In this episode, our guest is Alessandro Chiuso. Alessandro is a Professor in the Department of Information Engineering at the University of Padova. The episode covers several topics, including Alessandro’s research trajectory, his work in system identification and vision, and his passion for skiing. Check out Alessandro’s website here: http://automatica.dei.unipd.it/people/chiuso.html

Outline
00:00 - Intro 
01:51 - Research trajectory
03:52 - Influential figures 
08:20 - System identification
17:07 - Regularized system identification 
23:30 - Vision
28:40 - Data-driven methods
30:32 - Future of system identification
33:40 - Question from the audience
34:19 - Advice to future students
35:50 - Skiing at a semi-professional level

Episode links
Giorgio Picci's website: http://www.dei.unipd.it/~picci/
Stefano Soatto's website: http://web.cs.ucla.edu/~soatto/
ERNSI: https://people.kth.se/~bo/ERNSI/
System identification: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_identification
Regularized system identification:  https://tinyurl.com/yc7b7myt
Origin of “regularization”: https://tinyurl.com/y4jmk75f
Hirotugu Akaike: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirotugu_Akaike
Structure from motion: https://tinyurl.com/35canfnx
Dynamic textures: https://tinyurl.com/28bdwhwm
Skiing:  https://tinyurl.com/2p8xzau6

Support the show

Podcast info
Podcast website: https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/
Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/5n84j85j
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/4rwztj3c
RSS: https://tinyurl.com/yc2fcv4y
Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/bdbvhsj6
Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/3z24yr43
Twitter: https://twitter.com/IncontrolP
Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/35cu4kr4

Acknowledgments and sponsors
This episode was supported by the National Centre of Competence in Research on «Dependable, ubiquitous automation» and the IFAC Activity fund. The podcast benefits from the help of an incredibly talented and passionate team. Special thanks to L. Seward, E. Cahard, F. Banis, F. Dörfler, J. Lygeros, ETH studio and mirrorlake . Music was composed by A New Element.