Fredy Ruiz was born in Facatativa (Colombia). He received the Bachelor (2002) and M.Sc. (2006) degrees in Electronics Engineering, both from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia), and the Ph.D. (2009) degree in Computer and Control Engineering from the Politecnico di Torino (Italy). Fredy was Assistant (2010-2014) and Associate (2015-2019) Professor at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia), where he also served as Head of the Electronics Engineering Department between 2014 and 2016. He was Fulbright visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley in 2013 and Visiting Professor at the Politecnico di Torino in 2018.
Fredy is Currently Associate Professor at Politecnico di Milano, Italy. His research activity focuses in control and optimization, in particular, the use and of data-driven techniques in optimal estimation and controller design, with applications in smart-grids, power electronics, robotics and bio-technology. He works also in the design of demand side management strategies for the smart-grid, where he has developed models or rational agent’s behaviour in front of incentive-based demand response programs and models of flexible loads for direct demand control.