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After I concluded the degree in Geological and Mining Engineering in 2017 and the MSc in 2018, I've been part of several field campaigns for UAV image acquisition and later data processing, namely the 2019 Portuguese Polar campaign in the Antarctic Peninsula (King George Island) and the ALTITUD3's campaigns in the Tagus basin (Santarém). Therefore I’ve become acquainted with several UAV models (Phantom 3, Phantom 4 and Matrice 600 pro), image acquisition apps (DJI GS Pro, DJI GO, DJI GO 4 and Pix4Dcapture) and image processing and geographical information systems software ( ENVI, AGISOFT Metashape and ArcGIS).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Vasco de Pina Aresta Branco Miranda

Citation names

  • Miranda, Vasco

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
2C1B-EEA6-BFBE
ORCID iD
0000-0001-9054-5116

Addresses

  • Instituto Superior Técnico - CERENA - Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering - Geological Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Russian Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/02 - 2024
Ongoing
 Georesources (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2021/01 - 2021/01
Concluded
 A1-A3 UAV pilot online training (Outros)
European Aviation Safety Agency, Germany
2017/06 - 2018/09/07
Concluded
 Engenharia Geológica e de Minas (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Reconstituição da erupção de 2014/2015 do Vulcão do Fogo ( Cabo Verde) através de imagens de detecção remota" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
2018/07 - 2018/09
Concluded
 Machine Learning online course (Outros)
Major in Machine Learning
Coursera, United States

Stanford University, United States
96.9%
2011/09 - 2017/06/01
Concluded
 Engenharia Geológica e de Minas (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
 13
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/02/01 - Current PhD student Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022 - Current THAWIMPACT
2022.06628.PTDC
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
Ongoing
2021/09 - 2022/02 VEGETANTAR 2022- Multitemporal vegetation mapping in the Antarctic Peninsula through multiscale remote sensing
ProPolar 2021/2022
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Ongoing
2019/09/01 - 2020/08/31 VEGETANTAR 2- Multitemporal vegetation mapping in the Antarctic Peninsula through multiscale remote sensing
ProPolar 2019/2020
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/10/01 - 2020/01/31 ALTITUD3-Assessment of Low-cost Aerial Intelligent systems for natural Terrain 3D mapping
PTDC/EAM-REM/30475/2017
Research Fellow
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2018/09/01 - 2019/08/31 VEGETANTAR - Multitemporal vegetation mapping in the Antarctic Peninsula through multiscale remote sensing
ProPolar 2018/2019
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Miranda, Vasco; Pina, Pedro; Heleno, Sandra; Vieira, Gonçalo. "Vegetation detection in the west Antarctic Peninsula using historic imagery from the Landsat collection and validation using UAV acquired data". Paper presented in Geostats2024 - 12th International Geostatistics Congress, Ponta Delgada, 2024.
    Accepted
  2. Matos, Paula; Rocha, Bernardo; Pinho, Pedro; Miranda, Vasco; Pina, Pedro; Goyanes, Gabriel; Vieira, Gonçalo. "Análise de variáveis topográficas à microescala para modelar indicadores geoecológicos na Antártida Marítima". Paper presented in XIV CONGRESSO DA GEOGRAFIA PORTUGUESA, Lisboa, 2023.
    Accepted
  3. Miranda, Vasco; Pina, Pedro; Heleno, Sandra; Vieira, Gonçalo; LEE, HYOUNGSEOK. "Vegetation mapping since late 1980s using remote sensing and machine learning in Barton Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica". Paper presented in 15th Portuguese Conference on Polar Sciences, Lisboa, 2023.
    Accepted
  4. Miranda, Vasco; Pina, Pedro; Heleno, Sandra; Vieira, Gonçalo; Baptista, Joana. "Machine Learning classification of Antarctic vegetation: Methodological generalization focusing on a latitudinal gradient". Paper presented in 15th Portuguese Conference on Polar Sciences, Lisboa, 2023.
    Accepted
  5. Matos, Paula; Rocha, Bernardo; Pinho, Pedro; Miranda, Vasco; Pina, Pedro; Goyanes, Gabriel; Vieira, Gonçalo. "Microscale is key to model Antarctica vegetation under climate change". Paper presented in 15th Portuguese Conference on Polar Sciences, Lisboa, 2023.
    Accepted
  6. Pernes, Joana; Ana Paula Falcão; Miranda, Vasco; Silva, Cristina. "O uso de imagens Sentinel-2 no mapeamento e monotorização de coberturas verdes: O caso de estudo de Lisboa". Paper presented in X Conferêcia Nacional de Cartografia e Geodesia, Guarda, 2023.
    Accepted
  7. Miranda, Vasco; Pina, Pedro; Heleno, Sandra. "Assessment of Antarctic vegetation classification as a function of the spatial resolution and application to historical images of Barton Peninsula, King George". Paper presented in DCE23 - Symposium in Mining Engineering and Geo-Resources, Porto, 2023.
    Accepted
  8. Miranda, Vasco; Pina, Pedro; Heleno, Sandra; Vieira, Gonçalo; LEE, HYOUNGSEOK; Hong, Soon-Gyu. "Vegetation classification using synergistic remote sensing and machine learning in Barton Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica". Paper presented in 14th Portuguese Conference on Polar Sciences, Faro, 2022.
    Accepted
  9. Goyanes, Gabriel; Miranda, Vasco; Pina, Pedro; Heleno, Sandra. "Comparative analysis between two different methodologies to characterize the vegetation cover in Byers Peninsula". Paper presented in 14th Portuguese Conference on Polar Sciences, Faro, 2022.
    Accepted
  10. Miranda, Vasco; Pina, Pedro; Heleno, Sandra; Vieira, Gonçalo; Hong, Soon-Gyu. "Upscale classification of Antarctic vegetation: from drone ground truth to very high resolution and high-resolution satellite images". Paper presented in 13th Portuguese Conference on Polar Sciences, Porto, 2021.
    Published
  11. Miranda, Vasco; Heleno, Sandra; Goyanes, Gabriel; Vieira, Gonçalo; Pina, Pedro. "Satellite based mapping of vegetation in Antarctica guided by UAV surveys based on machine learning". Paper presented in ARCTIC SCIENCE SUMMIT WEEK 2021, Lisboa, 2021.
    Published
  12. Miranda, Vasco; Pina, Pedro; Heleno, Sandra; Vieira, Gonçalo; Gyu Hong, Soon. "Monitoring vegetation in Barton Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica". Paper presented in 12th Portuguese Conference on Polar Sciences, 2020.
    Published
  13. Rocha, Bernardo; Giordani,; Vieira, Gonçalo; Pina, Pedro; Oliveira, Alexandra; Branquinho, Cristina; Goyanes, Gabriel; Miranda, Vasco; Matos, Paula. "Functional traits of the Antarctic vegetation as potential biodiversity-based ecological indicators". Paper presented in 12th Portuguese Conference on Polar Sciences, 2020.
    Published
  14. Goyanes, Gabriel; Miranda, Vasco; Pina, Pedro; Heleno, Sandra. "VEGETANTAR FIELD SURVEY DURING THE 2019-2020 AUSTRAL SUMMER SEASON". Paper presented in 12th Portuguese Conference on Polar Sciences, 2020.
    Published
  15. Miranda, Vasco; Pina, Pedro; Heleno, Sandra; Vieira, Gonçalo; Gyu Hong, Soon. "Monitoring vegetation in Barton Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica (2006-2019)". Paper presented in XI Portuguese Polar Conference, Coimbra, 2019.
    Published
  16. Miranda, Vasco; Pina, Pedro; Heleno, Sandra; Vieira, Gonçalo; Mora, Carla; Schaefer, Carlos. "How the very high detailed imagery of UAV can guide the classification of satellite imagery to detect accurate changes on the Antarctic Peninsula vegetation (2006- 2017)". Paper presented in 11th Portuguese Conference on Polar Sciences, Coimbra, 2019.
    Published
  17. Heleno, Sandra; Pina, Pedro; Miranda, Vasco. "Avaliação de sistemas aéreos inteligentes na modelação tridimensional do terreno". Paper presented in Ciência 2019, Lisboa, 2019.
  18. Baptista, Joana; Vieira, Gonçalo; Vonder Muehll, Daniel; Neto, Carlos; Pina, Pedro; Miranda, Vasco; Gyu Hong, Soon. "A NEW PERMAFROST MONITORING BOREHOLE IN BARTON PENINSULA (KING GEORGE ISLAND, ANTARCTICA)". Paper presented in VII Conference of the Iberian Section of the International Permafrost Association, Jaca, 2019.
  19. Miranda, Vasco; Pina, Pedro; Heleno, Sandra; Vieira, Gonçalo; Mora, Carla; Schaefer, Carlos. "MULTITEMPORAL CHANGE DETECTION OF VEGETATION BASED ON VHR SATELLITE IMAGERY GUIDED BY UAV SURVEYS (FILDES PENINSULA, KING GEORGE ISLAND)". Paper presented in VII Conference of the Iberian Section of the International Permafrost Association, Jaca, 2019.
Conference paper
  1. Miranda, Vasco; Pina, Pedro; Heleno, Sandra; Hong, Soon Gyu; Lee, Hyoungseok; Vieira, Goncalo. "Assessment of Antarctic Vegetation Classification as a Function of the Spatial Resolution (Barton and Weaver Peninsulas, King George is)". Paper presented in International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Kuala Lumpur, 2022.
    Published • 10.1109/igarss46834.2022.9883579
  2. Miranda, V.; Pina, P.; Heleno, S.; Gouhier, M.; Dumont, S.. "Reconstruction of the 2014-2015 FOGO Volcano (Cape Verde) Eruption Through Thermal Remotely Sensed Imagery". Paper presented in 2019 IEEE- International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium - IGARSS 2019, Yokohama, 2019.
    10.1109/igarss.2019.8899859
Conference poster
  1. Miranda, Vasco; Pina, Pedro; Heleno, Sandra; Vieira, Gonçalo; Gyu Hong, Soon; LEE, HYOUNGSEOK. "Upscale classification of Antarctic vegetation: Generalizing a methodology focusing on latitudinal gradients". Paper presented in Ciência 23, 2023.
  2. Miranda, Vasco; Pina, Pedro; Heleno, Sandra; Vieira, Gonçalo. "Mapping and monitoring vegetation on ice free areas of the Antarctic Peninsula through Remote Sensing". Paper presented in Ciência 22, 2022.
Edited book
  1. Miranda, Vasco, ed. ASSW2021 Science Conference Book of Abstracts 19 -26 March 202 1. 2021.
    Published • Editor
Journal article
  1. Matos, Paula; Rocha, Bernardo; Pinho, Pedro; Miranda, Vasco; Pina, Pedro; Vieira, Gonçalo. "Microscale is key to model current and future Maritime Antarctic vegetation". Science of The Total Environment 946 (2024):
    Published
  2. Miranda, Vasco; Pina, Pedro; Heleno, Sandra; Vieira, Gonçalo; Mora, Carla; E.G.R. Schaefer, Carlos. "Monitoring recent changes of vegetation in Fildes Peninsula (King George Island, Antarctica) through satellite imagery guided by UAV surveys". Science of The Total Environment (2019): 135295. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135295.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135295
Activities

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2021/03/19 - 2021/03/26 Part of the organization of the Arctic Science Summit Week. (2021/03)
Conference (Co-organisor)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2018/02 - Current Scientific dissemination activities with students from high school and preparatory school regarding Remote Sensing and Geological Engineering both on IST and in one of the participant schools. Cocktail de Ciências
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente, Portugal
2023/12/07 - 2023/12/10 Science dissemination
Exhibition
 XXXVI Feira Internacional de Minerais, Gemas e Fósseis
Museu Nacional de História Natural e Ciência, Portugal
2023/11/03 - 2023/11/03 Co-chairman in Session I: Terrestrial Environment
Conference
 XV PORTUGUESE CONFERENCE OF POLAR SCIENCES
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/09/29 - 2023/09/29 Scientific dissemination for the society.
Exhibition
 Noite Europeia dos Investigadores
Museu Nacional de História Natural e Ciência, Portugal
2020/01 - 2020/03 Field campaign on the Antarctic Peninsula (Livingstone ISLAND) as part of the project VEGETANTAR2, supported by PROPOLAR and FCT . UAV imagery acquisition of the vegetation on the ice free areas of the Byers and Hurd Peninsulas using Phantom 4. Field campaign on the Antarctic Peninsula
2019/10/24 - 2019/10/24 Co-chairman in Session I: New scientific results
Conference
 11th Portuguese Conference on Polar Sciences
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/10/25 - 2018/10/25 Co-chairman in Session II: WIDE MONITORING EFFORTS IN POLAR REGIONS
Conference
 10th Portuguese Conference on Polar Sciences
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2012 - Current Núcleo de estudantes de Engenharia Geológica e de Minas do Instituto Superior Técnico (NUMIST) Vice-presidente (2015-2017)

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021/03 - Current Remote Sensing Practical Classes Engenharia Geológica e de Minas (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2019/04 - Current Field campaigns on Tagus basin (Santarém), Sintra and Peniche for the project ALTITUD3. UAV imagery acquisition using Phantom 3, Phantom 4 pro and Matrice 600 pro.
2023/06 - 2023/06 Field campaigns on Estrela Geopark (Serra da Estrela). UAV imagery acquisition using mavic 3 multispectral and Matrice 600 pro with Micasense dual sensor.
2023/01 - 2023/03 Field campaign on the Antarctic Peninsula as part of the project VEGETANTAR2023 and PERMANTAR2023, supported by PROPOLAR and FCT . UAV imagery acquisition of the vegetation on the ice free areas using mavic 2 pro and DJI Inspire with a Micasense Dual multispectral sensor. Permafrost monitoring stations maintenance.
2022/01 - 2022/02 Field campaign on the Antarctic Peninsula (Livingstone ISLAND) as part of the project VEGETANTAR2022, supported by PROPOLAR and FCT . UAV imagery acquisition of the vegetation on the ice free areas of the Byers Peninsula using Phantom 4 with a Micasense multispectral sensor.
2020/06 - 2020/09 Field campaigns on Estrela Geopark (Serra da Estrela), Sesinbra and Ota (Alenquer) for the project ALTITUD3. UAV imagery acquisition using Phantom 3, Phantom 4 pro and Matrice 600 pro.
2019/02 - 2019/03 Field campaign on the Antarctic Peninsula (KING GEORGE ISLAND) as part of the project VEGETANTAR, supported by PROPOLAR, FCT and KOPRI. UAV imagery acquisition of the vegetation on the ice free areas of the Barton Peninsula using Phantom 3.
Distinctions

Award

2021 Docente Excelente
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal