Short Bio
STRATEGY, MARKETING & ORGANIZATION
Roberto Pugliese is the Deputy General Coordinator and Director of ICT at Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A..
A computer scientist by background, he holds an MBA, a PhD in Managerial and Actuarial Sciences, and is a PMP-certified project manager with 25 years of experience. He has also completed the Executive Program at Singularity University.
Roberto’s expertise spans project management, digital innovation, artificial intelligence and start-up development. His research focuses on remote operations, telepresence, data science, robotics and Artificila Intelligence, with publications in Springer books on grid technologies, instrumentation, distributed computing, and journals such as Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, Nuclear Instruments and Methods, Management Decision, and Journal of Business Research.
Roberto has co-founded three companies: Tripole Scientific S.r.l., in the field of scientific computing, LyL-Projects S.r.l., an SME specializing in "intelligent" vending machines and VisionQub.it, a start-up in AI and robotics. He also served as a Global Ambassador for Singularity University and co-founded the SU Trieste Chapter. Roberto is now owner of PerlConsulting (perlconsulting.it) and the president of the volunteer organisation Glioblastoma.it ODV.
Main areas of teaching expertise and research fields: Scientific Computing, Robotics, Project Management, Personal Time Management, Innovation Management, Start-up Growth and Development, Big Data, Machine Learning, Artificial intelligence and Quantum Computing.
A computer scientist by background, he holds an MBA, a PhD in Managerial and Actuarial Sciences, and is a PMP-certified project manager with 25 years of experience. He has also completed the Executive Program at Singularity University.
Roberto’s expertise spans project management, digital innovation, artificial intelligence and start-up development. His research focuses on remote operations, telepresence, data science, robotics and Artificila Intelligence, with publications in Springer books on grid technologies, instrumentation, distributed computing, and journals such as Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, Nuclear Instruments and Methods, Management Decision, and Journal of Business Research.
Roberto has co-founded three companies: Tripole Scientific S.r.l., in the field of scientific computing, LyL-Projects S.r.l., an SME specializing in "intelligent" vending machines and VisionQub.it, a start-up in AI and robotics. He also served as a Global Ambassador for Singularity University and co-founded the SU Trieste Chapter. Roberto is now owner of PerlConsulting (perlconsulting.it) and the president of the volunteer organisation Glioblastoma.it ODV.
Main areas of teaching expertise and research fields: Scientific Computing, Robotics, Project Management, Personal Time Management, Innovation Management, Start-up Growth and Development, Big Data, Machine Learning, Artificial intelligence and Quantum Computing.
Selected Publications
- Garlatti Costa, G., Venier, F., & Pugliese, R. (2025). Unveiling organizational AI adoption patterns in Italian companies through the lens of the diffusion of innovations theory. Managing Global Transitions, 23(1), 79–111.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26493/1854-6935.23.79-111 - Pugliese, R., Bortoluzzi, G., & Balzano, M. (2022). What drives the growth of start-up firms? A tool for mapping the state-of-the-art of the empirical literature. European Journal of Innovation Management, 25(6), 242–272.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/EJIM-03-2021-0163 - Guzzi, F., Kourousias, G., Pugliese, R., Gianoncelli, A., & Billè, F. (2024, May). Translating and Optimising Computational Microscopy Algorithms with Large Language Models. In 2024 47th MIPRO ICT and Electronics Convention (MIPRO) (pp. 1700–1705). IEEE.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/MIPRO60963.2024.10569791
