2026 Alessandro Giua: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	58	3681	3578	74	72	384	11394

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Italy Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Computer Science in Italy Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Italy Leader Award
2017 - Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
2017 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to discrete event and hybrid systems

Overview

Alessandro Giua is affiliated with the University of Cagliari in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on fields within computer science, particularly computational theory and mathematics, computer networks and communications, control and systems engineering, artificial intelligence, and management information systems.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

Petri Nets in System Modeling
Formal Methods in Verification
Distributed systems and fault tolerance
Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems
Business Process Modeling and Analysis
Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems
Smart Grid Security and Resilience

Frequent co-authors contributing often to research with Alessandro Giua include:

Zhiwu Li
Carla Seatzu
Diego Deplano
Mauro Franceschelli
Dimitri Lefebvre

The scientist publishes regularly in several well-known venues, among which are:

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
IFAC-PapersOnLine
arXiv (Cornell University)
Automatica
IEEE Control Systems Letters

Some recent publications by Alessandro Giua are:

"Dynamic Min and Max Consensus and Size Estimation of Anonymous Multiagent Networks" (2021), IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
"Diagnosability enforcement in labeled Petri nets using supervisory control" (2021), Automatica
"Detection and Prevention of Cyber-Attacks in Networked Control Systems" (2020), IFAC-PapersOnLine
"Rumor Containment by Blocking Nodes in Social Networks" (2023), IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems
"On detectability of labeled Petri nets and finite automata" (2020), Discrete Event Dynamic Systems

Alessandro Giua has received recognition as an IEEE Fellow in 2017 for contributions to discrete event and hybrid systems, as well as being named Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) in the same year.

Best Publications

A Survey of Petri Net Methods for Controlled Discrete EventSystems

L. E. Holloway;B. H. Krogh;A. Giua

580
Citations
Generalized mutual exclusion contraints on nets with uncontrollable transitions

A. Giua;F. DiCesare;M. Silva

528
Citations
Fault detection for discrete event systems using Petri nets with unobservable transitions

A. Giua;C. Seatzu

322
Citations
First-order hybrid Petri nets: a model for optimization and control

F. Balduzzi;A. Giua;G. Menga

282
Citations
Verification of State-Based Opacity Using Petri Nets

Yin Tong;Zhiwu Li;Carla Seatzu;Alessandro Giua

268
Citations
Optimal control of continuous-time switched affine systems

C. Seatzu;D. Corona;A. Giua;A. Bemporad

247
Citations
Leader-follower formation via complex Laplacian

Zhiyun Lin;Wei Ding;Gangfeng Yan;Changbin Yu

231
Citations
Discrete event diagnosis using labeled Petri nets. An application to manufacturing systems

Maria Paola Cabasino;Alessandro Giua;M Pocci;Carla Seatzu

216
Citations
Observability of place/transition nets

A. Giua;C. Seatzu

215
Citations
Modeling and Supervisory Control of Railway Networks Using Petri Nets

A. Giua;C. Seatzu

209
Citations
An implicit gain-scheduling controller for cranes

G. Corriga;A. Giua;G. Usai

209
Citations
A New Approach for Diagnosability Analysis of Petri Nets Using Verifier Nets

M. P. Cabasino;A. Giua;S. Lafortune;C. Seatzu

187
Citations
Containment of rumor spread in complex social networks

Lan Yang;Lan Yang;Zhiwu Li;Zhiwu Li;Alessandro Giua

179
Citations
Optimal control of switched autonomous linear systems

A. Giua;C. Seatzu;C. Van der Mee

162
Citations
Marking estimation of Petri nets with silent transitions

A. Giua;C. Seatzu;D. Corona

157
Citations
Decentralized estimation of Laplacian eigenvalues in multi-agent systems

Mauro Franceschelli;Andrea Gasparri;Alessandro Giua;Carla Seatzu

151
Citations
Basis Marking Representation of Petri Net Reachability Spaces and Its Application to the Reachability Problem

Ziyue Ma;Yin Tong;Zhiwu Li;Alessandro Giua

148
Citations
Diagnosability of Discrete-Event Systems Using Labeled Petri Nets

Maria Paola Cabasino;Alessandro Giua;Carla Seatzu

135
Citations
Petri net structural analysis for supervisory control

A. Giua;F. DiCesare

132
Citations
Design of Optimal Petri Net Controllers for Disjunctive Generalized Mutual Exclusion Constraints

Ziyue Ma;Zhiwu Li;Alessandro Giua

126
Citations
Hybrid Petri Nets: a

Alessandro Giua;Elio Usai

1
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Carla Seatzu University of Cagliari

Zhiwu Li Macau University of Science and Technology

Manuel Silva University of Zaragoza

Elio Usai University of Cagliari

Alessandro Pisano University of Cagliari

Jörg Raisch Technical University of Berlin

Stéphane Lafortune University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Christos G. Cassandras Boston University

Alberto Bemporad IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca

Christoforos N. Hadjicostis University of Cyprus

External Links

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