{"id":6,"date":"2015-04-08T11:11:35","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T09:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.unipi.it\/simona_casini\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2025-07-05T13:48:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T11:48:10","slug":"curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.unipi.it\/simona_casini\/curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><b>SKILLS<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>Robotics expertise<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: proficient in designing and programming robotic system for various application, including industrial automation and autonomous robots<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Software development<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: ROS\/ROS2, Python, Matlab\/Simulink, C++, R<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Machine Learning foundations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: solid understanding of machine learning concepts, including neural network, deep learning and reinforcement learning (Python, TensorFlow, NumPy, SciPy, Pandas)<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><b>EXPERIENCES<\/b><\/h3>\n<h4><b>PhD Student<\/b> <b>Nov 2024 &#8211; Today<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dipartimento Ingegneria dell\u2019Informazione &#8211; Autonomous System Lab.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Modeling and control Engineer<\/b> [<b>2019 &#8211; Oct 2024]<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">YANMAR R&amp;D Europe<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Designed classical and AI approaches for machine control systems by using Matlab\/Simulink.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Implemented autonomous guidance and navigation system for grounded robots using ROS2 and Python (Ubuntu OS).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Managed DevOps activities (continuous integration and development) for a clean code architecture though GitLab.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Drafted technical documentation (User\u2019s Manual, Risk Assessment and Technical document).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(As part of the ICT company group), helped to manage and fix IT problems also through collaboration and interaction within all YANMAR departments (World Wide).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Software Developer<\/b> <strong>[2019]<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ISAC s.r.l<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Helped in design of ISAC industrial MCN (Machine Numerical Control) simulator by using C++ and visual basic.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Created 3D CAD file for software testing.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Junior Robotics Engineer<\/b> <strong>[2016 &#8211; 2019]<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Italian Institute of Technology &#8211; ADVanced Robotics (ADVR) department<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Led the system integration (mechanical, electric and software components) developed in the SoftPro (Synergy-based Open-source Foundations and Technologies for Prosthetics and RehabilitatiOn) European Project.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tested the prototype during a preliminary clinical investigation test with the Users.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Drafted technical documentation (User\u2019s Manual, Risk Assessment and Technical document) and<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tested the prototype for Electromagnetic Compliance (IEC 60601 \u2013 1 &#8211; 2) and Electrical Safety for Medical Devices (IEC 60601 &#8211; 1).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Research Fellowship <\/b> <b>February [2016]<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">University of Pisa \u2013 Centro di Ricerca \u201cEnrico Piaggio\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Study of a under actuated robotic wrist<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Analyzed the under actuated passive robotic wrist: compensation movements during objects manipulation tasks and grasp activities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Presented a possible hardware solution with related performance evaluation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Research Fellowship <\/b> <b>January [2016]<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">University of Pisa \u2013 Centro di Ricerca \u201cEnrico Piaggio\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">State of the art of robotic multi degrees of freedom wrist<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Analyzed the state of the art of robotic multi degree of freedom wrist in robotic and prosthesis devices during the grasp activities (differences between the passive, active and hybrid solutions)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Research Grant <\/b> <b>06\/2014 \u2013 11\/2014<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">University of Pisa \u2013 SAIPEM spa<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Designed a method to compare several inertial measurement units with a maximum error of 5% precision and accuracy thanks to pseudo-Montecarlo method.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Validated a model for the sensor error dynamics and its propagation with a precision of 95% by developing a software tool implemented in C++ and Matlab.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><b>EDUCATION<\/b><\/h3>\n<h4><b>Professional 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