Dr. Giovanni Iacca

Giovanni Iacca works as a postdoctoral researcher in the Systems & Controls Group. His research interests include evolutionary optimization, memetic computing, memory-saving algorithms, robotics, real-time systems and distributed computing. In 2011, Giovanni earned his PhD from the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, with a thesis titled ”Memory-Saving Optimization Algorithms for Systems with Limited Hardware”. From 2006 to 2009, he was a software engineer in a private company jointly held by the Italian National Research Council, where he worked on real-time systems, robotics, and Computer Numerical Control applications. Giovanni received his MSc Degree in Software and Control Systems Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy, in 2006.