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Davide Di Ruscio is a leading researcher at the intersection of software engineering and robotics, with a primary focus on Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) and Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs) for multi-robot systems. His work addresses the critical challenge of moving robotic software development from ad-hoc, case-specific solutions toward systematic, reusable engineering approaches. Di Ruscio’s most influential contribution is his pioneering work on a family of DSLs for specifying civilian missions of multi-robot systems (2014, 22 citations), which enables high-level, platform-independent mission descriptions for tasks like environmental monitoring and security patrolling. He further advanced this field by demonstrating how MDE can be adopted to specify and execute such missions (2016, 34 citations). His highly cited systematic mapping study on safety for mobile robotic systems from a software engineering perspective (2019, 65 citations) provides a comprehensive roadmap for integrating safety assurance into robotic software development. Through his work on engineering the software of robotic systems (2017, 17 citations), Di Ruscio has established himself as a key advocate for applying rigorous software engineering principles to robotics, bridging the gap between academic research and practical, real-world robotic applications.