Carlo Masone
Co-Founder at Focoos AI
Moncalieri, Piedmont, Italy
Summary
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Top SchoolCarlo Masone is a researcher and engineer with 10 years of experience at the intersection of robotics, control theory, and machine learning, currently serving as Co-Founder of Focoos AI and Assistant Professor (RTD-A) at Politecnico di Torino. His career spans academia and industry—from postdoctoral roles at Max Planck and Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia to applied autonomous driving work at Italdesign—bringing both theoretical depth and hands-on implementation experience. He holds a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering (Magna cum laude) and a track record of supervising Ph.D. students and developing control, estimation, and modelling algorithms for large-scale cable-driven robots and UAVs. Passionate about mathematics and technology, he combines curiosity-driven research with product-focused entrepreneurship. Based in Moncalieri, Italy, he also completed a Self-Driving Car Nanodegree, underscoring practical competence in autonomous systems beyond pure research. Colleagues note his ability to translate complex control theory into deployable systems while still pursuing novel academic ideas.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Self-Driving Car Engineer Nanodegree, Self-Driving Car Engineer Nanodegree at UdacityMaster's Degree, Systems Engineering, 110/110 cum laude, Master's Degree, Systems Engineering, 110/110 cum laude at Sapienza Università di RomaDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Systems Engineering, Magna cum laude, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Systems Engineering, Magna cum laude at Max Planck SocietyHigh School, Scientific Lyceum, 100/100 cum laude, High School, Scientific Lyceum, 100/100 cum laude at Augusto Righi (Rome, Italy)Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Systems Engineering, Magna cum laude, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Systems Engineering, Magna cum laude at University of Stuttgart
Italian, English, German
Github Skills (42)
jekyll-theme9
apollo9
jekyll9
autonomous-driving8
self-driving-car8
typescript8
responsive8
microsoft7
electron7
vscode-extension7
vscode7
github-pages7
android7
editor7
autonomous-vehicles7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
cmas1/HolorLib
Jun 2019 - Jan 2023
Contributions:306 commits, 73 pushes in 3 years 7 months
cmas1/javafx17-archetype
Feb 2023 - Feb 2023
Maven archetype to create JavaFX applications with Java 17
Contributions:16 pushes in 3 days
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