Stefano Alberto Malan

Stefano Alberto Malan is a Tenured Assistant Professor at the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications (DET), Politecnico di Torino, and a member of the CARS@PoliTO - Center for Automotive Research and Sustainable Mobility. His academic rank is Assistant Professor in the scientific disciplinary sector IINF-04/A - Systems and Control Engineering (Area 0009 - Industrial and Information Engineering).

• Educational Background:
  • Laurea in Electrical Engineering (1988) from Politecnico di Torino.
  • Control Engineer at FIAT Research Center (1988-1990).

Research Interests: Stefano's work spans Automatic Control, Control Systems Engineering, and Dynamic Modeling, with a focus on model-based and sensor-based algorithms for combustion and emission control in diesel engines and Direct Virtual Sensors. He contributes to Robust Control via uncertainty model sets identification, Building Energy Management (e.g., WiFi4Energy, EcoThermo projects), and Automotive Systems (chassis dynamics, engine controls). His methodologies include Computer-Aided Control System Design using H-infinity and interval arithmetic, and Multi-objective Robustness Analysis.

Article Trends: His publications since 2015 emphasize Control Systems (e.g., LiDAR for UAS precision spraying), Diesel Engine Emissions Management, Virtual Sensor Design, and Sustainable Mobility. Recent works integrate Machine Learning (e.g., recurrent neural networks) and Optimization Techniques (e.g., genetic algorithms) into automotive and energy systems.

Teaching Contributions: He has taught Automotive Control Systems (2019–2025) and Automation and Planning of Production Systems (2020–2021) at Politecnico di Torino’s Master of Science in Computer Engineering. He is a member of the College of Computer, Film and Mechatronics Engineering.

Patents: Co-inventor of two national patents:

• Gruppo contabilizzatore per impianti termici di riscaldamento o raffrescamento (2013, heating/cooling metering unit).
• Metering unit for heating or cooling systems (2010, PCT/IB2009/055912).

Laboratories and Teams: Active in the Automatica Research Group at DET and the CARS@PoliTO center, Stefano collaborates on projects like WiFi4Energy and EcoThermo to advance sustainable mobility and energy efficiency.