Francesco Bufalo

Modeling of HiL and SiL Systems for validation and integration of automotive ECUs functionalities. Development of Restbus Simulation with FlexRay, CAN and Ethernet Interfaces. Experience with Automotive Configuration Tools for Code Generation. ADAS fully automated testing. Trajectory planning in Matlab/Simulink environment and on-field evaluation with cars. Autonomous driving achieved through XCP (Universal Measurement and Calibration Protocol) manipulation and robotic actuators mounted in the car.

Research project was focused on Transfer of Training using Helicopter Simulators. This work, entitled "Transfer-of-training: From fixed- and motion-base simulators to a light-weight helicopter", was published in January 2018 in the academic journal Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International. It was presented on May 14th-18th 2018 at the 74th American Helicopter Society International Annual Forum and Technology Display 2018: The Future of Vertical Flight in Phoenix, United States.

I spent seven months at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics of Tübingen, Germany, to develop my Master's Thesis. A conference paper regarding this work, entitled "Variable force-stiffness haptic feedback for learning a disturbance rejection task", was published and presented at the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC2017), which was held in Banff, Canada, on October 5th-8th 2017.