Program Overview

Program Overview

The PhD program in Automatic Control, Bioengineering, and Operations Research aims to prepare young researchers to manage complex systems through the use of modeling tools, quantitative methods, and the development of techniques for designing and implementing real-world systems.

Program Details

• ID: 27736
• Course type: Dottorato
• Academic year: 2025/2026
• Positions: 5
• Grant numbers: 4
• Number of scholarships financed by institutions: 0
• Number of scholarships financed by consortiums: 3

Educational Goals

The educational objective of the PhD program is to prepare young researchers to manage complex systems through the use of modeling tools, the application of quantitative methods for defining analytical models and analyzing processes, and the development of techniques for the design and implementation of real-world systems across various application domains.

Career Opportunities

PhD graduates in ABRO will be qualified to work in academia and in public and private institutions engaged in advanced research and applications, as well as in the entire industrial sector that promotes innovation in the field of Information Technology—particularly in Automatic Control, Bioengineering, and Operations Research.

Research Areas

The program offers three distinct curricula, each corresponding to a different scientific field:

• Automatic Control (Italian sector identification code IINF-04/A)
• Bioengineering (Italian sector identification code IBIO-01/A)
• Operations Research (Italian sector identification code MATH-06/A)

Curriculum

The program includes the following curricula:

• a) AUTOMATICA
• b) BIOINGEGNERIA
• c) RICERCA OPERATIVA

Department and School

• Department: Ingegneria Informatica, Automatica e Gestionale “Antonio Ruberti”
• School: Scuola di dottorato in Scienza e tecnologia dell’informazione e delle comunicazioni

Coordinator

• Coordinator: Laura Palagi

Errata Corrige

An errata corrige has been published to correct a material error in the publication of the approval decree, which did not include decimal numbers in the scores, resulting in rounding errors. The corrected version has been published accordingly.