Welcome to SIDRA 2019

The S.I.D.R.A. PhD Summer School is a one-week event organised every year by S.I.D.R.A., the Italian Control Systems Society. The summer school takes place in Bertinoro, Forlì-Cesena, Italy.

Since the first edition, in 1997, the school has been a meeting place for PhD students, post-graduate and researchers, to be introduced to classical as well as to emerging control theory, enriched by practical case studies and applications. Besides the learning experience, the school also has the ambition of providing a stimulating environment for PhD students to meet and establish professional relationships, collaborations, and know-how exchanges. Every year, two hot topics related to control systems theory/applications are presented, and the partecipants to the school have the opportunity to suggest the topics for the next year. The summer school is primarily intended for, but not restricted to, PhD, post-graduate, and researcher candidates in the Control Systems and Automatica fields. Participants coming from other disciplines may also benefit from the school depending on the topics discussed. The school success encountered in these years and the distinguished international guests, involved a progressive internationalization of the school that now opens up to receive applications from all the European PhD students.

This year themes

The two themes presented this year are “Model reduction by moment matching for linear and nonlinear systems“, coordinated by professor Alessandro Astolfi (University of Rome Tor Vergata - Imperial College London), and “Intelligent collaborative robotics“, coordinated by professors Paolo Rocco (Politecnico di Milano) and Andrea Maria Zanchettin (Politecnico di Milano)

The “Model reduction by moment matching for linear and nonlinear systems“ course will introduce the theory of model reduction, mainly exploiting the notion of moments, for linear and nonlinear systems. The course pretends to be a self-contained course where all the tools used to develop the model reduction theory, both in linear and non-linear cases, are presented, i.e. nonlinear control theory, dynamical systems theory, invariant manifolds, zero dynamics, dissipativity, ... (click here for more info on the course programme).

The “Intelligent collaborative robotics“ course aims at giving a broad overview on human-robot interaction and specifically on how collaborative robots can be employed safely, intelligently, and adaptively, with humans. The modeling and control of robots interacting with humans will be extensively discussed. Human-robot interaction safety standards and cognitive interaction algorithms based on machine learning techniques will be presented as well (click here for more info on the course programme).

A brief guide to surf the site

Click on the main menu item More Info to have information about the venue, the accomodation, the instruction for reaching the school,

Click on the main menu item Registration to have information and instructions on how to apply to the school and the requested fee. Here you can find the pre-registration form to be filled to be admitted to the SIDRA summer school

Click on the main menu item Course Outline to have a look at the school programmes.

Click on the main menu item Course Material to download the material of the school and the homeworks. The material will be provided few weeks before the first school day whereas the homework will be available at the end of the school (for taking a certified exam if required by the home university).

Use the links on the bottom of the page to communicate directly with the Centro Universitario di Bertinoro, that manage the centre where the school take place (only for questions not answered on this site).

On the bottom of the page the email addresses of the coordinators of the school, Prof. Claudio Melchiorri and Prof. Maria Elena Valcher, and of the contact person at the Centro Universitario di Bertinoro, Monica Michelacci.

Please, contact Monica Michelacci for questions related to accommodation and logistics, Prof. Claudio Melchiorri or Prof. Maria Elena Valcher for questions related to the School and the courses.