Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- José Santos-Victor
Citation names
- Santos-Victor, José
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- A81C-D369-F40B
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-9036-1728
- Google Scholar ID
- ZMuNAXQAAAAJ
- Researcher Id
- K-2093-2012
- Scopus Author Id
- 7003525618
Knowledge fields
- 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) | |
| French | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | |
| Spanish; Castilian | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| Italian | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
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2005
Concluded
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Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Título de Agregado)
Major in Computer Vision and Robotics
Instituto Superior Técnico, Institute for Systems and Robotics, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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Aprovado por unanimidade com distinção e louvor |
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1995
Concluded
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Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Doutoramento)
Major in Computer and Robot Vision
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Visual Perception for Mobile Robots: from Percepts to Behaviours" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Aprovado |
Affiliation
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010/12/31 - Current | Full Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
| 2002/11/01 - 2010/12/31 | Associate Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
| 1995/02/13 - 2002/10/31 | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
| 1991/12/19 - 1995/02/14 | Assistant (University Teacher) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
| 1988/09/01 - 1991/12/18 | Trainee Assistant (University Teacher) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
Positions / Appointments
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 - Current | President | LARSyS - Laboratory of Robotics and Engineering Systems, Portugal |
| Instituto Superior Técnico / Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal | ||
| 2021/01 - 2024/12 | Organic Unit President | IST, Department of Electric and Computer Engineering, Portugal |
| Instituto Superior Técnico / Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal | ||
| 2015/01/01 - 2022/12/31 | President | Institute for Systems and Robotics, Lisbon, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010/11/01 - 2023/12 | Member of the Supervisory Board | EIT - Innoenergy SE European Institute of Innovation and Technology, Netherlands |
| 2007/01/01 - 2015/01/05 | Vice-President for International Affairs | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
| 2010/07/01 - 2012/06/30 | Secretary General | CLUSTER Network of 12 Leading Universities of Science and Technology (www.cluster.org), Netherlands |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/09 - 2025/02 | REPAIR: Reconstructing the Past: Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Meet Cultural Heritage
Principal investigator
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European Commission |
| 2017 - 2021 | RBCog-Lab: Robotics, Brain and Cognition Laboratory
01/SAICT/2016 SAICT Proj. 22084
Principal investigator
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| 2017/06 - 2018/08 | ACTICIPATE - Action understanding in human and robot dyadic interaction
Principal investigator
Instituto Superior Técnico, Institute for Systems and Robotics, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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European Commission |
| 2012/01 - 2015/12 | POETICON+ - Robots need Language: A computational mechanism for generalisation and generation of new behaviours in robots
Principal investigator
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European Commission |
| 2010/02 - 2013/07 | FIRST-MM: Flexible Skill Acquisition and Intuitive Robot Tasking for Mobile Manipulation in the Real World
Principal investigator
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European Commission |
| 2009/12 - 2013/05 | ROBOSOM: A Robotic Sense of Movement
Principal investigator
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European Commission |
| 2009/02 - 2013/01 | HANDLE: Developmental pathway towards autonomy and dexterity in robot in-hand manipulation
Principal investigator
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European Commission |
| 2007/10 - 2010/12 | Modern Monte Carlo Algorithms for Computational Control | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| 2004/09 - 2010/01 | ROBOTCUB: ROBotic Open-architecture Technology for Cognition, Understanding and Behaviors
Principal investigator
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European Commission |
| 2005/09 - 2009/02 | CONTACT: Learning and Development of CONTextual ACTion
Principal investigator
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European Commission |
| 2005/10 - 2008/09 | GESTINTERACT—Gesture Interpretation for the Analysis of Interactions Humans/Robots/Humans
Principal investigator
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| 2002/09 - 2006/09 | OMNISYS--Omnidirectional Vision for Navigation and Control
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 41506
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| 2002/10 - 2005/09 | CAVIAR: Context Aware Vision Using Image-Based Active Recognition
Principal investigator
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European Commission |
| 2001/09 - 2004/08 | MIRROR: Mirror Neuron based Robot Recognition
Principal investigator
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European Commission |
| 1998/10 - 2001/09 | NARVAL: Navigation of autonomous robots via active environmental perception
Principal investigator
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European Commission |
| 2000/09 - 2001/08 | OMNIVIEWS: Omni-directional Visual System
Principal investigator
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European Commission |
| 1997/01 - 1999/12 | VIRTUOUS: Autonomous Acquisition of Visual Reality Models from Real World Scenes
Principal investigator
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European Commission |
| 1996/11 - 1999/02 | VIRSBS: Visual intelligent recognition for secure banking services
Principal investigator
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European Commission |
Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/03/01 - Current | Robots Tele-Autónomos para Aplicações de Valor Acrescentado em Cuidados de Saúde
PTDC/EEI-ROB/1155/2020
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas de Engenharia, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
|
| 2022/03/01 - 2023/05/28 | Exploring the Transfer of Agency to Older Adults in HRI
CMU/TIC/0026/2021
Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas de Engenharia, Portugal
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal LASIGE Laboratório de Sistemas Informáticos de Grande Escala, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
| 2019/03/01 - 2022/02/28 | FIREFRONT - Real-Time Forest Fire Mapping and Spread Forecast Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
PCIF/SSI/0096/2017
Researcher
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas de Engenharia, Portugal Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal Força Aérea Portuguesa, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
|
| 2019/02/01 - 2022/01/31 | VOAMAIS - computer Vision for the Operation of unmanned Aerial vehicles in MAritime and wildfIre scenarioS
PTDC/EEI-AUT/31172/2017
Researcher
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Força Aérea Portuguesa, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
|
| 2018/07/16 - 2021/07/15 | In search of lost memory: Experimental evidences and computational models of visual memory in healthy and neuro-degenerate
ageing.
PTDC/PSI-ESP/30958/2017
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Psicologia, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
|
| 2014/08/01 - 2018/12/31 | AHA: Augmented Human Assistance
CMUP-ERI/HCI/0046/2013
Researcher
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal Universidade da Madeira Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, Portugal Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
| 2014/02/01 - 2015/07/31 | Bio-inspired self-organizing robot computational morphologies
EXPL/EEI-AUT/2175/2013
Researcher
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
| 2010/09/01 - 2014/01/31 | MAIS-S: Multiagent Intelligent Surveillance System
CMU-PT/SIA/0023/2009
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
| 2010/01/01 - 2013/06/30 | DCCAL - Discrete Cameras Calibration using Properties of Natural Scenes
PTDC/EEA-CRO/105413/2008
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
| 2007/11/01 - 2010/11/30 | BIO-LOOK: Biomimetic Oculomotor Control for Humanoid Robots
PTDC/EEA-ACR/71032/2006
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
| 2005/10/01 - 2008/09/30 | GESTINTERACT—Gesture Interpretation for the Analysis of Interactions Humans/Robots/Humans
POSC/EEA-SRI/61911/2004
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
| Book |
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| Book chapter |
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| Conference abstract |
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| Conference paper |
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| Conference poster |
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| Journal article |
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Other
| Other output |
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Activities
Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2018 - 2023 | Non-verbal Communication between Humans and Robots: Imitation, Mutual Understanding and Inferring Object Properties, (Ph.D.
Thesis, Joint Degree IST and EPFL)
Supervisor of Nuno Duarte
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Instituto Superior Técnico / Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 2017 - 2022 | Development of a new non-invasive vineyard yield estimation method based on image analysis (PhD Thesis)
Co-supervisor of Gonçalo Victorino
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Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
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| 2016 - 2021/12 | Learning Object Affordances via Interaction and Observation (Ph.D. Thesis)
Supervisor
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Instituto Superior Técnico, Institute for Systems and Robotics, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2016 - 2021/07 | Continuous Body Schema Adaptation in Humanoid Robots (Ph.D. Thesis)
Co-supervisor of Pedro Vicente
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Instituto Superior Técnico / Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2017 - 2020/12 | Real-Time Gesture and Action Recognition System Based on Computer Vision (PhD Thesis)
Co-supervisor of Clebeson Canuto
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Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil
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| 2018 - 2018 | Incremental Adaptation of a Robot Body Schema Based on Touch Events (MSc Thesis)
Co-supervisor
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Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Master)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Institute for Systems and Robotics, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2014 - 2018 | Quantitative movement analysis in the rehabilitation of neurological disorders using vision and wearable sensors (PhD Thesis,
Dual Degree IST and University of Belgrade)
Supervisor of Sofija Spasojevic
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Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Institute for Systems and Robotics, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
University of Belgrade, School of Electrical Engineering, Serbia |
| 2017 - 2017 | Deep Networks for Human Visual Attention: A hybrid model using foveal vision (MSc Thesis)
Co-supervisor
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Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Master)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Institute for Systems and Robotics, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2017 - 2017 | Self-Organized Artificial Retina With Deep Neural Networks (MSc Thesis)
Co-supervisor
|
Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Master)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Institute for Systems and Robotics, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2013 - 2017 | Visual planning of humanoid robot locomotion considering world geometry and friction (PhD Thesis)
Co-supervisor of Martim Brandão
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Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)
Waseda University, Japan
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| 2013 - 2017 | Towards automatic long-term Person Re-identification System in video surveillance (PhD Thesis)
Co-supervisor of Athira Nambiar
|
Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Institute for Systems and Robotics, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2016 - 2016 | Modeling Human Gaze Patterns to Improve Visual Search in Autonomous Systems (MSc Thesis)
Co-supervisor
|
Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Master)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Institute for Systems and Robotics, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2016 - 2016 | 3-Dimensional Soft Magnetic Tactile Sensors for the Human-Friendly Robot Vizzy (MSc Thesis)
Co-supervisor
|
Engenharia Física Tecnológica (Master)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Institute for Systems and Robotics, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2012 - 2016 | Grasping for the Task – Human Principles for Robot Hands (PhD Thesis, Joint Degree IST and EPFL)
Co-supervisor of Ravin de Souza
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Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Institute for Systems and Robotics, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 2015 - 2015 | OptoPAD: dissecting the neuronal control of Drosophila eating habits by merging the FlyPAD with optogenetics (MSc Thesis)
Supervisor
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Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Institute for Systems and Robotics, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2011 - 2015 | Visuomotor Coordination in Reach-To-Grasp Tasks: From Humans to Humanoids and Vice Versa (PhD Thesis, Joint Degree IST and
EPFL)
Supervisor of Luka Lukic
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Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Institute for Systems and Robotics, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 2010 - 2014 | Learning and Sensorimotor Coordination of Anthropomorphic Robotic Systems (PhD Thesis)
Supervisor of Bruno Damas
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Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Institute for Systems and Robotics, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2009 - 2013 | Dexterous Mechanical Systems for Intuitive Telemanipulation in Minimally Invasive Surgery' (PhD Thesis, Joint Degree IST and
EPFL)
Supervisor of Ricardo Beira
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Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Institute for Systems and Robotics, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 2009 - 2013 | A developmental approach to early language learning in humanoid robots (PhD Thesis)
Supervisor of Karl Jonas Hornstein
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Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Institute for Systems and Robotics, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2009 - 2013 | A Computational Approach on the Co-Development of Visual Sensorimotor Structures (PhD Thesis)
Co-supervisor of Jonas Ruesch
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Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Institute for Systems and Robotics, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2009 - 2013 | Visual Control of Legged Robots for Locomotion in Complex Environments using Central Pattern Generators (PhD Thesis, Joint
Degree IST and EPFL)
Co-supervisor of Sebastien Gay
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Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Institute for Systems and Robotics, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 2004 - 2008 | Object component models using Gabor filters for visual recognition (PhD Thesis)
Supervisor of Plinio Moreno Lopez
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Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Institute for Systems and Robotics, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2002 - 2006 | A Developmental Roadmap for Learning by Imitation in Robots (PhD Thesis)
Supervisor of Manel Cabido Lopes
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Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Institute for Systems and Robotics, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2000 - 2004 | Binocular Head Control with Foveal Vision: Methods and Applications (PhD Thesis)
Supervisor of Alexandre Bernardino
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Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Institute for Systems and Robotics, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2000 - 2004 | Uso de mapeamentos visuomotores com imagens omnidireccionais para aprendizagem por imitação em robótica (PhD Thesis)
Co-supervisor of Raquel Frizzera Vassallo
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Electrical Engineering (PhD)
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil
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| 1999 - 2003 | Mosaic-based Visual Navigation for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (PhD Thesis)
Supervisor of Nuno Ricardo Estrela Gracias
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Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Institute for Systems and Robotics, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 1997 - 2003 | Omnidirectional Vision for Mobile Robot Navigation (PhD Thesis)
Supervisor of José A. Gaspar
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Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Institute for Systems and Robotics, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 1999 - 2002 | An Holistic approach to Topological Navigation using Omnidirectional Vision (PhD Thesis)
Co-supervisor of Niall Winters
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Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)
Trinity College Dublin School of Engineering, Ireland
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| 1997 - 2002 | 3D Reconstruction of Structured Scenes from one or more views (PhD Thesis)
Supervisor of Etienne Grossmann
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Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Institute for Systems and Robotics, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 1996 - 2001 | 3D Motion and Dense Structure Estimation: Representations for Visual Perception and the Interpretation of Occlusions (PhD
Thesis)
Supervisor of César Augusto dos Santos Silva
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Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Institute for Systems and Robotics, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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Distinctions
Award
| 2025 | IST Distinguished Professor
Instituto Superior Técnico / Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2021 | Best M.Sc Thesis Award, Portuguese Robotics Society, 2020 (Supervisor of M.Sc Student Manuel Serra) |
| 2021 | IEEE Portugal Outstanding M.Sc. Award (supervisor of student Manuel Serra Nunes) |
| 2018 | Best M.Sc Thesis Award, Portuguese Robotics Society, 2018 (Supervisor of M.Sc Student Paul Schydlo)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Robótica, Portugal
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| 2018 | Best Paper Award, IEEE Intl Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions
IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions, ICARSC, Portugal
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| 2018 | Silver Best Research Paper Award, International Workshop on New Trends in Medical and Service Robotics (MESROB)
International Workshop on New Trends in Medical and Service Robotics (MESROB), Italy
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| 2014 | Best PhD Thesis Award, Portuguese Robotics Society, 2014 (Supervisor of PhD student Bruno Damas),
Sociedade Portuguesa de Robótica, Portugal
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| 1998 | Best Paper Award, British Machine Vision Conference, 1998
British Machine Vision Conference, United Kingdom
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Other distinction
| 2025 | ELLIS Fellow |
| 2023 | IEEE Fellow
IEEE, United States
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| 2022 | Member (corresponding) Academia das Ciências de Lisboa
Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Portugal
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