Since the academic year 1980/81 Roberto Guidorzi has been holder
of the chair of Systems Theory at the Faculty of Engineering of the
University of Bologna where he actually teaches the courses System
Theory and Dynamic System Identification. Previously he taught also
the courses Computer Science Principles, Advanced Control Systems,
Modeling and Control of Environmental Systems and Control Systems
at the Universities of Bologna and Ferrara.
He has, besides, been Director of the Computer Centre of the
Faculty of Engineering of Bologna University (C.C.I.B.) from 1987
to 1992 and is, from 1997 to 2005, Director of CITAM (Centro
Interfacoltà per le Tecnologie Didattico-Educative Teleaudiovisive
“Guglielmo Marconi” dell'Università di Bologna).
He is the author of more than 200 publications dealing with
subjects of a methodological nature such as analysis of the
structural properties of linear and bilinear dynamic systems, the
development of canonical representations for these systems and
their identification from generic input/output noise-corrupted
sequences and with applications of system theory methodologies in
determining dynamic models for industrial processes (electric,
chemical, petrochemical), natural (reservoirs and storages of
natural gas, Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Adriatic Sea) and
economic (models of the Dutch and Italian economies). His last
book, Multivariable System Identification: From observations to
Models, has been published in 2003.
He is also interested in the application of advanced instruments
in teaching with particularemphasis on e-learning methodologies
both in presential courses and in distance-learning ones. In this
context he has coordinated the AlmaWeb project at Bologna
University and has carried out the testing of the modular course
Dynamic System Identification, distributed in dual-delivery. He has
also been responsible of the Distance Learning section of Project
Apennine, concerning the of ICT in many schools of the Apennine
region. He has also coordinated the development of the e-learning
platform of Bologna University, AlmaChannel, and is President of
the spinoff AlmaChannel that manages the development of the
platform and its its distribution on the market.
He has been a reviewer for several national and international
magazines (IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Automatica (for
which he has acted as Associate Guest Editor), C-TAT, Systems &
Control Letters, International Journal of Control, Zentralblatt für
Mathematik, Mathematical Reviews, Ricerche di Automatica, The
International Journal of Modelling and Simulation) and has acted as
Chairman of international congresses like the IFAC Symposium on
Identification and System Parameter Estimation, MTNS, etc.
He has been visiting professor at Washington University (St.
Louis, Missouri), Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island), the
University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida) and the Technische
Hogeschool Eindhoven (Eindhoven, Holland) and, by invitation, has
held seminars at Italian and foreign universities, among them
Washington University, the ETH, Zürich, the University of Florida,
the Technische Hogeschool Eindhoven, Kaiserlautern Polytechnic, the
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, the University of Athens as well as
research organizations like the International Institute of Applied
Systems Analysis, the International Atomic Energy Agency and
UNESCO. He was also main invited speaker at the Benelux Meeting on
Systems and Control.
He has collaborated with various industries in the development
of advanced projects, among them management systems for a gas
pipeline network (SNAM, Milan), satellite navigation systems
(Elettronica, Rome), computerized injection systems for gasoline
propulsors (Weber, Bologna), software for the identification of
natural gas reservoirs (Agip Mineraria, Milan), tracking and data
fusion (ITALTEL, Milan), early diagnosis in railway systems (SASIB,
Bologna). He has also developed a specific package concerning the
simulation of Comacchio Valleys for Emilia-Romagna Region and has
been a consultant of the Bologna Province in the evaluation of
educational projects for industry workers.
In 1977 he was elected Coordinator of the subgroup Systems and
Control Theory of G.R.A.S. (Group of Researchers of Automatics and
System Science) and, in 1978, representative of the research
personnel in G.N.A.S. (National Group of Automatics and Science
Systems) in the G.N.A.S. Scientific Council. Since its foundation
he has been a member of the Interdepartmental Research Centre on
Sea Sciences of the University of Bologna and has coordinated, from
1984 to 1996, the research group of Bologna University in the
national project Identification, Control and Optimization of
Dynamical Systems. He is also coordinator of the group
participating to the European project SIMONET (System
Identification and MOdelling NETwork) and of the research group
STING (System Theory and IdentificatioN Group).
He has been elected, in 1999, Chairman of the Special Interest
Group on Web-based Open and Distance Learning of the initiative
Prometeus (PROmoting Multimedia access to Education and Training in
the EUropean Society) of the European Commission. In 2001 he has
also been elected member of the Prometeus Steering Committee.
Prof. Guidorzi is mentioned in the International Directory of
Distinguished Leadership of the American Biographical Institute, in
Longman's Who's Who in Science, in Marquis' Who's Who in the World
and Who's Who in Science and Engineering and in Who's Who in World
Oil and Gas of the Financial Times.
Roberto Guidorzi is also a sport pilot with more than 700 fly
hours and has developed several navigation and control avionic
systems that have been installed on his Flight Design CT2K.
