Curriculum
NICOLA SCIANCA Curriculum Vitae
Part I – General Information
Full Name: Nicola Scianca
Position (since April 2023): Ricercatore a Tempo Determinato A (Limited-Term Researcher, type A)
Department: Department of Computer Science, Control and Management Engineering
University: Sapienza University of Rome
Spoken Languages: Italian, English, Japanese
Part II – Education and Experience
Type: High School Diploma, From: 09/1999, To: 07/2004, Notes: Liceo Scientifico “Ettore Majorana”, Orvieto (TR), Italy
Type: Applying for University, From: 07/2004, To: 09/2004, Notes: Period between end of school and start of BS
Type: BS, From: 09/2004, To: 12/2010, Notes: Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; Laurea di Primo Livello in Ingegneria Meccanica
Type: MS, From: 07/2010, To: 07/2014, Notes: Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; Laurea Magistrale in Ingegneria dei Sistemi
Type: Looking for Job, From: 07/2014, To: 05/2015, Notes: Moved to Milan (Italy) and looked for a job at a company in the area
Type: Job, From: 05/2015, To: 09/2015, Notes: Automation Engineer at Comtec s.r.l., Biassono (MB), Italy, working on automatic wiring machines
Type: Applying for PhD, From: 09/2015, To: 10/2016, Notes: Collaborated informally with the Robotics Lab at Sapienza, while applying for a PhD that would start in November
Type: PhD, From: 11/2016, To: 02/2020, Notes: Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; Dottorato in Automatica, Bioingegneria e Ricerca Operativa (ABRO), curriculum Automatica
Type: PostDoc, From: 02/2020, To: 01/2021, Notes: Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; Assegno di Ricerca (PostDoc)
Type: Applying for PostDoc, From: 02/2021, To: 02/2021, Notes: One month without contract between the end of the previous and next postdoc
Type: PostDoc, From: 03/2021, To: 02/2022, Notes: Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; Assegno di Ricerca (PostDoc)
Type: PostDoc, From: 03/2022, To: 02/2023, Notes: Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; Assegno di Ricerca (PostDoc)
Type: Applying as Researcher, From: 03/2023, To: 04/2023, Notes: Applied for a research position at Sapienza, which would start one month later
Type: Researcher, From: 04/2023, To: present, Notes: Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; Ricercatore a Tempo Determinato A (Limited-Term Researcher, type A)
Part III – Visiting periods
Start: 04/2019, End: 10/2019, Institution: University of California, Berkeley, Position: Visiting Ph.D. Student
Start: 10/2022, End: 11/2022, Institution: University of Tokyo, Position: Visiting Researcher
Start: 11/2022, End: 11/2022, Institution: CNRS/AIST JRL (Tsukuba), Position: Visiting Researcher
Start: 06/2024, End: 07/2024, Institution: Centre Inria de l’Université de Lorraine, Position: Visiting Researcher
Start: 09/2024, End: 09/2024, Institution: Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, Position: Visiting Researcher
Part IV – Teaching experience
2016/2017, Sapienza University of Rome, Autonomous and Mobile Robotics (collaboration)
2017/2018, Sapienza University of Rome, Autonomous and Mobile Robotics (collaboration)
2018/2019, Sapienza University of Rome, Autonomous and Mobile Robotics (collaboration)
2019/2020, Sapienza University of Rome, Autonomous and Mobile Robotics (collaboration)
2020/2021, Sapienza University of Rome, Autonomous and Mobile Robotics (collaboration)
2021/2022, Sapienza University of Rome, Autonomous and Mobile Robotics (collaboration)
2021/2022, Sapienza University of Rome, Applicazioni dell’Automatica (collaboration)
2021/2022, Università Telematica Uninettuno, Teoria dei Sistemi e Controlli Automatici (tutor)
2022/2023, Sapienza University of Rome, Autonomous and Mobile Robotics (collaboration)
2023/2024, Sapienza University of Rome, Control of Electromechanical Systems
2023/2024, Sapienza University of Rome, Underactuated Robots
2023/2024, Sapienza University of Rome, Autonomous and Mobile Robotics (collaboration)
2024/2025, Sapienza University of Rome, Underactuated Robots
2024/2025, Sapienza University of Rome, Autonomous and Mobile Robotics (collaboration)
2024/2025, Sapienza University of Rome, Applicazioni dell’Automatica
Part V – Society memberships, Awards and Honors
2020‐2025, IEEE Membership
2020‐2025, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Membership
2020‐2025, IEEE Young Professionals
Part VI – Participation in Research Projects
Project Name: COMANOID, Program: H2020, ID: 645097, Description: Multi-contact Collaborative Humanoids in Aircraft Manufacturing
Part VII – Publications (Citation number is from SCOPUS; impact factor, when present, is from Web of Science)
International Journals
L. Penco, N. Scianca, V. Modugno, L. Lanari, G. Oriolo, S. Ivaldi, A Multimode Teleoperation Framework for Humanoid Loco-Manipulation: An Application for the iCub Robot, IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, 2019, DOI: 10.1109/MRA.2019.2941245
N. Scianca, D. De Simone, L. Lanari, G. Oriolo, MPC for Humanoid Gait Generation: Stability and Feasibility, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2020, DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2019.2958483
N. Scianca, P. Ferrari, D. De Simone, L. Lanari, G. Oriolo, A behavior-based framework for safe deployment of humanoid robots, Autonomous Robots, 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10514-021-09978-5
F. M. Smaldone, N. Scianca, L. Lanari, G. Oriolo, Feasibility-Driven Step Timing Adaptation for Robust MPC-Based Gait Generation in Humanoids, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2021, DOI: 10.1109/LRA.2021.3059627
F. M. Smaldone, N. Scianca, L. Lanari, G. Oriolo, From Walking to Running: 3D Humanoid Gait Generation via MPC, Frontiers and Robotics and AI, 2022, DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2022.876613
M. Cipriano, P. Ferrari, N. Scianca, L. Lanari, G. Oriolo, Humanoid motion generation in a world of stairs, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2023.104495
N. Scianca, F. Smaldone, L. Lanari, G. Oriolo, A feasibility-driven MPC scheme for robust gait generation in humanoids, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2025 (accepted)
International Conferences
N. Scianca, M. Cognetti, D. De Simone, L. Lanari, G. Oriolo, Intrinsically Stable MPC for Humanoid Gait Generation, IEEE-RAS 16th International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2016, Cancun, Mexico, DOI: 10.1109/HUMANOIDS.2016.7803336
M. Cognetti, D. De Simone, F. Patota, N. Scianca, L. Lanari, G. Oriolo, Real-time pursuit-evasion with humanoid robots, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2017, Singapore, Singapore, DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2017.7989470
D. De Simone, N. Scianca, P. Ferrari, L. Lanari, G. Oriolo, MPC-based humanoid pursuit-evasion in the presence of obstacles, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2017, Vancouver, Canada, DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2017.8206415
N. Scianca, V. Modugno, L. Lanari, G. Oriolo, Gait generation via intrinsically stable MPC for a multi-mass humanoid model, IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2017, DOI: 10.1109/HUMANOIDS.2017.8246926
A. Aboudonia, N. Scianca, D. De Simone, L. Lanari, G. Oriolo, Humanoid gait generation for walk-to locomotion using single-stage MPC, IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2017, Birmingham, United Kingdom, DOI: 10.1109/HUMANOIDS.2017.8239554
A. Zamparelli, N. Scianca, L. Lanari, G. Oriolo, Humanoid Gait Generation on Uneven Ground using Intrinsically Stable MPC, Symposium on Robot Control, 2018, Budapest, Hungary, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2018.11.574
P. Ferrari, N. Scianca, L. Lanari, G. Oriolo, An Integrated Motion Planner/Controller for Humanoid Robots on Uneven Ground, 18th European Control Conference, 2019, Napoli, Italy, DOI: 10.23919/ECC.2019.8796196
F. M. Smaldone, N. Scianca, V. Modugno, L. Lanari, G. Oriolo, Gait Generation using Intrinsically Stable MPC in the Presence of Persistent Disturbances, IEEE-RAS 19th International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2019, Toronto, Canada, DOI: 10.1109/Humanoids43949.2019.9035068
N. Scianca, U. Rosolia, F. Borrelli, Learning Model Predictive Control for Periodic Repetitive Tasks, European Control Conference, 2020, Saint Petersburg, Russia, DOI: 10.23919/ECC51009.2020.9143857
F. M. Smaldone, N. Scianca, V. Modugno, L. Lanari, G. Oriolo, ZMP Constraint Restriction for Robust Gait Generation in Humanoids, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2020, Paris, France, DOI: 10.1109/ICRA40945.2020.9197171
M. Kanneworff, T. Belvedere, N. Scianca, F. M. Smaldone, L. Lanari, G. Oriolo, Task-Oriented Generation of Stable Motions for Wheeled Inverted Pendulum Robots, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2022, Philadelphia, USA, DOI: 10.1109/ICRA46639.2022.9812317
A. S. Habib, F. M. Smaldone, N. Scianca, L. Lanari, G. Oriolo, Handling Non-Convex Constraints in MPC-Based Humanoid Gait Generation, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2022, Kyoto, Japan, DOI: 10.1109/IROS47612.2022.9981419
M. Cipriano, M. R. O. A. Maximo, N. Scianca, L. Lanari, G. Oriolo, Feasibility-aware plan adaptation in humanoid gait generation, 2023 IEEE-RAS 22nd International Conference on Humanoid Robots, Austin, Texas, USA, 2023
G. Gasbarrone, N. Scianca, L. Lanari, G. Oriolo, A decentralized cooperative transportation scheme for humanoid robots, 2024 IEEE-RAS 23rd International Conference on Humanoid Robots, Nancy, France, 2024
T. Belvedere, N. Scianca, L. Lanari, G. Oriolo, Joint-Level IS-MPC: a Whole-Body MPC with Centroidal Feasibility for Humanoid Locomotion, 2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2024