Curriculum vitae - Automatica

Mattia Zorzi
Curriculum vitae
Firstname Mattia
Surname Zorzi
Nationality Italian
Personal information
Date of birth January 14th, 1985
Gender Male
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Education
2010–2012 Ph.D. Student at the Department of Information Engineering, University of
Padova, under the supervision of Prof. Augusto Ferrante.
2007–2009 Master of Science in Automation Engineering, University of Padova, Italy, Summa
cum laude.
2004–2007 Bachelor of Science in Information Engineering, University of Padova, Italy,
Summa cum laude.
1999–2004 Technical High School, Istituto tecnico industriale “F. Severi”, Padova.
Research interests
Multivariate spectral estimation
Structured covariance estimation
Robust estimation
Quantum channel estimation
Theses
Master Thesis Multivariable moment problems with complexity constraints and applications to spectral
estimation
Supervisor Prof. Augusto Ferrante and Michele Pavon
Bachelor Thesis Analisi dei sistemi attraverso i vincoli quadratici integrali (System analysis via integral
quadratic constraints)
Supervisor Prof. Sandro Zampieri
Relevant experiences
2012 Teaching Assistant in “Signals and Systems” course (Prof. M. Pavon).
8 hours of lectures on the basics of MATLAB.
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2011 Teaching Assistant in “Signals and Systems” course (Prof. M. Pavon).
10 hours of lectures on the basics of MATLAB.
2011 Laboratory Assistant in “Computer Architecture” course (Prof. F. Filira).
20 hours of ARM processor laboratory.
2011 Visiting student, University of California, Davis (CA), USA.
4-month research period under the supervision of Prof. Bernard Levy at the Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering.
2009 Research grant, DEI, University of Padova, Italy.
3-month research grant on the topic: “Multirobot exploration with blind agent” at the Department
of Information Engineering of University of Padova.
Personal skills and competences
Language skills
Italian Mother tongue
English Intermediate
Operative
systems
Computer skills
Advanced knowledge of Windows, good knowledge of Linux.
Programming Advanced knowledge of Matlab, Latex, Turbo Pascal, Assembly, good knowledge of
Java, Mathematica, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office.
Certifications
GRE Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) General Test on July 9th, 2009.
Publications and other Resources
Publications
[1] A. Ferrante, M. Pavon, and M. Zorzi. Application of a global inverse function theorem of
Byrnes and Lindquist to a multivariable moment problem with complexity constraint. In X. Hu,
U. Jonsson, B. Wahlberg, and B. Ghosh, editors, Three Decades of Progress in Control Sciences,
pages 153–167. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2010.
[2] R. Corvaja, I. Capraro, A. Dall’Arche, N. Dalla Pozza, F. Gerlin, A. Tomaello, M. Zorzi, A. Assalini,
A. Ferrante, G. Pierobon, F. Ticozzi, G. Vallone, and P. Villoresi. Engineering a Long
Distance Free-Space Quantum Channel. In Isabel. Barcelona - Spain, 2011.
[3] A. Ferrante, M. Pavon, and M. Zorzi. A maximum entropy enhancement for a family of
high-resolution spectral estimators. IEEE Trans. Aut. Control, 57(2):318–329, Feb. 2012.
[4] A. Ferrante, M. Pavon, and M. Zorzi. Structured covariance estimation in high resolution
spectral analysis. In Proc. of Int. Symp. Mathematical Theory of Network and Systems,
MTNS 2012. Melbourne, 2012.
[5] M. Zorzi and A. Ferrante. On the estimation of structured covariance matrices. Automatica,
48(9):2145–2151, Sep. 2012.
[6] M. Zorzi, F. Ticozzi, and A. Ferrante. Estimation of quantum channels: Identifiability and ML
methods. 51st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2012).
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Under Review and in Preparation
[7] M. Zorzi, F. Ticozzi, and A. Ferrante. On quantum channel estimation with minimal resources.
Submitted, 2012.
[8] M. Zorzi. A new family of high-resolution multivariate spectral estimators. Submitted, 2012.
[9] M. Zorzi, F. Ticozzi, and A. Ferrante. Minimum relative entropy for quantum estimation:
Feasibility and general solution. In preparation.
Lecture Notes (in Italian)
[10] M. Zorzi and L. Schenato. Controllo di un motore c.c. con giunto elastico: modellizzazione e
apparato sperimentale. Laboratorio di controlli 2, corso di laurea in Ingegneria dell’Automatione,
a.a. 2009/2010.
[11] M. Zorzi. Laboratorio di Segnali e Sistemi. Segnali e Sistemi, corso di laurea in Ingegneria
dell’Informazione, a.a. 2010/2011.
Last update December 2012
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