Ricard Villà graduated in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, in 1970, and received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain, in 1983. In 1977, he become an Assistant Professor at the Technical University of Catalonia, where, since 1984, he has been an Associate Professor. He has been involved in industrial electronics, astronautical mission planning, and control systems.

Control systems

• Self-Triggered Networked Control Systems: an Experimental Case Study (document not available)
  In IEEE 2010 International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT2010), Valparaiso, Chile, March, 2010.
  Authors: Antonio Camacho, Pau Martí, Manel Velasco, Camilo Lozoya, Ricard Villà, Josep M. Fuertes, Eulàlia Griful
  
  
• Schedulability Analysis for CAN-based Networked Control Systems with Dynamic Bandwidth Management
  In 14th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Techonologies and Factory Automation (ETFA09), Mallorca, Spain, September, 2009.
  Authors: Manel Velasco, Pau Martí, José Yépez, Ricard Villà, Josep M. Fuertes
  
  
• Stability of Networked Control Systems with Bounded Sampling Rates and Time Delays
  In 31th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON05), Raleigh, USA, November, 2005.
  Authors: Manel Velasco, Pau Martí, Ricard Villà, Josep M. Fuertes
  
  
• A Probabilistic Approach to the Stability Analysis of Real-Time Control Systems
  In 16th IFAC World Congress, Praha, Czech Republic, July, 2005.
  Authors: Pau Martí, Manel Velasco, Ricard Villà, Josep M. Fuertes, Jordi Ayza
  
  
• Key Aspects for Co-designing Real-Time and Control Systems
  n 1st International Workshop on Real-Time and Control (RTC05), satellite workshop of the 17th Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, July, 2005.
  Authors: Manel Velasco, Pau Martí, Rosa Castañé, Ricard Villà, Josep M. Fuertes
  
  
• Networked Control Systems Overview (document not available)
  In The Industrial Information Technology Handbook, Ed. Richard Zurawski, ISA Corporation, South San Francisco, California, USA Series: Industrial Electronics Volume: 1, CRC Press, December, 2004.
  Authors: Pau Martí, Ricard Villà, Josep M. Fuertes, Gerhard Fohler
  
  
• Managing Quality-of-Control in Network-Based Control Systems by Controller and Message Scheduling Co-design
  In IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Volume 51, Number 6, December, 2004.
  Authors: Pau Martí, José Yépez, Manel Velasco, Ricard Villà, Josep M. Fuertes
  
  
• Stability of On-line Compensated Real-Time Scheduled Control Tasks
  In IFAC Conference on New Technologies for Computer Control (NTCC01), Hong Kong, November, 2001.
  Authors: Pau Martí, Ricard Villà, Josep M. Fuertes, Gerhard Fohler
  
  
• Object-Oriented Modeling for Remote Monitoring of Manufacturing Processes
  In 8th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA01), Antibes Juan-les-pins, France, October, 2001.
  Authors: Marga Marcos, Isidro Calvo, Dario Orive, Isabel Sarachaga, Josep M. Fuertes, Pau Martí, Ricard Villà, Stefan Buzoianu
  
  
• On Real-Time Control Tasks Schedulability
  In European Control Conference (ECC01), Porto, Portugal, September, 2001.
  Authors: Pau Martí, Ricard Villà, Josep M. Fuertes, Gerhard Fohler
  
  
• Real Time Scheduling Methods Requirements in Distributed Control Systems
  In 5th IFAC Workshop on Real-Time Programming (WRTP00), Palma de Mallorca, Spain, May, 2000.
  Authors: Pau Martí, Ricard Villà, Josep M. Fuertes, Gerhard Fohler
  
  

• Proposal for an Embedded Control Systems Laboratory Activity
  XXIX Jornadas de Automática, Tarragona, Spain, September, 2008.
  Authors: Pau Martí, Manel Velasco, Camilo Lozoya, Jordi Ayza, Ricard Villà, Josep M. Fuertes
  
  
• A Taxonomy on Prior Work on Sampling Period Selection for Resource-Constrained Real-Time Control Systems
  XI Jornadas de Tiempo Real, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, February, 2008.
  Authors: Camilo Lozoya, Manel Velasco, Pau Martí, José Yépez, Frederic Pérez, Josep Guàrdia, Jordi Ayza, Ricard Villà, Josep M. Fuertes
  
  
• One-Shot Task Model for Implementing Real-Time Control Tasks
  II Congreso Español de Informática (CEDI2007), Zaragoza, Spain, September, 2007.
  Authors: Pau Martí, Manel Velasco, Josep M. Fuertes, Ricard Villà, Jordi Ayza, José Yépez, Camilo Lozoya
  
  
• Control Performance Optimization in Networked Control Systems
  X Jornadas de Tiempo Real, Barcelona, Spain, February, 2007.
  Authors: Manel Velasco, Pau Martí, Josep Guàrdia, Frederic Pérez, José Yépez, Jordi Ayza, Ricard Villà, Josep M. Fuertes
  
  
• Distributed Control Systems (DCS) Group: Activity Report
  Researh report ESAII-RR-06-11, Automatic Control Department, Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain, July, 2006.
  Authors: Pau Martí, Manel Velasco, Josep Guàrdia, Rosa Castañé, Camilo Lozoya, José Yépez, Jordi Ayza, Ricard Villà, Josep M. Fuertes
  
  
• Control Optimization in Networked Embedded Systems
  2es Jornades de Recerca en Automàtica, Visió i Robòtica, internal workshop of the Automatic Control Dept. at the Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain, July, 2006.
  Authors: Pau Martí, Josep M. Fuertes, Ricard Villà, Jordi Ayza, Manel Velasco, José Yépez, Josep Guàrdia, Rosa Castañé
  
  
• Optimal Sampling Period Selection for Real-Time Control Tasks
  2es Jornades de Recerca en Automàtica, Visió i Robòtica, internal workshop of the Automatic Control Dept. at the Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain, July, 2006.
  Authors: Rosa Castañé, Pau Martí, Manel Velasco, Josep Guàrdia, José Yépez, Jordi Ayza, Ricard Villà, Josep M. Fuertes
  
  
• Asignación de Periodos a Tareas de Control en Función de la Predicción de la Dinámica de cada Planta
  IX Jornadas de Tiempo Real, Valladolid, Spain, February, 2006.
  Authors: Pau Martí, Josep M. Fuertes, Ricard Villà, Jordi Ayza, Manel Velasco, José Yépez, Josep Guàrdia, Rosa Castañé
  
  
• Practical Implementation of an Optimal Bandwidth Allocation Policy for Distributed Real-time Control Systems
  In I Congreso Español de Informática (CEDI2005), Granada, Spain, September, 2005.
  Authors: Manel Velasco, Pau Martí, José Yépez, Rosa Castañé, Josep Guàrdia, Jordi Ayza, Ricard Villà, Josep M. Fuertes
  
  
• Stability Test for Real-Time Control Systems using Interval Algebra
  DCS Research report DCS05, Barcelona, Spain, July, 2005.
  Authors: Manel Velasco, Pau Martí, Ricard Villà, Josep M. Fuertes
  
  
• Distributed Bandwidth Management in Networked Control Systems
  VII Jornadas de Tiempo Real, Bilbao, Spain, February, 2005.
  Authors: Manel Velasco, Pau Martí, José Yépez, Ricard Villà, Jordi Ayza, Josep M. Fuertes
  
  
• Real-Time Tasks Scheduling Policy for Control Systems
  In Primeres Jornades de Recerca en Automàtica Visió i Robòtica, internal workshop of the Automatic Control Dept. at the Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain, March, 2004.
  Authors: Pau Martí, Josep M. Fuertes, Ricard Villà, Jordi Ayza, Manel Velasco, José Yépez
  
  
• Modelling Self-Triggered Tasks for Real-Time Control Systems
  In Primeres Jornades de Recerca en Automàtica Visió i Robòtica, internal workshop of the Automatic Control Dept. at the Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain, March, 2004.
  Authors: Manel Velasco, Pau Martí, José Yépez, Jordi Ayza, Ricard Villà, Josep M. Fuertes
  
  
• A Discrete-Time Controller Design Method to Tolerate Non-Equidistant Sampling and Actuation
  Research report ESAII-RR-02-05, Automatic Control Department, Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain, January, 2002.
  Authors: Pau Martí, Ricard Villà, Gerhard Fohler, Josep M. Fuertes