Bruno Sinopoli
Adjunct Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Robotics Institute
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Bio
Sinopoli's research is in cyber-physical systems, networked and distributed control systems, distributed interference in networks, smart infrastructures, wireless sensor and actuator networks, cloud computing, adaptive video streaming applications
In 2015, the Carnegie Mellon team won the Microsoft Indoor Localization Competition in the infrastructure-based category at IPSN 2015. In 2010, he received the George Tallman Ladd Research Award from the Carnegie Institute of Technology at Carnegie Mellon, as well as an NSF CAREER Award, which is awarded to junior faculty who model the role of teacher-scholar through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research. As a graduate student at Berkeley, he received the Eli Jury Award for outstanding achievement in the area of systems, communications, control or signal processing.
Education
Ph.D., 2005
Electrical Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
M.S., 2003
Electrical Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
Laurea, 1998
Electrical Engineering
Università di Padova
Research
Advances in very large-scale integration and microelectromechanical system technology have boosted the development of micro sensor integrated systems. Such systems combine computing, storage, radio technology, and energy source on a single chip. When distributed over a wide area, networks of these embedded devices can perform a variety of tasks that range from environmental monitoring and military surveillance, to navigation and control of a moving vehicle.
A common feature of these systems is the presence of significant communication delays and data loss across the network. From the point of view of control theory, significant delay is equivalent to loss, as data needs to arrive to its destination in time to be used for control. In short, communication and control become tightly coupled such that the two issues cannot be addressed independently. Bruno Sinopoli's research interest focuses on the analysis and design of networked embedded control systems, with applications to sensor actuators networks.
Keywords
- Networked embedded control systems
- Sensors/actuators networks
- Control theory, automation & control systems
- Cloud computing, controls and automation
- Cyberphysical systems (CPS)
- Cybersecurity
- Resiliant systems
- Sensed critical infrastructure
- Smart cities
- Smart infrastructure