Raffaele Carli

Raffaele Carli received his Laurea degree in Electronic Engineering with honours in 2002 and his PhD in Electrical and Information Engineering in 2016, both from Politecnico di Bari, Italy. From 2003 to 2004, he was a Reserve Officer with Italian Navy. From 2004 to 2012, he worked as System and Cont... Read more

Raffaele Carli received his Laurea degree in Electronic Engineering with honours in 2002 and his PhD in Electrical and Information Engineering in 2016, both from Politecnico di Bari, Italy. From 2003 to 2004, he was a Reserve Officer with Italian Navy. From 2004 to 2012, he worked as System and Control Engineer and Technical Manager for a multinational company in the space and defense sector.

Currently, he is an Associate Professor in Systems and Control Engineering at Politecnico di Bari, where he is the technical lead for the Decision and Control Laboratory (coordinated by prof. Mariagrazia Dotoli) within the Department of Electric and Information Engineering (http://dclab.poliba.it/). He has held national qualifications as a Full Professor since 2023. Since 2022 he has been Vice-Coordinator of the National PhD program in Autonomous Systems (http://dausy.poliba.it/) and since 2025 he has also served as Vice-Coordinator of the Interuniversity Ph.D Program in Smart and Sustainable Industry (Politecnico di Bari – Università degli Studi di Bari) (http://phd-ssi.poliba.it/).

He serves on the editorial board of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) journals as Senior Editor of IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (awarded 2023 and 2024 Best Associate Editor) and Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. He is also an active member of the conference editorial boards of various events sponsored by IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) and IEEE, including those sponsored by the IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS), IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS), and IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (SMCS). His organizational roles include positions on the committees of several IEEE conferences (CASE 2017, CASE 2020, SMC 2023, CASE 2024, ICIEA 2026, CASE 2026). He also served as General Chair of the 2025 IFAC Workshop on Smart Energy Systems for Efficient and Sustainable Smart Grids and Smart Cities (SENSYS 2025).

Since 2026, he is the Chair of the IFAC Technical Committee on Smart Cities and Sustainability (TC 6.3C).

An IEEE Senior Member since 2022, he currently serves as the Mentorship Subcommittee Chair of the Membership and Student Activities Committee within the IEEE SMCS for the 2023-2024 and 2025-2026 terms. Additionally, he currently serves as the Secretary of the IEEE Italy Section Chapter CS23 of the CSS for the 2025-2026 term.

He has authored over 130 printed international publications (Google Scholar profile: https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=OvXT8Y0AAAAJ&hl=en). His research focuses on developing decision and control techniques for modeling, optimizing, managing, and controlling complex, large-scale systems, particularly in smart frameworks such as industry and energy. He received the 2024 IEEE Italy Section SMCS Chapter Award for Excellence in Early Career Research. Show less

Raffaele Carli ha conseguito la Laurea in Ingegneria Elettronica con lode nel 2002 e il Dottorato di Ricerca in Ingegneria Elettrica e dell’Informazione nel 2016, entrambi presso il Politecnico di Bari, Italia. Dal 2003 al 2004 ha prestato servizio come Ufficiale di Complemento nella Marina Militare... Read more

Raffaele Carli ha conseguito la Laurea in Ingegneria Elettronica con lode nel 2002 e il Dottorato di Ricerca in Ingegneria Elettrica e dell’Informazione nel 2016, entrambi presso il Politecnico di Bari, Italia. Dal 2003 al 2004 ha prestato servizio come Ufficiale di Complemento nella Marina Militare Italiana. Dal 2004 al 2012 ha lavorato come System and Control Engineer and Technical Manager per una multinazionale nel settore spaziale e della difesa.

Attualmente, è Professore Associato in Automatica presso il Politecnico di Bari, dove è responsabile tecnico del Decision and Control Laboratory (coordinato dalla prof.ssa Mariagrazia Dotoli) all’interno del Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e dell’Informazione (http://dclab.poliba.it/). Ha conseguito l’abilitazione nazionale come Professore Ordinario nel 2023. Dal 2022 è Vice-Coordinatore del Dottorato Nazionale in Sistemi Autonomi (http://dausy.poliba.it/) e dal 2025 è Vice-Coordinatore del Dottorato di Ricerca Interuniversitario in Smart and Sustainable Industry, promosso dal Politecnico di Bari e dall’Università degli Studi di Bari (http://phd-ssi.poliba.it/).

Fa parte del comitato editoriale di riviste IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), ricoprendo il ruolo di Senior Editor per IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (premiato come Best Associate Editor nel 2023 e nel 2024) e Associate Editor per IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. È inoltre un membro attivo dei comitati editoriali di conferenze per vari eventi sponsorizzati da IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) e IEEE, inclusi quelli promossi dalla IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS), dalla IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) e dalla IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (SMCS). I suoi ruoli organizzativi comprendono la partecipazione ai comitati di diverse conferenze IEEE (CASE 2017, CASE 2020, SMC 2023, CASE 2024, ICIEA 2026, CASE 2026). Ha rivestito inoltre il ruolo di General Chair per l’IFAC Workshop on Smart Energy Systems for Efficient and Sustainable Smart Grids and Smart Cities (SENSYS 2025).

Dal 2026 presiede il Technical Committee IFAC on Smart Cities and Sustainability (TC 6.3C).

Membro Senior IEEE dal 2022, attualmente ricopre il ruolo di Mentorship Subcommittee Chair del Membership and Student Activities Committee all’interno della IEEE SMCS per per i bienni 2023-2024 e 2025-2026. Inoltre, è Segretario del Chapter CS23 della Control Systems Society (CSS) dell’IEEE Italy Section per il mandato 2025-2026.

È autore di oltre 130 pubblicazioni internazionali (profilo Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=OvXT8Y0AAAAJ&hl=en). La sua ricerca si concentra sullo sviluppo di tecniche di decisione e controllo per la modellazione, ottimizzazione, gestione e controllo di sistemi complessi su larga scala, in particolare in ambiti intelligenti come l’industria e l’energia. Ha ricevuto il premio IEEE Italy Section SMCS Chapter Award for Excellence in Early Career Research nel 2024. Show less