Silvio Simani (S’99–M’99–SM’06) received the M.Sc. degree in electronic engineering from the University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, in 1996, and the PhD degree in information sciences (automatic control area) from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, in 2000. Since 2000, he has been a member of the SAFEPROCESS Technical Committee. In 2002, he became an Assistant Professor with the Department of Engineering, University of Ferrara, where he has been an Associate Professor since 2014. His research interests include fault diagnosis, fault-tolerant control, and system identification, on which he has published about 160 refereed journal and conference papers, as well as three books and chapters