Labs

Custom Computing and Programming Systems

The laboratory mainly works on the design and implementation of high performance computing systems and embedded systems, through the use of general purpose microprocessors (ARM, Intel, Motorola) and/or custom FPGA, DSP and GPU architectures. Applications where this approach has been employed range from biomedical instrumentation to image processing, automotive engineering, industrial informatics and simulation of physical phenomena (fluid dynamics and physics of matter). In these last cases part of the research carried out in the laboratory is devoted to the exploitation of parallel computing systems (clusters and supercomputers).

For more information, please visit the lab’s website: mclab.unipv.it

Identification and Control of Dynamic Systems

Lab activities focus on innovative methods for simulation and control of dynamic systems. Permanent staff includes four Professors, an Assistant Professor and a Technician. Lab members have a vast experience in Industrial Automation, Process Control, Fault Detection, Model Identification and Data Analysis. Application fields include Robotics, Power Networks, Automotive, Traffic Control, Semiconductor Manufacturing, Systems Biology, Pharmacological Modeling, Artificial Pancreas. During the last ten years, ICDS has participated in several projects funded by EU and the Italian Research Ministry. The lab has been also involved in several industrial research projects funded by Magneti Marelli, Centro Ricerche FIAT, Toyota, Ferrari, Temis, Logic, Foxboro, CESI, STMicroelectronics, Numonyx, Pharmacia, Nerviano Medical Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline and OctoTelematics.

For more information, please visit the lab’s website: sisdin.unipv.it/lab

Robotics

The Robotics Laboratory has been established in 1987 by Prof. Ivo De Lotto. The activities carried out in RoBoLab concentrate on real-time systems, microcontroller-based embedded systems, and small robotics applications based on real-time operating systems. The major topics include building automation (domotics), energy efficiency in power systems and smart grid, and the use of real-time scheduling methods to manage power loads. Moreover, research is done on indoor localization, development of software for Linux, applications for Android, smart sensors systems and mobile robotics, including the use of Unmanned Aherial Vehicles (UAD – drones).

For more information, please visit the lab’s website: robot.unipv.it