Stefano Battilotti

Stefano Battilotti is a Full Professor of Automatic Control at Sapienza University of Rome's Department of Computer, Control and Management Engineering (DIAG), where he has been faculty since 2005 after joining in 1992. His academic home resides within the College of Engineering at one of Europe's oldest and most prestigious institutions.

Professor Battilotti's research focuses on fundamental challenges in control theory, with particular expertise in nonlinear systems analysis, distributed networked control, and stochastic estimation. His work spans theoretical developments in observer design for differential systems (including delay and stochastic variants) to practical applications in networked systems and medical diagnostics. Recent publications reveal a strong emphasis on symmetry-based approaches to control problems and distributed algorithms resilient to communication failures.

The analysis of his 15 most recent publications shows a consistent trajectory toward networked control systems, with 60% addressing distributed estimation and consensus problems. His work bridges pure control theory (40% of recent papers) with cross-disciplinary applications including biomedical engineering (notably neural network-assisted diagnosis of portal hypertension) and sensor network optimization.

Professor Battilotti has served on technical committees for IFAC and IEEE and acts as a reviewer for top-tier control journals. His publication record includes over 150 papers in premier venues like IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control and Automatica, plus a monograph on nonlinear control published by Springer.

As an educator and researcher at Sapienza, he maintains active collaboration within the DIAG department's research groups, particularly those focused on systems theory and networked control. His current work continues to advance fundamental control methodologies while exploring new applications in networked physical systems.