Roberto Palumbo Email & Phone Number

Capua (Ce), Italy

I'm currently involved in the JARVIS project (SESAR Digital European Sky). I contribute to the design and implementation of a machine learning based Digital Assistant for Conflict Resolution for the En-Route phase.I'm currently coordinating CIRA's project "Autonomous Flight in Complex Scenarios (NUVASC)" where I'm also responsible for designing and implementing several AI-based Use Cases to explore new technological developments for aerospace systems. Specifically I contributed to the… Show more I'm currently involved in the JARVIS project (SESAR Digital European Sky). I contribute to the design and implementation of a machine learning based Digital Assistant for Conflict Resolution for the En-Route phase.I'm currently coordinating CIRA's project "Autonomous Flight in Complex Scenarios (NUVASC)" where I'm also responsible for designing and implementing several AI-based Use Cases to explore new technological developments for aerospace systems. Specifically I contributed to the design and implementation of:- a Digital Assistant for arrival scheduling based on genetic optimization and reinforcement learning techniques (doi: 10.3390/info14040216)- a deep-learning based classifier of GNSS signals to infer different visibility conditions of the GNSS receiver (submitted for publication)I recently tutored a bachelor's degree thesis entitled "Deep Q-Learning in Air Traffic Control: An AI-Powered Decision Support System for En-Route Conflict Resolution" for Sapienza Università di Roma. My other past activities include:- Project C4E: Crowd for the Environment. My responsibilities included: data analysis on historical spatial data using Python and Q-GIS; UCT based Monte Carlo Tree search for combinatorial optimization problems (2021-2022).- Study of combinatorial problems using Monte Carlo Tree Search, Q-learning and Pointer Networks (2021)- CIRA's project Hybrid High Altitude Airship: due to my expertise in LTA systems, I was involved in mission feasibility analysis of the airship ascent (2020 - 2021)- TINDAiR (Tactical Instrumental Deconfliction and Flight Resolution) SESAR Project. I was involved in the analysis and identification of the applicable U-Space services and requirements useful for the demonstration (2020-2022) Show less

Capua (Ce)

I worked on SESAR ER3 project "EvoATM" that aimed at developing a framework to pave the way to a more efficient change impact assessment in ATM. The project combined the agent based simulation paradigm with evolutionary computing to understand the influence of ATM components. I developed several Python data analysis tools for the validation and verification phase of the methodology and for the evolutionary optimization framework. I also worked on GRADE, a SESAR 2020 Very Large Scale… Show more I worked on SESAR ER3 project "EvoATM" that aimed at developing a framework to pave the way to a more efficient change impact assessment in ATM. The project combined the agent based simulation paradigm with evolutionary computing to understand the influence of ATM components. I developed several Python data analysis tools for the validation and verification phase of the methodology and for the evolutionary optimization framework. I also worked on GRADE, a SESAR 2020 Very Large Scale Demonstration project, that aimed at demonstrating the ability of General Aviation and Rotorcraft to benefit from the concepts developed in the SESAR program (specifically GNSS Solutions). I developed the air traffic simulation scenario and acted as a pseudopilot during real-time exercises and flight trials. I also developed several Python scripts to analyze and calculate relevant KPIs in the post-processing.I carried out several Mission and Trajectory Analyses for the Drop Test of ESA's Spacerider project.- Older activities:Development of an integrated Air Traffic Management Scenario simulator. Currently undergoing major improvements in the framework of CIRA's TECVOLII project.Responsible for the GNCS Integration WP within the DAC-MISTRAL project.Responsible for the Modeling and Simulation WP (WP4) within the SESAR JU E2.21 SAFECORAM (Sharing of Authority in Failure/Emergency Condition for Resilience of Air traffic Management) project. Show less

Capua (Ce), Italy

Responsible for the Flight Mechanics work package in the framework of the project USV3 carried out by the Italian Aerospace Research Center, involving the study and development of a reentry vehicle. This study was carried out in collaboration with ASI (Italian Space Agency) and JAXA (Japanese Space Agency).Study of ICAO procedures and standards in support of air traffic management operations and scenario simulation. Definition of scenarios and identification of air traffic management… Show more Responsible for the Flight Mechanics work package in the framework of the project USV3 carried out by the Italian Aerospace Research Center, involving the study and development of a reentry vehicle. This study was carried out in collaboration with ASI (Italian Space Agency) and JAXA (Japanese Space Agency).Study of ICAO procedures and standards in support of air traffic management operations and scenario simulation. Definition of scenarios and identification of air traffic management procedures to be applied to a UAV flight in non-segregated airspace.Involved in ALICIA (All Condition Operations and Innovative Cockpit Infrastructure), a European project under the 7th Framework Programme. Specifically I was responsible for a Task within Work Package 5 in support of the development of the simulation environment (mainly atmospheric data sensors) needed to test weather forecast data processing and visualization. Show less

Capua (Ce) Italia

Mission Operation Controller for the Carrier System during the Dropped Transonic Flight Test 2 (DTFT2). Technical Specialist for Trajectory Prediction of the Balloon/Carrier system during the DTFT2 launch campaign (Jan-Apr 2010).Responsible for the flight mechanics related to a feasibility study of a suborbital mission using an autonomous experimental vehicle (FTB4) to be launched using a sounding rocket (2009-2010).Development of a methodology for characterization and… Show more Mission Operation Controller for the Carrier System during the Dropped Transonic Flight Test 2 (DTFT2). Technical Specialist for Trajectory Prediction of the Balloon/Carrier system during the DTFT2 launch campaign (Jan-Apr 2010).Responsible for the flight mechanics related to a feasibility study of a suborbital mission using an autonomous experimental vehicle (FTB4) to be launched using a sounding rocket (2009-2010).Development of a methodology for characterization and propagation of uncertainties relative to the prediction of the ascent trajectory of a stratospheric balloon (2009-2010).Responsible for the flight mechanics related to a technological study on hypersonic air-breathing missiles (HYTAM project, in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Defense) (2009).Design and implementation in MATLAB/Simulink of a 6DOF simulation model of an airship (2009).Contribution to the design and development of sensor fusion algorithms for an innovative approach – named Virtual Air Data (VAD) – to analytical redundancy of an air data system (2008).Technical Specialist for Trajectory Prediction of the Balloon/Carrier system during the Dropped Transonic Flight Test 1 (DTFT1) launch campaign (Winter 2007).Major contribution to the development (and maintenance) of SANBA (System for Augmented Navigation of BAlloon mission), an integrated navigation facility (in MATLAB/Simulink) for stratospheric balloons, capable of acquiring, displaying and processing real-time flight data (2006-2007).Design, implementation, validation and maintenance of a flight mechanics simulation software (written in MATLAB/Simulink ) for trajectory prediction of High-Altitude Zero Pressure Balloons (ACHAB: Analysis Code for High Altitude Balloons) (2006-2007).Responsible for the development of a simulation tool of the multi-stage parachute of the FTB1 vehicle for the Dropped Transonic Flight Test 1 in order to evaluate the descent dispersion and the splashdown performance (2005-2006). Show less

Turin Area, Italy

Contribution to Phase A flight mechanics analysis of ESA projects HSTS (Human Space Transportation System) and AREV (Atmospheric Re-entry Experimental Vehicle): trim analysis and re-entry corridor analysis of several kinds of capsule configurations (2004).

Phd, Aerospace Engineering, Ottimo

PhD Thesis title: "A Simulation Model for Trajectory Forecast, Performance Analysis and Aerospace Mission Planning with High Altitude Zero.

Laurea, Aerospace Engineering, 110 Cum Laude/110

Graduated with honors. Dissertation Title: "Analysis of the Ascent and Reentry Phases of a Suborbital Mission for an Unmanned Space.

Erasmus Scholarship, Option: Espace

Aérodynamique aux grandes vitesses Propulsion spatiale, Moteurs-fusées, Aérodynamique numerique.

Diploma Di Maturità Scientifica, 60/60

Activities and Societies: La Scuola Adotta un Monumento in collaborazione con la Fondazione Napoli '99