1) SIDRA PhD School on Automatica
Bertinoro, Dates
July 13-18, 2026
Type of event: Summer school for PhD students in systems and control
Website: https://sidra2026.dei.unibo.it/ (under construction), see this year’s website
https://sidra2025.dei.unibo.it/
The SIDRA PhD School on Automatica is organized annually by the Italian Society of PhD and Researchers in Automatica1 in July in the beautiful location of Bertinoro. It consists of a week of classes (two parallel courses by renown international researchers in the field) held in a friendly and stimulating environment. This initiative has the sponsorship of IEEE Italy Chapters of the Control Systems Society (CSS) and of the Robotics Society (RAS).
2) DAuSy PhD School on Autonomous Systems,
Politecnico di Bari, Bari (Italy), January 19–22, 2026
Winter school for PhD students in systems, control, and autonomous systems
Website: http://dausy.poliba.it/phd/winter-school-2026/ (to be completed)
Short description: The DAuSy PhD School on Autonomous Systems is organized within the framework of the Italian National PhD Program in Autonomous Systems (DAuSy)1, coordinated by Politecnico di Bari and involving 20+ Italian universities. The 2026 edition—the first in the series—will be hosted in the beautiful city of Bari, located in the Apulia region of Southern Italy. The Winter School will feature four days of advanced lectures delivered by internationally renowned experts in the fields of control, robotics, optimization, and autonomous systems, all within a collaborative, friendly, and intellectually stimulating environment. This initiative is sponsored by the IEEE Italy Chapters of the Control Systems Society (CSS), the Robotics and Automation Society (RAS), and the Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (SMCS).
