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DESCRIPTION:📢 IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS) Italy Chapter is please
 d to announce a series of research seminars aimed at disseminating cutting
 -edge control research within the Italian academic and industrial communit
 ies.\n\nOptimal Control in Agrivoltaics: Balancing Energy Generation and C
 rops’ Shadowing\n\nDr. Nicola MIGNONI\n\nDepartment of Electrical and In
 formation Engineering (DEI)\, Polytechnic of Bari\n\nAbstract:\n\nAgrivolt
 aic technology—combining agriculture with photovoltaic energy generation
 —enables land to produce both food and electricity. However\, solar modu
 les can reduce sunlight for crops\, affecting yields. This talk introduces
  a novel optimization-based framework that dynamically balances crop light
  exposure and power generation. The method reformulates the complex intera
 ction between plants and panels into a convex mixed-integer optimization m
 odel with guaranteed approximation accuracy and improved computational sca
 lability Using real-world data from an agrivoltaic site in Southern Italy\
 , we demonstrate how this approach can enhance both agricultural productiv
 ity and renewable energy efficiency\, paving the way for smarter\, data-dr
 iven agrivoltaic systems.\n\nSpeaker short bio:\n\nNicola Mignoni received
  the Bachelor’s (Hons.) and Master’s (Hons.) Degree in Management Engi
 neering in July 2019 and July 2021\, respectively\, and the Ph.D. in Autom
 atic Control (Hons.\, Doctor Europaeus) in March 2025\, from Polytechnic o
 f Bari (Italy). He is currently a Research Fellow in Systems and Control E
 ngineering at the same university. His research interests include optimiza
 tion\, game theory\, and multi-agent systems\, with application to the con
 trol of sustainable energy communities. In 2024\, Dr. Mignoni was a visiti
 ng Ph.D. student at TU Delft\, the Netherlands\, and at UPC Barcelona\, Sp
 ain. He is the recipient of the 2025 IFAC TC 6.3 Young Author Publication 
 Award on Optimization and Control of Power and Energy Systems.\n\nAgenda: 
 \n🗓 December 3\, 2025\n\n🕒 15:00 - 16:00\n\n📍 Polytechnic of Bari
 \, Sala Consiliare DEI\n\n🔗 Online Registration: https://events.teams.m
 icrosoft.com/event/d3624c50-867c-4793-92ba-d2f185d7bace@5b406aab-a1f1-4f13
 -a7aa-dd573da3d332\n\nRoom: Sala Consiliare\, Bldg: Department of Electric
 al and Information Engineering (DEI)\, Via Re David 200\, Bari\, Puglia\, 
 Italy\, 70126\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/512546
LOCATION:Room: Sala Consiliare\, Bldg: Department of Electrical and Informa
 tion Engineering (DEI)\, Via Re David 200\, Bari\, Puglia\, Italy\, 70126\
 , Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/512546
ORGANIZER:graziana.cavone@uniroma3.it
SEQUENCE:3
SUMMARY:[IEEE CSS Italy Chapter Seminar Series @ Poliba – Fall 2025] Opti
 mal Control in Agrivoltaics: Balancing Energy Generation and Crops’ Shad
 owing - Dr. Nicola MIGNONI\, Polytechnic of Bari
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 nces crop light exposure and power generation. The method reformulates the
  complex interaction between plants and panels into a convex mixed-integer
  optimization model with guaranteed approximation accuracy and improved co
 mputational scalability Using real-world data from an agrivoltaic site in 
 Southern Italy\, we demonstrate how this approach can enhance both agricul
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 ely\, and the Ph.D. in Automatic Control (Hons.\, Doctor Europaeus) in Mar
 ch 2025\, from Polytechnic of Bari (Italy). He is currently a Research Fel
 low in Systems and Control Engineering at the same university. His researc
 h interests include optimization\, game theory\, and multi-agent systems\,
  with application to the control of sustainable energy communities. In 202
 4\, Dr. Mignoni was a visiting Ph.D. student at TU Delft\, the Netherlands
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