe Multi-Robot Control under Execution Uncertainty

Mario Gomez

2025 – 2026
Project: Environmental Co-design for Sensitive Sequential Multi-Task Robotic Team

Yuxin Jin

2024 – Present
Project: Micro Magnetically-Driven Multi-Robot Control via Multi-Modal Sensing Sources

Thomas Zamprogno

2025 – 2026
Project: Decentralized Multi-Robot Clustering via Generalized Connectivity Maintenance

Francesco Levantino

2025
Project: Experimental Validation of Passivity-Based Decentralized Bi-Connectivity Maintenance for Open Multi-Agent Systems

Istok Petrovic

2025 – 2026
Project: Experience Clustering for Coordination in Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Systems

Languages

  • Italian: Native
  • English: Fluent / Professional Working Proficiency
  • French: Fluent