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Di Caro<br /><font size="5">Ph.D., Associate Teaching Professor @Carnegie Mellon University<br /><br /></font><br /><br /><em><font size="6">Swarm Intelligence and (Swarm) Robotics</font></em><br /> <font color="#d5d5d5" size="5">What is not good for the swarm is not good for the bee - <em>Marcus Aurelius</em></font> </span></h2> </div> </div> </div> <div class="main-wrap"> <div class="container"> <div class="content-wrap"><div id="wsite-content" class="wsite-elements wsite-not-footer"> <div><div style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div> <hr class="styled-hr" style="width:100%;"></hr> <div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div></div> <div><div class="wsite-multicol"><div class="wsite-multicol-table-wrap" style="margin:0 -15px;"> <table class="wsite-multicol-table"> <tbody class="wsite-multicol-tbody"> <tr class="wsite-multicol-tr"> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:33.787191124559%; padding:0 15px;"> <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:54px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:center"> <a href='https://www.qatar.cmu.edu/' target='_blank'> <img src="/uploads/6/6/0/3/66030893/published/logocmuq_1.png?1599574763" alt="Picture" style="width:199;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div> <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:center"> <a href='https://www.cs.cmu.edu/' target='_blank'> <img src="/uploads/6/6/0/3/66030893/published/cmu-scs.jpg?1599574769" alt="Picture" style="width:280;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div> </td> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:32.879475542108%; 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overflow: hidden;"></div></div> </td> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:31.7741402421%; padding:0 15px;"> <div class="wsite-spacer" style="height:50px;"></div> <div class="wsite-spacer" style="height:50px;"></div> <div style="text-align:left;"><div style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"></div> <a class="wsite-button wsite-button-small wsite-button-highlight" href="https://cs-cmuq.github.io/110-www/#main" target="_blank"> <span class="wsite-button-inner">Principles of Computing 15-110</span> </a> <div style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"></div></div> <div style="text-align:left;"><div style="height: 40px; overflow: hidden;"></div> <a class="wsite-button wsite-button-small wsite-button-highlight" href="https://cs-cmuq.github.io/110-www/#main" target="_blank"> <span class="wsite-button-inner">Principles of Computing 15-110</span> </a> <div style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"></div></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div></div></div> <div><div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div> <hr class="styled-hr" style="width:100%;"></hr> <div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div></div> <div class="paragraph" style="text-align:center;"><font color="#8d2424" size="6"><strong>News</strong></font></div> <div><div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div> <hr class="styled-hr" style="width:100%;"></hr> <div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div></div> <div><div class="wsite-multicol"><div class="wsite-multicol-table-wrap" style="margin:0 -15px;"> <table class="wsite-multicol-table"> <tbody class="wsite-multicol-tbody"> <tr class="wsite-multicol-tr"> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:33.737373737374%; padding:0 15px;"> <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:left"> <a> <img src="/uploads/6/6/0/3/66030893/published/nprp-qnrf-logo.png?1650013161" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div> </td> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:66.262626262626%; padding:0 15px;"> <div class="paragraph"><br /><font color="#8d2424">April 2022 - <strong> New NPRP grant awarded! </strong></font><br /><br /><strong><font color="#2a2a2a">Awarding of project proposal for NPRP-S cycle 14, QNRF</font></strong><br />Project proposal <strong><font color="#132beb">Greenhouse-5.0: AI robotics for automated data collection, analytics, and decision support in greenhouse farming</font></strong><font color="#333333"> </font>has been selected for funding from QNRF. I'm project's Lead PI. This will be exciting!<br /><br /><strong><a href="https://mis.qgrants.org/Public/AwardSearch.aspx" target="_blank">mis.qgrants.org/Public/AwardSearch.aspx</a></strong></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div></div></div> <div><div style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div> <hr class="styled-hr" style="width:100%;"></hr> <div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div></div> <div><div style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div> <hr class="styled-hr" style="width:100%;"></hr> <div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div></div> <div><div class="wsite-multicol"><div class="wsite-multicol-table-wrap" style="margin:0 -15px;"> <table class="wsite-multicol-table"> <tbody class="wsite-multicol-tbody"> <tr class="wsite-multicol-tr"> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:36.871508379888%; padding:0 15px;"> <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:left"> <a> <img src="/uploads/6/6/0/3/66030893/gulftimes-ai-interview_1.png" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div> </td> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:63.128491620112%; padding:0 15px;"> <div class="paragraph"><br /><font color="#8d2424">October 2021 - <strong>In the news! </strong></font><br /><br /><strong><font color="#2a2a2a">Interview on AI for the Gulf Times newspaper </font></strong><br />AI grand challenges and transformational impact<br /><br /><strong style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">​<a href="https://www.gulf-times.com/story/703383/AI-to-transform-all-types-of-jobs-within-a-decade-says-expert" target="_blank">www.gulf-times.com/story/703383/AI-to-transform-all-types-of-jobs-within-a-decade-says-expert</a></strong></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div></div></div> <div><div style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div> <hr class="styled-hr" style="width:100%;"></hr> <div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div></div> <div><div class="wsite-multicol"><div class="wsite-multicol-table-wrap" style="margin:0 -15px;"> <table class="wsite-multicol-table"> <tbody class="wsite-multicol-tbody"> <tr class="wsite-multicol-tr"> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:33.939393939394%; padding:0 15px;"> <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:30px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:right"> <a> <img src="/uploads/6/6/0/3/66030893/stem-insetti_1.png" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div> </td> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:66.060606060606%; padding:0 15px;"> <div class="paragraph"><font color="#8d2424">October 2021 - <strong>Interview in the STEM TV Show, RAI</strong></font><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">STEM Episode 16: Insects </span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">(in Italian)</span><br /><font color="#2a2a2a">A scientific TV series from RAI Culture (Italian public TV broadcasting network).</font><br /><br /><font color="#2a2a2a">I'm interviewed in the section starting at about minute 18:40 focusing on </font><em style=""><font color="#8d5024">Swarm Intelligence</font></em><font color="#2a2a2a"> and </font><em style=""><font color="#a85f2e">Swarm Robotics.</font></em><br /><br /><strong style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)"><a href="https://www.raiplay.it/video/2021/10/Stem---pt16-Insetti-c8932fbf-9b16-4f23-b0c0-0478efa012b1.html" target="_blank">www.raiplay.it/video/2021/10/Stem---pt16-Insetti-c8932fbf-9b16-4f23-b0c0-0478efa012b1.html</a></strong></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div></div></div> <div><div style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div> <hr class="styled-hr" style="width:100%;"></hr> <div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div></div> <div><div class="wsite-multicol"><div class="wsite-multicol-table-wrap" style="margin:0 -15px;"> <table class="wsite-multicol-table"> <tbody class="wsite-multicol-tbody"> <tr class="wsite-multicol-tr"> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:33.838383838384%; padding:0 15px;"> <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:30px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:right"> <a> <img src="/uploads/6/6/0/3/66030893/ai-grandchallenges_1.png" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div> </td> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:66.161616161616%; padding:0 15px;"> <div class="paragraph"><font color="#8d2424">October 2021 - <strong>Panelist in AI Webinar</strong></font><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">AI Grand Challenges: A panel discussion </span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">(Ganesh Mani, chair)</span><br /><br /><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Ganesh Mani (CMU), </span><font color="#2a2a2a">Gianni. A. Di Caro (CMU-Q), Patrick McSharry (CMU-Africa), Beverly Woolf (Univ. of Massachusetts), Francesca Rossi (IBM), Dag Spicer (Computer History Museum), Mercy Asiedu (MIT)</font><br /><br /><strong style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-gYwocLSGQ" target="_blank">www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-gYwocLSGQ</a></strong><font color="#2a2a2a"> </font></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div></div></div> <div><div style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div> <hr class="styled-hr" style="width:100%;"></hr> <div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div></div> <div><div class="wsite-multicol"><div class="wsite-multicol-table-wrap" style="margin:0 -15px;"> <table class="wsite-multicol-table"> <tbody class="wsite-multicol-tbody"> <tr class="wsite-multicol-tr"> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:25.757575757576%; padding:0 15px;"> <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:30px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:right"> <a> <img src="/uploads/6/6/0/3/66030893/ieee-access_1.png" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div> </td> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:74.242424242424%; padding:0 15px;"> <div class="paragraph"><font color="#8d2424">April 2021 - <strong>New journal paper accepted!</strong></font><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Spatially-Distributed Missions with Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Teams, </span></strong><span style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">E. Feo-Flushing, L. Gambardella, G. A. Di Caro<br /><br /><strong>IEEE Access </strong> <a href="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9420064" target="_blank">ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9420064</a></span></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div></div></div> <div><div style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div> <hr class="styled-hr" style="width:100%;"></hr> <div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div></div> <div><div class="wsite-multicol"><div class="wsite-multicol-table-wrap" style="margin:0 -15px;"> <table class="wsite-multicol-table"> <tbody class="wsite-multicol-tbody"> <tr class="wsite-multicol-tr"> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:25.679758308157%; padding:0 15px;"> <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:30px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="/uploads/6/6/0/3/66030893/gulf-times_2.png" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div> </td> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:40.98690835851%; padding:0 15px;"> <div class="paragraph"><font color="#8d2424">March 2021 - <strong>In the News!</strong></font><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gulf-times.com/story/687433/Carnegie-Mellon-uses-AI-and-robots-to-explore-Qata?fbclid=IwAR0lNgMQUNVI9rAwVc_jjq9y4mQDv6i98SLDabK8YgwOISPsiEpA1GH36i0" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(28, 28, 27); font-weight:700">Carnegie Mellon uses AI and robots to explore Qatar’s waters</span></a><br /><br /><strong><a href="https://www.gulf-times.com/story/687433/Carnegie-Mellon-uses-AI-and-robots-to-explore-Qata?fbclid=IwAR0lNgMQUNVI9rAwVc_jjq9y4mQDv6i98SLDabK8YgwOISPsiEpA1GH36i0" target="_blank">​Gulf Times</a></strong></div> </td> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:33.333333333333%; padding:0 15px;"> <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:center"> <a href='https://www.gulf-times.com/story/687433/Carnegie-Mellon-uses-AI-and-robots-to-explore-Qata?fbclid=IwAR0lNgMQUNVI9rAwVc_jjq9y4mQDv6i98SLDabK8YgwOISPsiEpA1GH36i0' target='_blank'> <img src="/uploads/6/6/0/3/66030893/gulf-times-boat_orig.png" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div></div></div> <div><div style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div> <hr class="styled-hr" style="width:100%;"></hr> <div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div></div> <div><div class="wsite-multicol"><div class="wsite-multicol-table-wrap" style="margin:0 -15px;"> <table class="wsite-multicol-table"> <tbody class="wsite-multicol-tbody"> <tr class="wsite-multicol-tr"> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:25.757575757576%; padding:0 15px;"> <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="/uploads/6/6/0/3/66030893/editor/screen-shot-2021-03-18-at-02-08-12_1.png" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div> <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="/uploads/6/6/0/3/66030893/published/screen-shot-2021-03-18-at-02-05-17.png?1616023929" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div> </td> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:74.242424242424%; padding:0 15px;"> <div class="paragraph"><font color="#8d2424">February - March 2021 - <strong>New Conference Papers accepted!</strong></font><br /><br /><strong><span><font color="#2a2a2a">Multi-robot informative path planning using a leader-follower architecture</font></span></strong><strong style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">, </strong><span><font color="#2a2a2a">G.A. Di Caro and A.W. Ziaullah Yousaf. </font></span><strong><em><span><font color="#2a2a2a">IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)</font></span></em></strong><span>, Xi’an, China, May 30 - June 5, 2021</span><br /><br /><br /><strong><span><font color="#2a2a2a">​Map learning via adaptive region-based sampling in multi-robot systems</font></span></strong><strong style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">, </strong><span><font color="#2a2a2a">G.A. Di Caro and A.W. Ziaullah Yousaf. </font></span><strong><em><span><font color="#2a2a2a">15th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS)</font></span></em></strong><span><strong><em><font color="#2a2a2a">,</font></em></strong> Kyoto, Japan, June 1–4, 2021</span></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div></div></div> <div><div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div> <hr class="styled-hr" style="width:100%;"></hr> <div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div></div> <div><div class="wsite-multicol"><div class="wsite-multicol-table-wrap" style="margin:0 -15px;"> <table class="wsite-multicol-table"> <tbody class="wsite-multicol-tbody"> <tr class="wsite-multicol-tr"> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:17.676767676768%; padding:0 15px;"> <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="/uploads/6/6/0/3/66030893/published/sec-journal-z_1.jpg" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div> </td> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:82.323232323232%; padding:0 15px;"> <div class="paragraph"><font color="#8d2424">August 2020 - <strong>New Journal Article!</strong></font><br /><br /><strong style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">Swarm Intelligence and Cyber-Physical Systems: Concepts, Challenges and Future Trends,</strong><br /><span style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">M. Schranz, G. A. Di Caro, T. Schmickl, W. Elmenreich, F. Arvin, A. Sekercioglu, M. Sende. </span><br /><br /><em style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)"><strong>Swarm and Evolutionary Computation</strong></em><span style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">, Elsevier, 2020</span><br /><strong><font color="#2a2a2a">​<br />DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.swevo.2020.100762" target="_blank">doi.org/10.1016/j.swevo.2020.100762</a></font></strong></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div></div></div> <div><div style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div> <hr class="styled-hr" style="width:100%;"></hr> <div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div></div> <div><div class="wsite-multicol"><div class="wsite-multicol-table-wrap" style="margin:0 -15px;"> <table class="wsite-multicol-table"> <tbody class="wsite-multicol-tbody"> <tr class="wsite-multicol-tr"> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:33.838383838384%; padding:0 15px;"> <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="/uploads/6/6/0/3/66030893/urep-logo_2.jpg" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div> </td> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:66.161616161616%; padding:0 15px;"> <div class="paragraph"><font color="#8d2424">August 2020 - <strong>New Project Grant Awarded!<br />​</strong></font><span style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)"><br />​</span><strong><font color="#2a2a2a">Communications-aware distributed deep reinforcement learning in multi-robot teams for underwater inspection tasks</font></strong><br /><span>​G.</span><strong><span> </span></strong><span style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">Di Caro (LPI), 1 Year</span></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div></div></div> <div><div style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div> <hr class="styled-hr" style="width:100%;"></hr> <div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div></div> <div><div class="wsite-multicol"><div class="wsite-multicol-table-wrap" style="margin:0 -15px;"> <table class="wsite-multicol-table"> <tbody class="wsite-multicol-tbody"> <tr class="wsite-multicol-tr"> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:50%; padding:0 15px;"> <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="/uploads/6/6/0/3/66030893/si-orspectrum_1.jpg" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div> </td> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:50%; padding:0 15px;"> <div class="paragraph"><font color="#8d2424">July 2019 - <strong>New special issue on OR Spectrum</strong></font><br /><br /><strong><span><font color="#2a2a2a">Machine Learning and Combinatorial Optimization</font>,<br />​</span></strong><span style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">G. A. Di Caro, R. Montemanni, M. Salani, V. Maniezzo (editors)</span><br /><br /><strong><em><font color="#2a2a2a"><a href="https://static.springer.com/sgw/documents/1656615/application/pdf/291_ORSP_CfP_Machine+Learning+and+Combinatorial+Optimization.pdf" target="_blank">Submission deadline: January 31, 2020, July 3-5, 2019</a></font></em></strong></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div></div></div> <div><div style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div> <hr class="styled-hr" style="width:100%;"></hr> <div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div></div> <div><div style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div> <hr class="styled-hr" style="width:100%;"></hr> <div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div></div> <span class='imgPusher' style='float:left;height:0px'></span><span style='display: table;width:458px;position:relative;float:left;max-width:100%;;clear:left;margin-top:1px;*margin-top:2px'><a><img src="/uploads/6/6/0/3/66030893/editor/mrs.jpg?1565046208" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 20px; border-width:1px;padding:3px; max-width:100%" alt="Picture" class="galleryImageBorder wsite-image" /></a><span style="display: table-caption; caption-side: bottom; font-size: 90%; margin-top: -0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;" class="wsite-caption"></span></span> <div class="paragraph" style="display:block;"><font color="#8d2424">August 2019 - <strong>New keynote talk!</strong></font><br /><br /><strong><span>Human-Swarm interaction and cooperation, </span></strong><span style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">G. A. Di Caro</span><br /><br /><strong><em><font color="#2a2a2a"><a href="http://mrs.felk.cvut.cz/summer-school/" target="_blank">IEEE RAS Summer School on Multi-Robot Systems, Prague, July 29 - August 2, 2019 </a></font></em></strong></div> <hr style="width:100%;clear:both;visibility:hidden;"></hr> <div><div style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div> <hr class="styled-hr" style="width:100%;"></hr> <div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div></div> <div><div class="wsite-multicol"><div class="wsite-multicol-table-wrap" style="margin:0 -15px;"> <table class="wsite-multicol-table"> <tbody class="wsite-multicol-tbody"> <tr class="wsite-multicol-tr"> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:25.757575757576%; padding:0 15px;"> <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-medium " style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:left"> <a> <img src="/uploads/6/6/0/3/66030893/editor/ukras19-logos1-2-1024x995.jpg?1565045232" alt="Picture" style="width:202;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div> </td> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:74.242424242424%; padding:0 15px;"> <div class="paragraph"><font color="#8d2424">July 2019 - <strong>New conference paper presented!</strong></font><br /><br /><strong><span>Robot path planning using imprecise and sporadic advisory information from humans, </span></strong><span style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">G. A. Di Caro, E. Feo-Flushing</span><br /><br /><strong><em><font color="#2a2a2a"><a href="https://www.qmul.ac.uk/robotics/events/taros2019/" target="_blank">20th Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems Conference (TAROS), London, July 3-5, 2019</a></font></em></strong></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div></div></div> <div><div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div> <hr class="styled-hr" style="width:100%;"></hr> <div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div></div> <div><div style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div> <hr class="styled-hr" style="width:100%;"></hr> <div style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div></div> <div><div class="wsite-multicol"><div class="wsite-multicol-table-wrap" style="margin:0 -15px;"> <table class="wsite-multicol-table"> <tbody class="wsite-multicol-tbody"> <tr class="wsite-multicol-tr"> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:33.838383838384%; padding:0 15px;"> <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="/uploads/6/6/0/3/66030893/published/eurok.jpg?1599574276" alt="Picture" style="width:270;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div> </td> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:66.161616161616%; padding:0 15px;"> <div class="paragraph"><font color="#8d2424">June 2019 - <strong>New invited talk!</strong></font><br /><br /><strong>A Survey of Machine Learning for Combinatorial Optimization, </strong><span style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">G. A. Di Caro</span><br /><br /><strong><em><font color="#2a2a2a"><a href="https://www.euro2019dublin.com/" target="_blank">30th European Conference on Operations Research (EURO), Dublin, 23-26 June, 2019</a></font></em></strong></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div></div></div> <div><div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div> <hr class="styled-hr" style="width:100%;"></hr> <div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div></div> <div><div class="wsite-multicol"><div class="wsite-multicol-table-wrap" style="margin:0 -15px;"> <table class="wsite-multicol-table"> <tbody class="wsite-multicol-tbody"> <tr class="wsite-multicol-tr"> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:41.919191919192%; padding:0 15px;"> <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-medium " style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:20px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:left"> <a> <img src="/uploads/6/6/0/3/66030893/published/tarmem-z_1.jpg?1565044669" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div> </td> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:58.080808080808%; padding:0 15px;"> <div class="paragraph"><font color="#8d2424">May 2019 - <strong>TARMEM project is starting up!</strong></font><br /><br /><span style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">Finally, the</span><strong style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)"> NPRP10 TARMEM (Teams of Aquatic and Aerial Robots for Marine Environmental Monitoring) project is starting up.</strong><br /><br /><span style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">Project description and news can be accessed at: <strong><a href="http://www.tarmem.org" target="_blank">www.tarmem.org</a></strong></span></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div></div></div> <div><div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div> <hr class="styled-hr" style="width:100%;"></hr> <div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div></div> <div><div class="wsite-multicol"><div class="wsite-multicol-table-wrap" style="margin:0 -0px;"> <table class="wsite-multicol-table"> <tbody class="wsite-multicol-tbody"> <tr class="wsite-multicol-tr"> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:73.333333333333%; padding:0 0px;"> <span class='imgPusher' style='float:left;height:0px'></span><span style='display: table;width:281px;position:relative;float:left;max-width:100%;;clear:left;margin-top:9px;*margin-top:18px'><a><img src="/uploads/6/6/0/3/66030893/editor/graduation18.jpg?1525355934" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; border-width:1px;padding:3px; max-width:100%" alt="Picture" class="galleryImageBorder wsite-image" /></a><span style="display: table-caption; caption-side: bottom; font-size: 90%; margin-top: -30px; margin-bottom: 30px; text-align: center;" class="wsite-caption"></span></span> <div class="paragraph" style="text-align:left;display:block;"><font color="#8d2424">1 May 2018 - <strong>New CMU-Q graduates, class 2018! </strong></font><br /><br /><strong style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">​​</strong><font color="#2a2a2a"><strong>Congratulations</strong> to all 90 new CMU-Q graduates, 13 from CS, and in particular to <strong>Fatma Tlili, Rohith Pillai</strong>, and <strong>Aisha Mohamed</strong> who did their <em>senior theses</em> with me as an advisor!</font></div> <hr style="width:100%;clear:both;visibility:hidden;"></hr> </td> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:26.666666666667%; padding:0 0px;"> <div class="wsite-youtube" style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px;"><div class="wsite-youtube-wrapper wsite-youtube-size-auto wsite-youtube-align-center"> <div class="wsite-youtube-container"> <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/vsH5CkG7hIo?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div> </div></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div></div></div> <div><div style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div> <hr class="styled-hr" style="width:100%;"></hr> <div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div></div> <span class='imgPusher' style='float:left;height:0px'></span><span style='display: table;width:364px;position:relative;float:left;max-width:100%;;clear:left;margin-top:1px;*margin-top:2px'><a><img src="/uploads/6/6/0/3/66030893/published/mom18_2.jpg" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; border-width:1px;padding:3px; max-width:100%" alt="Picture" class="galleryImageBorder wsite-image" /></a><span style="display: table-caption; caption-side: bottom; font-size: 90%; margin-top: -20px; margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: center;" class="wsite-caption"></span></span> <div class="paragraph" style="text-align:left;display:block;"><font color="#8d2424">24 April 2018 - <strong>New student awards! </strong></font><br /><br /><strong style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">​​</strong><font color="#2a2a2a"><strong>Congratulations</strong> to Fatma and Rohith, who I'm advising for their <em>senior thesis</em>: their work has been awarded at the</font><strong style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)"> <a href="https://www.qatar.cmu.edu/academics-research/research/undergraduate-research/meeting-of-the-minds/" target="_blank">Meeting of the Minds 2018</a></strong><strong style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">!</strong><br /><br /><span style="color:rgb(29, 33, 41)"><strong>Fatma Tlili: </strong><strong><em>Best Project Award</em> (CMUQ) </strong>for her work on </span><br /><strong><span><font color="#2a2a2a"> Deep learning and pattern analysis for crack detection</font></span></strong><br /><br /><span style="color:rgb(29, 33, 41)"> <strong>Rohith Pillai:</strong> <em><strong>Best CS Project Award (QNRF)</strong></em> for his work on <br /> <strong>A mixed initiative system for survivable path planning </strong></span></div> <hr style="width:100%;clear:both;visibility:hidden;"></hr> <div><div style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div> <hr class="styled-hr" style="width:100%;"></hr> <div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div></div> <span class='imgPusher' style='float:left;height:0px'></span><span style='display: table;width:130px;position:relative;float:left;max-width:100%;;clear:left;margin-top:1px;*margin-top:2px'><a><img src="/uploads/6/6/0/3/66030893/editor/auro_1.jpg" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; border-width:1px;padding:3px; max-width:100%" alt="Picture" class="galleryImageBorder wsite-image" /></a><span style="display: table-caption; caption-side: bottom; font-size: 90%; margin-top: -20px; margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: center;" class="wsite-caption"></span></span> <div class="paragraph" style="text-align:left;display:block;"><font color="#8d2424">April 2018 - <strong>New journal article: </strong></font><br /><br /><strong style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">​​</strong><strong><font style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">An integer linear programming model for fair multitarget tracking in cooperative multirobot systems, <br />​</font></strong><font color="#2a2a2a">J. Banfi, J. Guzzi, F. Amigoni, E. Feo-Flushing, </font><span style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">A. Giusti</span><font color="#2a2a2a">, L. Gambardella, </font><span style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">G. A. Di Caro</span><br /><br /><em><font color="#2a2a2a"><strong>Autonomous robots, </strong></font></em><a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10514-018-9735-4?wt_mc=Internal.Event.1.SEM.ArticleAuthorOnlineFirst" target="_blank"><span><strong>DOI:</strong></span><span><font color="#2a2a2a">10.1007/s10514-018-9735-4</font></span></a></div> <hr style="width:100%;clear:both;visibility:hidden;"></hr> <div><div style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div> <hr class="styled-hr" style="width:100%;"></hr> <div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div></div> <span class='imgPusher' style='float:left;height:0px'></span><span style='display: table;width:156px;position:relative;float:left;max-width:100%;;clear:left;margin-top:1px;*margin-top:2px'><a><img src="/uploads/6/6/0/3/66030893/published/logo-gecco-2018-low-res_1.gif?1524346541" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; border-width:1px;padding:3px; max-width:100%" alt="Picture" class="galleryImageBorder wsite-image" /></a><span style="display: table-caption; caption-side: bottom; font-size: 90%; margin-top: -0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;" class="wsite-caption"></span></span> <div class="paragraph" style="text-align:left;display:block;"><font color="#8d2424">26 March 2018 - <strong>New accepted conference paper:</strong></font><br /><span style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">​</span><font color="#8d2424"><strong> </strong></font><br /><strong style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">​</strong><span><font color="#2a2a2a" size="3"><strong>A Model of Artificial Emotions for Behavior-Modulation and Implicit Coordination in Multi-robot Systems, </strong></font></span><span><font color="#2a2a2a">J. Guzzi, A. Giusti, L. Gambardella, G. A. Di Caro</font></span><br />​<br /><strong><em><font color="#2a2a2a"><a href="http://gecco-2018.sigevo.org/" target="_blank">GECCO 2018, Kyoto, Japan, July 15-19</a></font></em></strong></div> <hr style="width:100%;clear:both;visibility:hidden;"></hr> <div><div style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div> <hr class="styled-hr" style="width:100%;"></hr> <div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div></div> <span class='imgPusher' style='float:left;height:0px'></span><span style='display: table;width:143px;position:relative;float:left;max-width:100%;;clear:left;margin-top:0px;*margin-top:0px'><a><img src="/uploads/6/6/0/3/66030893/editor/1280x1024-px-fish-ocean-battle-sea-shoal-of-fish-underwater-812798_1.jpg?1524341611" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; border-width:1px;padding:3px; max-width:100%" alt="Picture" class="galleryImageBorder wsite-image" /></a><span style="display: table-caption; caption-side: bottom; font-size: 90%; margin-top: -0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;" class="wsite-caption"></span></span> <div class="paragraph" style="text-align:left;display:block;"><font color="#8d2424">7 January 2018 - <strong>New undergrad course, CS 15-382:</strong></font><br /><span style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">​</span><font color="#8d2424"><strong> </strong></font><br /><strong style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">​</strong><font color="#2a2a2a">This fall semester I'm teaching a new (exciting!) CS course, that I designed from scratch:</font><br /><span style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">​</span><strong style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">Collective Intelligence</strong><br />​<br />​<br /><font color="#2a2a2a"><span><font size="3">​The course is about <strong>c</strong><em><strong>omplex systems, multi-agent systems, swarms, networks</strong>, ...</em></font></span></font><br /><font size="3"><font color="#2a2a2a">Web site with description, slides, homework: </font><strong><a href="https://web2.qatar.cmu.edu/~gdicaro/15382/" target="_blank">www.qatar.cmu.edu/~gdicaro/15382/</a></strong></font></div> <hr style="width:100%;clear:both;visibility:hidden;"></hr> <div><div style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div> <hr class="styled-hr" style="width:100%;"></hr> <div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div></div> <span class='imgPusher' style='float:left;height:0px'></span><span style='display: table;width:auto;position:relative;float:left;max-width:100%;;clear:left;margin-top:1px;*margin-top:2px'><a><img src="/uploads/6/6/0/3/66030893/published/eduardo.png?1524345562" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; border-width:1px;padding:3px; max-width:100%" alt="Picture" class="galleryImageBorder wsite-image" /></a><span style="display: table-caption; caption-side: bottom; font-size: 90%; margin-top: -30px; margin-bottom: 30px; text-align: center;" class="wsite-caption"></span></span> <div class="paragraph" style="text-align:left;display:block;"><font color="#8d2424">13 December 2017 - <strong>New Ph.D.!</strong></font><span style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">​</span><font color="#8d2424"><strong> </strong></font><br /><br /><strong style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">​</strong><font color="#2a2a2a">My Ph.D. student <strong>Eduardo Feo-Flushing</strong> has successfully defended his thesis on <em><strong><a href="http://www.inf.usi.ch/highlights_phd_defenses_detail?doc_id=26677" target="_blank">Collaborative missions with heterogeneous networked teams</a></strong> </em>at the University of Lugano (USI), Switzerland.<br /><br />Congratulations Dr. Feo!!​</font></div> <hr style="width:100%;clear:both;visibility:hidden;"></hr> <div><div style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div> <hr class="styled-hr" style="width:100%;"></hr> <div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div></div> <div><div class="wsite-multicol"><div class="wsite-multicol-table-wrap" style="margin:0 -0px;"> <table class="wsite-multicol-table"> <tbody class="wsite-multicol-tbody"> <tr class="wsite-multicol-tr"> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:25.757575757576%; padding:0 0px;"> <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:left"> <a> <img src="/uploads/6/6/0/3/66030893/published/researchdays.png?1524343987" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div> <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-medium " style="padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:50px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:left"> <a> <img src="/uploads/6/6/0/3/66030893/editor/klagenfurt.png?1524344012" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div> </td> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:74.242424242424%; padding:0 0px;"> <div class="paragraph"><font color="#8d2424">10 July 2017 - <strong>Keynote @ Lakeside Labs Research days 2017</strong></font><span style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">​</span><font color="#8d2424"><strong> </strong></font><br /><strong style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">​</strong><br /><font color="#2a2a2a">I gave a keynote talk on </font><strong><font color="#2a2a2a">Robot Swarms: The human-in-the-loop, </font></strong><span style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">at the </span><font color="#2a2a2a"><em><strong>Research days 2017</strong>​</em> organized by <em>Lakeside Labs</em> on the topic of<strong> </strong><strong><em><span>Self-organization and Swarm Intelligence in Cyber-Physical systems</span></em></strong><span>, Klagenfurt, Austria, July 10-12, 2017</span></font><br /><br /><font color="#2a2a2a">Website of the event:<strong> <a href="https://researchdays.lakeside-labs.com/" target="_blank">researchdays.lakeside-labs.com/<br />​<br />​</a>Video of the talk: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4057TOMUNA" target="_blank">www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4057TOMUNA<br />​</a></strong></font><br /></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div></div></div> <div><div style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div> <hr class="styled-hr" style="width:100%;"></hr> <div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div></div> <span class='imgPusher' style='float:left;height:0px'></span><span style='display: table;width:266px;position:relative;float:left;max-width:100%;;clear:left;margin-top:0px;*margin-top:0px'><a><img src="/uploads/6/6/0/3/66030893/published/tarmem-scenario.jpg?1524345665" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; border-width:1px;padding:3px; max-width:100%" alt="Picture" class="galleryImageBorder wsite-image" /></a><span style="display: table-caption; caption-side: bottom; font-size: 90%; margin-top: -0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;" class="wsite-caption"></span></span> <div class="paragraph" style="text-align:left;display:block;"><font color="#8d2424">15 June 2017 - <strong>New research project funded!</strong></font><span style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">​</span><font color="#8d2424"><strong> </strong></font><br /><strong style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">​</strong><br /><font color="#2a2a2a">Research project <strong>Teams of Aquatic / Aerial Robots for Marine Environmental Monitoring</strong>, has been awarded 600,000 USD funding from <strong><a href="https://www.qnrf.org/en-us/" target="_blank">Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) </a></strong>under program <strong><a href="https://www.qnrf.org/en-us/Funding/Research-Programs/National-Priorities-Research-Program-NPRP" target="_blank">NPRP cycle 10</a></strong></font><br /><br /><font color="#2a2a2a">I'm the <strong>leading PI</strong>. Profs. Filippo Arrichiello and Enrico Simetti from<strong> <a href="http://www.isme.unige.it/" target="_blank">ISME</a></strong>, Italy, are co-PIs</font></div> <hr style="width:100%;clear:both;visibility:hidden;"></hr> <div><div style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div> <hr class="styled-hr" style="width:100%;"></hr> <div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div></div> <div class="wsite-spacer" style="height:13px;"></div> <div class="paragraph" style="text-align:center;"><font size="6" color="#8d2424"><strong style="">Highlights of recent research (up to 2016)</strong></font></div> <div><div style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div> <hr class="styled-hr" style="width:100%;"></hr> <div style="height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div></div> <div><div class="wsite-multicol"><div class="wsite-multicol-table-wrap" style="margin:0 -25px;"> <table class="wsite-multicol-table"> <tbody class="wsite-multicol-tbody"> <tr class="wsite-multicol-tr"> <td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:33.333333333333%; padding:0 25px;"> <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:right"> <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLuOoXrWK6Kz5ySULxGMtAUdZEg9SkXDoq&v=WWUpqY3RoUw' target='_blank'> <img src="/uploads/6/6/0/3/66030893/3872016_orig.png" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div> <h2 class="wsite-content-title" style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/C-ix2iBMoyY"><span style="font-weight:normal"><font size="5">SWARMIX:<br />​Mixed swarms for SAR</font></span></a></h2> <div class="paragraph" style="text-align:center;">The Swiss-funded Sinergia project SWARMIX: a mixed team of humans, robots, and dogs interact and cooperate for search and rescue.</div> <div style="text-align:center;"><div style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"></div> <a class="wsite-button wsite-button-small wsite-button-normal" href="http://giannidicaro.com/robotics.html#Planning" target="_blank"> <span class="wsite-button-inner">Learn More</span> </a> <div style="height: 10px; 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