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2026 PhD Winter School on Autonomous Systems
The 2026 PhD Winter School on Autonomous Systems will be held from January 19 to 22, 2026, at the Polytechnic University of Bari.
The Winter School is organized as part of the activities of the National Doctorate in Autonomous Systems (DAuSy, http://dausy.poliba.it) and aims to offer an intensive program of lectures given by internationally renowned experts in the field of autonomous systems, with a particular focus on topics such as control, robotics, distributed systems, and decision-making techniques.
The lectures will be held in person, and the list of speakers includes:
- Birgit Vogel-Heuser (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
- Bruno Siciliano (University of Naples Federico II)
- Carlos Ocampo-Martinez (Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain)
- Jan Jantzen (University of the Aegean, Greece)
- Michele Cucuzzella (University of Groningen, Netherlands)
- Nicanor Quijano (University of the Andes, Colombia)
- Stefania Santini (University of Naples Federico II)
- Umberto Montanaro (University of Surrey, United Kingdom).
The complete program, logistical information, and registration details are available at the following link:
http://dausy.poliba.it/phd/winter-school-2026/
The Winter School has obtained technical sponsorship from:
- of the IFACx initiative of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC),
- of the Technical Committee Cluster on Automation of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS),
- of the Italian Chapters of the IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS), IEEE RAS, and IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (SMCS).
Organizers
Scientific Committee
- Mariagrazia Dotoli, Polytechnic University of Bari
- Raffaele Carli, Polytechnic University of Bari
- Alberto Cavallo, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
- Laura Giarrè, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
- Federica Pascucci, Roma Tre University
Organizing Committee
- Paolo Scarabaggio, Polytechnic University of Bari
- Nicola Mignoni, Polytechnic University of Bari