Carlo Pinciroli
Associate Professor
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolCarlo Pinciroli is an Associate Professor and director of the NEST Lab at Worcester Polytechnic Institute with 13 years of experience researching algorithms and software engineering for robot swarms. He designs practical, open-source tools that bridge theory and practice—most notably ARGoS, a high-performance swarm simulator widely used in education and research. His current work focuses on Buzz, a domain-specific programming language for decentralized swarm coordination that has attracted attention from MIT Technology Review and Communications of the ACM. Carlo’s background spans academic leadership, postdoctoral roles in Europe, and industry experience building regulated game engines and banking portals, reflecting a rare mix of rigorous research and production-grade engineering. He is skilled at turning complex distributed-robotics problems into usable software and even bakes in his spare time, hinting at a methodical creativity that extends beyond the lab.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Simulation, Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Simulation, Robotics at Université libre de BruxellesMaster's degree, Computer Engineering, 99/100, Master's degree, Computer Engineering, 99/100 at Politecnico di MilanoMaster, Computer Science, Master, Computer Science at University of Illinois at Chicago
English, French, Italian
Github Skills (39)
simulation10
robotics10
parallel10
simulator10
robot10
ranking10
heterogeneous10
swarm10
programming-language9
python9
webots9
gmail9
react9
science9
computer-science9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
buzz-lang/Buzz
Jun 2015 - Jun 2022
A programming language designed for robot swarms.
Contributions:190 commits, 116 PRs, 177 pushes in 7 years 1 month
programming-languageswarmsrobot
ilpincy/argos3-kheperaiv
Aug 2017 - Jul 2021
Integration between ARGoS3 and the Khepera IV robot.
Contributions:40 commits, 1 PR, 54 pushes in 3 years 11 months
roboticsroverrobotargos3
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