Gennaro Notomista
Scholar

Gennaro Notomista

Google Scholar ID: KbEJvvwAAAAJ
University of Waterloo
RoboticsControl Theory
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
4,008
 
H-index
23
 
i10-index
33
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
10
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • 1. Paper on 'safe decentralized density control of multi-robot systems' accepted at MRS 2025
  • 2. Paper on 'haptic-shared autonomy of two-wheeled drones' accepted at IECON 2025
  • 3. Paper on 'energy-aware control of multi-mode robots' accepted for publication in L-CSS
  • 4. Paper on 'boundary control barrier functionals for traffic flow dynamics' accepted for publication in L-CSS
  • 5. Paper on 'music-driven robot swarm painting' accepted at ARSO 2025
  • 6. Three papers accepted at MED 2025:
  • - Energy-aware coordination of heterogeneous robotic systems
  • - Density control of robotic swarms
  • - Optimal haptic feedback for passive human-multi-robot interaction
  • 7. Paper on 'decentralized swarm density control' accepted for publication in RA-L
  • 8. Paper on 'learning concurrently executable robotic tasks' accepted at AAMAS 2025
  • 9. Paper on 'robot navigation using quasi-conformal mappings and control barrier functions' accepted for publication in T-CST
  • 10. Paper on 'design and density control of robotic swarms' accepted at DARS 2024
  • 11. Paper accepted at ICRA 2024 on 'safe teleoperation of multi-robot systems'
  • 12. Paper accepted at ACC 2024 on 'safe control of autonomous vehicles'
  • 13. Workshop organized at CDC 2023: 'Control Barrier Functions: Recent Developments and Future Directions'
  • 14. Tutorial organized at IFAC WC 2023: 'Ecologically-Inspired Multi-Robot Systems'
  • 15. T-RO paper published on 'controlling aggregations of swarms of micro brushbots'
Research Experience
  • 1. Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo
  • 2. Varma Family Professor in Robotics
  • 3. Director of the Ecological and Resilient Autonomous roBots Lab (ERABLab)
Education
  • 1. Bachelor's degree in Mechanical and Automotive Engineering - Naples, Italy
  • 2. Master's degree in Mechanical and Automotive Engineering - Ingolstadt, Germany
  • 3. PhD in Robotics - Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
  • 4. Post-doctoral researcher - CNRS, Rennes, France
Background
  • Research interests: robot design and control for long-duration autonomy with applications to sustainable environmental monitoring for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Professional field: Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Miscellany
  • Personal interests: Always looking for motivated students (PhD, MASc, undergraduate researchers) in designing novel energy-efficient robotic platforms, closing the loop with optimization programs, or using robots for climate change ecological studies.