Academic Committees

Abroad

• Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Université de Montpellier, Lille, France: Andrea Cherubini, Dec. 2016.
• Doctor of Philosophy, Université de Nantes Angers Le Mans, Nantes, France: Giulio Cerruti, "Design and Control of a Dexterous Anthropomorphic Robotic Hand", Oct. 2016.
• Doctor of Philosophy, King's College London, London, UK: Chen Qiu, "Screw Theory Based Stiffness Analysis of Compliant Parallel Mechanisms", Mar. 2016.
• Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Université de Lille 1 — Sciences et Technologies, Lille, France: Richard Béarée, Oct. 2015.
• Doctor of Philosophy, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI, Paris, France: Aurélien Ibanez, "Emergence of Complex Behaviors from Coordinated Predictive Control in Humanoid Robotics", Sep. 2015.
• Doctor of Philosophy, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran: Hamid Sadeghian, "Multi-priority Control in Redundant Robotic Systems: An Application to Physical Human–Robot Interaction", Apr. 2013.
• Doctor of Philosophy, Tallin University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia: Juri Gavšin, "Intrinsic Robot Safety through Reversibility of Actions", Dec. 2011.
• Doctor of Philosophy, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK: Said Ghani Khan, "Adaptive and Reinforcement Learning Control Methods for Active Compliance Control of a Humanoid Robot Arm", Dec. 2011.
• Thèse de Doctorat, Université Montpellier II, Montpellier, France: Bruno Vilhena Adorno, "Two-arm Manipulation: From Manipulators to Enhanced Human-Robot Collaboration", Oct. 2011.
• Akademisk avhandling, Linköpings universitet, Linköping, Sweden: Stig Moberg, "Modeling and Control of Flexible Manipulators", Dec. 2010.
• Doctor of Philosophy, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal: Germano Manuel Correia dos Santos Veiga, "On the Orchestration of Operations in Flexible Manufacturing", Feb. 2010.
• Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France: Daniel Sidobre, November 2009.
• Thèse de Doctorat, École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, Sophia-Antipolis, France: Gerardo Silveira, "Contributions aux Méthodes Directes d'Estimation et de Commande Basées Vision", Oct. 2008.
• Thèse de Doctorat, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France: Wael Suleiman, "Identification and Control of Nonlinear Systems: Application to Humanoid Robots", Sep. 2008.
• Doktor-Ingenieurs, Technische Universität München, München, Germany: Angelika Peer, "Design and Control of Admittance-Type Telemanipulation Systems", July 2008.
• Thèse de Doctorat, Université Paris 6, Paris, France: Jean-Philippe Saut, "Planification de Mouvement pour la Manipulation Dextre dÓbjets Rigides", Nov. 2007.
• Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont Ferrand, France: Nicolas Andreff, July 2006.
• Thèse de Doctorat (President du Jury), Université Paris 6, Paris, France: Nabil Zemiti, "Commande en Effort des Systèmes Robotiques pour la Chirurgie Mini-Invasive", Dec. 2005.
• Akademisk avhandling, Örebro universitet, Örebro, Sweden: Zbigniew Wasik, "A Behavior-Based Control System for Mobile Manipulation", April 2005.
• Doctor of Philosophy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium: Johan Baeten, "Integration of Vision and Force for Robotic Servoing", December 2001.
• Doctor of Philosophy, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: Andrew Cree, "Causal Approximations to the Inverse Dynamics of Structurally Flexible Robots" November 2001.
• Doctor of Philosophy, Řrsted • Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Lyngby, Denmark: Henrik Skovsgaard Nielsen, "Control of Fast Flexible Robots", Apr. 2001.
• Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France: Véronique Perdereau, Nov. 2000.
• Teknisk Doktor, Lunds Tekniska Högskola, Lund Sweden: Anders Robertsson, "On Observer-Based Control of Nonlinear Systems", Dec. 1999.
• European Doctor Thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain: Albert Castellet, "Solving Inverse Kinematics Problem Using an Interval Method", Oct. 1998.
• Thèse de Doctorat, Université Montpellier II, Montpellier, France: Clotilde Perrier, "Génération de Mouvements pour un Manipulateur Mobile Non-holonome", July 1998.
• Thèse de Doctorat (President du Jury), Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France: Jérôme Szewczyk, "Planification et Contrôle de la Manipulation Coordonnée par Distribution d'Impédance", Feb. 1998.
• Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia: Werner Kraus Jr., "The Robotic Manipulation of Flexible Materials: A Hybrid Position/Force Approach", Mar. 1997.
• Master of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore: Wee Chin Chuan, "Design and Development of a Vision-Based Off-Line Robot Programming Systems", Aug. 1995.
• Doctor of Philosophy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium: Haipeng Qian, "Stable Robot Force Control in Case of Hard Contact", May 1993.
• Doktor Ingenior, Universitetet i Trondheim, Trondheim, Norway: Jan Richard Sagli, "Coordination of Motion in Manipulators with Redundant Degrees of Freedom", Sep. 1991.
• Thèse d'Etat, Université Montpellier II, Montpellier, France: Pierre Dauchez, "Descriptions de Tâches en vue de la Commande Hybride Symétrique d'un Robot Manipulateur a Deux Bras", Feb. 1990.

National

• Committee for Promotion to Associate Professor in Automatic Control at Sapienza University of Rome, Dec. 2016.
• Committee for Promotion to Research Associate in Automatic Control at University of Naples Federico II, Oct. 2016.
• Committee for Promotion to Professor in Automatic Control at University of Naples Federico II, Oct. 2016.
• Committee for Promotion to Professor in Automatic Control at University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Sep. 2016.
• Committee for Promotion to Research Associate in Automatic Control at University of Camerino, Jan. 2016.
• Committee for Promotion to Associate Professor in Electronic and Computer Bioengineering at University of Naples Federico II, Sep. 2015.
• Committee for Promotion to Associate Professor in Automatic Control at University of Naples Federico II, Sep. 2015.
• Committee for Promotion to Associate Professor in Industrial Bioengineering at University of Naples Federico II, Sep. 2014.
• Committee for Promotion to Research Associate in Automatic Control at University of Naples Parthenope, Nov. 2013.
• Committee for Promotion to Research Associate in Automatic Control at University of Bologna, Oct. 2011.
• Doctorate Degree, Information Technologies, University of Parma, Apr. 2010.
• Committee for Promotion to Full Professor in Automatic Control at Polytechnic of Bari, Mar. 2010.
• Committee for Tenure to Associate Professor in Automatic Control at Polytechnic of Milan, Dec. 2008.
• Committee for Tenure to Associate Professor in Automatic Control at Polytechnic of Turin, Dec. 2008.
• Committee for Tenure to Full Professor in Automatic Control at University of Salerno, Nov. 2008.
• Doctorate Degree, Information Engineering, University of Padua, Nov. 2008.
• Committee for Promotion to Research Associate in Automatic Control at University of Basilicata, Oct. 2008.
• Doctorate Degree, Computer and Automation Engineering, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Mar. 2008.
• Doctorate Degree, Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Cassino, Feb. 2007.
• Committee for Tenure to Associate Professor in Automatic Control at University of Cassino, Jan. 2007.
• Committee for Promotion to Full Professor in Automatic Control at University of Pisa, July 2006.
• Committee for Tenure to Full Professors in Automatic Control at University of Parma and University of Pisa, Dec. 2004.
• Committee for Promotion to Associate Professors in Automatic Control at University of Brescia, Oct. 2004.
• Doctorate Degree, Engineering Sector at Higher School S. Anna, Pontedera, May 2004.
• Doctorate Degree, Information Engineering at Second University of Naples, Naples, Dec. 2000.
• Committee for Promotion to Associate Professors in Automatic Control at University of Verona, 2000.
• Doctorate Degree, Engineering Sector at Higher School S. Anna, Pisa, Jan. 1998.
• Committee for Promotion to Associate Professor in Automatic Control, Oct. 1997.
• Committee for Promotion to Research Associate in Automatic Control at University of Ancona, Oct. 1997.

Local

• University Research Committee at University of Naples Federico II in 2016.
• Board Member of Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at University of Naples Federico II since 2016.
• Chair of Automation Engineering Study Course at University of Naples Federico II since 2013.
• Research Doctorate in Information Engineering Admission Committee at University of Naples Federico II, Jan. 2012.
• Research Doctorate in Information Engineering Admission Committee at University of Naples Federico II, Nov. 2007.
• Research Doctorate in Information Engineering Admission Committee at University of Naples Federico II, Nov. 2004.
• Research Doctorate in Information Engineering Faculty Committee at University of Naples Federico II since 2004.
• Research Doctorate in Information Engineering Faculty Committee at University of Salerno from 2001 to 2004.
• Professional Engineering Qualification Committee at University of Salerno in 2001.
• Research Doctorate in Information Engineering Faculty Committee at University of Naples Federico II from 1999 to 2001.
• ERASMUS/SOCRATES Committee for student mobility within the European Union at University of Naples Federico II from 1994 to 2000.
• Student Orientation Committee for the Laurea in Computer Engineering at University of Naples Federico II from 1994 to 2000.