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Francesco Flammini

Also known as: F. Flammini

University of Florence, Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence Research, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, University of Maryland University College Europe

Research areas: Engineering · Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality · Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy · Transportation Systems and Safety · Railway Systems and Energy Efficiency

ORCID iD 0000-0002-2833-7196
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Prof. Francesco Flammini graduated cum laude (M.D., 2003) and got a research doctorate (PhD, 2006), both in Computer Engineering, from the University of Naples Federico II, Italy. After his degree, he worked for 15 years in private and public companies, including Ansaldo STS (now Hitachi Rail) and IPZS (Italian State Mint and Polygraphic Institute), on large international projects addressing intelligent transportation, critical infrastructure protection and cybersecurity, as a technical leader and unit head. Since 2020, he has been a Full Professor of Computer Science with a focus on Cyber-Physical Systems at Mälardalen University (Sweden), and the Technical Manager of the RAILS EU funded research project about Artificial Intelligence for smart-railways. He has also been a Professor of Trustworthy Autonomous Systems at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), where he has been affiliated with Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IDSIA), and has led the Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS) research group. He has also been the Program Director of the new Bachelor of Science in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at SUPSI, within the Department of Innovative Technologies (DTI). He has been a Senior Lecturer and the chair of the Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) environment at Linnaeus University (Sweden), and an Adjunct Professor at several universities, including the University of Maryland Global Campus Europe. He is also a Full Professor at the University of Florence, where he joined the Resilient Computing Lab (RCL) research group, as well as the computer science PhD steering board. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and of several societies, including Intelligent Transportation Systems Society. He is also a Member of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC) Society Board-of-Governors, as the Associate Vice-President for Members and Student Activities (MSA), as well as the Chair of the IEEE SMC Technical Committee on Homeland Security. He has also been the Vice-Chair of the IEEE Computer Society Italy Chapter. He is a Distinguished Visitor of the IEEE Computer Society, and a Distinguished Lecturer of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). He has (co)authored 200+ technical publications, and he has served as a chair, invited speaker, steering/program committee member, and editor for 50+ international conferences, books, and journals. He has been the principal investigator, technical manager, and WP/Task leader in 15+ research projects, mostly funded by the European Union, where he also serves as an expert evaluator for several agencies. He has being the principal supervisor of more than 10 PhD students and co-supervisor of more than 20.

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Projects & Funding

  • IndTech - Industrial Technology Graduate School Foundation for Knowledge
    2021 - Present
  • PERformance-based Formal modelling and Optimal tRaffic Management for movING-block RAILway signalling European Commission
    2020 - 2023
  • CPS-based resilience for critical infrastructure protection VINNOVA
    2020 - 2021
  • Civilingenjör 4.0 Module C11 "Cyber Security, Industrial Data Protection and Data Integrity" VINNOVA
    2020 - 2021
  • Module C11 "Cyber Security, Industrial Data Protection and Data Integrity" VINNOVA
    2020 - 2022
  • Roadmaps for A.I. integration in the raiL Sector European Commission
    2019 - 2022
  • Smart-Troubleshooting in the Connected Society Linnaeus University SEED Funding
    2018 - 2018
  • Artificial Intelligence for Autonomous Systems CEMISS (Centro Militare di Studi Strategici)
    2018 - 2018
  • ATTRACkTIVE European Commission - Horizon2020 Shift2Rail JU
    2016 - Present
  • DepCoS-RELCOMEX 2006 Grant for Best Student Paper Wrocław University of Science and Technology
    2006 - 2006
  • Modellazione multi-formalismo di sistemi critici IPE - Istituto per Ricerche e Attivita' Educative
    2005 - 2006
  • AUTOMOTIF CINEA
  • PIEZORAIL Ministero dell’Ambiente e della tutela del Territorio e del Mare
  • pSHIELD: pilot embedded Systems arcHItecturE for multi-Layer Dependable solutions European Commission
  • nSHIELD: new embedded Systems arcHItecturE for multi-Layer Dependable solutions European Commission
  • SAFER Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale
  • SITRAM: Innovative Systems for Tramways Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale

Publications (260)