University of Twente EWI (Zilverling - 3025) Postbus 217 7500AE Enschede, The Netherlands +31 53 489 2376 (office) +31 6 5885 2557 (mobile) w.s.rossi@utwente.nl wilbert86@gmail.com Wilbert Samuel ROSSI Research Interests: Dynamics and control in networks, large-scale networks. Analysis and control of cascading behaviors in networks; Opinion dynamics and influence measures; Distributed estimation; Socio-economic networks. Current Position 2015 ongoing Post-doctoral Researcher Hybrid Systems chair Department of Applied Mathematics Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EWI) Education 2012 2015 PhD Mathematical Engineering. Supervisors: Prof. F. Fagnani (Politecnico di Torino) and Dr G. Como (Lund University) 2009 2010 Diploma Alta Scuola Politecnica, Multidisciplinary joint program between Politecnico di Torino and Politecnico di Milano, Italy 2008 2011 MSc Physical Engineering, double degree, cum laude Politecnico di Torino and Politecnico di Milano, Italy 2005 2008 BSc Physical Engineering, cum laude Teaching Experience 2016 BSc Creative Technology, Teacher, Systems and Signals, Module 5 Smart Tech., 45 students, 80h. 2016 MSc Applied Mathematics, Committee member, assessment of the MSc Report of Hamed Ghasemieh, title Influence of short cycles on the PageRank distribution in scale-free random graphs. 2015-2016 pre-msc Electrical Engineering, Teaching Assistant, Linear Systems, 20 students, 14h. 2015 BSc Creative Technology, Teaching Assistant, System and Signals, 40 students, 10h. 1
2015 MSc Robotics and Mechatronics, Committee member, assessment of the MSc Report of Martijn de Roo, title Optimal Event Handling by Multiple UAVs. 2014 MSc Mathematical Engineering, Teaching Assistant, Graphs and dynamics over network, 30 students, 20h. 2013 2014 Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University (Sweden) Tutor in Italian Studies, helping one student affected by dyslexia. 2012 BSc Engineering, all courses, Teaching Assistant, Geometria (Linear Algebra for Engineers), 250 students, 60h. 2008 2011 BSc Engineering, all courses, Undergraduate tutor (with scholarship), including Calculus, Linear Algebra and Physics. In 2011 I was actively involved in the coordination of the undergraduate tutoring service of the Department of Mathematical Sciences. In Dec. 2010 I devoted 50h to tutor a group of 40 Pakistani student, in Calculus. Visiting periods 2014 Invited visiting scholar, LCCC Focus Period on Dynamics and Control in Networks, Oct. 2014, Lund Center for Control of Complex Engineering Systems Lund University, Sweden 2013 Visiting PhD student, Jan. Jun. 2013 and Oct. Dec. 2013 Internships 2011 Summer student with scholarship, development of a thermal IR camera sensor Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, UK 2009 Summer student with scholarship, jitter measurements and feedback control of a mode-locked laser, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, IL, USA 2008 Internship, development of a Hyperspectral Imaging device I.N.RI.M. National Institute of metrological research, Turin, Italy Professional Memberships IEEE (from 2014), Control Systems Society (from 2014), INdAM GNAMPA (2012 2015). General Adjunct in the 49 th board of WSG Abacus (2016 2017). Seminar coordination SACS Seminar at the Dept. of Applied Mathematics, UTwente (with Matthias Schlottbom) Reviewer activity Journals Automatica IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (TAC) Systems & Control Letters (SCL) IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems (TCNS) 2
IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering (TNSE) IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II (TCAS2) Conferences IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2014, 2015) American Control Conference (ACC 2015) European Control Conference (ECC 2016) International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems (MTNS 2016) Science popularization activity 2010 and 2012 Science communicator, Genoa Science Festival (10 days), Genova, Italy In 2010, I served in an exhibit about smart grids, called Elettricittà (ElectriCity), sponsored by Ansaldo Sistemi Industriali (now Nidec ASI S.p.A.) Publications: Journal Papers in preparation W. S. Rossi, G. Como, and F. Fagnani. Control of threshold models of cascades in large-scale networks under review W. S. Rossi and P. Frasca. The harmonic influence in social networks and its distributed computation by message passing submitted G. Como, W. S. Rossi, and F. Fagnani. Threshold models of cascades in large-scale networks W. S. Rossi, P. Frasca, and F. Fagnani. Distributed estimation from relative and absolute measurements. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2017, available online W. S. Rossi, P. Frasca, and F. Fagnani. Average resistance of toroidal graphs. SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 53(4):2541 2557, 2015 Publications: Theses PhD MSc ASP W. S. Rossi. Analysis and Control of the Linear Threshold Model of Cascades in Large-Scale Networks A Local Mean-Field Approach. PhD thesis, Politecnico di Torino, 2015. Supervisors: Prof. F. Fagnani and Dr G. Como W. S. Rossi. Localizzazione relativa su grandi reti (Relative localization in large networks). Master s thesis, Politecnico di Torino, 2015. Supervisors: Prof. F. Fagnani, Prof. P. Colaneri and Dr P. Frasca G. Cepile, E. Mattiazzi, D. Peressutti, L. Piscicelli, and W. S. Rossi. Willchair, reinventing the wheels... into wills: willchair.com. In ASP Project Book, Cycle V, pages 144 147. Polipress, Milano, Italy, 2011. ISBN 978-88-7398-071-1 Publications: Proceedings of Refereed International Conferences accepted W. S. Rossi and P. Frasca. Mean-field analysis for the convergence time of distributed computation of harmonic influence. -. IFAC World Congress, 2017 W. S. Rossi and P. Frasca. An index for the local influence in social networks. In 2016 European Control Conference (ECC), pages 525 530, June 2016 W. S. Rossi, P. Frasca, and F. Fagnani. Limited benefit of cooperation in distributed relative localization. In Decision and Control (CDC), 2013 IEEE 52nd Annual Conference on, pages 5427 5431, Dec. 2013 3
W. S. Rossi, P. Frasca, and F. Fagnani. Transient and limit performance of distributed relative localization. In Decision and Control (CDC), 2012 IEEE 51st Annual Conference on, pages 2744 2748, Dec. 2012 Reviewed abstracts (Invited) Control of the Linear Threshold Model of Cascades in Large-Scale Networks, 22 nd International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, July 11-15, 2016, Minneapolis, MN, USA Resilience and Cascading Failures in Large-Scale Networks, 21 st International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, July 7 11, 2014, Groningen, The Netherlands Talks and Seminars Threshold Models in large-scale networks: local mean-field approximation and optimal control, September 13, 2016, TU Delft, The Netherlands Threshold Models in large-scale networks: local mean-field approximation and optimal control, May 23, 2016, University of Groningen, The Netherlandss A local influence index for social networks, 35 th Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control, March 22 24, 2016, Soesterberg, The Netherlands, Local mean field analysis of the linear threshold model, 34 th Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control, March 24 26, 2015, Lommel, Belgium (Invited) Resilience and Cascading Failures in Large-Scale Networks, LCCC Focus Period on Dynamics and Control in Networks, Oct. 2014, Lund University, Sweden Resilience and Cascading Failures in Large-Scale Networks, Complex Networks and Dynamics workshop, 4 th International Conference on Complex Systems and Applications, June 23 26, 2014, Le Havre, France Grants, Scholarships and Awards 2014 Travel bursary, to cover the travel expenses to Lund, Sweden, in Oct. 2014 INdAM (National Institute of Higher Mathematics), Rome, Italy 2012 2014 PhD Studentship, full salary 2011 LifeAbility Award, 2 nd prize. Contest for innovative, sustainable and social ideas, received for the ASP thesis, Lions Club Bramante Cinque Giornate, Milan, Italy 2009 2010 Alta Scuola Politecnica scholarship, including MSc scholarship Politecnico di Torino and Politecnico di Milano, Italy Graduate courses and qualifications 2016 Practical Teaching Skills, Centre of Expertise in Learning and Teaching 2015 Technical Writing and Editing, Career Development Centre 4
2015 VENI training, preparation of NWO VENI grant proposal Career Development Centre, 2013 Network Dynamics, PhD course, lecturer Dr G. Como 2013 Control of Networked and Large-Scale Systems, 5 th HYCON2 PhD School and Control of Drinking Water Networks, EFFINET PhD School, IMT Lucca, Italy 2013 Monte Carlo-based statistical methods, lecturer Dr Jimmy Olsson Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Lund University, Sweden 2013 Convex Optimization, Organizer Prof. Bo Bernhardsson 2012 Stochastic Systems, SIDRA PhD school, coordinator Dr A. Chiuso Bertinoro, Italy 2012 Complex systems in the social sciences, PhD course, lecturer Prof. N. Bellomo Department of Mathematical Sciences, 2011 Introduction to MPI (Message Passing Interface) programming, 2-days course, tutor Dr Claudio Gheller, CINECA, Casalecchio di Reno, Italy Computer Skills Languages Scientific Tools Editors C, C with MPI library, TurboPascal, HTML, jemdoc, L A TEX Matlab tm, GeoGebra, NI LabVIEW, Arduino Microsoft Office tm, OpenOffice tm Languages Italian mother tongue English proficient (IELTS 7.5 Feb. 2012) French basic Dutch basic (level B1 June 2016) Hobbies My hobbies include cycling, ice-skating, playing recreational football and bread-making. I am interested in science, technology and in understanding societal challenges. I like to organize group activities, going to the cinema and doing a bit of volunteering. References Dr Giacomo Como, Lund University, giacomo.como@control.lth.se Prof. Fabio Fagnani, Politecnico di Torino, fabio.fagnani@polito.it Dr Paolo Frasca, University of Twente, p.frasca@utwente.nl Prof. Jan-Peter Muller, University College London, j.muller@ucl.ac.uk 5