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Ricardo Martins (RM) earned his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2017 from the University of Coimbra (UC), specializing in automation and robotics. He also holds a master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from UC, awarded in 2008. RM is affiliated as integrated member with the Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT-UC). His research in recent years has been centred on two distinct areas: cognitive robotics and neuroimaging in cognitive neuroscience. These fields converge in his primary research interests, which encompass probability and statistics, multivariate signal/image processing, computational modelling, and machine intelligence. During his doctoral studies at the Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR-UC), RM's research focused on the development of artificial perception and Bayesian computational models for decision-making. This research was applied to projects focused on autonomous robotic haptic exploration and dexterous manipulation tasks. Since 2017, RM has served as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health (ICNAS-UC). Initially, he held a postdoctoral fellowship and, starting in 2019, continued his research under a temporary six-year contract (2019-2025, contract renewal cycle: 3+1+1+1) funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). During this timeframe, he expanded his doctoral specialization through advanced training, participating in national and international flagship courses in biostatistics, computational methods, and tools for studying multimodal neuroimaging data, including structural MRI (sMRI), functional MRI (fMRI), and dynamic PET tracer kinetic modelling. RM has effectively applied his doctoral and postdoctoral competencies and experience as a member of research teams engaged in both national and international (EU) funded projects. These projects span a diverse range of areas, including computational modelling and pattern recognition (FP7-HANDLE), computer-aided diagnosis tools (FP7-EPILEPSIAE), neuroscience of visual perception (FCT-NeuroHyst), and multimodal neuroimaging biomarkers research, as well as the validation of new therapies in neurological and psychiatric disorders (H2020-AIMS-2-TRIALS, H2020-MarieCurie-ITNNANOSTEM, H2020-STIPED, FLAD-BS2C). RM has been appointed by UC to mentor both master's and doctoral students through short-duration research training programs on these topics. Presently, RM serves as the co-supervisor for a doctoral student in Biomedical Engineering and a master's student in Medical Physics. RM's research outcomes have been published in international journals and conferences covering various fields, including cognitive neuroscience, neuroimaging, biomarker research, robotics, automation, and machine intelligence. Some of his contributions have been incorporated into works distinguished with two national clinical research awards. Additionally, he has been invited to serve as a jury member for academic degrees in the field of Biomedical Engineering and to review articles for various international journals and IEEE/ACM conferences focusing on these research topics. As a hobbyist, RM actively contributes to international citizen science projects, specifically iNaturalist and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), showcasing over six hundred open-data research-grade observations.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
RICARDO FILIPE ALVES MARTINS

Citation names

  • Martins, Ricardo

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
7F17-8F87-7BB8
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7184-185X
Google Scholar ID
kJOYYusAAAAJ
Researcher Id
C-4965-2009
Scopus Author Id
57194264015

Email addresses

  • ricardo.martins@uc.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • ICNAS - Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, 3000-548, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Medical Engineering - Medical Engineering
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Robotics and Automatic Control

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/10/07 - 2019/10/09
Concluded
KCL PET Methodology Course (Outros)
King's College London, United Kingdom

Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, United Kingdom
advanced training
2019/07/11 - 2019/07/18
Concluded
IST Lisbon Machine Learning School (Outros)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
advanced training
2018/09/10 - 2018/09/14
Concluded
ETHZ/UZH Computational Psychiatry Course 2018 (Outros)
Departement Informationstechnologie und Elektrotechnik, Switzerland

Universität Zürich Institut für Informatik, Switzerland
advanced training
2009/10/01 - 2017/02/27
Concluded
Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores (Doutoramento)
Major in Automation and Robotics
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"Development of techniques for haptic object exploration: a contribution forautonomous robotic hands" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Approved with praise and distinction
2016/06/06 - 2016/06/08
Concluded
FieldTrip: a MATLAB toolbox for MEG - EEG analysis (Outros)
Radboud Universiteit Donders Institute for Brain Cognition and Behaviour, Netherlands
advanced training
2016/01/01 - 2016/03/31
Concluded
Biostatistics and design of clinical trials (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
advanced training
2010/10/01 - 2011/07/31
Concluded
Advanced studies in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Excellent (18 out of 20)
2010/09/27 - 2010/10/01
Concluded
Summer School on Robotic Grasping (Outros)
Universitat Jaume I Escola Superior de Tecnologia i Ciències Experimentals, Spain
advanced training
2002/10/01 - 2008/09/18
Concluded
Engenharia Biomédica (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Instrumentação Biomédica
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"BW-Eye: Ophthalmologic decision support system based on clinical workflow and data mining techniques" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Very good with distinction (18 out of 20)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2019/10 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) CIBIT-UC: Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal
2017/05 - 2019/09 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal
2014/01 - 2017/04 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal
2008/10 - 2017/03 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/09 - 2026/08 BS2C: Non-invasive Brain Stimulation for Social Cognitive impairment in Schizophrenia
Technical development
CIBIT-UC: Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento
Ongoing
2019/09 - 2025/09 CEEC-Institucional: Institutional Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus - 1st Edition
Contracted Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

CIBIT-UC: Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019 - 2025 AIMS-2-TRIALS: Autism Innovative Medicine Studies - 2 - Trials
Researcher
CIBIT-UC: Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal
EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Societal Challenges
Ongoing
2021 - 2024 NeuroHyst: Neural mechanisms underlying positive and negative perceptual hysteresis
Researcher
CIBIT-UC: Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020 - 2022 NANOSTEM: Developing new NANOmaterials for neural STEM cells drug delivery - Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network (ITN)
Technical development
CIBIT-UC: Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, University of Coimbra, Portugal
EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Excellent Science
Concluded
2018 - 2022 BioMuScle: Novel multimodal imaging biomarkers of neuronal connectivity in Multiple Sclerosis
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal

Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017 - 2022 STIPED: Transcranial brain stimulation as innovative therapy for chronic pediatric neuropsychiatric disorder
Technical development
CIBIT-UC: Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal
EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Health Demographic Change and Wellbeing
Concluded
2018 - 2021 BrEin-MS: Brain Elasticity in Multiple Sclerosis and implications in mechanomodulation of oligodendrocytes: a cellular and clinical approach
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal

Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018 - 2021 BAD-BiomED: Affective disorders- biomarkers and early detection
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal

Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Portugal

CNC.IBILI, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017 - 2020 MEDPERSYST: Synaptic networks and Personalized Medicine Approaches to Understand Neurobehavioural Diseases Across the Lifespan
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal

CNC.IBILI, Portugal

Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017 - 2019 The role of motion adaptation in bottom-up mechanisms of perceptual decision-making
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal
Fundação Bial
Concluded
2016 - 2017 Multimodal mapping of visual motion perceptual decision: Dissecting the role of different motion integration areas in visual surface reconstruction
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal

CNC.IBILI, Portugal
Fundação Bial
Concluded
2015 - 2017 Trabalho multidisciplinar no âmbito da ressonância funcional e tomografia de emissão de positrões
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal

Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2014 - 2015 From molecules to man: novel diagnostic imaging tools in neurological and psychiatric disorders
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal

Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010 - 2013 Development of techniques for haptic object exploration: a contribution for autonomous robotic hands
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal

CNC.IBILI, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Universidade de Coimbra
Concluded
2009 - 2013 HANDLE: Developmental pathway towards autonomy and dexterity in robot in-hand manipulation
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development Information and Communication Technologies
Concluded
2008 - 2009 PROMETHEUS: Prediction and interpretation of human behaviour based on probabilistic structures and heterogeneous sensors
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development Information and Communication Technologies
Concluded
2007 - 2008 EPILEPSIAE: Evolving Platform for Improving the Living Expectations of Patients Suffering from IctAl Events
Master Student Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Portugal
European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development Information and Communication Technologies
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Pereira, H. Catarina; Sousa, Daniela; Simões, Marco; Martins, Ricardo; Amaral, Carlos; Lopes, Vânia; Crisóstomo, Joana; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. Corresponding author: Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Effects of anodal multichannel transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on social-cognitive performance in healthy subjects: A randomized sham-controlled crossover pilot study". In Non-invasive Brain Stimulation (NIBS) in Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 259-286. Elsevier, 2021.
    Published • 10.1016/bs.pbr.2021.04.004
  2. Faria, Diego R.; Martins, Ricardo; Lobo, Jorge; Dias, Jorge. "Manipulative Tasks Identification by Learning and Generalizing Hand Motions". In IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 173-180. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-642-19170-1_19
  3. Faria, Diego R.; Martins, Ricardo; Dias, Jorge. "Grasp Exploration for 3D Object Shape Representation Using Probabilistic Map". In IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 215-222. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-642-11628-5_23
  4. Dourado, António; Martins, Ricardo; Duarte, João; Direito, Bruno. "Towards Personalized Neural Networks for Epileptic Seizure Prediction". In Artificial Neural Networks - ICANN 2008, 479-487. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-540-87559-8_50
Conference paper
  1. Lapo Pais, Marta; Jorge, Lília; Martins, Ricardo; Canário, Nádia; Xavier, Carolina; Abrunhosa, Antero; Santana, Isabel; Bernardes, Rui; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Texture Quantification Parameters for Alzheimer's disease diagnosis measured by 11C- (R)- PK11195 PET images". Paper presented in European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging - EANM2021 - Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, Online, 2021.
    Published
  2. Martins, Ricardo; Filipe Ferreira, Joao; Dias, Jorge. "Touch attention Bayesian models for robotic active haptic exploration of heterogeneous surfaces". Paper presented in IROS 2014 - 2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Taipei, 2014.
    Published • 10.1109/iros.2014.6942711
  3. Martins, Ricardo; Ferreira, João Filipe; Dias, Jorge. "Touch attention Bayesian models for robotic active haptic exploration". Paper presented in REACTS 2013 - Workshop on Recognition and Action for Scene Understanding - International Conference of Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns, York, 2013.
    Published
  4. Martins, Ricardo; Faria, Diego R.; Dias, Jorge. "Representation framework of perceived object softness characteristics for active robotic hand exploration". Paper presented in HRI 2012 - ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Boston, 2012.
    Published • 10.5281/zenodo.4553427
  5. Faria, Diego R; Martins, Ricardo; Lobo, Jorge; Dias, Jorge. "Probabilistic representation of 3D object shape by in-hand exploration". Paper presented in IROS 2010 - 2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Taipei, 2010.
    Published • 10.1109/iros.2010.5649286
  6. Martins, Ricardo; Faria, Diego R.; Dias, Jorge. "Symbolic Level Generalization of In-hand Manipulation Tasks from Human Demonstrations using Tactile Data Information". Paper presented in IROS 2010 - 2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2010.
    Published • 10.5281/zenodo.4553413
  7. Faria, Diego R.; Martins, Ricardo; Dias, Jorge. "Learning Motion Patterns from Multiple Observations along the Actions Phases of Manipulative Tasks". Paper presented in IROS 2010 - 2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Taipei, 2010.
    Published • 10.5281/zenodo.4553421
  8. Faria, Diego R.; Martins, Ricardo; Dias, Jorge. "Human reach-to-grasp generalization strategies: a Bayesian approach". Paper presented in RSS 2009 - Robotics: Science and Systems, Seattle, 2009.
    Published • 10.5281/zenodo.4553390
Conference poster
  1. Martins, Ricardo; Madeira, Nuno; Duarte, João V.; Macedo, António; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. Corresponding author: Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Teoria da Mente implícita na Esquizofrenia e Doença Bipolar: padrões cerebrais distintivos de conetividade funcional". Paper presented in XVII Portuguese National Congress of Psychiatry, 2023.
  2. Costa, Gabriel N.; Schaum, Michael; Duarte, João V.; Martins, Ricardo; Castelhano, João; Wibral, Michael; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. Corresponding author: Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Distinct oscillatory patterns differentiate between segregation and integration processes in perceptual grouping". Paper presented in CRSy23 - Champalimaud Research Symposium 2023, 2023.
  3. Martins, Ricardo; Duarte, João V.; Madeira, Nuno; Macedo, António; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. Corresponding author: Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Distinct functional connectivity patterns in dopaminergic and limbic pathways underlying task-based implicit Theory of Mind in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder". Paper presented in CRSy23 - Champalimaud Research Symposium 2023, 2023.
  4. Mehra, Chirag; Onwordi, Ellis; Kowalewska, Beata; Whitehurst, Thomas; Shatalina, Ekaterina; Griffioen, Gina; Martins, Ricardo; et al. "Synaptic density marker, SV2A, is reduced in autistic adults". Paper presented in INSAR meeting 2023 - International Society for Autism Research, 2023.
  5. Duarte, João; Martins, Ricardo; Madeira, Nuno; Young, Kymberly; Macedo, António; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. Corresponding author: Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "A structural MRI study of cortical complexity features of major depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder". Paper presented in FRM 2023 - Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Regional Meeting, 2023.
  6. Ferreira, Mariana S.; d'Almeida, Otília C.; Quental, Hugo; Martins, Ricardo; Lemos, João; Jorge, André; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Nervous system plasticity in stroke: functional magnetic resonance and PET". Paper presented in CIBIT meeting 2023 - Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, 2022.
  7. Costa, Gabriel N.; Schaum, Michael; MARTINS, RICARDO; Duarte, João V.; Castelhano, João; Wibral, Michael; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Distinct roles of beta and gamma oscillations during integration of ambiguous motion". Paper presented in FRM 2019 - Federation of European Neuroscience Societies Regional meeting, 2019.
  8. Campos, Alexandre S.; Sousa, Teresa; Duarte, João V.; Costa, Gabriel N.; Martins, Ricardo; Castelo-Branco, Miguel; Sayal, Alexandre. "Unraveling the neural correlates of perceptual hysteresis: the effects of perceptual history on the visual perception of an ambiguous stimulus". Paper presented in FENS 2018 - 11th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, 2018.
  9. Sousa, Teresa; Campos, Alexandre S.; Duarte, João V.; Costa, Gabriel N.; Martins, Ricardo; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Evidence for asymmetric perceptual adaptation to coherent and incoherent moving plaids". Paper presented in OHBM 2018 - 24th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, 2018.
  10. Sousa, Teresa; Kemper, Valentin; Costa, Gabriel N.; Duarte, João V.; Martins, Ricardo; Goebel, Rainer; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "The Perceptual Integration of Visual Motion Revealed by hMT+ Interhemispheric Connectivity: a 7 Tesla study". Paper presented in 13th International Conference for Cognitive Neuroscience, Amsterdam, 2017.
  11. Costa, Gabriel N.; Duarte, João V.; Martins, Ricardo; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Beta oscillations reflect perceptual experience under ambiguous stimulation but not in the absence of conflict". Paper presented in 13th International Conference for Cognitive Neuroscience, 2017.
  12. Duarte, João V.; Costa, Gabriel N.; Martins, Ricardo; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Long-range interhemispheric binding of bistable surface motion reflects bottom-up processes generated within hMT+". Paper presented in 13th International Conference for Cognitive Neuroscience, 2017.
  13. MARTINS, RICARDO; Duarte, João V.; Costa, Gabriel N.; Martins, Ricardo; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Maintenance of perceptual stability of interhemispheric surface motion is associated with bottom-up influences generated within hMT+". Paper presented in 7th Iberian Congress on Perception, 2017.
  14. Sousa, Teresa; Duarte, João V.; Costa, Gabriel N.; Kemper, Valentin; Martins, Ricardo; Goebel, Rainer; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "High-resolution 7T fMRI data on the perceptual long-range segregation vs. integration of bistable moving stimuli". Paper presented in 7th Iberian Congress on Perception, 2017.
  15. Campos, Alexandre S.; Sousa, Teresa; Duarte, João V.; Costa, Gabriel N.; Martins, Ricardo; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Study of motion adaptation and its role in deciding between competing surface representations". Paper presented in 7th Iberian Congress on Perception, 2017.
  16. Costa, Gabriel N.; Duarte, João V.; Martins, Ricardo; Wibral, Michael; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Beta oscillations during motion integration and segmentation: evidence of binding or perceptual bias?". Paper presented in 7th Iberian Congress on Perception, 2017.
  17. Costa, Gabriel N.; Duarte, João V.; Martins, Ricardo; Wibral, Michael; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Binding of ambiguous visual stimuli is associated with changes in beta power but not with synchrony". Paper presented in OHBM 2016 - 22nd Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, 2016.
  18. Sousa, Teresa; Kemper, Valentin; Costa, Gabriel N.; Duarte, João V.; Martins, Ricardo; Goebel, Rainer; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Long-range perceptual integration of visual motion revealed at high resolution 7T fMRI". Paper presented in OHBM 2016 - 22nd Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, 2016.
  19. Sousa, Teresa; Costa, Gabriel N.; Duarte, João V.; Martins, Ricardo; Kemper, Valentin; Goebel, Rainer; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Perceptual interpretation of visual motion revealed at high resolution 7T fMRI: differential modulation of neural population activity". Paper presented in V IBILI Meeting - Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research, 2015.
  20. Costa, Gabriel N.; Duarte, João V.; Martins, Ricardo; Madeira, Nuno; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Increased synchrony correlates with visual binding: a study on visual integration on healthy subjects and schizophrenic patients". Paper presented in Annual Conference on Clinical Neurophysiology and Neuroimaging, 2015.
  21. Costa, Gabriel N.; Duarte, João V.; Intaite, Monika; Martins, Ricardo; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Perceptual motion integration correlates with long range neural synchrony: a study on the temporal binding hypothesis". Paper presented in IV IBILI meeting - Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research., 2014.
  22. Martins, Ricardo; Ferreira, João Filipe; Dias, Jorge. "Touch attention Bayesian models for object feature extraction in robotic blind manipulation". Paper presented in MaxEnt2012 - International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering, 2012.
Journal article
  1. Pinto, Diogo; Martins, Ricardo; Macedo, António; Castelo-Branco, Miguel; Duarte, João Valente; Madeira, Nuno. Corresponding author: Madeira, Nuno. "Brain Hemispheric Asymmetry in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder". Journal of Clinical Medicine 12 10 (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12103421.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/jcm12103421
  2. Lapo Pais, Marta; Jorge, Lília; Martins, Ricardo; Canário, Nádia; Xavier, Ana Carolina; Bernardes, Rui; Abrunhosa, Antero; Santana, Isabel; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. Corresponding author: Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Textural properties of microglial activation in Alzheimer's disease as measured by (R)-[11C]PK11195 PET". Brain Communications (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcad148.
    Open access • Published • 10.1093/braincomms/fcad148
  3. Bourbon-Teles, José; Jorge, Lília; Canário, Nádia; Martins, Ricardo; Santana, Isabel; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. Corresponding author: Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Associations between cortical ß-amyloid burden, fornix microstructure and cognitive processing of faces, places, bodies and other visual objects in early Alzheimer's disease". Hippocampus (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hipo.23493.
    Open access • Published • 10.1002/hipo.23493
  4. Canário, Nádia; Jorge, Lília; Martins, Ricardo; Santana, Isabel; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. Corresponding author: Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Dual PET-fMRI reveals a link between neuroinflammation, amyloid binding and compensatory task-related brain activity in Alzheimer’s disease". Communications Biology 5 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03761-7.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/s42003-022-03761-7
  5. Madeira, Nuno; Martins, Ricardo; Valente Duarte, João; Costa, Gabriel; Macedo, António; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. Corresponding author: Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "A Fundamental Distinction in Early Neural Processing of Implicit Social Interpretation in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder". NeuroImage: Clinical (2021): 102836. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102836.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102836
  6. Martins, Ricardo; Oliveira, Francisco; Moreira, Fradique; Moreira, Ana Paula; Abrunhosa, Antero; Januario, Cristina; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Automatic classification of idiopathic Parkinson's disease and atypical parkinsonian syndromes combining [11C]raclopride PET uptake and MRI grey matter morphometry". Journal of Neural Engineering 18 4 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/abf772.
    Open access • Published • 10.1088/1741-2552/abf772
  7. Sousa, Teresa; Duarte, João V.; Costa, Gabriel N.; Kemper, Valentin G.; Martins, Ricardo; Goebel, Rainer; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "The dual nature of the BOLD signal: Responses in visual area hMT + reflect both input properties and perceptual decision". Human Brain Mapping (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hbm.25339.
    Open access • Published • 10.1002/hbm.25339
  8. Jorge, Lília; Martins, Ricardo; Canário, Nádia; Xavier, Carolina; Abrunhosa, Antero; Santana, Isabel; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. Corresponding author: Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Investigating the Spatial Associations Between Amyloid-ß Deposition, Grey Matter Volume, and Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s Disease". Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (2021): 1-20. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/jad-200840.
    Open access • Published • 10.3233/jad-200840
  9. Jorge, Lília; Canário, Nádia; Martins, Ricardo; Santiago, Beatriz; Santana, Isabel; Quental, Hugo; Ambrósio, Francisco; Bernardes, Rui; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. Corresponding author: Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "The Retinal Inner Plexiform Synaptic Layer Mirrors Grey Matter Thickness of Primary Visual Cortex with Increased Amyloid ß Load in Early Alzheimer’s Disease". Neural Plasticity 2020 (2020): https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/8826087.
    Open access • Published • 10.1155/2020/8826087
  10. Sayal, Alexandre; Sousa, Teresa; Duarte, João V.; Costa, Gabriel N.; Martins, Ricardo; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Identification of competing neural mechanisms underlying positive and negative perceptual hysteresis in the human visual system". NeuroImage (2020): 117153. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117153.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117153
  11. Madeira, Nuno; Duarte, João Valente; Martins,Ricardo; Costa, Gabriel Nascimento; Macedo, António; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Morphometry and gyrification in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia: A comparative MRI study". NeuroImage: Clinical 26 (2020): 102220. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2020.102220.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.nicl.2020.102220
  12. Sousa, Teresa; Duarte, João V.; Costa, Gabriel N.; Kemper, Valentin G.; Martins,Ricardo; Goebel, Rainer; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Tracking perceptual decision mechanisms through changes in interhemispheric functional connectivity in human visual cortex". Scientific Reports 9 1 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37822-x.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/s41598-018-37822-x
  13. Duarte, João; Madeira, Nuno; Martins, Ricardo; Costa, Gabriel; Macedo, António; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Investigating whole-brain MRI markers in neuropsychiatric disorders – separating disease duration from medication effects in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder". Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 13 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/conf.fncel.2019.01.00048.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/conf.fncel.2019.01.00048
  14. Sousa, Teresa; Sayal, Alexandre; Duarte, João; Costa, Gabriel; Martins, Ricardo; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Studying the neuronal mechanisms underlying bistable perception: the role of adaptation, persistence, and inhibition on perceptual decision". Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 13 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/conf.fncel.2019.01.00045.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/conf.fncel.2019.01.00045
  15. Sousa, Teresa; Sayal, Alexandre; Duarte, João V.; Costa, Gabriel N.; Martins, Ricardo; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Evidence for distinct levels of neural adaptation to both coherent and incoherently moving visual surfaces in visual area hMT+". NeuroImage 179 (2018): 540-547. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.06.075.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.06.075
  16. Costa, Gabriel Nascimento; Duarte, João Valente; Martins, Ricardo; Wibral, Michael; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Interhemispheric Binding of Ambiguous Visual Motion Is Associated with Changes in Beta Oscillatory Activity but Not with Gamma Range Synchrony". Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 29 11 (2017): 1829-1844. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01158.
    Open access • Published • 10.1162/jocn_a_01158
  17. Duarte, João Valente; Costa, Gabriel Nascimento; Martins, Ricardo; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Pivotal role of hMT+ in long-range disambiguation of interhemispheric bistable surface motion". Human Brain Mapping 38 10 (2017): 4882-4897. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hbm.23701.
    Open access • Published • 10.1002/hbm.23701
  18. Martins, Ricardo; Ferreira, João Filipe; Castelo-Branco, Miguel; Dias, Jorge. "Integration of touch attention mechanisms to improve the robotic haptic exploration of surfaces". Neurocomputing 222 (2017): 204-216. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/92454.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.neucom.2016.10.027
  19. Faria, Diego R.; Martins, Ricardo; Lobo, Jorge; Dias, Jorge. "Extracting data from human manipulation of objects towards improving autonomous robotic grasping". Robotics and Autonomous Systems 60 3 (2012): 396-410. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/92463.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.robot.2011.07.020
  20. Faria, Diego R.; Martins, Ricardo; Lobo, Jorge; Dias, Jorge. "A Probabilistic Framework to Detect Suitable Grasping Regions on Objects". IFAC Proceedings Volumes 45 22 (2012): 247-252. http://dx.doi.org/10.3182/20120905-3-hr-2030.00090.
    Open access • Published • 10.3182/20120905-3-hr-2030.00090
  21. Direito, Bruno; Martins, Ricardo; Costa, Rui P.; Dourado, António; Sales, Francisco; Vieira, Marco. "Computational Intelligence Algorithms for Seizure Prediction - 8th European Congress on Epileptology". Epilepsia 50 (2009): 211-211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02063.x.
    Open access • Published
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. MARTINS, RICARDO. "Development of techniques for haptic exploration and recognition of objects - a contribution to autonomous robotic hands". PhD, Universidade de Coimbra, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/31939.
  2. MARTINS, RICARDO. "BW-Eye: Ophthalmologic decision support system based on clinical workflow and data mining techniques-image registration algorithm". Master, Universidade de Coimbra, 2008. https://estudogeral.uc.pt/handle/10316/9935.
    10.5281/zenodo.4553367

Other

Dataset
  1. Sousa, Teresa; Sayal, Alexandre; Martins, Ricardo; Duarte, João V.; Costa, Gabriel N.. Open Code, journal paper: Identification of competing neural mechanisms underlying positive and negative perceptual hysteresis in the human visual system. https://github.com/CIBIT-UC/public_vphysteresis.
  2. Martins, Ricardo. Open-data, citizen science: iNaturalist research-grade observations recorded by Ricardo Martins. https://www.gbif.org/. 2024.
    10.15468/dl.dydmxx
  3. Martins, Ricardo. Open-code, journal paper: personalized neural networks for epileptic seizure prediction. http://github.com/rmartins-net/Towards-Personalized-Neural-Networks-for-Epileptic-Seizure-Prediction. 2018.
    10.5281/zenodo.4570620
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/07 CIBIT Summer School 2023: ICNAS-UC MRI unit - visit and demonstration (instrumentation, study design, structural and functional imaging data) CIBIT Summer School 2023
CIBIT - Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (Coimbra, Portugal)
2022/10 IAEA's technical cooperation project: Data analysis pipelines in brain PET-MRI studies - ICNAS research activities IAEA's technical cooperation project ARG6021 - Advancing Nuclear Medicine and Radiology Through Innovative Data Driven Methodologies
ICNAS-UC (Coimbra, Portugal)
2022/07 CIBIT Summer School 2022: ICNAS-UC MRI unit - visit and demonstration (instrumentation, study design, structural and functional imaging data) CIBIT Summer School 2022
CIBIT - Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (Coimbra, Portugal)
2021/11/30 "How do Scientists Study the Brain? Introduction to Magnetic Resonance Brain Imaging" - Martim de Freitas' High-school Weekly Science Club 2021/2022 Martim de Freitas' High-school Weekly Science Club 2021/2022
Martim de Freitas' High-school (Coimbra, Portugal)
2020/01/23 "How do Scientists Study the Brain? Introduction to Magnetic Resonance Brain Imaging" - Martim de Freitas' High-school Weekly Science Club 2019/2020 Martim de Freitas' High-school Weekly Science Club 2019/2020
Martim de Freitas' High-school (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/10/21 Neuroimaging studies in psychiatric disorders: an overview of CIBIT's projects Psychiatry course
Integrated Master's degree in Medicine - University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2014/09/05 Touch attention Bayesian models for robotic active haptic exploration of heterogeneous surfaces IROS 2014 - IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (Chicago, United States)
2013/08/30 Touch attention Bayesian models for robotic active haptic exploration REACTS 2013 - Workshop on Recognition and Action for Scene Understanding - International Conference of Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns
CAIP 2013 - International Conference of Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns (York, United Kingdom)
2012/09/06 A Probabilistic Framework to Detect Suitable Grasping Regions on Objects SYROCO 2012 - IFAC Symposium on Robot Contro
International Federation of Automatic Control (Dubrovnik, Croatia)
2012/07/18 Touch attention Bayesian models for object feature extraction in robotic blind manipulation MaxEnt2012 - International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (Munich, Germany)
2012/03/05 Representation framework of perceived object softness characteristics for active robotic hand exploration HRI 2012 - ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (Boston, United States)
2012/02/03 Representation framework of perceived object softness characteristics for active robotic hand exploration HANDLE 2012 - workshop on Developmental pathway towards autonomy and dexterity in robot in-hand manipulation
Universitat Jaume I (Benicasim, Spain)
2010/10/18 Symbolic Level Generalization of In-hand Manipulation Tasks from Human Demonstrations using Tactile Data Information IROS 2010 - IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems - Workshop on Grasping Planning and Task Learning by Imitation
IEEE Robotics and Automotation Society (Taipei, Taiwan)
2009/07/28 Human reach-to-grasp generalization strategies: a Bayesian approach RSS 2009 - Robotics: Science and Systems - Workshop: Understanding the Human Hand for Advancing Robotic Manipulation
Robotics: Science and Systems (Seattle, United States)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2019/10 - 2021/01 Martim de Freitas' school Weekly Science Club: "Scientific Method: How do Scientists Study the Brain?" (2019/10 - 2021/01)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
CIBIT-UC: Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2017/09/01 RO-MAN2017 - IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication: Workshop on ARtificial Perception, MAchine Learning and DAtasets for Human-Robot Interaction (ARMADA'17). (2017/09/01 - 2017/09/01)
Workshop (Member of the Scientific Committee)
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal

CNC.IBILI, Portugal
2017/07/06 - 2017/07/07 7th Iberian Congress on Perception (2017/07/06 - 2017/07/07)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal

CNC.IBILI, Portugal
2012/09/05 - 2012/09/05 SYROCO 2012 - 10th IFAC Symposium on Robot Control - Co-chairing of session "Grasping" (2012/09/05 - 2012/09/05)
Conference (Co-organisor)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/02/23 - 2024/02/23 Basic introduction to multivariate neuroimaging analysis - for nerds and novices (online)
Seminar
Molecular Connectivity Working Group
Columbia University Irving Medical Center, United States
2024/01/19 - 2024/01/19 Brain connectomics: time for a molecular imaging perspective? (online)
Seminar
Molecular Connectivity Working Group
Université de Liège, Belgium
2023/12/18 - 2023/12/18 2nd Annual Meeting of CIBIT - 2023
Symposium
2nd Annual Meeting of CIBIT
CIBIT-UC: Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, University of Coimbra, Portugal
2023/09/20 - 2023/09/21 Brain Connectivity Workshop 2023: connectomics and mental health (online)
Workshop
Brain Connectivity Workshop 2023: connectomics and mental health (online)
Wellcome Foundation Ltd, United Kingdom
2023/04 - 2023/06 UT Austin Portugal - Online Advanced Course on Biomedical Imaging 2023 (online)
Workshop
UT Austin Portugal - Online Advanced Course on Biomedical Imaging 2023
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

The University of Texas at Austin Department of Biomedical Engineering, United States
2023/04/03 - 2023/04/05 Turku PET Centre - PET basics course 2023 (online)
Workshop
Turku PET Centre - PET basics course 2023
Turun PET keskus, Finland
2023/01/19 - 2023/01/20 Kraepelin Symposium 2023: "Precision Psychiatry - Transforming the Landscape of Mental Health Care" (online)
Symposium
Kraepelin Symposium 2023
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
2022/12/16 - 2022/12/16 1st Annual Meeting of CIBIT - 2022
Symposium
1st Annual Meeting of CIBIT - 2022
CIBIT-UC: Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, University of Coimbra, Portugal
2022/07/26 - 2022/07/26 Introdution to Siemens syngo.share universal Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA). Management and sharing of clinical image data, multimedia data, radiological studies and clinical documents.
Workshop
Introdution to Siemens syngo.share
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Germany
2022/05/28 - 2022/05/28 PET for brain connectivity: back to the future? (online)
Workshop
Brain and Brain PET 2022 - Satellite Symposium
University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
2022/04/04 - 2022/04/06 Turku PET Centre - PET basics course 2022 (online)
Workshop
Turku PET Centre - PET basics course 2022
Turun PET keskus, Finland
2021/12/15 - 2021/12/15 Proton Therapy: the Challenges and the Opportunities (online)
Symposium
The University of Texas at Austin, United States

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/11/18 - 2021/11/18 Introdution to Siemens syngo.via imaging software. Advanced visualization and quantification of PET and MRI data.
Workshop
Introdution to Siemens syngo.via imaging software.
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Germany

Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal
2021/11/11 - 2021/11/12 Introduction to Data Management Plans. From introduction and basic concepts to hands-on exercises.
Workshop
Introduction to Data Management Plans
CIBIT-UC: Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, University of Coimbra, Portugal
2021/08/18 - 2021/08/20 Turku PET Centre - brain imaging course 2021 (online)
Workshop
Turku PET Centre Brain Imaging Course 2021 (online)
Turun PET keskus, Finland
2021/05/25 - 2021/05/28 Brain Connectivity Workshop 2021: consciousness and cognition (online)
Workshop
Brain Connectivity Workshop 2021: consciousness and cognition (online)
Rotman Research Institute, Canada
2021/04/06 - 2021/04/08 Turku PET Centre - PET basics course 2021 (online)
Workshop
Turku PET Centre - PET basics course 2021
Turun PET keskus, Finland
2021/03/01 - 2021/03/03 Terra Incognita: diving into the subcortex 2021 (online)
Workshop
Terra Incognita: diving into the subcortex 2021 (online)
Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands
2020/04/19 - 2020/04/19 Computational Psychiatry Satellite Event - Society of Biological Psychiatry Annual Meeting 2020 (online)
Workshop
Computational Psychiatry Satellite Event - Society of Biological Psychiatry Annual Meeting 2020 (online)
Society of Biological Psychiatry, United States
2019/10/07 - 2019/10/09 KCL PET Methodology Course 2019
Workshop
2019 KCL PET Methodology Course
King's College London, United Kingdom
2019/07/11 - 2019/07/18 IST Lisbon Machine Learning School 2019
Workshop
2019 IST Lisbon Machine Learning School
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/09/10 - 2018/09/14 ETHZ/UZH Computational Psychiatry Course 2018
Workshop
ETHZ/UZH Computational Psychiatry Course 2018
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland
2014/09/14 - 2014/09/18 IROS 2014 - IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
Conference
IROS 2014 - IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, United States
2012/09/05 - 2012/09/07 SYROCO 2012 - IFAC Symposium on Robot Control
Conference
SYROCO 2012 - IFAC Symposium on Robot Control
International Federation of Automatic Control, Austria
2012/07/15 - 2012/07/20 MaxEnt 2012 - International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering
Workshop
MaxEnt 2012 - International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Germany
2012/03/05 - 2012/03/08 HRI2012 - ACM/IEEE international conference on Human-Robot Interaction
Conference
HRI2012 - ACM/IEEE international conference on Human-Robot Interaction
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, United States
2010/10/18 - 2010/10/22 IROS 2010 - IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
Conference
IROS 2010 - IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, United States
2010/09/27 - 2010/10/01 Summer School on Robotic Grasping 2010
Workshop
Summer School on Robotic Grasping 2010
Universitat Jaume I, Spain
2009/06/28 - 2009/07/01 RSS 2009 - Robotics: Science and Systems
Conference
RSS 2009 - Robotics: Science and Systems
University of Washington College of Engineering, United States

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role
Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/09/25 Functional brain connectivity underlying decision making in social cognition: an fMRI study in autism spectrum disorder
(Thesis) Main arguer
Mariana Marques (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/09/29 Functional connectivity as potential biomarker in Multiple Sclerosis using fMRI
(Thesis) Main arguer
Jacinta Maria Henriques Silva (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/09/27 Multivariate analysis of brain fMRI activity patterns - Análise multivariada de padrões cerebrais no estudo do discurso e representação semântica de conceitos
(Thesis) Main arguer
Ana Catarina Pires Nogueira (Other)
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023/10 - Current Psychological Medicine (1469-8978) Cambridge University Press
2023/08 - Current Journal of Neural Engineering (1741-2552) IOP
2023/07 - Current Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing (1868-5145) Springer
2021/02 - Current Physics in Medicine and Biology (0031-9155) IOP
2020/10 - Current IEEE Transactions on Robotics (1552-3098) IEEE
2020/07 - Current IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics (2168-2267 ) IEEE
2020/01 - Current Scientific Reports (2045-2322) Springer Science and Business Media LLC
2018/09 - Current IEEE Intelligent Systems (1541-1672) IEEE
2018/03/01 - Current Neurocomputing (0925-2312) Elsevier
2017/11/01 - Current Journal of Field Robotics (1556-4967) Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
2017/10/01 - Current Paladyn Journal of Behavioral Robotics (2081-4836) De Gruyter Open Sp. z o.o.
2013/04/01 - Current International Journal of Robotics and Automation (0826-8185) ACTA Press
2012/03/01 - Current Pattern Recognition Letters (0167-8655) Elsevier

Committee member

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization
2006 - 2007 Students’ representative in the University of Coimbra Physics Department council.
Member
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2023 - 2023 ICRA 2023 - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (conference paper reviewer) IEEE Robotics and Automotation Society
2023 - 2023 SMC 2023 - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (conference paper reviewer) IEEE SMC Society
2021 - 2021 WHC 2021 - IEEE World Haptics Conference (conference paper reviewer) IEEE Robotics and Automotation Society
2021 - 2021 CASE 2021 - IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (conference paper reviewer) IEEE Robotics and Automotation Society
2020 - 2020 UR 2020 - IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots (conference paper reviewer) IEEE Robotics and Automotation Society
2020 - 2020 CASE 2020 - IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (conference paper reviewer) IEEE Robotics and Automotation Society
2020 - 2020 ROMAN 2020 - IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (conference paper reviewer) IEEE Robotics and Automotation Society
2020 - 2020 SSRR 2020 - IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics (conference paper reviewer) IEEE Robotics and Automotation Society
2019 - 2019 ICAETT 2019 - International Conference on Advances in Emerging Trends and Technologies (conference paper reviewer) Universidad Tecnológica Israel
2018 - 2018 ICRA 2018 - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (conference paper reviewer) IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
2018 - 2018 IROS 2018 - IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (conference paper reviewer) IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
2018 - 2018 IS 2018 - IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Systems (conference paper reviewer) IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society
2017 - 2017 IROS 2017 - IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (conference paper reviewer) IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
2016 - 2016 RO-MAN 2016 - IEEE International Symposium on Human and Robot Interactive Communication (conference paper reviewer) IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
2014 - 2014 AIM 2014 - IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (conference paper reviewer) IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
2013 - 2013 IROS 2013 - IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (conference paper reviewer) IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
2013 - 2013 SAC 2013 - 28th Symposium On Applied Computing (conference paper reviewer) ACM-SIGAPP (Association for Computing Machinery - Special Interest Group on Applied Computing)
2012 - 2012 ICRA 2012 - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (conference paper reviewer) IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
2012 - 2012 IROS 2012 - IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (conference paper reviewer) IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
2012 - 2012 SYROCO 2012 - 10th IFAC Symposium on Robot Control (conference paper reviewer) IFAC - International Federation of Automatic Control

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2008 - 2009 Biosignals Processing and Analysis / Signals and Systems Biomedical Engineering / Physics Engineering (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2014/04 Interview with Ricardo Martins (alumnus). Science dissemination activity. Public engagement and outreach. School Newspaper "Nova Geração" - Agrupamento de Escolas de Proença-a-Nova.

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2014/02/25 - 2014/02/25 HANDLE project - public final demonstration. Contributions: Data and code/algorithms to learn and transfer manipulation skills from human to robot. Data visualization tools. https://youtu.be/XSw5QVdzGW4 Autonomous robotic systems with perception and dexterous manipulation capabilities.
2014/02/07 - 2014/02/07 HANDLE project - dissemination video. Presentation and demonstration of project outcomes. https://youtu.be/KJybBorZjH0 Autonomous robotic systems with perception and dexterous manipulation capabilities.

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2013/03/01 - 2013/04/30 Invited evaluator in FP7-ICT ECHORD project (European Clearing House for Open Robotics Development) : evaluation of the experiments InterAID and ODEUO (outcomes of technology transfer experiments that have been funded by the European Commission). Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy
Distinctions

Award

2022 CHUC research awards 2022 - best article (translational research)
Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Portugal
2019 Janssen Neuroscience RWE Awards 2019 - clinical series
Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, Belgium
2007 University of Coimbra - Top 3% best students award
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2007 University of Coimbra - Faculty of Sciences and Technology - best students merit award
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2006 University of Coimbra - Top 3% best students award
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2006 BPI-FCTUC best biomedical engineering student award
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2006 University of Coimbra - Faculty of Sciences and Technology - best students merit award
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2005 University of Coimbra - Top 3% best students award
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2005 BPI-FCTUC best biomedical engineering student award
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2005 University of Coimbra - Faculty of Sciences and Technology - best students merit award
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2003 BPI-FCTUC best biomedical engineering student award
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
1996 1st place, I Internal Mathematical Olympiad
High School E.B. 2,3/S Pedro da Fonseca, Portugal