Prof. BALDI SIMONE

Simone Baldi, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, selected for National Class A Talent Program. Served as Assistant Professor at the Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology (Netherlands, QS and THE world university rankings top 50) from 2014-2019. Received Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (2005), Master's degree in Automation Systems Control Engineering (2007), and Ph.D. in Systems and Informatics (2011) from University of Florence, Italy. Postdoctoral researcher at CERTH (Greece) and University of Cyprus, under the supervision of Prof. Edoardo Mosca (IEEE Life Fellow, IFAC Fellow), Prof. Petros Ioannou (IEEE Life Fellow, IFAC Fellow, former Editor-in-Chief of IEEE-ITS), and Prof. Markos Papageorgiou (IEEE Fellow, IFAC Fellow, former Editor-in-Chief of Transp. Reas. C).

Main research interests include adaptive and learning systems and their applications in intelligent transportation, smart energy, smart grids, autonomous driving, UAV formation, and other fields. Published over 200 papers, with more than 140 SCI-indexed papers, including over 60 full papers in top journals in the field of automatic control such as IEEE TAC, Automatica, as well as top journals in transportation, smart energy, aerospace, and other application fields. Has supervised over 60 students, many of whom have obtained associate professor and faculty positions at renowned universities at home and abroad.

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(Adaptive and Learning Systems, Switched Hybrid Systems, Adaptive Optimization and Control, Machine Learning)

1. [19] SimoneBaldi*, Azzollini I. A., and Ioannou P. A. A distributed indirect adaptive approach to cooperative tracking in networks of uncertain single-input single-output systems. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (2020).
2. [18] Simone Baldi*, Paolo Frasca. Leaderless synchronization of heterogeneous oscillators by adaptively learning the group model. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (2019).
3. [17] Simone Baldi*, Petros A. Ioannou. Stability margins in adaptive mixing control via a Lyapunov-based switching criterion. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 61, no. 5 (2015): 1194-1207. (Full Paper)
4. [16] Simone Baldi*, Iakovos Michailidis, Elias B. Kosmatopoulos, Antonis Papachristodoulou, Petros A. Ioannou. Convex design control for practical nonlinear systems. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 59, no. 7 (2014): 1692-1705. (Full Paper)
5. [15] Simone Baldi*, Petros Ioannou, and Edoardo Mosca. Multiple model adaptive mixing control: the discrete-time case. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 57, no. 4 (2011): 1040-1045.
6. [14] I. A. Azzollini, S. Yuan, W. Yu, Simone Baldi*, Petros Ioannou, and Edoardo Mosca. Multiple model adaptive mixing control: the discrete-time case. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 2020 doi:10.1109/TAC.2020.3000195
7. [13] Shuai Yuan, M Lv, Simone Baldi*, L. Zhang. Adaptive optimal control for large-scale nonlinear systems. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 2020 doi:10.1109/TAC.2020.3003647.
8. [12] Michailidis, Iakovos, Simone Baldi*, Elias B. Kosmatopoulos, Petros A. Ioannou. Adaptive optimal control for large-scale nonlinear systems. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 62, no. 11 (2017): 5567-5577. (Full Paper)
9. [11] Shuai Yuan, Bart De Schutter, Simone Baldi*, Adaptive asymptotic tracking control of uncertain time-driven switched linear systems. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 62, no. 11 (2016): 5802-5807.
10. [10] Simone Baldi*, Giorgio Battistelli, Edoardo Mosca, and Pietro Tesi. Multi-model unfalsified adaptive switching supervisory control. Automatica 46, no. 2 (2010): 249-259. (Regular Paper)
11. [9] Roy, Spandan, Simone Baldi*, Leonid M. Fridman. On adaptive sliding mode control without a priori bounded uncertainty. Automatica 111 (2020): 108650.
12. [8] Roy, Spandan, Simone Baldi*. Towards structure-independent stabilization for uncertain underactuated Euler–Lagrange systems. Automatica 113 (2020): 108775.
13. [7] S. Yuan, L. Zhang, B. D. Schutter, Simone Baldi*. A novel Lyapunov function for a non-weighted L2 gain of asynchronously switched linear systems. Automatica 87 (2018): 310-317.
14. [6] S. Yuan, L. Zhang, Simone Baldi*. Adaptive stabilization of impulsive switched linear time-delay systems: A piecewise dynamic gain approach. Automatica 103 (2019): 322-329.
15. [5] Simone Baldi*, Iakovos Michailidis, Elias B. Kosmatopoulos, and Petros A. Ioannou. A plug and play computationally efficient approach for control design of large-scale nonlinear systems using cosimulation: a combination of two ingredients. IEEE Control Systems Magazine 34, no. 5 (2014): 56-71.(Regular Paper)
16. [4] Simone Baldi*, Weiming Xiang. Reachable set estimation for switched linear systems with dwell-time switching. Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems 29 (2018): 20-33.(Regular Paper)
17. [3] Simone Baldi*, Antonis Papachristodoulou, and Elias B. Kosmatopoulos. Adaptive pulse width modulation design for power converters based on affine switched systems. Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems 30 (2018): 306-322.(Regular Paper)
18. [2] Simone Baldi*, Shuai Yuan, and Paolo Frasca. Output synchronization of unknown heterogeneous agents via distributed model reference adaptation. IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems 6, no. 2 (2018): 515-525. (Regular Paper)
19. [1] D. Liu, Simone Baldi*, W. Yu, C. L. P. Chen, A Hybrid Recursive Implementation of Broad Learning with Incremental Features. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems 2021 doi:10.1109/TNNLS.2020.3043110 (Regular Paper)

(Smart Energy, Intelligent Transportation, Smart Grids, Autonomous Driving, UAV Formation, Cyber-Physical Systems)

1. [1] Simone Baldi*, Iakovos Michailidis, Christos Ravanis, Elias B. Kosmatopoulos. Model-based and model-free "plug-and-play" building energy efficient control. Applied energy 154 (2015): 829-841.(Regular Paper)
2. [2] Simone Baldi*, Shuai Yuan, Petr Endel, and Ondrej Holub. Dual estimation: Constructing building energy models from data sampled at low rate. Applied Energy 169 (2016): 81-92.(Regular Paper)
3. [3] Simone Baldi*, Christos D. Korkas, Maolong Lv, Elias B. Kosmatopoulos. Automating occupant-building interaction via smart zoning of thermostatic loads: A switched self-tuning approach. Applied Energy 231 (2018): 1246-1258(Regular Paper)
4. [4] Simone Baldi*, Fan Zhang, Thuan Le Quang, Petr Endel, and Ondrej Holub. Passive versus active learning in operation and adaptive maintenance of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning. Applied Energy 252 (2019): 113478.(Regular Paper)
5. [5] Simone Baldi*, Thuan Le Quang, Ondrej Holub, and Petr Endel. Real-time monitoring energy efficiency and performance degradation of condensing boilers. Energy conversion and management 136 (2017): 329-339.(Regular Paper)
6. [6] Simone Baldi*, Iakovos Michailidis, Vasiliki Ntampasi, Elias Kosmatopoulos, Ioannis Papamichail, Markos Papageorgiou. A simulation-based traffic signal control for congested urban traffic networks. Transportation Science 53, no. 1 (2019): 6-20. (Regular Paper)
7. [7] Simone Baldi*, Di Liu, Vishrut Jain, Wenwu Yu. Establishing Platoons of Bidirectional Cooperative Vehicles With Engine Limits and Uncertain Dynamics. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (2020). (Regular Paper)
8. [8] Giammarino Vittorio, Simone Baldi*, Frasca Paolo; Delle Monache Maria Laura. Traffic flow on a ring with a single autonomous vehicle: an interconnected stability perspective, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2020, in press,(Regular Paper)
9. [9] Korkas, Christos D., Simone Baldi*, Shuai Yuan, Elias B. Kosmatopoulos. An adaptive learning-based approach for nearly optimal dynamic charging of electric vehicle fleets. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 19, no. 7 (2017): 2066- 2075. (Regular Paper)
10. [10] Korkas, Christos D., Simone Baldi*, Iakovos Michailidis, Elias B. Kosmatopoulos. Intelligent energy and thermal comfort management in grid-connected microgrids with heterogeneous occupancy schedule. Applied Energy 149 (2015): 194-203. (Regular Paper)
11. [11] Korkas, Christos D., Simone Baldi*, Iakovos Michailidis, Elias B. Kosmatopoulos. Occupancy-based demand response and thermal comfort optimization in microgrids with renewable energy sources and energy storage. Applied Energy 163 (2016): 93-104. (Regular Paper)
12. [12] Michailidis, Iakovos T., Simone Baldi*, Martin F. Pichler, Elias B. Kosmatopoulos, and Juan R. Santiago. Proactive control for solar energy exploitation: A german high-inertia building case study. Applied Energy 155 (2015): 409-420. (Regular Paper)
13. [13] Su, Zhou, Ali Jamshidi, Alfredo Núñez, Simone Baldi, Bart De Schutter. Integrated condition-based track maintenance planning and crew scheduling of railway networks. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 105 (2019): 359-384. (Regular Paper)
14. [14] Fari, Stefano, Ximan Wang, Spandan Roy, Simone Baldi*. Addressing unmodelled path-following dynamics via adaptive vector field: A UAV test case. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (2019).
15. [15] Tian, Tao, Spandan Roy, Simone Baldi*. Stable Adaptation in Multi-Area Load Frequency Control under Dynamically-Changing Topologies. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (2019).
16. [16] Abhilash Patel, Spandan Roy, Simone Baldi*. Wide-Area Damping Control Resilience towards Cyber-Attacks: A Dynamic Loop Approach. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid (2021).
17. [17] Spandan Roy, Simone Baldi*, Peng Li, Viswa Narayanan. Artificial-Delay Adaptive Control for Under-actuated Euler-Lagrange Robotics. IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics (2021).

• 集群无人机控制算法开发 (2020-2021)，***公司，***万
• 基于协同自适应巡航控制的车辆自组织编队研究(无人驾驶) (2021-2024), 国家自然科学基金
• EVOLVE: "Control of evasive manoeuvres for automated driving(无人驾驶): solving the edge cases" (2021-2025), NWO -Toegepaste en Technische Wetenchappen (荷兰研究理事会)，50万欧元
• Comfortable Natural Ventilation and Energy Reduction in the Built Environment (2019-2021)，荷兰城市能源署，34.5万欧元
• Multi-agent Coordination with Networked-induced Constraints (2018-2022)，中船工业
• Monitoring the Rijksvastgoedbedrijf testbed in Rijswijk (2016-2019)，荷兰中央政府，9万欧元
• Multi-Party Risk Management and Key Performance Indicator Design at the Whole System Level (2014-2018), Explorail, 75万欧元
• Advanced Methods for Building Diagnostics and Maintenance (2013-2017)，欧盟委员会，71.5万欧元
• Stems-of-systems that act locally for optimizing globally (2012-2016)，欧盟委员会，320万欧元
• Autonomous, self-learning, optimal and complete underwater systems (2011-2015)，欧盟委员会，500万欧元
• Rapidly-deployable, self-tuning, self-reconfigurable nearly-optimal control design for large-scale nonlinear systems (2010-2014)，欧盟委员会，185万欧元
• DAVI: "Dutch Automated Vehicle Initiative(荷兰自动驾驶汽车计划)" (supported by TU Delft, TNO, the RWD and Connekt). 访问项目网站

(Autonomous Driving, Intelligent Transportation, Smart Energy, Unmanned System Formation)