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Computational aspects of the crop field segmentation problem based on anisotropic active contour model
include the following: variational calculus, ho- where his teaching focuses on variational meth-
mogenization and optimal control; complex net- ods in mathematical physics, optimal control the-
works modeling: conservation laws and applica- ory for distributed systems, and nonlinear func-
tions to traffic networks, telecommunication ones, tional analysis. He received a Ph.D. degree in cal-
and supply chains, queueing systems and net- culus of variations and optimal control theory in
works; analytical aspects for the temporal and spa- 1989 (Cybernetic Institute of National Academy
tial behaviour of solutions of dynamic problems. of Science of Ukraine), and then the scientific de-
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3194-3063 gree of Doctor of Sciences in Math and Physics in
1998. In 1998 he was awarded the First Prize of
the National Academy of Science for the research
Umberto De Maio is an Associate Professor in homogenization theory of optimal control prob-
at Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni lems. He has over 200 journal publications in
“R. Caccioppoli”, Universit´a degli Studi di Napoli Mathematical Sciences and 2 books in mathemat-
Federico II. His research interests include the ics that have been published by Birkhauser (2011)
following: homogenization theory, control theory and Walter de Gruyter GmbH (2019). His ma-
and asymptotic analysis. He has been the scien- jor scientific results cover the different areas of
tific leader of international and national research optimization theory, optimal control problems for
projects. He was awarded the National Scientific PDEs, image processing, asymptotic analysis, op-
Qualification as a full professor. He has been a timization in partially ordered spaces, and homog-
Member of several competition committees. He is enization theory. .
the coordinator/promoter of Erasmus Exchanges https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1593-0510
with several international universities. He has
been a member of the steering committee of the Rosanna Manzo received a degree cum laude
Double Master’s Degree Program in Mathematical in Mathematics in 1996 and PhD in Informa-
Analysis and Modelling. He has been on the orga- tion Engineering in 2007 at the University of
nizing committee of several international confer- Salerno. She is an Associate Professor in Math-
ences. He has participated in several national and ematical Analysis at the Department of Political
international conferences. He has taught courses and Communication Sciences (DiSPC), Univer-
in Mathematical Analysis at several Italian uni- sity of Salerno. The research activity focuses on
versities. He has been a lecturer in several doc- the following topics: fluid dynamic models for
toral courses.. road networks, telecommunication networks, sup-
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-5237 ply chains and blood flows; optimal control for hy-
brid systems; variational analysis and optimiza-
Peter I. Kogut is a Professor at the Depart- tion in normed spaces; queueing systems and net-
ment of Mathematical Analysis and Optimiza- works.
tions, Oles Honchar Dnipro National University, https://orcid.org/00000-0002-3891-1825

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