Rebeca Baron Kalbermatter (C410-B5A7-8C80)

Curriculum Vitae

Rebeca Baron Kalbermatter

Rebeca Baron Kalbermatter. Graduated in Industrial Engineering on 2022/11/28 from the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, in Electrical and Computer Engineering on 2022/11/28 from the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança and in Control and Automation Engineering on 2022/11/22 from the Federal Technological University of Paraná. She has been studying for a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro since 2023/01/25. She is a Researcher at the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança and an Invited Adjunct Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança. She has 3 book chapters. Organised 12 events. Has received 3 awards and/or honours. Participates and/or has participated as a Scientific Initiation Fellow in 1 project(s) and as a Research Fellow in 1 project(s). She works in the area(s) of Engineering Sciences and Technology with an emphasis on Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Computer Science with an emphasis on Electrical Engineering and Electronics. In her Ciência Vitae CV, the most frequent terms used to contextualise his scientific, technological and artistic-cultural production are: Smart Building; Wireless Sensor Network; Internet of Things; InfluxDB; Machine Learning; Astronomy; Instrumentation; Simulation; Optics; Laser; stem; research; edi; .

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Rebeca Baron Kalbermatter

Citation names

Kalbermatter, Rebeca B.
Kalbermatter, Rebeca

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: C410-B5A7-8C80
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5219-4084
Scopus Author Id: 58074189000

Email addresses

kalbermatter@ipb.pt (Professional)

Addresses

Alameda de Santa Apólonia, 253, 5300-252, Bragança, Bragança, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebeca-Kalbermatter (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2023/01/25 - 2026/01/25 Ongoing	Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores (Doutoramento) Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
2021/09/27 - 2022/11/28 Concluded	Engenharia Industrial (Mestrado integrado) Major in Eletrotécnica Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal "Smart Systems for Buildings" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17
2022/11/28 Concluded	Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores (Licenciatura) Major in Eletrotécnica Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal	16
2017/08/07 - 2022/11/22 Concluded	Engenharia de Controle e Automação (Bachelor) Major in Instalação e Gerenciamento de Energia Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Brazil "Smart Systems for Buildings" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	0,7887

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/03/01 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Centro de Investigação em Digitalização e Robótica Inteligente, Portugal
2019/08/01 - 2019/12/01	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Brazil

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/02/19 - Current	Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher)	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
2023/09/01 - 2024/02/17	Tutor (Polytechnic Teacher)	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal

Other Careers

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019/11/01 - 2022/06/30	Carreiras / Categorias Subsistentes	Omatic Eireli, Brazil

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2024/03/01 - Current	STEM AND EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION: an open dialogue for research and enhancement in Portugal - STEP HORIZON-WINDERA-2021-ACCESS-03-01 Research Fellow	European Commission Ongoing
2022/07/25 - 2022/10/25	UIDB/05757/2020 - Centro de Investigação em Digitalização e Robótica Inteligente UIDB/05757/2020 Scientific Initiation Fellow

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Kalbermatter, Rebeca B.; Tiago Franco; Ana I. Pereira; António Valente; Salviano Pinto Soares; José Lima. Corresponding author: Kalbermatter, Rebeca B.. "Automatic Fall Detection with Thermal Camera". In Optimization, Learning Algorithms and Applications Third International Conference. SpringerLink, 2024. Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-53025-8_24 Braun, João; Baidi, Kaïs; Bonzatto, Luciano; Berger, Guido; Pinto, Milena; Kalbermatter, Rebeca B.; Klein, Luan; et al. "Design and Development of an Omnidirectional Mecanum Platform for the RobotAtFactory 4.0 Competition". In Synergetic Cooperation Between Robots and Humans, 114-125. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. 10.1007/978-3-031-47269-5_13 Chaima Messaoudi; Rebeca B. Kalbermatter; José Lima; Ana I. Pereira; Zahia Guessoum. "XAI Framework for Fall Detection in an AAL System". 2024. 10.1007/978-3-031-77426-3_1 Kalbermatter, Rebeca B.; Brito, Thadeu; Braun, João; Pereira, Ana I.; Ferreira, Ângela P.; Valente, António; Lima, José. "Smart Systems for Monitoring Buildings - An IoT Application". In Communications in Computer and Information Science, 575-588. Springer International Publishing, 2023. 10.1007/978-3-031-23236-7_40
Conference abstract	Kalbermatter, Rebeca B.; Brito, Thadeu; Braun, João; Pereira, Ana I.; Ferreira, Ângela P.; Lima, José. Corresponding author: Kalbermatter, Rebeca B.. "Smart Buildings - A Case Study in Braganza". Paper presented in VII Ibero-American Congress on Entrepreneurship, Energy, Environment and Technology (CIEEMAT 2022), Bragança, 2022. Published
Conference paper	Chellal, Arezki Abderrahim; Braun, João Afonso; Bonzatto, Luciano Junior; Faria, Milena; Kalbermatter, Rebeca; Gonçalves, José; Lima, José; Costa, Paulo. "Energy Efficiency Analysis of Differential and Omnidirectional Robotic Platforms: A Comparative Study". Paper presented in 26th International Conference Series on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, Florianópolis, 2023. Published Mota, Fernanda P.; Kalbermatter, Rebeca B.; Oliveira, Lizandro De S.; Lima, José. "A Ubiquitous Learning Approach on Robotics". 2023. Published • 10.1109/lars/sbr/wre59448.2023.10332963 Kalbermatter, Rebeca B.. Corresponding author: Kalbermatter, Rebeca B.. "Smart Buildings: an IoT application for monitoring buildings". Paper presented in I Encontro Consórcio Montanha para o Conhecimento de Jovens Investigadores - STEAM, Bragança, 2022. Kalbermatter, Rebeca B.; Brito, Thadeu; Braun, João; Pereira, Ana I.; Lima, José. Corresponding author: Kalbermatter, Rebeca B.. "Monitoring System for Smart Buildings - Apolo Building Case". Paper presented in Symposium of Applied Science for Young Researchers - SASYR 2022, Viana do Castelo, 2022. Published Lima, J.; Kalbermatter, R.B.; Braun, J.; Brito, T.; Berger, G.; Costa, P.. "A realistic simulation environment as a teaching aid in educational robotics". Paper presented in 2022 Latin American Robotics Symposium (LARS), 2022 Brazilian Symposium on Robotics (SBR), and 2022 Workshop on Robotics in Education (WRE), São Bernardo do Campo, 2022. 10.1109/LARS/SBR/WRE56824.2022.9996083
Thesis / Dissertation	"Smart Systems for Buildings". Master, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, 2022.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/09/27	Automatic Fall Detection Using Thermal Camera	International Conference on Optimization, Learning Algorithms and Applications Universidade dos Açores (Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal)
2022/11/24	Smart Buildings: an IoT application for monitoring buildings	I Encontro Consórcio Montanha para o Conhecimento de Jovens Investigadores - STEAM Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (Bragança, Portugal)
2022/11/22	Smart Systems for Buildings	Defesa da dissertação de Mestrado Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (Bragança, Portugal)
2022/10/24	Smart Systems for Monitoring Buildings - An IoT Application	International Conference on Optimization, Learning Algorithms and Applications Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal)
2022/07/06	Smart Buildings - A Case Study in Braganza	VII Ibero-American Congress on Entrepreneurship, Energy, Environment and Technology (CIEEMAT 2022) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (Bragança, Portugal)
2022/06/22	Monitoring System for Smart Buildings - Apolo Building Case	Symposium of Applied Science for Young Researchers - SASYR 2022 Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão of Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo (Viana do Castelo, Portugal)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2024/03/13 - 2024/03/13	STEP Workshop: Tips and Hints for FCT PhD Application. (2024/03/13 - 2024/03/13) Round table (Co-organisor)	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2024/02/08 - 2024/02/08	STEP Talk: Equality, Diversity and Disinformation (2024/02/08 - 2024/02/08) Seminar (Co-organisor)	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2024/01/25 - 2024/01/25	STEP Workshop: Funding for Research Projects, Scholarships, and Research Visits: Sources and tips, with research from the University of Genova (UNIGE), STEP partner. (2024/01/25 - 2024/01/25) Workshop (Co-organisor)	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy
2024/01/18 - 2024/01/18	STEP Talk: Connecting science and society: science communication practices (2024/01/18 - 2024/01/18) Seminar (Co-organisor)	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2023/12/07 - 2023/12/07	STEP Workshop: Literature review through the integration of qualitative and quantitative analysis techniques (2023/12/07 - 2023/12/07) Workshop (Co-organisor)	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/11/02 - 2023/11/02	STEP Talk: Desafios Institucionais na Consolidação da Igualdade de Género. (2023/11/02 - 2023/11/02) Seminar (Co-organisor)	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2023/10/17 - 2023/10/17	STEP Workshop: Norm-critical Design, with professors from Södertörn University (STEP partner). (2023/10/17 - 2023/10/17) Workshop (Co-organisor)	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal Södertörns högskola, Sweden
2023/09/21 - 2023/09/22	STEP Workshop: Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Auto-Diagnosis, with professors from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, partner in STEP project. (2023/09/21 - 2023/09/22) Workshop (Co-organisor)	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
2023/06/01 - 2023/06/01	STEP Talk: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, with IPB's members of the EDI commission. (2023/06/01 - 2023/06/01) Seminar (Co-organisor)	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2023/05/10 - 2023/05/10	STEP Open Lectures with Researchers from Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania. The event was to promote the opportunity to attend and widen their knowledge on topics as clustering, neural networks, stochastic dominance and other. (2023/05/10 - 2023/05/10) Exhibition (Co-organisor)	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2023/04/19 - 2023/04/19	STEP Talk: Innovative Europe: Financing Innovation in Horizon Europe (2023/04/19 - 2023/04/19) Seminar (Co-organisor)	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2023/03/08 - 2023/03/08	STEP Workshop: IPB Electronic Resources: Scopus, Web of Science and Bibliometric Indicators (2023/03/08 - 2023/03/08) Workshop (Co-organisor)	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2025 - 2025	Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics (1556-5297)	SIN-CHN Scientific Press PTE.LTD

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2025 - 2025	Frontiers in Education Conference 2025	Nashville, Tennessee, EUA
2024 - 2024	Frontiers in Education 2024	Washington DC, USA

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2025/02/19 - 2025/07/31	Cálculo	Automação, Robótica e Eletrónica Industrial (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional)	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2024/02/19 - 2024/07/31	Sistemas Embebidos	Engenharia Informática (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2024/02/19 - 2024/07/31	Automatismos	Energias Renováveis e Infraestruturas Elétricas e de Telecomunicações (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional)	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2025/07/13 - 2025/07/18	Programa de Estágio de Verão (Instituto Politécnico de Bragança)	-
2023/09/01 - 2024/02/17	Matemática Aplicada	Alunos de Mestrado em Engenharia Eletrotécnica, Química e Mecánica

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2025/04/01 - 2025/04/07	Júri e organização das provas Rescue Line Júnior e Robot@Factory Lite Rookie do Festival Nacional de Robótica 2025.	Sociedade Portuguesa de Robótica, Portugal
2024 - 2024	Júri e Organizadora da prova Rescue Line no Festival Nacional de Robótica 2024.	Sociedade Portuguesa de Robótica, Portugal

Distinctions

Other distinction

2023	IMFAHE´s Platform of Talent 2023-2024 Member International Mentoring Foundation For The Advancement Of Higher Education., United States
2021	Mobilidade Internacional pelo Programa de Dupla Diplomação entre UTFPR (Brasil) e IPB (Portugal) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Brazil
2019	Projeto de Iniciação Científica Voluntária Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Brazil