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Letizia Leonardi is a researcher in adaptive and intelligent distributed systems, with a focus on self-expression, swarm robotics, and neuroevolution. Her work explores how component-based systems can dynamically change their adaptation patterns at runtime—a concept she terms "self-expression"—to improve performance while maintaining global goals. In her 2013 study (7 citations), she evaluated self-expression through a case study, demonstrating its utility in adaptive systems. Leonardi also advanced swarm robotics by applying novelty-based online neuroevolution (2016, 7 citations), enabling robots to evolve neural controllers without predefined objectives. Her 2014 paper (5 citations) introduced roles as a mechanism to achieve self-expression in Collective Adaptive Systems, and her 2012 work (3 citations) applied adaptive patterns to swarm robotics. With over 20 citations across her most-cited papers, Leonardi’s contributions bridge theoretical frameworks and practical implementations, offering insights into runtime adaptation and evolutionary strategies. Her research is particularly valuable for students and researchers interested in autonomous systems, multi-agent coordination, and bio-inspired computing.