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The group...The Technical University of Bari (Politecnico di Bari) is one of the three Technical Universities in Italy. It has very strong links with both national/international institutional and private industrial partners. It is mainly based in Bari, in South-East of Italy, and it is also based in the town of Taranto. It is constituted by three Faculties: Engineering Faculty of Bari, Engineering Faculty of Taranto and the Faculty of Architecture. The Technical University of Bari has several Departments concerned with civil, environmental, industrial and information engineering. In particular there is a well established tradition of more than 50-years in the field of civil engineering. The leader of the group is Prof. Orazio Giustolisi. He is Professor of Management of Water Systems and Honorary Visiting Professor of the University of Exeter (UK). His mainly concerns are Hydroinformatics and the management and planning of water systems and resources. He has a PhD in Hydraulic Engineering and almost 20 years of experience in this field. He is also member of the Advisory Board of the Journal or Hydroinformatics and chairman in a number of international conferences’ Scientific Committee. The group he leads is based in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICA). The team is made up of eight people: three academics and three Postdoctorals. The particular expertise of the group is in data-driven modelling, multi-objective analysis, decision support, water system design, management and rehabilitation. In particular, the group has developed evolutionary techniques for modelling environmental phenomena (groundwater, river water temperature, rainfall-runoff, etc.), evolutionary optimization techniques for the automatic design of water systems under uncertain scenarios, uncertainty analysis for water systems, optimized approach on the development of decision support systems for the management of water distribution systems (rehabilitation, pressure optimization, water quality, leakage control, etc.). The group produces 15-20 international publications per year and it is involved in a relevant international activity that is demonstrated by continuous reviewing for the following international journals as Hydrological Science Journal (IAHS), Water Management Journal (ICE), Journal of Hydroinformatics (IWA-IAHR), Hydrological Processes (Wiley), Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (ASCE). The group has lot of international and national links with academic partners, in particular a formal agreement of cooperation exists between the group and the Centre for Water Systems in the University of Exeter (UK). Both the research groups have been working on common topics related to water distribution systems in the last 5 years. Another important link is with the University of Ferrara, in particular with the group leaded by Prof. Marco Franchini in the Department of Engineering. The group has developed in the last year toolboxes and algorithms, in particular: Evolutionary Polynomial Regression (EPR); Input-Output Artificial Neural Networks (IODNN); Water distribution network structural design/rehabilitation and reliability analysis (WDSTOOL); Multi-objective and Single-objective Genetic Algorithms (OPTIMOGA); Automatic Design of Input-Output Artificial Neural Networks (MO-ANNs); Automatic Design of Support Vector Machines (MO-SVM); Moreover the group is/was involved in the following granted Research Projects: "Advanced techniques for efficiency, reliability and safety of water distribution networks" - PRIN 2008; “Intercultural landscapes. Methodologies for comparative analysis. Urban layouts and building features of the transboundary adriatic context” - PRIN 2008; “Innovative Systems and the Boundary Problem (ISBP)” – STREP under NEST Pathfinder, Cultural Dynamics [Nest-2005-Path-4]; “Multi-objective evolutionary optimization and data-driven techniques for water system management” – Internationalization of the Italian University system: Interlink – MIUR; “Optimization of information-intensive processes: applications to the ICT and environment sectors” – Regione Puglia, Progetti Esplorativi; UKWIR: guide research on “Modelling Performance Indicators for Sewer systems using Evolutionary Computing” jointly with Ewan Group ltd. Anglian Water (UK): Performance modelling of wastewater assets. Anglian Water (UK): Performance modelling of clean water assets. Partner of the group will be the team leaded by Prof. Marco Franchini, RPS (UK): Natural leakage rate modelling using EPR. This team has particular expertise on near optimal control of water distribution systems, water demand forecasting, by using numerical techniques. The know-how of the group is also proved by the participation to the European Research Project, Potable WAter DIstribution MAnagement (POWADIMA). The Staff Members of the group in the Technical University of Bari are: Prof. Orazio Giustolisi; Prof. Michele Mastrorilli, Prof. Vincenzo Simeone. They will be assisted by: Dr. Angelo Doglioni, Dr. Daniele Laucelli and Dr. Luigi Berardi. Download here the evaluation of our research activities during the period 2004 - 2008 (in Italian).
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