Alessandro Borri

Senior Researcher (Primo Ricercatore)
Institute for Systems Analysis and Computer Science "Antonio Ruberti"
National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IASI)
Via dei Taurini 19, Rome — Via Giosuè Carducci 32, L'Aquila, Italy

Italian National Qualification as Full Professor (Automatic Control)
Adjunct Professor, University of L’Aquila — DEWS Center of Excellence

Hello! I received my B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees (summa cum laude), both in Computer and Control Engineering, and my Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Information Engineering (grade: excellent), from the University of L'Aquila, Italy, in 2004, 2007 and 2011, respectively.
I spent research periods at the Ford Motor Company in Aachen, Germany (2007), at the University of California, Berkeley (2008-09) and Santa Barbara (2009-10), and at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm (2011). In 2011-12 I was a Post-doctoral Researcher at the University of L'Aquila, Centre of Excellence for Research DEWS, where I currently hold an external affiliation and am an adjunct professor. In 2012 I joined the Institute for Systems Analysis and Computer Science "A. Ruberti", National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IASI), where I am now a Senior Researcher (Primo Ricercatore) and head of the L'Aquila research unit. I hold the Italian National Scientific Qualification as Full Professor in Automatic Control (09/G1) and as Associate Professor in Mathematical Physics (01/A4).
I am a Senior Member of the IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS), an Associate Editor of IEEE Control Systems Letters and of the International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, an Academic Editor of PLOS ONE, and a member of the IEEE-CSS Conference Editorial Board (CEB), the IEEE-CSS Technical Conference Editorial Board (TCEB), the EUCA Conference Editorial Board, the IFAC Technical Committee on Control Design (TC 2.1) and several IEEE-CSS Technical Committees (Healthcare & Medical Systems, Automotive Control, Systems Biology, Hybrid Systems).
I have co-authored over 150 peer-reviewed international publications (about 1450 citations, h-index 19 on Google Scholar); I am principal investigator for CNR-IASI of three funded projects, and I am co-recipient of four international awards, including the "Premium Award 2018 for Best Paper in IET Systems Biology" and two Best Student Paper Awards (IEEE CASE 2024 and IEEE-CSS TC-HMS 2024).
My research interests include hybrid and nonlinear systems, digital control, systems biology, biomathematics, control applications and, more recently, data-driven and AI methods for complex systems.

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Latest publications:

C. Romano, A. Borri, M. Di Ferdinando, M. D. Di Benedetto, P. Pepe, Sampled-data observer-based exponential stabilization of nonlinear systems with an application to tumor control, Automatica, 112752, 2026.

M. Di Ferdinando, A. Borri, S. Di Gennaro, P. Pepe, Safety constrained digital control of nonlinear systems with state delays, Automatica, 112748, 2026.

A. Borri, P. Palumbo, A. Singh, A model of stem cell dynamics with carrying capacity: the role of feedback on proliferation rate, IFAC Journal of Systems and Control, vol. 35, 100358, 2026.

S. Battilotti, A. Borri, F. Cacace, M. d'Angelo, A. Germani, A Consensus Kalman Filter on L₂ spaces, Automatica, vol. 183, 112530, 2026.

R. Bruschetta, F. I. Famà, L. Spadaro, E. Leonardi, C. Carrozza, S. Aiello, A. Campisi, M. Mastrogiuseppe, S. Campisi, B. Chakrabarti, L. Ruta, G. Pioggia, A. De Gaetano, A. Borri, G. Tartarisco, and The NEST Team, Modeling gaze behavior with CTMCs to investigate social attention dynamics in autism, Scientific Reports, vol. 15, 39692, 2025.

P. F. De Paola, F. Dabbene, K. Keshavjee, P. Palumbo, A. Paglialonga, A. Borri, Modeling the cumulative benefits of regular physical activity on T2D progression, Computers in Biology and Medicine, vol. 198, 111194, 2025.

A. Borri, I. Di Loreto, M. D. Di Benedetto, Decompositional reach-and-stay contract-based control of nonlinear systems with an application to glucose control, Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems, vol. 58, 101627, 2025.

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Education.

  • 2007-2011

    PhD in Electrical and Information Engineering, University of L’Aquila, Italy

  • 2004-2007

    Master of Engineering in Control Systems and Computer Science, Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of L’Aquila, Italy

  • 2001-2004

    Bachelor of Engineering in Control Systems and Computer Science, Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of L’Aquila, Italy

Research.

Hybrid Systems and CPSs

Control of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs), which are systems exhibiting tight interaction and coordination among physical process and computing/communication components, following the paradigm of Hybrid Systems.

Control of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs), which are systems exhibiting tight interaction and coordination among physical process and computing/communication components, following the paradigm of Hybrid Systems.

Applied Mathematics

Application of mathematical methods in real-world settings, especially in life sciences (biomathematics), including epidemiology, cancer modeling and metabolism.

Application of mathematical methods in real-world settings, especially in life sciences (biomathematics), including epidemiology, cancer modeling and metabolism.

Systems & Synthetic Biology

Methods for the analysis and design of biochemical networks at the microscopic scale, following deterministic and stochastic approaches.

Methods for the analysis and design of biochemical networks at the microscopic scale, following deterministic and stochastic approaches.

Healthcare and Biomedical Applications

Applying modeling and control concepts in biomedical settings, including assistive health care delivery, artificial pancreas and artificial ventilation.

Applying modeling and control concepts in biomedical settings, including assistive health care delivery, artificial pancreas and artificial ventilation.

I am mainly interested in theoretical mathematical methods and in the application of Systems & Control Theory to solve real world problems.

Automotive control

Attitude control of ground vehicles with saturating actuators in realistic settings, lateral velocity estimation, vehicle coordination (platooning), traffic control.

Attitude control of ground vehicles with saturating actuators in realistic settings, lateral velocity estimation, vehicle coordination (platooning), traffic control.

Publications.

Teaching.

Contact.

alessandro.borri@iasi.cnr.it skype: live:alessandro.borri +39 06 3015 5389
  • Institute for Systems Analysis and Computer Science (IASI) “Antonio Ruberti”,
  • National Research Council of Italy (CNR) — Biomathematics Laboratory,
  • Via dei Taurini 19, 00185 Rome, Italy
  • L'Aquila unit: Via Giosuè Carducci 32, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy