Contact information
| Position | Research Scientist |
| Phone | +39 0916809822 |
| Email | |
| Office | INM Palermo |
| Address | Via Ugo La Malfa 153 Palermo, Italy |
| Research profiles | Google Scholar | Scopus | ORCID | Publons | CNR People |
Short biography
| Giuseppe La Tona is a Researcher with the Italian National Research Council (CNR) – Institute of Marine Engineering (INM). Before this role, La Tona was a postdoc fellow at the same research institute. La Tona received his PhD in Computer Science in 2014 with a thesis on Observational Learning from the University of Palermo (Italy). He holds a MSc in Computer Engineering for Intelligent Systems (2009) and a BS in Computer Engineering (2006) from the University of Palermo. |
Research interests
| Giuseppe La Tona’s current task is the development of Energy Management Systems for smart buildings and smart vehicles. His research interests are in optimization algorithms and machine learning for energy management. He is also interested in human-machine interaction and learning from observation. |
Research topics/groups
| Smart technologies for sustainable and efficient energy conversion and management |
Selected projects
| PRIN HEROGRIDS |
| Giuseppe La Tona is the unit coordinator for INM for the HEROGRIDS project, whose P.I. is prof. Mattavelli of Padua University and which other units are the University of Salerno and the University of Cassino. The main objective of the project HEROGRIDS is the energy efficiency optimization by means of a comprehensive design and control approach of smart nanogrids, such as those existing in future commercial, residential and industrial buildings. This is obtained by coordinating and optimizing system design at all hierarchical levels considering, from top to bottom. Project duration: 26/01/2020 – 27/1/2024 |
| TecBIA – Tecnologie ad alta Efficienza per la Sostenibilità Energetica ed ambientale On-board |
| Research contract signed with Fincantieri S.p.A. under a project funded by MISE, PON I&C 2014-2020, with decree D.M. 01/06/2016. Topic: developing innovative technologies to generate and manage electrical power onboard Project duration: 31/10/2018 – 30/10/2022 Role: participant |
| Leadership Tecnologica – Generazione Elettrica Innovativa (GEI) |
| Research contract signed with Fincantieri S.p.A. under a project funded by MIT with decree n. 196 / 10.06.2015. Topic: developing innovative technologies for electrical generation onboard Project duration: from 01/01/2017 to 31/12/2018 Role: participant |
| BAITAH – Methodology and Instruments of Building Automation and Information Technology for pervasive models of treatment and Aids for domestic Healthcare |
| PON R&C project for domestic support to non completely auto-sufficient people throughAmbient Assisted Living (AAL). Activity: Development of vocal and graphical interfaces for human-robot interaction forAAL for peoples with special needs. Integration of iterfaces with smart supervision system and with domotic devices. Role: participant |
| CNR per il Mezzogiorno |
| Development of Energy Management System (EMS) in smart buildings connected to the electrical grid and equipped with electrical storage systems and renewable generators. Activity: Optimization techniques for scheduling of power flows between electrical devices of the system. Implementation of EMS on low-cost embedded devices. Role: participant |
Selected publications
- M. Luna, G. La Tona, A. Accetta, M. Pucci, A. Pietra, and M. C. Di Piazza, “Optimal Management of Battery and Fuel Cell-Based Decentralized Generation in DC Shipboard Microgrids,” Energies, vol. 16, no. 4, p. 1682, Feb. 2023, doi: 10.3390/en16041682.
- G. La Tona, M. Luna, and M. C. Di Piazza, “A Multi-Objective Optimization-based EMS for Residential Microgrids Considering Battery SoH,” in IECON 2022 – 48th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Oct. 2022, pp. 1–6. doi: 10.1109/IECON49645.2022.9968553.
- G. La Tona, M. C. Di Piazza, and M. Luna, “Effect of Daily Forecasting Frequency on Rolling-Horizon-Based EMS Reducing Electrical Demand Uncertainty in Microgrids,” Energies, vol. 14, no. 6, p. 1598, Mar. 2021.
- A. Di Piazza, M. C. Di Piazza, G. La Tona, and M. Luna, “An artificial neural network-based forecasting model of energy-related time series for electrical grid management,” Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, vol. 184, pp. 294–305, Jun. 2021.
- G. La Tona, M. Luna, M. C. Di Piazza, M. Pucci, and A. Accetta, “Development of a High-Performance, FPGA-Based Virtual Anemometer for Model-Based MPPT of Wind Generators,” Electronics, vol. 9, no. 1, p. 83, Jan. 2020.
- M. Luna, G. La Tona, A. Accetta, M. Pucci, and M. C. Di Piazza, “An Evolutionary EMI Filter Design Approach Based on In-Circuit Insertion Loss and Optimization of Power Density,” Energies, vol. 13, no. 8, p. 1957, Apr. 2020.
- G. La Tona, M. Luna, A. Di Piazza, and M. C. Di Piazza, “Towards the Real-World Deployment of a Smart Home EMS: A DP Implementation on the Raspberry Pi,” Applied Sciences, vol. 9, no. 10, p. 2120, May 2019.
- Di Piazza, M. C. et al. (2019) ‘Improving Grid Integration of Hybrid PV-Storage Systems Through a Suitable Energy Management Strategy’, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. IEEE, 55(1), pp. 60–68. doi: 10.1109/TIA.2018.2870348.
- La Tona, G. et al. (2018) ‘Modular multimodal user interface for distributed ambient intelligence architectures’, Internet Technology Letters, 1(2), p. e23. doi: 10.1002/itl2.23.
- Petrone, G. et al. (2018) ‘Online Identification of Photovoltaic Source Parameters by Using a Genetic Algorithm’, Applied Sciences, 8(1), p. 9. doi: 10.3390/app8010009.
- Di Piazza, M. C. et al. (2017) ‘A two-stage Energy Management System for smart buildings reducing the impact of demand uncertainty’, Energy and Buildings, 139, pp. 1–9. doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.01.003.
- Dindo, H. et al. (2013) ‘An architecture for observational learning and decision making based on internal models’, Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures, 5, pp. 52–63. doi: 10.1016/j.bica.2013.05.007.