Diego Deplano

Diego Deplano

Assistant Professor (RTD-A) in Systems and Control Theory (Automatica ING-INF/04)

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (DIEE), University of Cagliari (UniCa)
Piazza d'Armi, 09123 Cagliari, Sardegna, Italy

  • Upcoming at the 65th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Honolulu, USA (15–18 December): four papers, [J12], [J13], [J14] and [C25], and the session “Optimization IV” as chair.

  • Best Young Author Journal Paper Award 2026 of the IEEE Control Systems Society Italy Chapter for “Robust Online Learning over Networks” [J09], presented at the IEEE CSS Days.

  • New research projects ROSAS, as Work Package Leader, and ICARUS, funded by the Sardinia Regional Programme ERDF 2021–2027.

  • 23rd IFAC World Congress, Busan, Korea: two papers, [C23] and [C24], and the open invited track “Open Multi-Agent Systems: Control, Optimization, and Learning” as co-organizer.

  • Course “Introduction to Open Multi-Agent Systems”, with Prof. Mauro Franceschelli, at the 29th SIDRA International PhD Summer School, Bertinoro, Italy.

  • “Optimization and Learning in Open Multiagent Systems” [J11] published in IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.

Selected publications

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First-page thumbnails, resized from the linked papers. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.

  • J15: © 2026 D. Deplano, C. Seatzu, M. Franceschelli.
  • J11: © 2026 D. Deplano, N. Bastianello, M. Franceschelli, K.H. Johansson.
  • J10: © 2025 D. Deplano, M. Franceschelli, A. Giua.
  • J07: © 2023 D. Deplano, M. Franceschelli, A. Giua.
  • A02: D. Deplano, S. Grammatico, M. Franceschelli, 2025. Authors' preprint.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

- Open Multi-Agent Systems -
- Distributed Optimization & Learning over Networks -
- Consensus & Dynamic Tracking Algorithms -
- Monotone Systems & Contraction Theory -
- Fixed Point & Monotone Operator Theory -
- Distributed Estimation & Networked Control -

APPLICATION AREAS

- Multi-Robot Systems & Task Allocation -
- Self-Organizing Networks -
- Energy Communities & Smart Buildings -
- Agri-Food Industry 4.0 -
- Learning-Based Models of Dynamical Systems -