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Carla Seatzu is a leading figure in the analysis and control of discrete event systems, with a particular focus on Petri nets and their application to complex networked systems. Her work bridges foundational theory and practical implementation, most notably in the domain of multi-vehicle routing. Her highly cited 2013 paper on gossip algorithms for heterogeneous multi-vehicle routing problems (49 citations) introduced a decentralized, scalable approach for coordinating fleets of vehicles with different capabilities, a critical contribution to logistics and autonomous systems. Seatzu has also advanced the field of fault diagnosis, developing online methods using labeled Petri nets that can identify unobservable events in real time—a key capability for ensuring safety in automated manufacturing and transportation. Her research extends to performance regulation and target tracking, where she has pioneered lookahead simulation techniques that combine variable-gain integrators with Newton-Raphson methods to estimate future system states. This work, presented in her 2017 paper, demonstrates her ability to integrate control theory with computational methods. With a career spanning foundational theory and high-impact applications, Seatzu’s contributions continue to shape how engineers design resilient, autonomous systems.