Cristian Galperti
EPFL SB SPC-TCV
PPB 220 (Bâtiment PPB)
Station 13
1015 Lausanne
+41 21 693 34 69
Office:
PPB 220
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Website: https://spc.epfl.ch/
Expertise
- Control systems design and commissioning, especially involving complex scientific research architectures.
- Electronics engineering, embedded systems design and programming.
- Mechanical engineering, servo actuator systems design and commissioning.
Current Work
- In charge of the direction of the control systems service of the Swiss Plasma Center
Education
Ph.D. in Computer Science
|2005 – 2009 Politecnico di Milano
Master degree in Electronics Engineering
|1998 – 2004 Politecnico di Milano
Selected publications
Overview of the TCV digital real-time plasma control system and its applications
Cristian Galperti et al.
Published in Fusion Engineering and Design in 2024
A Simulink-based platform for model-based design and deployment of controllers for tokamak nuclear fusion devices
Timo Ravensberger, Cristian Galperti et al.
Published in 2nd IFAC Workshop on Control of Complex Systems COSY in 2025
A distributed real-time diagnostic and control network for the TCV tokamak based on the Data Distribution Service
Roberto Masocco, Alesandro Tenaglia, Cristian Galperti et al.
Published in Fusion Engineering and Design in 2025
Design and implementation of a model-based hierarchical architecture for plasma shape control in the TCV tokamak
Adriano Mele, Alessandro Tenaglia, Federico Felici, Cristian Galperti et al.
Published in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion in 2025
Implementation of an ITER-relevant QP-based current limit avoidance algorithm in the TCV tokamak
Domenico Frattolillo, Adriano Mele, Cristian Galperti et al.
Published in PLasma Physics and Controlled Fusion in 2025
Model-based electron density estimation using multiple diagnostics on TCV
F. Pastore, F. Felici, T.O.S.J. Bosman, Cristian Galperti et al.
Published in Fusion Engineering and Design in 2023
Magnetic control of tokamak plasmas through deep reinforcement learning
Jonas Degrave, Federico Felici, Jonas Buchli, Michael Neunert, Brendan Tracey, Francesco Carpanese, Timo Ewalds, Roland Hafner, Abbas Abdolmaleki, Diego de las Casas, Craig Donner, Leslie Fritz, Cristian Galperti et al.
Published in Nature in 2022
Model-based impurity emission front control using deuterium fueling and nitrogen seeding in TCV
J.T.W. Koenders, A. Perek, B. Kool, O. Février, T. Ravensbergen, Cristian Galperti et al.
Published in Nuclear Fusion in 2022
Gas puff imaging on the TCV tokamak
N. Offeddu, C. Wüthrich, W. Han, C. Theiler, T. Golfinopoulos; J. L. Terry, E. Marmar, Cristian Galperti et al.
Published in Review of Scientific Instruments in 2022
Real-time feedback control of the impurity emission front in tokamak divertor plasmas
T. Ravensbergen, M. van Berkel, A. Perek, Cristian Galperti et al.
Published in Nature Communications in 2021
Integrated Real-Time Supervisory Management for Off-Normal-Event Handling and Feedback Control of Tokamak Plasmas
Trang Vu, Federico Felici, Cristian Galperti et al.
Published in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science in 2021
Integration of a Real-Time Node for Magnetic Perturbations Signal Analysis in the Distributed Digital Control System of the TCV Tokamak
Cristian Galperti at al.
Published in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science in 2017
Development of real-time MHD markers based on biorthogonal decomposition of signals from Mirnov coils
Cristian Galperti at al.
Published in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion in 2014
An Adaptive System for Optimal Solar Energy Harvesting in Wireless Sensor Network Nodes
Cesare Alippi, Cristian Galperti
Published in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems in 2008
Research
Current Research Fields
- Development, updating and commissioning the plasma real-time control systems of the TCV tokamak.
- Development and commissioning of plasma real-time control algorithms and their deployment onto real-world plasma control systems.
- Development of control devices (plasma diagnostics, heating actuators) based on millimeter wave technology.
- Scientific experimental facilities and plants design.
- Industrial electronics, automation and information technology systems design, testing and commissioning.
Teaching & PhD
Courses
Control and Operation of Tokamaks
PHYS-748
This course treats the main issues in operation and control of a tokamak. Control-oriented models are derived and controllers are designed using techniques from modern control theory. Operational limits are discussed as well as state-of-the-art research questions for future reactors.