Alejandro Vignoni

Contact Information

Instituto de Automática e Informática Industrial
Universitat Politècnica de València

Camí de Vera, s/n
46022
Valencia

Email: alvig2@upv.es

Education

  • 2009-2014 Ph.D. in Control Engineering, Robotics and Industrial Informatics. Universidad Politécnica de Valencia.
  • 2003-2008 B.Eng. in Electronics and Control Systems (5 years Program). Universidad Nacional de La Plata.

 

Academic position held

  • 2011- Now:  Research Scholar at Instituto Universitario de Automática e Informática Industrial (AI2), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain.
     
  • 2012  Visiting Researcher at Tabor Lab, (3 months) Department of Bioengineering, Rice Univrsity, Houston, TX (USA). Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Tabor.
     
  • 2009-2011 PhD Student at Instituto Universitario de Automática e Informática Industrial (AI2), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain.
     
  • 2011 Visiting Researcher at Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation, (3 months) Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, UK. Advisor: Dr. Guy-Bart Stan.
     
  • 2008 Visiting Researcher at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL). (10 months) Batavia, IL. Advisor: Dr. Gustavo Cancelo

 

Research Areas

  • Synthetic and systems biology // nonlinear and complex systems // biosystems modeling // coordination, consensus and synchronization // dynamical systems networks // sliding modes // hybrid systems // biotechnology processes monitoring and control.

 

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My Publications

Vignoni, A., "Invariance and Sliding Modes. Application to coordination of multi-agent systems, bioprocesses estimation, and control in living cells.", Departament d'Ingenyeria de Sistemes i Automática, València, Universitat Politècnica de València, pp. 233, 2014.
Picó, J., E. Picó–Marco, A. Vignoni, and H. De Battista, "Stability preserving maps for finite-time convergence: super-twisting sliding-mode algorithm", Automatica, vol. 49, issue 2, pp. 539, 02/2013.
Vignoni, A., F. Garelli, and J. Picó, "Coordinación de sistemas con diferentes dinámicas utilizando conceptos de invarianza geométrica y modos deslizantes.", Revista Iberoamericana de Automática e Informática industrial, vol. 10, issue 4, pp. 390-401, 2013.
Nuñez, S., H. De Battista, F. Garelli, A. Vignoni, and J. Picó, "Second-Order Sliding Mode Observer for Multiple Kinetic Rates Estimation in Bioprocesses", Control Engineering Practice, vol. 21, issue 9, pp. 1259 - 1265, 09/2013.
Vignoni, A., F. Garelli, and J. Picó, "Sliding mode reference coordination of constrained feedback systems", Mathematical Problems in Engineering, vol. 2013, 2013.
Vignoni, A., D. Oyarzún, J. Picó, and G-B. Stan, "Population-level control of heterologous protein production in bacteria", Applied Synthetic Biology in Europe Programme, 2012.
Vignoni, A., J. Picó, F. Garelli, and H. De Battista, "Sliding mode reference conditioning for coordination in swarms of non-identical multi-agent systems", Variable Structure Systems (VSS), 2012 12th International Workshop on, Mumbai, Maharashtra, IEEE, 2012/01/12.
Vignoni, A., Coordination in dynamical systems: a sliding mode reference conditioning approach, http://personales.upv.es/alvig2/MT/vignoni-mthesis.pdf, Universitat Politècnica de València, 2011.
De Battista, H., J. Picó, F. Garelli, and A. Vignoni, "Specific growth rate estimation in (fed-)batch bioreactors using second-order sliding observers", Journal of Process Control, vol. 21, no. 7, pp. 1049–1055, 2011.
Vignoni, A., J. Picó, F. Garelli, and H. De Battista, "Dynamical Systems Coordination Via Sliding Mode Reference Conditioning", 18th IFAC World Congress, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano, Italy, IFAC, 08/2011.

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Hobbies

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