Personal statement
I have 20+ years of experience in the field of model based analysis and design optimisation of complex mechanical/aerospace systems/devices.
At the Intelligent Computational Engineering Laboratory (ICE-Lab).
Dr Edmondo Minisci
Senior Lecturer
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Expertise
Has expertise in:
- Multi-Objective Optimisation
- Nature Inspired Optimisation Algorithms
- Uncertainty Treatment
- Multidisciplinary Design Optimisation Under Uncertainties
- MDOuU of Aerospace Transportation Systems and Renewable Energy Systems
- Trajectory and Shape Optimisation
- (Re-)Entry of Space Objects and Design for Demise
- Meta-modelling Techniques
- Computational Intelligence
- Machine Learning
- Multi-Fidelity Optimisation Approaches
- Engineering Design Optimisation
- Intelligent Control
Prizes and awards
Publications
- Convolutional Generative Adversarial Network, via Transfer Learning, for traditional Scottish music generation
- Marchetti Francesco, Wilson Callum, Powell Cheyenne, Minisci Edmondo, Riccardi Annalisa
- Artificial Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design 10th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design Lecture Notes in Computer Science (2021)
- A hybrid Neural Network-Genetic Programming Intelligent Control approach
- Marchetti Francesco, Minisci Edmondo
- Bioinspired Optimization Methods and Their Applications Bioinspired Optimization Methods and their Applications 2020, pp. 240-254 (2020)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63710-1_19
- A deep learning approach to space weather proxy forecasting for orbital prediction
- Stevenson Emma, Rodríguez-Fernández Víctor, Minisci Edmondo, Camacho David
- 71st International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2020 (2020)
- Towards intelligent control via genetic programming
- Marchetti Francesco, Minisci Edmondo, Riccardi Annalisa
- 2020 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN) IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence 2020 (2020)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/IJCNN48605.2020.9207694
- A novel update mechanism for Q-Networks based on extreme learning machines
- Wilson Callum, Riccardi Annalisa, Minisci Edmondo
- 2020 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN) IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence 2020 (2020)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/IJCNN48605.2020.9207098
- Preliminary spacecraft design by means of structured-chromosome genetic algorithms
- Gentile Lorenzo, Filippi Gianluca, Minisci Edmondo, Vasile Massimiliano, Bartz-Beielstein Thomas
- 2020 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) CEC 2020: IEEE Conference on Evolutionary computation (2020)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC48606.2020.9185796
Research interests
Currently involved in projects regarding:
- design optimisation of high lift devices;
- multidisciplinary design optimisation under uncertainties of wind turbines;
- (re-)entry modelling and simulation of space objects and design for demise; and
- machine learning techniques for data analytics, meta-modelling, and intelligent control;
- aerospace tehcnologies and computational intelligence methods for forestry management, and precision agriculture
Professional activities
- International Conference on Bioinspired Optimisation Methods and Their Applications
- Chair
- 17/11/2020
- STARDUST-R GLOBAL VIRTUAL WORKSHOP I
- Organiser
- 2020
- 5th European Optimisation in Space Engineering Workshop
- Organiser
- 21/11/2019
- International workshop on satellite constellations and formation flying
- Organiser
- 16/7/2019
- 17th Workshop on Advances in Continuous Optimization
- Chair
- 28/6/2019
- Numerical Computations: Theory and Algorithms (NUMTA2019)
- Member of programme committee
- 10/2018
Projects
- System Engineering Models meet Knowledge Graphs
- Riccardi, Annalisa (Principal Investigator) Minisci, Edmondo (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2021
- Artifical Intelligence for Space Traffice Management
- Vasile, Massimiliano (Principal Investigator) Grey, Stuart (Co-investigator) Minisci, Edmondo (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2023
- Using Chatbot Technology To Assure Quality Knowledge Capture From Space
- Vasile, Massimiliano (Principal Investigator) Azzopardi, Leif (Co-investigator) Minisci, Edmondo (Co-investigator) Moshfeghi, Yashar (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2023
- Robust- and sustainable-by-design ultra-higH aspEct ratio wing and Airframe (RHEA) H2020
- Fossati, Marco (Principal Investigator) Minisci, Edmondo (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2023
- Assessment of a very high power cargo transportation system to Mars
- Maddock, Christie (Principal Investigator) Minisci, Edmondo (Co-investigator) Vasile, Massimiliano (Co-investigator) Ricciardi, Lorenzo Angelo (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 15-Jan-2020
- Multi-disciplinary modelling of the aerothemodynamically-induced fragmentation of re-entering bodies (MIDGARD)
- Fossati, Marco (Principal Investigator) Minisci, Edmondo (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2023
Address
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
James Weir Building