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Electronic engineer specialized in embedded systems and IC design. Background in HMI research, Linux systems and hardware design using HDL languages for FPGA and ASIC. I have a Master degree in Electronics Engineer and Computers and a Ph.D. in Advanced Engineering Systems for Industry from University of Minho. My PhD, a partenership between Bosch Car Multimedia S.A. and University of Minho, was focus on the design of readout systems for time-based automotive sensors. I was an invited professor at Insituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave and at University of Minho, lecturing classes related with microcontroller architectures and operating systems. I was also part of Bosch HMI Excel project and the INNOVCAR project, working in Human Machine Interface concept implementation. My latest research works are related with LiDAR sensors, IoT end-node devices, and digital systems design for FPGA and ASIC technology.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Rui Pedro Oliveira Machado

Citation names

  • Machado, Rui

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
4E1F-A65A-254B
ORCID iD
0000-0001-9929-8705
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=pt-PT&user=5K6B0ZgAAAAJ
Researcher Id
AAH-3277-2021
Scopus Author Id
2209296

Email addresses

  • id6010@alunos.uminho.pt (Professional)
  • d6784@dei.uminho.pt (Professional)
  • rui.po.mac@gmail.com (Personal)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 914094895 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Rua da Corredoura nº776, 4800-863, São Torcato, Guimarães, Portugal (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
German Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/05 - 2021/05
Attended
 Advanced Digital IC Design and Implementation (Outros)
Major in Advanced Digital IC Design and Implementation
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, United Kingdom
2021/02 - 2021/02
Attended
 Introduction to Analogue IC Design, Simulation, Layout and Verification (Outros)
Major in Introduction to Analogue IC Design, Simulation, Layout and Verification
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, United Kingdom
2016/02/22 - 2020/07/24
Concluded
 Sistemas Avançados de Engenharia para a Indústria (Doutoramento)
Major in Sistemas Embebidos
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Readout Circuit for Time–Based Automotive Sensors" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Muito Bom
2018 - 2018
Attended
 Comprehensive DIgital IC Implementation & Sign-Off (Outros)
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, United Kingdom
2009/09 - 2014/11/23
Concluded
 Engenharia Eletrónica Industrial e Computadores (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Sistemas Embebidos
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Development of an IP-XACT enabled framework for HW/SW IP creation and reutilization" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/07/05 - Current Coordinating Researcher (Research) Associação Laboratório Colaborativo em Transformação Digital, Portugal
Associação Laboratório Colaborativo em Transformação Digital, Portugal
2020/11 - 2021/06/30 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal
2017/10 - 2020/10 Visiting Researcher (Research) International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2014/07 - 2016/02 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/09 - 2020/03 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2018/09 - 2019/03 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2016/09 - 2017/08 Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2016/02 - 2020/02 Readout Circuits for Time-Based Automotive Sensors
PDE/BDE/114562/2016
Universidade do Minho Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal
 FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/07/01 - Current (Link4S)ustainability - A new generation connectivity system for creation and integration of networks of objects for new sustainability paradigms
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-046122 | LISBOA-01-0247-FEDER-046122
Researcher
Associação Laboratório Colaborativo em Transformação Digital, Portugal
 Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER)
Ongoing
2020 - Current Sensible Car
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-037902
Post-doc
Universidade do Minho Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal
 Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER)
Ongoing
2015 - 2016 PROJETO INNOVCAR: Inovação para veículos inteligentes
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-002797
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal
 Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER)
Concluded
2014/07 - 2015/07 HMIExcel - critical R&D in the framework of the development and production cycle of advanced multimedia solutions for automobile
QREN 36265
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal
 Agência Nacional de Investigação
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Machado, Rui; Sandro Pinto; Jorge Pereira; Daniel Oliveira; Pedro Matos; Tiago Gomes; Vitor Silva; et al. "Hardware-assisted Real-Time Operating System Deployed on FPGA". In Fortschritt-Berichte Vdi, edited by Arkadiusz Bukowiec, 76-88. Düsseldorf, Germany: VDI Verlag, 2014.
Conference paper
  1. Machado, Rui. "Gray-Code TDC with Improved Linearity and Scalability for LiDAR applications". 2020.
    10.1109/ebccsp51266.2020.9291359
  2. MacHado, R.; Cabral, J.; Alves, F.. "Designing Synchronizers for Nutt-TDCs". 2019.
    10.1109/EBCCSP.2019.8836914
  3. Machado, R.; Rocha, L.A.; Cabral, J.. "A novel synchronizer for a 17.9ps Nutt Time-to-Digital Converter implemented on FPGA". 2018.
    10.23919/AEIT.2018.8577365
  4. Machado, Rui. "FPGA vendor-agnostic IP-XACT- and XSLT-based RTL design generator". 2016.
    10.1109/melcon.2016.7495380
Journal article
  1. Pedro Pereira; João Silva; António Silva; Duarte Fernandes; Rui Machado. "Efficient Hardware Design and Implementation of the Voting Scheme-Based Convolution". Sensors 22 8 (2022): 2943-2943. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22082943.
    10.3390/s22082943
  2. João Silva; Pedro Pereira; Rui Machado; Rafael Névoa; Pedro Melo-Pinto; Duarte Fernandes. "Customizable FPGA-Based Hardware Accelerator for Standard Convolution Processes Empowered with Quantization Applied to LiDAR Data". Sensors (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/s22062184.
    10.3390/s22062184
  3. Rui Machado; Filipe Serra Alves; Alvaro Geraldes; Jorge Cabral. "Technology Independent ASIC Based Time to Digital Converter". IEEE Access 8 (2020): 195820-195831. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3034522.
    10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3034522
  4. MacHado, R.; Cabral, J.; Alves, F.S.. "All-Digital Time-to-Digital Converter Design Methodology Based on Structured Data Paths". IEEE Access 7 (2019): 108447-108457. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85071101244&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2933496
  5. Machado, R.; Cabral, J.; Alves, F.S.. "Recent Developments and Challenges in FPGA-Based Time-To-Digital Converters". IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 68 11 (2019): 4205-4221. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85077430758&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1109/TIM.2019.2938436
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2020/09/24 Gray-Code TDC with Improved Linearity and Scalability for LiDAR applications 2020 6th International Conference on Event-Based Control, Communication, and Signal Processing (EBCCSP)
AGH University of Science and Technology (Kracow, Poland)
2019/05/26 Designing Synchronizers for Nutt-TDCs 2019 5th International Conference on Event-Based Control, Communication, and Signal Processing (EBCCSP)
University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien (Vienna, Austria)
2018/10/05 A novel synchronizer for a 17.9ps Nutt Time-to-Digital Converter implemented on FPGA 2018 AEIT International Annual Conference
Politecnico di Bari (Bari, Italy)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2020 - Current Development of an Integrated ROS Interface for a Time of Flight Measurement System of a LiDAR Sensor
Co-supervisor of Simão Araújo
 Engenharia Eletrónica Industrial e Computadores (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020 - Current Efficient hardware implementation of 2D convolutions, optimized for point cloud and adjustable to the requirements of 3D models for object detection and classification
Supervisor of Pedro Pereira
 Engenharia Eletrónica Industrial e Computadores (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020 - Current FPGA-based hardware accelerator for standard convolution processes customizable and applicable to LiDAR data
Co-supervisor of João Silva
 Engenharia Eletrónica Industrial e Computadores (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020 - Current Performance analysis and comparison of embedded microcontrollers for IoT applications
Co-supervisor of Diogo Oliveira
 Engenharia Eletrónica Industrial e Computadores (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020 - Current Migration and acceleration of a real time operating system to a RISC-V architecture
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Eletrónica Industrial e Computadores (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2019/09 - 2020/09 Conference dissemination and publicity and articles review. (2020/09/23 - 2020/09/25)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza imienia Stanislawa Staszica w Krakowie, Poland

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2021/01/27 Acceleration on FPGA of an SVM Classifier for Road Condition Sensor
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Marcelo Quintela Alves (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2020/09/23 - 2020/09/25 Event-Based Control, Communication and Signal Processing (EBCCSP2020)
2019/05/27 - 2019/05/29 Event-Based Control, Communication and Signal Processing (EBCCSP2019)

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2019/09 - 2020/03 Microcontrollers Engenharia Eletrónica Industrial e Computadores (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019/09 - 2020/03 Aerchitectures and Computers Technology I Engenharia Eletrónica Industrial e Computadores (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018/09 - 2019/03 Laboratories and Integrated Practices I Engenharia Eletrónica Industrial e Computadores (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017/03 - 2017/08 Digital Systems I Sistemas Eletrónicos e Computadores (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal
2016/09 - 2017/03 Computer Systems Architectures Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2020 - Current IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurements (0018-9456) IEEE
Distinctions

Award

2014 Jovens Empreendedores
TecMinho Associação Universidade-Empresa para o Desenvolvimento, Portugal