Sauro LonghiSauro Longhi is a full professor at Università Politecnica delle Marche (Ancona, Italy), where he acted as a Rector from 2013 to 2019. Since May 2014 he has been the president of the GARR Consortium, the Italian national computer network for universiies and research. Since September 2019 he has also been the president of SIDRA, the Italian Society of Researchers and Professors of Automation. His research interests include modelling, identification and control of linear and nonlinear systems, control of mobile robots, underwater vehicles, vessels and unmanned aerial vehicle, cooperative control of autonomous agents, service robots for assistive applications supporting mobility and cognitive actions, home and building automation, web technology in process control and remote control laboratories, decentralized control over networks, sensors networks, power management in hybrid cars, electric motor control, embedded control system, management and control of renewable energy resources, efficient management of energy systems, automatic fault detection and isolation. He has published more than 400 papers on international journals and conferences. Read More Read Less