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Duarte Fernandes, with an h-index of 11, holds both an MSc and PhD in Electronics and Computer Engineering, specializing in Industrial Informatics and Embedded Systems from the University of Minho. He is a senior computer vision researcher at DTx, where he leads the Computer Graphics and Vision Technical Group. With over a decade of experience in research and development, Duarte has been actively involved in numerous high-profile funded and national projects. At DTx, he contributes to a PRR project and serves as the Principal Investigator for several ongoing projects, collaborating closely with various industrial stakeholders. His work focuses on developing advanced computer vision technologies to meet the stringent requirements of operational environments. His research primarily revolves around Artificial Intelligence for industrial applications, including quality control through Automated Optical Inspection systems for various materials and objects, shop-floor conditions, collaborative robotics, electrical mobility, and self-driving vehicles (LIDAR data processing). Duarte has published several articles, participated in numerous international conferences, and has accumulated over 600 citations. Nearly 60% of his publications are in the top 25% of journals by CiteScore, and 40% of his articles are among the top 25% most cited documents worldwide. He has supervised four MSc dissertations and is currently supervising one ongoing PhD project.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Duarte Manuel Azevedo Fernandes

Citation names

  • Fernandes, Duarte

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
701B-60BB-E530
ORCID iD
0000-0001-9736-5812
Researcher Id
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Duarte-Fernandes-3
Scopus Author Id
56732543000

Email addresses

  • duarte.fernandes@dtx-colab.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Computer Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2013/01/01 - 2018/01/01
Concluded
 Philosophy Doctorate in Electronic and Computer Engineering (Doutoramento)
Major in Industrial informatics and Embedded Systems
Universidade do Minho Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal
"Power Saving mechanisms for firefighters monitoring Wireless Body Networks " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado com distinção
2007/09/01 - 2012/07/01
Concluded
 Engenharia Eletrónica Industrial e Computadores (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Sistemas Embebidos e Automação e Controlo Industrial
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"IntelFleet -Sistema de Gestão e Localização de Frotas via GPS" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/01/15 - 2023/06/01 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) DTX Digital Transformation CoLAB, Portugal
2020/11/01 - 2021/12/01 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2019/10/01 - 2020/09/01 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2018/04/01 - 2019/09 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Centitvc Centro de Nanotecnologia e Materiais Técnicos Funcionais e Inteligentes, Portugal
2017/11/01 - 2018/05/04 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia Têxtil, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/10/01 - 2020/03/01 Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/06/01 - Current Technical Coordinator DTX Digital Transformation CoLAB, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018/08/01 - 2019/09/01 Sensing Robotics for Smarter Biotechnology
SI I&DT Empresarial – Copromoção
Centitvc Centro de Nanotecnologia e Materiais Técnicos Funcionais e Inteligentes, Portugal
 European Regional Development Fund
Concluded
2018/05/01 - 2019/09/01 Dosea
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-033664
Researcher
Centitvc Centro de Nanotecnologia e Materiais Técnicos Funcionais e Inteligentes, Portugal
 European Regional Development Fund
Concluded
2018/08 - 2019/09 Sensing Robotics for Smarter Biotechnology
SI I&DT Empresarial Copromoção
 European Regional Development Fund

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/05/25 - Current I-CATER - Assistente robótico inteligente para tarefas industriais com lógica ergonómica
PTDC/EEI-ROB/3488/2021
Researcher
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal

DTX Digital Transformation CoLAB, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Be.Neutral – Agenda de Mobilidade para a Neutralidade Carbónica nas Cidades
RE-C05-i01.01
Post-doc
CEiiA, Portugal

Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal

DTX Digital Transformation CoLAB, Portugal
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Centro de Investigação ALGORITMI
UID/CEC/00319/2019
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/10/01 - 2019/09/01 Smartorthosis
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-024300
Researcher
Centitvc Centro de Nanotecnologia e Materiais Técnicos Funcionais e Inteligentes, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
European Regional Development Fund
Concluded
2018/06/01 - 2019/02/01 BeInAHand
|LISBOA-01-0247-FEDER-010637
Post-doc
Centitvc Centro de Nanotecnologia e Materiais Técnicos Funcionais e Inteligentes, Portugal

Secil Companhia Geral de Cal e Cimento SA, Portugal
European Regional Development Fund
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2019/09/01 - 2021/12/31 Sensible Car: Automated Driving, n.º 037902
POCI - 01 - 0247 - FEDER - 037902
Post-doc
Universidade do Minho Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal
 European Regional Development Fund
2018/04/01 - 2019/09/01 ITechCoat
SI I&DT Individua l nº 8902
Researcher
Centitvc Centro de Nanotecnologia e Materiais Técnicos Funcionais e Inteligentes, Portugal
2012/01/01 - 2016/08/31 POTACTICAL
SI&IDT-Projecto em Co-promoção no 23267
Master Student Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia Têxtil, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal
European Regional Development Fund
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Rosana Alexandre; Mariana Silva; Filipe Moreira; Pedro Lima; Beatriz Miranda; Duarte Fernandes; Maura Barbosa; Joaquim Silva; Ana Colim. "Design and Evaluation of a Training Interface for Workers Using Augmented Reality". 2025.
    10.1007/978-3-031-77566-6_10
  2. Pereira, P.; Linhares Silva, A.; Machado, R.; Silva, J.; Durães, D.; Machado, J.; Novais, P.; et al. "Comparison of Different Deployment Approaches of FPGA-Based Hardware Accelerator for 3D Object Detection Models". In Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 285-296. 2022.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-16474-3_24
  3. Fernandes, Duarte. "Comparison of Major LiDAR Data-Driven Feature Extraction Methods for Autonomous Vehicles". In Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. 2020.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-45691-7_54
Conference paper
  1. Salimi, Mohammadamin; Alves, Carla; Cardoso, André; Bicho, Estela; Louro, Luis; Colim, Ana; Machado, José J. M.; Tavares, João Manual R. S.; Fernandes, Duarte. "3D Industrial Human Action Recognition Based on the Synergy Between Convolutional Neural Networks and Long Short-Term Memory". 2025.
    10.1109/icara64554.2025.10977610
  2. Cardoso, André; Bicho, Estela; Braga, Ana; Alves, Carla; Louro, Luís; Fernandes, Duarte; Arezes, Pedro; Colim, Ana. "Enhancing Worker Efficiency and Reducing Cognitive Workload Through Assistive Assembly: A Proof-of-Concept". 2024.
    10.54941/ahfe1004557
  3. Sofia Alves, Carla; Louro, Luís; Colim, Ana; Cardoso, André; Pereira, Débora; Fernandes, Duarte; Salimi, Mohammadamin; Oliveira, João; Bicho, Estela. "Building a Multicamera and Multimodal 3D Skeleton-based Pose Estimation Dataset to Enhanced Human-Robot Collaboration". 2024.
    10.54941/ahfe1005526
  4. Colim, Ana; Bicho, Estela; Cardoso, André; Alves, Carla; Salimi, Amin; Fernandes, Duarte; Sousa, Nuno; et al. "Ergonomics and Collaborative Robotics: The synergy to prevent workload in industrial assembly tasks". 2024.
    10.54941/ahfe1005459
  5. Colim, Ana; Cardoso, André; Bicho, Estela; Louro, Luís; Alves, Carla; Ribeiro, Pedro; Pereira, Débora; et al. "On the development of an ergonomic approach for the design of an industrial robotic coworker". 2023.
    10.54941/ahfe1004004
  6. Ferreira, A.G.; Fernandes, D.; Catarino, A.P.; Monteiro, J.L.; Rocha, A.M.. "Textile electrodes for heart rate measurement: A comparative study for firefighters' monitoring". 2019.
    10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.812.53
  7. Ferreira, Andre G.; Fernandes, Duarte; Monteiro, Joao; Catarino, Andre P.; Rocha, Ana M.. "A Pedestrian Positioning System integrated into a Cyber-Physical System for Emergency Responders' Monitoring". 2018.
    10.1109/IPIN.2018.8533845
  8. D. Fernandes; T. Gomes; A. Ferreira; R. Abrishambaf; J. Cabral; J. L. Monteiro; A. Rocha. "On-body signal propagation in WBANs for firefighters personal protective equipment: Statistical characterization and performance assessment". 2017.
    10.1109/icit.2017.7915562
  9. Duarte Fernandes; Andre G. Ferreira; Sergio Branco; Reza Abrishambaf; Helder Carvalho; Jose Mendes; Jorge Cabral; Ana Rocha. "Energy saving mechanism for a smart wearable system: Monitoring infants during the sleep". 2016.
    10.1109/icit.2016.7475062
  10. T. Gomes; D. Fernandes; M. Ekpanyapong; J. Cabral. "An IoT-based system for collision detection on guardrails". 2016.
    10.1109/icit.2016.7475061
  11. Andre G. Ferreira; Duarte Fernandes; Sergio Branco; Joao L. Monteiro; Jorge Cabral; Andre P. Catarino; Ana M. Rocha. "A smart wearable system for sudden infant death syndrome monitoring". 2016.
    10.1109/icit.2016.7475060
  12. Duarte Fernandes; Andre Ferreira; Jose Mendes; Jorge Cabral. "A wireless body sensor network based on dynamic power control and opportunistic packet scheduling mechanisms". 2015.
    10.1109/icit.2015.7125415
Journal article
  1. Colim, Ana; Pereira, Débora; Lima, Pedro; Cardoso, André; Almeida, Rui; Fernandes, Duarte; Mould, Sacha; Arezes, Pedro. "Designing a User-Centered Inspection Device’s Handle for the Aircraft Manufacturing Industry". Applied Sciences 13 20 (2023): 11584. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app132011584.
    10.3390/app132011584
  2. António Silva; Oliveira, P.; Duraes, Dalila A; Duarte Fernandes; Rafael Névoa; Joao L. Monteiro; Pedro Melo-Pinto; José Manuel Ferreira Machado; Paulo Novais. "A Framework for Representing, Building and Reusing Novel State-of-the-Art Three-Dimensional Object Detection Models in Point Clouds Targeting Self-Driving Applications". Sensors (2023): https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/14/6427.
    10.3390/s23146427
  3. "Efficient Hardware Design and Implementation of the Voting Scheme-Based Convolution". Sensors 22 8 (2022): 2943-2943. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s22082943.
    10.3390/s22082943
  4. "Customizable FPGA-Based Hardware Accelerator for Standard Convolution Processes Empowered with Quantization Applied to LiDAR Data". Sensors 22 6 (2022): 2184-2184. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s22062184.
    10.3390/s22062184
  5. Duarte Fernandes; Tiago Afonso; Pedro Girão; Dibet Garcia Gonzalez; António Silva; Rafael Névoa; Paulo Novais; Joao L. Monteiro; Pedro Melo-Pinto. "Real-Time 3D Object Detection and SLAM Fusion in a Low-Cost LiDAR Test Vehicle Setup". Sensors (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/24/8381.
    10.3390/s21248381
  6. António Silva; Duarte Fernandes; Rafael Névoa; Joao L. Monteiro; Paulo Novais; Pedro Girão; Tiago Afonso; Pedro Melo-Pinto. "Resource-Constrained Onboard Inference of 3D Object Detection and Localisation in Point Clouds Targeting Self-Driving Applications". Sensors (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/23/7933.
    10.3390/s21237933
  7. "Point-cloud based 3D object detection and classification methods for self-driving applications: A survey and taxonomy". Information Fusion 68 (2021): 161-191. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2020.11.002.
    10.1016/j.inffus.2020.11.002
  8. "A machine learning-based dynamic link power control in wearable sensing devices". Wireless Networks 27 3 (2021): 1835-1848. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11276-020-02539-1.
    10.1007/s11276-020-02539-1
  9. "Feature Selection for Real-Time NLOS Identification and Mitigation for Body-Mounted UWB Transceivers". IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 70 (2021): 1-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tim.2021.3070619.
    10.1109/tim.2021.3070619
  10. Ferreira, André G.; Fernandes, Duarte; Catarino, André P.; Monteiro, João L.; Rocha, Ana M.; André G. Ferreira; Duarte Fernandes; et al. "Textile Electrodes for Heart Rate Measurement: A Comparative Study for Firefighters’ Monitoring". Key Engineering Materials 812 (2019): 53-59. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.812.53.
    10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.812.53
  11. Ferreira, Andre G.; Fernandes, Duarte; Catarino, Andre P.; Rocha, Ana M.; Monteiro, Joao L.; Ferreira, André G.; Catarino, André P.; Monteiro, João L.. "A Loose-Coupled Fusion of Inertial and UWB Assisted by a Decision-Making Algorithm for Localization of Emergency Responders". Electronics 8 12 (2019): 1463. https://publons.com/publon/27495708/.
    10.3390/ELECTRONICS8121463
  12. Fernandes, Duarte. "Survey and Taxonomy of Transmissions Power Control Mechanisms for Wireless Body Area Networks". IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials 20 2 (2017): 1292-1328.
    10.1109/COMST.2017.2782666
  13. Fernandes, Duarte. "A Low Traffic Overhead Transmission Power Control for Wireless Body Area Networks". IEEE Sensors Journal (2017):
    10.1109/JSEN.2017.2778802
  14. Fernandes, Duarte. "Performance Analysis of ToA-Based Positioning Algorithms for Static and Dynamic Targets with Low Ranging Measurements.". Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28825624.
    10.3390/s17081915
  15. Andre Ferreira; Duarte Fernandes; Andre Catarino; Joao Monteiro. "Localization and Positioning Systems for Emergency Responders: a Survey". IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials (2017): 1-1. https://doi.org/10.1109%2Fcomst.2017.2703620.
    10.1109/comst.2017.2703620
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Power saving mechanisms for firefighters monitoring wireless body networks". PhD, Universidade do Minho, 2018.

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Cláudia Simões; Jorge Afonso; Filipa Ferreira; Pedro Girão; Ricardo Cerqueira; António Silva; Rafael Névoa; Fernandes, Duarte. 2023. "JOINT OBJECT DETECTION AND SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING METHOD FOR AUTOMATED PERCEPTION".
    Granted/Issued
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/10/09 NEXT DRIVING TOMORROW - Apresentação e discussão dos resultados Finais NEXT DRIVING TOMORROW
Bosch
2021/04/28 Apresentação e discussão dos resultados intermédios do Sensible Car Avaliação Intermédia
Bosch
2016/03/14 An IoT-Based System for Collision Detection on Guardrails IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology
IEEE (Taipei, Taiwan)
2016/03/03 Energy Saving Mechanism for a Smart Wearable System: Monitoring Infants during the Sleep 2016 IEEE International conference on industrial technology (ICIT)
IEEE (Taipei, Taiwan)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/09/01 - Current Detection of Human fall and missed objects based on Artificial intelligence methods
Supervisor
 Mapi doctoral programme in computer science (PhD)
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2022/09/01 - Current Power Line Communication
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Eletrónica Industrial e Computadores (Master)
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2023/03/22 Implementation of microservices and network management for Cyber-Physical Systems
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Eletrónica Industrial e Computadores (Master)
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2021/11/09 Efficient hardware implementation of 2D convolutions, optimized for point cloud and adjustable to the 3D model requirements for object detection and classification
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Eletrónica Industrial e Computadores (Master)
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2021/11/03 Acelerador por H ardware baseado em FPGA para processos de convolução padrão customizados e aplicáveis a dados LiDAR
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Eletrónica Industrial e de Computadore (Master)
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/09/25 - Current Orador na Mesa Redonda "Shaping Tomorrow's Production"
Round table
 TIMES Jornadas Engenharia e Gestão industrial 2024

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2019/10/01 Creating tailored OS images for embedded systems using Yocto
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Rafael Amaro Vieira Araújo (Master)
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2019/10 Remote Boot Manager: Operatin System Installer
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Tiago Paulo de Sousa Barros (Master)
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2019 - 2023 Applied Intelligence (0924-669X) Spring Nature
2019 - 2022 Sensors (1424-8220) MDPI
2018 - 2022 COMPUTER SCIENCE, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (1573-7462) Springer
2018 - 2022 IEEE Sensors Journal (1939-9367) IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
2018 - 2022 IEEE SIGNAL PROCESSING LETTERS (1939-9340) IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
2018 - 2022 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISTRIBUTED SENSOR NETWORKS (2314-7539) HINDAWI LTD
2018 - 2022 ELECTRONICS (2079-9292) MDPI
2018 - 2022 APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL (2076-3417) MDPI
2018 - 2022 ENTROPY (1099-4300) MDPI
2018 - 2022 IEEE Networking Letters (2576-3156) IEEE
2018 - 2022 IETE JOURNAL OF RESEARCH (0377-2063) TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
2018 - 2022 TRANSACTIONS OF THE INSTITUTE OF MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL (0142-3312) SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2022 - 2023 Guest Editor on Special Issue on Sensors MDPI (IMPACT FACTOR 3.576): Recent Advances in Machine Learning-Based Vision and Sensing Integrated into Cloud, and IoT edge Computing Environments Special Issue. Dear Colleagues, I invite you to submit your research in the areas of Computer Vision, Data Representation, Maschine/Deep learning, Edge AI, IoT in the Special Issue. For additional information, please check the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/Vision_Sensing
Specialist
 MDPI AG, Switzerland

Legal proceeding

Activity description Case
2023 - 2024 Perito em Visão Computacional em ação do Tribunal da Propriedade Intelectual (procedimento cautelar resultante de litígio relacionado com propriedade Industrial)
Distinctions

Award

2015 European Texas Instruments Innovation Challenge (TIIC) 2015 (TOP 20)
Texas Instruments Washington, United States