Dr Leonardo Stella

Dr Leonardo Stella

School of Computer Science
Lecturer in Computer Science

Contact details

Email
l.stella@bham.ac.uk
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Address
University 麻豆精选
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Leonardo Stella is a Lecturer in Computer Science.

His research interests are on the area of Game Theory, Multi-agent Systems, Machine Learning, Virtual Reality (VR), Optimisation and Control. Specifically, his research investigates approaches at the intersection of game theory and machine learning with applications to opinion dynamics, bio-inspired collective decision-making, material science, games and serious games.

More recently, he has been the supervisor of a with Bloc Digital on Fast Deployment of Digital Twin Training Solutions in Industrial Applications.

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Qualifications

  • PhD in Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, The University of Sheffield (2019)
  • Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2018)
  • Laurea Magistrale (MSc) in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, La Sapienza Università di Roma (2016)
  • Laurea Triennale (BSc) in Computer Engineering, Università degli Studi di Palermo (2013)

Biography

Since 2022, Dr Leonardo Stella is a Lecturer in Computer Science at the School of Computer Science, University 麻豆精选. Between 2019 and 2021, he was a Lecturer in Computer Games Programming at the University of Derby, School of Computing and Engineering.

His research interests are game theory and machine learning for decision-making and optimisation. His work has been published in highly-regarded international journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (TACON), Automatica, IEEE Control Systems Letters (L-CSS), International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control (IJRNC) and SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization (SICON).

Dr Stella is Guest Editor for the International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control (IJRNC). Furthermore, he has worked as ad-hoc reviewer for major journals and conferences including IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Automatica, IEEE Control Systems Letters, IEEE Conference in Decision and Control, American Control Conference.

Teaching

• BSc Computer Science
• MSc Computer Science

Research

  • Game Theory, Evolutionary Game Theory
  • Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning
  • Optimisation
  • Nonlinear Systems, Stability Analysis

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Faizan Mohamed, AM, Careri, F, Khan, RHU, Attallah, MM & Stella, L 2025, '', Scripta Materialia, vol. 255, 116377.

Stella, L, Bauso, D, Blanchini, F & Colaneri, P 2024, '', Operations Research Letters, vol. 55, 107122.

Baar, W, Stella, L & Bauso, D 2023, '', International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control.

Stella, L & Bauso, D 2023, '', International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, vol. 33, no. 9, pp. 5145-5158.

Palmer, C, Roullier, B, Aamir, M, McQuade, F, Stella, L & Anjum, A 2022, '', Production & Manufacturing Research, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 519-545.

Stella, L, Baar, W & Bauso, D 2022, '', IEEE Control Systems Letters, vol. 6, pp. 2725-2730.

Stella, L, Mart, AP, Bauso, D & Colaneri, P 2022, '', SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. S119-S144.

Stella, L, Bauso, D & Colaneri, P 2021, '', IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.

Conference contribution

Zhang, T & Stella, L 2025, . in Experience-replay Innovative Dynamics. Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems.

Zhang, T, Gupta, H, Suprabhat, K & Stella, L 2024, . in 2023 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, CDC 2023. Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 2196-2201, 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, CDC 2023, Singapore, Singapore, 13/12/23.

Jadeja, Y, Shafik, M, Wood, P & Stella, L 2021, . in M Shafik & K Case (eds), Advances in Manufacturing Technology XXXIV: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Manufacturing Research, incorporating the 35th National Conference on Manufacturing Research, 7鈥�10 September 2021, University of Derby, Derby, UK. Advances in Transdisciplinary Engineering, vol. 15, IOS Press, pp. 119-124, 18th International Conference on Manufacturing Research, Derby, United Kingdom, 7/09/21.

Skull, R, Kitchen, W, Phoenix, D, Mackenzie, C, Allison, N, Hunt, R & Stella, L 2021, . in Y Itoh, K Takashima, P Punpongsanon, M Sra, K Fujita, S Yoshida & T Piumsomboon (eds), VRST '21: Proceedings of the 27th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology., 81, ACM proceedings, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York.

Palmer, C, Roullier, B, Aamir, M, Stella, L, Diala, U, Anjum, A, McQuade, F, Cox, K & Calvert, A 2021, . in M Shafik & K Case (eds), Advances in Manufacturing Technology XXXIV: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Manufacturing Research, incorporating the 35th National Conference on Manufacturing Research, 7鈥�10 September 2021, University of Derby, Derby, UK. Advances in Transdisciplinary Engineering, vol. 15, IOS Press, pp. 277-283, 18th International Conference on Manufacturing Research, Derby, United Kingdom, 7/09/21.

Mason, DM, Stella, L & Bauso, D 2020, . in Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control.

Marti Mason, D, Kapinaj, M, Pinel Mart铆nez, A & Stella, L 2020, . in Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST.