Information Engineering plays a central role in the main fields of scientific and technological research and has a significant impact on the productive, social, and economic landscape, both nationally and internationally. One of the sector's distinctive features is the variety of disciplines that, within a common cultural and scientific framework, comprise it. Electronics, computer science, automation, and telecommunications, in close interaction with the basic sciences, represent the areas in which research activities are developed, covering the diverse fields of information engineering in a broad and integrated manner. The PhD Programme in Information Engineering (DRII) has the primary objective of training researchers capable of developing and applying advanced methodologies in the various fields of information engineering, working in academic, industrial, and institutional settings, both nationally and internationally. The PhD Programme provides doctoral students with the opportunity to conduct high-level research, including in collaboration with external partners, aiming to achieve standards of excellence in their respective disciplines. The PhD Board of Profeessors, through the scientific expertise of its members, reflects the interdisciplinary nature of the area and ensures comprehensive and balanced coverage of the relevant sectors, promoting integration between the various research topics and supporting training and supervision activities.
The PhD Programme is organized into four curricula.
The educational pathway is based on carefully planned and managed specialized courses, aimed at offering doctoral students interdisciplinary learning opportunities that are typically not included in traditional degree programs.
The training programme is built upon ministerial guidelines and is characterized by:
(shared with other PhD Programmes at the University)
Includes courses on:
- Language development: three English Skill Projects, divided into General English, Academic English Writing, and International Public Speaking
- Research management and understanding of European and international research systems: seminars by the university's research technologists and by APRE (Agency for the Promotion of European Research)
- Research dissemination and valorization: including Scientific Writing, Poster and Oral Presentation, and Intellectual Property for Energy Transition
- Open access to research data and outputs (covered within the Scientific Writing course)
- Fundamentals of research ethics, gender equality, and research integrity (included in the transversal course Introduction to Research and Gender dimension in Horizon Europe–Gender Innovation–Gender Equality Plan)
- Courses linked to PNRR (Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan), directly related to DRII’s research areas (e.g., digitalization, sustainable technologies):
a) Climate Change and Sustainability: the Drive for a New Social and Industrial Revolution
b) Energy Transition and Digitalization: From Centralized Power Systems to Smart Grids
c) Sustainability Evaluation of a Technology
d) Resource and Energy Economics - Courses on entrepreneurship and start-up development:
- Turning Your Idea into a Business: Developing a Business Plan
- Courses on the use and development of engineering software:
a) Development of Systems for Data Collection with LABVIEW
b) COMSOL Multiphysics - Courses in mathematics, statistics, computer science, and advanced modeling:
a) The Lagrangian Relaxation and Its Application
b) Knowledge Graphs: Fundamentals
c) An Introduction to Abstract Argumentation
d) Solution of Hard Physical Problems
e) Graph Theory and Its Applications
f) Stochastic Processes and Performance Modeling
g) Deep Learning on High-Performance Computing
h) Quantum Computing and Post-Quantum Cryptography - Courses in designing systems for the digital transition:
a) Mobile Interaction Design
b) Internet of Things for Smart Cities and Communities
c) The Digital and Service Transformation of Manufacturing Companies: Beyond the 4.0 Paradigm (seminar) - Courses on the design, production, and characterization of advanced materials:
a) Photonics for Sensing
b) Nanoscience and Nanotechnology