Students
The students and researchers I have supervised.
PhD Students
Giacomo Corradini (2024 – present)
Topic : Autonomous vehicle racing and minimum-lap-time optimal control
Institution : Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Trento, Italy
Co-supervised with Prof. Francesco Biral
Yuan Gao (2024 – present)
Topic : Foundation models for scenario generation and analysis in autonomous driving
Institution : Autonomous Vehicle Systems lab, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Co-supervised with Prof. Johannes Betz
Dingrui Wang (2024 – present)
Topic : World models for motion generation in robotics
Institution : Autonomous Vehicle Systems lab, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Co-supervised with Prof. Johannes Betz
Felix Jahncke (2024 – present)
Topic : Differentiable methods for trajectory planning and control
Institution : Autonomous Vehicle Systems lab, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Co-supervised with Prof. Johannes Betz
Ann-Kathrin Schwehn (2024 – present)
Topic : Optimization-based trajectory planning for autonomous racing
Institution : Autonomous Vehicle Systems lab, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Co-supervised with Prof. Johannes Betz
Master’s Students
Luca Bordin (2025 – present)
Title : Impact of Vehicle Model Complexity on Time-Optimal Trajectory Planning
Institution : Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Co-supervised with Dr. Stefano Arrigoni
Simone Dario (2025 – present)
Title : Combining Reinforcement Learning and Differentiable Model Predictive Control
Institution : Università di Verona, Italy
Co-supervised with Prof. Alessandro Farinelli
Gabriele Tonelli (2025 – present)
Title : Model-structured neural networks to model the vehicle dynamics of race cars
Institution : Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Trento, Italy
Co-supervised with Prof. Gastone Pietro Rosati Papini
Patrick Zambiasi (2025)
Title : Trajectory planning and tracking with experimental robotic vehicles
Institution : Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Co-supervised with Prof. Aldo Sorniotti
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Matteo Zumerle (2024)
Title : A Road Friction-Aware Anti-Lock Braking System Based on Physics-Driven Neural Networks
Institution : Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Trento, Italy
Co-supervised with Prof. Gastone Pietro Rosati Papini
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Enrico Erbogasto (2023)
Title : Redesign of Mechanical and Electronic components of an autonomous electric vehicle prototype and longitudinal dynamic identification
Institution : Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Trento, Italy
Co-supervised with Prof. Francesco Biral
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Gianluca De Vecchi (2022)
Title : Neural networks to mimic time-optimal solutions and preliminary analyses on obstacle avoidance using NMPC in a race car scenario
Institution : Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Trento, Italy
Co-supervised with Prof. Francesco Biral
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Mario Tilocca (2022)
Title : 3D modeling and control of the vehicle dynamics at medium-low speed
Institution : Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Trento, Italy
Co-supervised with Prof. Gastone Pietro Rosati Papini
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Diego Perazzolo (2022)
Title : Hardware and software development for small-scale autonomous race cars
Institution : Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Trento, Italy
Co-supervised with Prof. Francesco Biral
Matteo Tomasi (2021)
Title : State estimation algorithms for validation of vehicle models with synthetic and real telemetry data
Institution : Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Trento, Italy
Co-supervised with Prof. Francesco Biral
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Oscar Antiga (2021)
Title : Vehicle state and parameters identification using experimental telemetry data
Institution : Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Trento, Italy
Co-supervised with Prof. Francesco Biral
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Sooraj Ajith (2021)
Title : A sampling-based method for motion planning using optimal motion primitive
Institution : HAN University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
Co-supervised with Prof. Francesco Biral
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Claudio Furlan (2020)
Title : A constrained trajectory planning algorithm based on a quadratic optimization of a sequence of analytical optimal motion solution primitives
Institution : Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Trento, Italy
Co-supervised with Prof. Francesco Biral
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