Degrees
Positions
Teaching
Research
Publications
Habilitation in Computer Science from Universidade de Lisboa (2009)
PhD in Computer Science ("Behavior Based Autonomous Vehicles - a decision control model") from Universidade Nova de Lisboa (1995)
PAPCC (MSc equiv.) in Computer Science ("Communications in Robotic Environments") from FCT - Universidade Nova de Lisboa (1987)
BSc in Electrical Engineering from Technical University of Lisbon - IST (Instituto Superior Técnico / Universidade Técnica de Lisboa), Portugal (1982)
Professor at the Computer Science Department (DI - Departamento de Informática) of FC/UL (Faculdade de Ciências / Universidade de Lisboa), from October 2020
Associate Professor at the Computer Science Department (DI - Departamento de Informática) of FC/UL (Faculdade de Ciências / Universidade de Lisboa), from July 2003
Assistant Professor at the Computer Science Department (DI - Departamento de Informática) of FCT/UNL (Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia / Universidade Nova de Lisboa), from 1995 to 2003
Teaching Assistant at the Computer Science Department (DI - Departamento de Informática) of FCT/UNL (Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia / Universidade Nova de Lisboa), from 1982 to 1995
Member of LASIGE research centre, FC/UL (Faculdade de Ciências / Universidade de Lisboa), from Oct/2020
Member of BioISI research centre, FC/UL (Faculdade de Ciências / Universidade de Lisboa), from Jan/2015 to Sep/2020
Collaborator of ADDLabs, UFF (Universidade Federal Fluminense), Brazil, since Jun/07
Visiting Researcher at AI Lab, University of Zürich, Switzerland, from Oct/05 to Apr/06
Member of the LabMAg research center of FC/UL (Faculdade de Ciências / Universidade de Lisboa) from Aug/03 to Dec/2014
Member of CA3 research group, integrated in the Intelligent Robotics Center of UNINOVA, from 2000 to 2003
Visiting Researcher at LAMI - MANTRA, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland, from Oct/25 to Dec/19 1998
Coordinator of MAS research group of BioISI research center, FC/UL (Faculdade de Ciências / Universidade de Lisboa), from January 2015
Head of Computer Science Department (DI - Departamento de Informática) of FC/UL (Faculdade de Ciências / Universidade de Lisboa), from September 2012 to August 2015
Post-Graduation Coordinator at Computer Science Department (DI - Departamento de Informática) of FC/UL (Faculdade de Ciências / Universidade de Lisboa), from September 2007 to August 2009
Coordinator of LabMAg research center of FC/UL (Faculdade de Ciências / Universidade de Lisboa) from September 2004 to July 2012, and from October 2013 to December 2014
Computer Science Degree (Licenciatura em Informática) Coordinator at Computer Science Department (DI - Departamento de Informática) of FC/UL (Faculdade de Ciências / Universidade de Lisboa), from September 2003 to August 2005
Post-Graduation in Computer Science
Other post-Graduations
Main research interests:
Artificial Life
Self-Organisation
Autonomous Robots
Machine Learning
Complexity Sciences
Research Group:
GruVA
(Grupo de Vida Artificial – Artificial Life Group) within (formerly
LabMAg) LASIGE
research centre, FC/UL
(Faculdade de Ciências / Universidade de Lisboa)
Former Research Group (at UNL):
CA3-
Computação Adaptativa e Agentes Autónomos (Soft Computing and
Autonomous Agents)
Projects (recent):
ModEst
– Modelação
do fluxo de estudantes no ensino português, FCT, PT -
Jan/2018-Dec/2021
ASSISIbf
- Animal and robot Societies Self-organise and Integrate by Social
Interaction (bees and fish), EU - FOCAS (Feb/2013 to Jul/2018)
Robôs
e Agentes Inteligentes - Ciência Viva (from Sep/2006 to
Jun/2008)
EEII
- Evolution and Ecology of Interacting Infohabitants, V Framework, EU
(from May/2000 to Apr/2003)
Updated: 9/X/20