- 2022–2023
- “Development of multi-agent coordination and optimization methods and algorithms for workforce management through task assignment and routing”
Funding: research contract with the private company DEDEM s.r.l. Budget: 50k euros.
Role: Principal Investigator.
- 2020–2022
- “Formal Methods and Technologies for the Future of Energy Systems”
Funding: Fondazione di Sardegna, biennial research projects, financial year 2019 (regional project).
Role: Principal Investigator.
- 2019–2022
- IAPC – “Ingegnerizzazione e Automazione del Processo di produzione tradizionale del pane Carasau mediante l'utilizzo di tecnologie IOT”
Funding: research and development programme of the Fondo per la Crescita Sostenibile, “AGRIFOOD” PON I&C 2014–2020. Duration: 36 months (2 October 2019 – 2 October 2022).
Role: WP leader of OR3; head of the automation and control research unit (IINF-04).
- 2019–2021
- MOSIMA – “Metodi formali per il MOnitoraggio di SIstemi dinamici Multi-Agente”
Funding: Regione Autonoma della Sardegna, FSC 2014–2020, call “Ricerca di base 2017”, code RASSR05871.
Role: member of the research unit.
- 2018–2020
- UNICARASAU – “Optimization of the production process of Carasau bread for the increment of the automation level and productivity of the enterprise”
Funding: POR FESR Sardegna 2014–2020, call “Aiuti per progetti di ricerca e sviluppo”.
Role: head of the automation and control research unit (IINF-04).
- 2017–2020
- VIRTUALENERGY – “Development of systems for the aggregation, coordination and optimization of Virtual Power Plants”
Funding: POR FESR Sardegna 2014–2020, call “Cluster top-down”.
Role: head of the research unit and reference person for the control systems research group.
- 2015–2019
- CoNetDomeSys – “Cooperative constrained optimization of networked domestic thermal systems for efficient and coordinated urban energy consumption”
Funding: Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR), call SIR 2014 (Scientific Independence of young Researchers), code RBSI14OF6H. Budget: 360k euros.
Role: Principal Investigator.
- 2013–2016
- ACCUS – “Adaptive cooperative control of urban systems”
Funding: European Union, ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking, GA no. 333020.
Role: deputy scientific coordinator for the University of Cagliari.
- 2013–2015
- Giedieon – “Gestione Intelligente e sicura di sEnsoristica Distribuita e della sua Interazione uOmo-macchiNa: possibili scenari futuri”
Funding: Regione Autonoma della Sardegna, call PIA Industria (G.R. no. 39/3 of 10 November 2010).
Role: member of the research unit.
- 2012–2015
- SIAR – “Sistemi interconnessi per l'automazione su reti” (Control of Networked Systems)
Funding: Regione Autonoma della Sardegna, regional law L7/2007, call 2010.
Role: member of the research unit.
- 2010–2014
- HYCON2 – “Highly-complex and networked control systems”
Funding: European Union, FP7-ICT, GA no. 257462.
Role: contract researcher.
- 2008–2011
- DISC – “Distributed Supervisory Control of Large Plants”
Funding: European Union, FP7, GA no. 224498.
Role: member of the research unit.
- 2007–2008
- DiagDis – “Sviluppo di uno strumento di diagnosi per l'analisi di guasto in sistemi distribuiti” (Development of diagnosis tools for avionic systems)
Funding: POR Sardegna, Measure 3.13.
Role: member of the research unit.