“Philosophy and ideology play an immense, although subtle, role in science. They predispose scientists on how to interpret observations and experiments, what hypotheses to make or discard. Every scientist should thus be conscious of their philosophy and ideology.”
I am a Senior Research Scientist at the AI4I Italian Institute of Artificial Intelligence (RIAS Lab, directed by Luca Laurenti). I am active in the field of control theory and its intersections with formal methods, optimization and information theory.
hybrid systems (systems with both continuous and discrete dynamics), finite models of dynamical systems (finite abstractions), verification and control of dynamical systems through finite abstractions, formal languages and automata.
Markov processes, stochastic conntrol, reinforcement learning and iinformation-theoretic approaches for dynamical systems and control.
nonsmooth dynamics, optimization-based control for safety-critical tasks (control-barrier functions, projection-based control), and feedback optimization (optimization algorithms interconnected with dynamical systems).
I obtained the Diploma (joint BSc. and MSc.) in Electrical and Computer Engineering, from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in 2017. I obtained my PhD, Cum Laude (top 5% in the Netherlands), from Delft University of Technology, in 2022. I have previously held postdoctoral positions at TU Delft and TU Eindhoven.