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Italy

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I am a researcher with expertise in mathematical modelling, Blockchain, Machine Learning and Data science

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I received the Ph.D. in control and electrical engineering from the University of Pisa, Italy, in 2017. I am currently a Teaching Fellow at the Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London and a Research Scientist at the IOTA Foundation. My research interests include mathematical modelling, control theory, distributed ledger technologies and the sharing economy. I work closely with a number of research teams within IOTA, primarily on topics related to networking (I am part of the team that designed the current rate control algorithm, Shimmer), compliance, sharding and Smart Contracts.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Statistics
• ☆ Blockchain Technology
• ☆ Computer Simulation/Computational Modeling

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing

Research Market Research, User Research, Gap Analysis

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Algorithm Design-Non ML, Big Data Analytics

Product Development Product Validation

Work Experience

Imperial College London

- Present

Research Scientist

IOTA Foundation

July 2021 - Present

Lecturer/ Teaching Fellow

Imperial College London

July 2021 - Present

Research Scientist

IOTA Foundation

July 2021 - Present

Researcher, Research Associate

Imperial College London

November 2019 - July 2021

Researcher, Research Associate

University College Dublin

May 2017 - November 2019

Education

PhD Engineering

Università di Pisa

September 2014 - September 2017

Masters of Science

Università di Pisa

September 2012 - September 2014

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Pietro Ferraro, Michelangelo Bin, Mercedes Pascual, Peter Y. K. Cheung, Emanuele Crisostomi, Hugo Lhachemi, Roderick Murray-Smith, Connor Myant, Thomas Parisini, Robert Shorten, et al.(2021). Post-lockdown abatement of COVID-19 by fast periodic switching . PLOS Computational Biology. 17. (1). p. e1008604. Public Library of Science ({PLoS})

Moschella, Michela and Ferraro, Pietro and Crisostomi, Emanuele and Shorten, Robert(2021). Decentralized Assignment of Electric Vehicles at Charging Stations Based on Personalized Cost Functions and Distributed Ledger Technologies. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. IEEE

Ferraro, Pietro and Zhao, Lianna and King, Christopher and Shorten, Robert(2021). Personalised Feedback Control, Social Contracts, and Compliance Strategies for Ensembles. arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.07261.

Bin, Michelangelo and Cheung, Peter YK and Crisostomi, Emanuele and Ferraro, Pietro and Lhachemi, Hugo and Murray-Smith, Roderick and Myant, Connor and Parisini, Thomas and Shorten, Robert and Stein, Sebastian and others(2021). Post-lockdown abatement of COVID-19 by fast periodic switching. PLoS computational biology. 17. (1). p. e1008604. Public Library of Science San Francisco, CA USA

Pietro Ferraro, Christopher King, Robert Shorten(2020). On the Stability of Unverified Transactions in a DAG-Based Distributed Ledger . IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 65. (9). p. 3772--3783. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ({IEEE})

Pietro Ferraro, Andrew Cullen, Christopher King, Robert Shorten(2020). On the Resilience of DAG-Based Distributed Ledgers in IoT Applications . IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 7. (8). p. 7112--7122. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ({IEEE})

Cullen, Andrew and Ferraro, Pietro and Sanders, William and Vigneri, Luigi and Shorten, Robert(2020). On congestion control for distributed ledgers in adversarial iot networks. arXiv e-prints. p. arXiv--2005.

Cullen, Andrew and Ferraro, Pietro and King, Christopher and Shorten, Robert(2020). On the resilience of dag-based distributed ledgers in iot applications. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 7. (8). p. 7112--7122. IEEE

Overko, Roman and Ord{\'o}{\~n}ez-Hurtado, Rodrigo and Zhuk, Sergiy and Ferraro, Pietro and Cullen, Andrew and Shorten, Robert(2020). Spatial positioning token (SPToken) for smart mobility. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. IEEE

Ferraro, Pietro and Katsikouli, Panagiota and Richardson, Hugo and Cheng, Hanson and Anderson, Siobhan and Mallya, Deepak and Timoney, David and Masen, Marc and Shorten, Robert(2020). Distributed ledger enabled control of tyre induced particulate matter in Smart Cities. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities. 2. p. 48. Frontiers

Ferraro, Pietro and Conway, Daniel(2020). Distributed ledger technologies and the collaborative economy. Analytics for the Sharing Economy: Mathematics, Engineering and Business Perspectives. p. 95. Springer Nature

Yilmaz, Serife and Dudkina, Ekaterina and Bin, Michelangelo and Crisostomi, Emanuele and Ferraro, Pietro and Murray-Smith, Roderick and Parisini, Thomas and Stone, Lewi and Shorten, Robert(2020). Kemeny-based testing for COVID-19. Plos one. 15. (11). p. e0242401. Public Library of Science San Francisco, CA USA

Ferraro, Pietro and Shorten, Robert and King, Christopher(2019). On the stability of unverified transactions in a DAG-based Distributed Ledger. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. IEEE

FERRARO, PIETRO(2018). Analysis and Control of Multiple Microgrids.

Ferraro, Pietro and King, Christopher and Shorten, Robert(2018). Distributed ledger technology for smart cities, the sharing economy, and social compliance. IEEE Access. 6. p. 62728--62746. IEEE

Ferraro, Pietro and Crisostomi, Emanuele and Shorten, Robert and Milano, Federico(2018). Stochastic frequency control of grid-connected microgrids. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. 33. (5). p. 5704--5713. IEEE

Ferraro, Pietro and Crisostomi, Emanuele and Raugi, Marco and Milano, Federico(2016). Analysis of the impact of microgrid penetration on power system dynamics. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. 32. (5). p. 4101--4109. IEEE

Ferraro, Pietro and Crisostomi, Emanuele and Tucci, Mauro and Raugi, Marco(2016). Comparison and clustering analysis of the daily electrical load in eight European countries. Electric Power Systems Research. 141. p. 114--123. Elsevier

OTHER

Shorten, Robert and O'connell, Julia and Cardiff, Barry and Russo, Giovanni and Ferraro, Pietro and Cuffe, Paul Dermot(2020). Apparatus for Directing Power Flow between Multiple Devices.

CONFERENCE PAPER

Rathi, Meghana and Ferraro, Pietro and Russo, Giovanni(2020). Driving reinforcement learning with models. Proceedings of SAI Intelligent Systems Conference. p. 70--85.

Cullen, Andrew and Ferraro, Pietro and Russo, Giovanni and Shorten, Robert(2019). Ad-hocChain: Cooperative Sharing and Trading Infrastructure for Electric Vehicle Charging Networks. 2019 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference (ITSC). p. 207--212.

Cullen, Andrew and Ferraro, Pietro and King, Christopher and Shorten, Robert(2019). Distributed ledger technology for smart mobility: Variable delay models. 2019 IEEE 58th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC). p. 8447--8452.

Ferraro, Pietro and Crisostomi, Emanuele and Milano, Federico(2018). Evaluation of the Impact of the Size of Storage Devices in Grid-Connected Microgrids. 2018 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2018 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EEEIC/I&CPS Europe). p. 1--5.

Ferraro, Pietro and Crisostomi, Emanuele and Raugi, Marco and Milano, Federico(2017). Decentralized stochastic control of microgrids to improve system frequency stability. 2017 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT-Europe). p. 1--6.

Ferraro, Pietro and Crisostomi, Emanuele and Raugi, Marco and Milano, Federico(2017). On the impact of microgrid energy management systems on power system dynamics. 2017 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting. p. 1--5.

Tanwar, Ankit Kumar and Crisostomi, Emanuele and Ferraro, Pietro and Raugi, Marco and Tucci, Mauro and Giunta, Giuseppe(2015). Clustering analysis of the electrical load in european countries. 2015 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN). p. 1--8.

Ferraro, Pietro and Crisostomi, Emanuele and Barmada, Sami and Raugi, Marco and Giovannelli, Antonio and Romiti, Gino(2015). The Leaf Community: Control of an AC microgrid. 2015 IEEE 15th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC). p. 742--747.