1. Open DEI – 2009 18 March 2009 17:30 – 19:00 Sala Conferenze @ DEI

2. Open DEI 2009 Open DEI: What, When and Where What: an event where PhD students and faculty members will answer to any questions about the PhD program and the future career of a PhD both in industry and in the academia. When: Wednesday 18 March 2009 – from 17:30 to 19 Where: Sala Conference – Dipartimento di Elettronica ed Informazione 2

3. Open DEI 2009 Open DEI: Who The doctoral program Enrico Zio: chair of PhD of the Politecnico Patrizio Colaneri: chair of PhD of the DEI Piero Fraternali: DEI vice director Annaliza Zappavigna: PhD students’ representative within DEI Presentation of the department sections PhD candidates You 3

4. Open DEI 2009 Peer review 4 Overall the Department is excellent. It is one of the strongest in Italy, competitive with leading institutions in Europe and in many aspects competitive internationally, with some examples of world-leading work. The Department is particularly strong in conducting rigorous engineering and application driven research. The panel was very impressed with the productivity and quality of the research activities, especially under the constraints of limited resources such as limited national funding opportunities, limit on PhD numbers and relatively high teaching loads. It has good industrial contacts and collaborations.

5. Open DEI 2009 Section chairs: Current Research Areas 5 Computer Engineering Computer architectures Databases Theoretical Computer Science Software Engineering Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Communication and Multimedia Information Systems Method and Technologies for Web Development Performance Evaluation Telecommunications Optical Communications Digital Signal Processing Electromagnetics Telecommunications Networks Transmission Systems Electronics Digital Electronic Systems Optoelectronics Nanoelectronics Bioelectronics X and Gamma Ray Detectors, instrumentation and Applications Modeling of Electronic Systems Systems and Control Analysis and Management of Environmental systems and Land Use Automation and Control of Plants, Machines and Networks Vehicles Control Nonlinear Dynamics Optimization in the Design and Management of Networks Advanced Techniques for Identification and Control Optical and Electronic Measurements