Curriculum Vitae
José Pedro Ferreira Pinheiro de Carvalho
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- José Pedro Ferreira Pinheiro de Carvalho
Citation names
- José Pedro Carvalho
- José P. Carvalho
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- A611-AD1E-0AC1
- ORCID iD
- 0009-0008-3416-5694
Email addresses
- up201806263@edu.fe.up.pt (Professional)
- jpcarvalho@fe.up.pt (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Automation and Control Systems
- Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Robotics and Automatic Control
- Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
| French | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
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2024 - 2028
Ongoing
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Electrical and Computer Engineering (Doutoramento)
Major in Control Systems and Machine Learning
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2021 - 2023
Concluded
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Electrical and Computer Engineering (Mestrado)
Major in Automation
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Deep Reinforcement Learning Methodologies for Cooperative Robotic Navigation " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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19.15/20.00 (1st out of 190) |
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2018 - 2021
Concluded
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Engineering Sciences, oriented to Electrical and Computers Engineering (Licenciatura)
Major in Automation
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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17.35/20.00 (Grade A - Top 10%) |
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2018/07/01
Concluded
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Sciences and Tecnhologies (Ensino secundário)
Escola Secundária Emídio Garcia, Portugal
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18.6/20.0 |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/01/30 - Current | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, Sweden |
| 2022/10 - Current | Research Assistant (Research) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
| Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | ||
| 2023/05 - 2023/06 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | University of California Los Angeles, United States |
| University of California Los Angeles, United States | ||
| 2021/08 - 2021/09 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Sistemas e Tecnologias, Portugal |
| 2019/07/01 - 2019/08/01 | Research Trainee (Research) | Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/08 - Current | Invited Assistant (University Teacher) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
| 2022/09 - 2023/01 | Tutor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
| Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/10/18 - 2024/12 | RELIABLE - Advances in control design methodologies for safety critical systems applied to robotics
PTDC/EEI-AUT/3522/2020
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Sistemas e Tecnologias, Portugal |
Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
| Conference paper |
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| Journal article |
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| Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2025/02/13 | Deep Reinforcement Learning for Zero-Shot Coverage Path Planning | KTH NetCon Group Meetings
KTH - Division of Decision and Control Systems (Stockholm, Sweden)
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| 2025/02/13 | Learning-Based Motion Planning with Safety Guarantees | KTH NetCon Group Meetings
KTH - Division of Decision and Control Systems (Stockholm, Sweden)
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| 2024/11/06 | Model Predictive Control for B-Spline Trajectory Tracking in Omnidirectional Robots | Seventh Iberian Robotics Conference
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
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| 2024/05/02 | A Robotic Framework for the Robot@Factory 4.0 Competition | 2024 IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC) |
| 2023/09 | Deep Reinforcement Learning Methods for Cooperative Robotic Navigation | SYSTEC SEMINARS XXXIII
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2023/07 | Navigating the Future: Deep Reinforcement Learning Methods for Coverage Path Planning, Active Exploration, and Navigation | Workshop DynamiCITY - Fostering Dynamic Adaptation of Smart Cities to Cope with Crises and Disruptions
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2023/05 | A Reinforcement Learning Based Online Coverage Path Planning Algorithm | 2023 IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions
(Tomar, Portugal)
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| 2019/07 | Bluetooth Low Energy Tag PCB Design - Presented the work developed during my Summer Internship at CTM INESC TEC to a jury and various researchers. |
INESC TEC - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Tecnologia e Ciência, Centro de Telecomunicações Multimédia (Portugal)
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Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2024/05/03 - 2024/05/04 | Participation in the competition Robot@Factory 4.0 Festival de Robótica 2024 with 1st place (5dpo Robotics Team from FEUP)
Festival
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Festival de Robótica 2024
Sociedade Portuguesa de Robótica, Portugal
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| 2024/03/12 - 2024/03/18 | Semana Profissão Engenheiro 2024. Gave presentations to High School Students with the topic "Robôs na terra, robôs no mar".
The main objective was to show the students the research that is done at FEUP and give insights about the engineering courses
and professional activities.
Exhibition
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Semana Profissão Engenheiro
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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| 2023/04/28 - 2023/04/30 | Participation in the competition Robot@Factory 4.0 Festival de Robótica 2023 with 1st and 2nd places (5dpo Robotics Team from
FEUP)
Other
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Festival Nacional de Robótica 2023
Sociedade Portuguesa de Robótica, Portugal
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| 2023/04/26 - 2023/04/28 | Attendance to the sessions Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Sensors and, Robotic Platforms and Competitions | 23rd IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC2023) |
| 2023/03 - 2023/03 | Semana Profissão Engenheiro 2023. Gave presentations to High School Students with the topic "Robôs na terra, robôs no mar".
The main objective was to show the students the research that is done at FEUP and give insights about the engineering courses
and professional activities.
Exhibition
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Semana Profissão Engenheiro
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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| 2022/09 - 2022/09 | Attendance in the training sessions for monitoring the course Projecto FEUP.
Workshop
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Training sessions for monitoring the course FEUP
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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| 2022/07 - 2022/07 | Selected candidate for a grant for the 2022 Marine Robotics Summer School in Faial (Azores).
This program was organized by the MIT Portugal Program, LSTS FEUP, and the University of the Azores, with the participation
of AIR Centre; CoLab +ATLANTIC; Gaspar Frutuoso Foundation; School of the Sea of the Azores; and Okeanos - Institute of Marine
Sciences.
Other
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MIT Portugal Marine Robotics Summer School
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Portugal Program, Portugal
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| 2021 - 2022 | Swarm Robotics Competion- FEUP Course |
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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| 2021/07 - 2021/08 | SYSTEC SUMMER SCHOOL - Summer course: Estimation, Control, Optimization and Data Science - Applications to Cyber-physical
Systems in Robotics, Energy, Mobility, Production and Health
Other
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SYSTEC SUMMER SCHOOL
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/08 - Current | 5DPO FEUP Robotics Team | Developer |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2023/09 - Current | Mini projects on machine learning and control systems | (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
| 2023/09 - Current | Swarm Robotics Competition | Swarm Robotics Competition (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
| 2022/08 - 2022/12 | Projeto FEUP | Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
Distinctions
Award
| 2024 | Eng.º Cristiano Spratley Award - Best Final GPA in the Master's Degree of Electrical and Computer Engineering (1 out of 190)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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| 2024 | Best Paper Award at 24th IEEE ICARSC2024 - A Robotic Framework for the Robot@ Factory 4.0 Competition
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, United States
Sociedade Portuguesa de Robótica, Portugal |
| 2024 | Best National Master Thesis in Robotics
Sociedade Portuguesa de Robótica, Portugal
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| 2024 | Merit Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Performance in 2022/2023 (Top 0.2% of All University Students)
Direção-Geral de Ensino Superior, Portugal
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