Affiliation
PhD Researcher at the University of Coimbra. Since, June/2023
Invited Assistant Professor at the University of Coimbra. Sept/2021 - June/2023.
Visiting Researcher at Brunel University London. June/2021 - July/2021
PhD Researcher at Institute of Systems and Robotics - University of Coimbra. May/2015 - June/2023.
Researcher at Pedro Nunes Institute. Nov/2014 - April/2015.
Researcher at Institute of Systems and Robotics - University of Coimbra. April/2009 - Oct/2014.
Management Activity
Member of IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) Industry Committee.
Since Jan/2024.
Vice-President of the National Association of Researchers in Science and Technology (ANICT).
Mandates: 2023-2024.
Member of the Board (Treasurer) of Directors of the Portuguese Association of Automatic Control (APCA).
Mandates: 2023-2024; 2025-2026.
Member of the Board (Vogal) of Directors of ANICT.
Mandate: 2021-2022.
Editor
Editoral Member at scientific reports journal. nature. Since,Mar/2025.
Area Editor at Evolving Systems journal. Springer. Since,Mar/2025.
Associate Editor at Evolving Systems journal. Springer. Dec/2021 to Mar/2025.
Topical Advisory Panel Member at Mathematics journal. Since 2022.
Awards
Best Paper Awards on IEEE 19th International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN 2021).
Paper: J. S. S. Júnior, et al. Novelty Detection for Iterative Learning of MIMO Fuzzy Systems. INDIN 2021. [doi]
Best Paper Award on 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Informatics (ICELTICS 2018).
Paper: R. Pereira, et al. Sun-synchronous satellite simulation on khronosim, the new system testing architecture. ICELTICS 2018. [doi]
Best Master Thesis Award at 2023 REN Award.
Thesis: N. Mendes. Federated Learning for the Prediction of Net Energy Demand in Communities of Buildings. University of Coimbra. 2022. Supervisors: Pedro Moura and Jérôme Mendes.
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