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DESCRIPTION:The 2026 PhD Summer School on Autonomous Systems will be held f
 rom September 7 to 11\, 2026\, at Politecnico di Bari.\nThe Summer School 
 offers an intensive program of in-person lectures delivered by leading int
 ernational experts in autonomous systems\, covering topics such as control
 \, robotics\, learning\, distributed systems\, and decision-making.\n\nThe
  confirmed academic speakers are:\n\n-\nDario Bauso (University of Groning
 en\, The Netherlands)\n-\nVito Cacucciolo (Politecnico di Bari\, Italy)\n-
 \nSubhrakanti Dey (Uppsala University\, Sweden)\n-\nMauro Gallo (Inholland
  University of Applied Sciences\, The Netherlands)\n-\nUmberto Montanaro (
 University of Surrey\, UK)\n-\nMaria Prandini (Politecnico di Milano\, Ita
 ly)\n-\nValeriy Vyatkin (Aalto University\, Finland).\n\nA distinctive fea
 ture of this second edition will be the significant participation of compa
 nies operating in the fields of robotics and automation\, including:\n\n-\
 nCOMAU\n-\nICAM\n-\nKUKA\n-\nMASMEC\n-\nPAL Robotics.\n\nAlongside the aca
 demic lectures\, the program will include industrial talks\, technological
  demonstrations\, and a technical visit. These activities will offer parti
 cipants valuable opportunities to interact directly with companies activel
 y engaged in research and innovation and interested in recruiting young ta
 lents.\n\nThe full program\, logistical information\, and registration det
 ails are available at the following link:\nhttps://dausy.poliba.it/summer-
 school-2026/\n\nThe Summer School is technically sponsored by:\n\n-\nthe I
 talian Chapters of the IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS)\, IEEE RAS\, and
  IEEE Systems\, Man\, and Cybernetics Society (SMCS).\n\nAgenda: \n\n\nRoo
 m: Aula AD\, Bldg: Corpo Z\, Via Orabona 4\, Bari\, Puglia\, Italy\, 70126
LOCATION:Room: Aula AD\, Bldg: Corpo Z\, Via Orabona 4\, Bari\, Puglia\, It
 aly\, 70126
ORGANIZER:raffaele.carli@poliba.it
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SUMMARY:2026 PhD Summer School on Autonomous Systems – Politecnico di Bar
 i\, September 7 to 11 2026
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/571502
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 D Summer School on Autonomous Systems will be held from September 7 to 11\
 , 2026\, at Politecnico di Bari.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;div data-ogsc=&quot;black&quot; data-olk-copy
 -source=&quot;MessageBody&quot;&gt;The Summer School offers an intensive program of in-
 person lectures delivered by leading international experts in autonomous s
 ystems\, covering topics such as control\, robotics\, learning\, distribut
 ed systems\, and decision-making.&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;div data-ogsc=&quot;black&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/d
 iv&gt;\n&lt;div data-ogsc=&quot;black&quot;&gt;The confirmed academic speakers are:&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;u
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 ata-ogsc=&quot;black&quot;&gt;\n&lt;div role=&quot;presentation&quot; data-ogsc=&quot;&quot;&gt;Dario Bauso (Univ
 ersity of Groningen\, The Netherlands)&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li data-ogsc=&quot;black&quot;
 &gt;\n&lt;div role=&quot;presentation&quot; data-ogsc=&quot;&quot;&gt;Vito Cacucciolo (Politecnico di B
 ari\, Italy)&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li data-ogsc=&quot;black&quot;&gt;\n&lt;div role=&quot;presentation
 &quot; data-ogsc=&quot;&quot;&gt;Subhrakanti Dey (Uppsala University\, Sweden)&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;/li&gt;\
 n&lt;li data-ogsc=&quot;black&quot;&gt;\n&lt;div role=&quot;presentation&quot; data-ogsc=&quot;&quot;&gt;Mauro Gallo
  (Inholland University of Applied Sciences\, The Netherlands)&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;/li&gt;
 \n&lt;li data-ogsc=&quot;black&quot;&gt;\n&lt;div role=&quot;presentation&quot; data-ogsc=&quot;&quot;&gt;Umberto Mo
 ntanaro (University of Surrey\, UK)&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li data-ogsc=&quot;black&quot;&gt;\n
 &lt;div role=&quot;presentation&quot; data-ogsc=&quot;&quot;&gt;Maria Prandini (Politecnico di Milan
 o\, Italy)&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li data-ogsc=&quot;black&quot;&gt;\n&lt;div role=&quot;presentation&quot; 
 data-ogsc=&quot;&quot;&gt;Valeriy Vyatkin (Aalto University\, Finland).&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;
 /ul&gt;\n&lt;div data-ogsc=&quot;black&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;div data-ogsc=&quot;black&quot;&gt;A disti
 nctive feature of this second edition will be the significant participatio
 n of companies operating in the fields of robotics and automation\, includ
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 gsc=&quot;black&quot;&gt;Alongside the academic lectures\, the program will include ind
 ustrial talks\, technological demonstrations\, and a technical visit. Thes
 e activities will offer participants valuable opportunities to interact di
 rectly with companies actively engaged in research and innovation and inte
 rested in recruiting young talents.&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;p data-start=&quot;1149&quot; data-end=&quot;
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  are available at the following link:&lt;br data-start=&quot;1252&quot; data-end=&quot;1255&quot;
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 ms Society (CSS)\, IEEE RAS\, and IEEE Systems\, Man\, and Cybernetics Soc
 iety (SMCS).&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agenda: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https
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