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Luís Conde Bento received the Licenciatura degree in Electrical Engineering, Robotics and Automation field from the Sciences and Technology Faculty of the University of Coimbra, Portugal, in 2001. He has a Master thesis in Automatic Control by the Institute of Technology of the Lund University, Sweden. He obtained is Ph.D degree at the Sciences and Technology Faculty of the University of Coimbra, Portugal. He was a researcher at the Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, Versailles, France, and currently he is a researcher at the Institute for Systems and Robotics at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Since 2023 he is an and AI Scientific Consultant for Critical Software. In 2004 he joined School of Technology and Management (ESTG) of the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (IPLeiria) and now he is Assistant Professor. Luís has authored or co-authored papers in conferences and international journals. He was Chair of the 10th Conference on Mobile Robots and Competitions, ROBÓTICA 2010, Leiria, March 2010. Has received 3 awards and/or honors. His research interests include Artificial Intelligence, Automatic Control and Autonomous Vehicles. Luís has also been enrolled in several funded R&D projects acting either as Co-Manager or Supervisor as well as hardware and middleware developer for embedded systems.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Luis Conde Bento

Citation names

  • Conde Bento, Luis

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
FE12-AAD0-3AB3
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9689-3637

Email addresses

  • luis.conde@ipleiria.pt (Professional)

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)
French Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2016
Concluded
 Electrical and Computer Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2002
Concluded
 Postgraduate in Electrical and Computer Engineering Specialization in the Scientific Field of Automation and Control (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2001
Concluded
 Graduation in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2001
Concluded
 Master Thesis in Automatic Control (Outros)
Lunds Universitet Tekniska Högskola, Sweden
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2001 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2002 - 2002 Visiting Researcher (Research) Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique - INRIA , France
Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique - INRIA , France

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016 - Current Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2013 - 2016 Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/09/01 - 2024/08/31 AI Scientific Consultant Critical Software, Portugal
Critical Software, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Advanced Production and Intelligent Systems
LA/P/0112/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0112/2020
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Centro para o Desenvolvimento Rápido e Sustentado de Produto, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Instituto para a Sustentabilidade e Inovação em Estruturas de Engenharia, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Centro de Investigação em Sistemas e Tecnologias, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Engenharia Mecânica Materiais e Processos, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021 - 2023/06 RoboShot@FRC - Robotized system for the shotcrete of optimized fiber reinforced concrete in railway tunnels
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-047075
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
 Autoridade de Gestão do Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização
Ongoing
2019 - 2023 SafeForest - Semi-Autonomous Robotic System for Forest Cleaning and Fire Prevention
CENTRO-01-0247-FEDER-045931
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
 Governo da República Portuguesa
2018 - 2021 TOOLING4G - Advanced Tools for Smart Manufacturing
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-024516
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
2015 - 2018 HapticControl - Development of new generation of commands for new forms of media consumption
17941
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
2013/01/01 - 2015/12/31 ASSISTED MOBILITY SUPPORTED BY SHARED-CONTROL AND ADVANCED HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACES
RECI/EEI-AUT/0181/2012
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Associação de Paralisia Cerebral de Coimbra, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Tomar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013 - 2015 HERMES - Development of 6D remote control
34149
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
2013 - 2015 IVIT - Control of a Heat Reservoir with diverse energy sources
38721
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
2010 - 2013 EVSIM09 - Models for traffic simulation of electric vehicles with communications and dynamic decision capacity
PTDC/SEN-TRA/099413/2008
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2011 - 2012 RemotZapPrev4STB - Remote Zapping Preview for Set Top Box
NORTE-07-0201-FEDER-023470
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
2005 - 2008 MTDTS04 - Multi-target detection and tracking in semi-structured outdoor environment using laserscanner and vision
POSC/EEA-SRI/58279/2004
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2005 - 2008 NCT04 - Nonlinear Control Techniques Applied in Path Following of WMRs and Autonomous Vehicles with high Precision Localization System
POSC/EEA-SRI/58016/2004
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2002 - 2004 TSM02 - Trajectory planning and tracking of mechanical systems with nonholonomic constraints
POSI/SRI/41618/2001
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2001 - 2004 CYBERCARS project, Cybernetic Cars for a New Transportation System in the Cities
IST-2000-28487
 Fifth Framework Programme
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Diogo Samuel Fernandes; João Bispo; Luís Conde Bento; Mónica Figueiredo. "Enhancing Object Detection in Maritime Environments Using Metadata". edited by Vasconcelos, Ver{\'o, 76-89. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024.
    10.1007/978-3-031-49249-5_6
Conference paper
  1. Abel Teixeira; Hugo Costelha; Luis Conde Bento; Carlos Neves. "Survey of SLAM Algorithms with ROS Support". 2024.
    10.1109/robot61475.2024.10796865
  2. Abel Teixeira; Hugo Costelha; Carlos Neves; Luis Conde Bento. "Point Cloud Alignment for Deposited Material Assessment in Tunnel Environments". 2024.
    10.1109/ice/itmc61926.2024.10794331
  3. Carlos Tojal; Luis Conde Bento; Paulo Peixoto. "CUPREDS: Multi-sensor Point Cloud Mapping for Local Navigation". 2024.
    10.1109/icarsc61747.2024.10535926
  4. "Expressive Robotic Head for Human-Robot Interaction Studies". 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-31635-8_200
  5. "Arduino based Open Source Electronic Control Unit for Electric Utility Vehicles". 2020.
    10.1109/et50336.2020.9238205
  6. Baptista, A.; Baptista, Diogo Pedro Ferreira Nascimento; Gonçalves, A.; Sousa, C.; Simplício, C.; Martins, F.; Ferreira, J.; et al. "Ciência nos Bastidores do Centro Ciência Viva do Alviela". Paper presented in Investigação, Práticas e Contextos em Educação 2020, Leiria, 2020.
    Published • 10.25766/5zwz-q739
  7. "Monocular Camera Calibration for Autonomous Driving — a comparative study". 2020.
    10.1109/icarsc49921.2020.9096104
  8. Francisco, Alexandre; Lopes, Nuno Vieira; Conde Bento, Luis; Ferreira, Carlos. "Arduino based Open Source Electronic Control Unit for Electric Utility Vehicles". 2020.
    10.1109/ET50336.2020.9238205
  9. "Subjective Evaluation of Haptic Feedback Technologies for Interactive Multimedia". 2019.
    10.1109/eurocon.2019.8861847
  10. Rasteiro, M.; Costelha, H.; Bento, L.; Barata, M.; Assuncao, P.. "Low-complexity MARG algorithms for increased accuracy in space pointing devices". 2017.
    10.1109/CEWS.2015.7867163
  11. Conde, L.; Chelim, R.; Nunes, U.; Luis Conde; Rafael Chelim; Urbano Nunes. "Collaborative Vehicle Self-Localization Using Multi-GNSS Receivers and V2V/V2I Communications". 2015.
    10.1109/ITSC.2015.406
  12. Rasteiro, M.; Costelha, H.; Bento, L.; Assuncao, P.; Miguel Rasteiro; Hugo Costelha; Luis Bento; Pedro Assuncao. "Accuracy versus complexity of MARG-based filters for remote control pointing devices". 2015.
    10.1109/ICCE-TW.2015.7217026
  13. Conde Bento, Luis. "Enabling low-complexity devices for interaction with 3D media content via Android API". 2015.
    10.13140/RG.2.1.1864.9207
  14. Conde Bento, Luis. "Motion-based Remote Control Device for Enhanced Interaction with 3D Multimedia Content". 2015.
    10.13140/RG.2.1.3962.0728
  15. Bento, L.C.; Parafita, R.; Santos, S.; Nunes, U.. "Intelligent traffic management at intersections: Legacy mode for vehicles not equipped with V2V and V2I communications". 2013.
    10.1109/ITSC.2013.6728317
  16. Luis Conde Bento; Ricardo Parafita; Urbano Nunes. "Inter-vehicle sensor fusion for accurate vehicle localization supported by V2V and V2I communications". 2012.
    10.1109/itsc.2012.6338889
  17. Luis Conde Bento; Ricardo Parafita; Urbano Nunes. "Intelligent traffic management at intersections supported by V2V and V2I communications". 2012.
    10.1109/itsc.2012.6338766
  18. Bento, L.C.; Nunes, U.; Moita, F.; Surrecio, A.. "Sensor fusion for precise autonomous vehicle navigation in outdoor semi-structured environments". 2005.
    10.1109/ITSC.2005.1520055
  19. Conde Bento, Luis. "Data Fusion of wheel encoders and magnetic sensors for autonomous vehicles navigation". 2004.
    10.13140/RG.2.1.3437.7841
  20. Conde Bento, Luis. "Multi-target detection and tracking with a laserscanner". 2004.
    10.1109/ivs.2004.1336486
  21. Bento, L. C.; Nunes, U.; Mendes, A.; Parent, M.. "Path-tracking controller of a bi-steerable cybernetic car using fuzzy logic". 2003.
  22. Mendes, A.; Bento, L.C.; Nunes, U.. "Path-tracking controller with an anti-collision behaviour of a bi-steerable cybernetic car". 2003.
    10.1109/ETFA.2003.1247763
  23. Conde Bento, Luis. "A behavior based fuzzy control architecture for path tracking and obstacle avoidance". 2002.
    10.13140/RG.2.1.1602.7768
Journal article
  1. Joaquim Barros; Hugo Costelha; David Bento; Nelson Brites; Rui Luís; Hugo Patrício; Vítor M.C.F. Cunha; et al. "A multidisciplinary engineering-based approach for tunnelling strengthening with a new fibre reinforced shotcrete technology". Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tust.2024.105707.
    10.1016/j.tust.2024.105707
  2. João Luís Lourenço; Luís Conde Bento; António Paulo Coimbra; Aníbal T. De Almeida. "Comparative Evaluation of Mobile Platforms for Non-Structured Environments and Performance Requirements Identification for Forest Clearing Applications". Forests (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/f13111889.
    10.3390/f13111889
  3. Jose Rosa; Daniel Granhao; Guilherme Carvalho; Tiago Gon¿alves; Monica Figueiredo; Luis Conde Bento; Nuno Paulino; Luis M. Pessoa. "BacalhauNet: A tiny CNN for lightning-fast modulation classification". ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.52953/fywt4006.
    10.52953/fywt4006
  4. Bruno Silva; Hugo Costelha; Luis C. Bento; Marcio Barata; Pedro Assuncao. "User-Experience with Haptic Feedback Technologies and Text Input in Interactive Multimedia Devices". Sensors (2020): https://doi.org/10.3390/s20185316.
    10.3390/s20185316
  5. Martins, Pedro Filipe; Costelha, Hugo; Bento, Luís Conde; Neves, Carlos. "Monocular Camera Calibration for Autonomous Driving — a comparative study". (2020): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/5000.
    10.1109/ICARSC49921.2020.9096104
  6. Luís Conde Bento; Ricardo Parafita; Hesham A. Rakha; Urbano J. Nunes. "A study of the environmental impacts of intelligent automated vehicle control at intersections via V2V and V2I communications". Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems (2019): 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/15472450.2018.1501272.
    10.1080/15472450.2018.1501272
  7. Luis Conde Bento; Philippe Bonnifait; Urbano J. Nunes. "Set-Membership Position Estimation With GNSS Pseudorange Error Mitigation Using Lane-Boundary Measurements". IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 20 1 (2019): 185-194. https://doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2018.2808542.
    10.1109/TITS.2018.2808542
  8. Silva, Bruno; Costelha, Hugo; Bento, Luís Conde; Barata, Márcio; Assunção, Pedro A. Amado. "Subjective Evaluation of Haptic Feedback Technologies for Interactive Multimedia". (2019): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/5001.
    10.1109/EUROCON.2019.8861847
  9. Bento, L.C.; Bonnifait, P.; Nunes, U.J.. "Cooperative GNSS positioning aided by road-features measurements". Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 79 (2017): 42-57. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85015951050&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.trc.2017.01.002
  10. Nunes, U.; Bento, L.C.. "Data fusion and path-following controllers comparison for autonomous vehicles". Nonlinear Dynamics 49 4 (2007): 445-462. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34547489614&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s11071-006-9108-y
  11. Conde Bento, Luis. "Autonomous navigation control with magnetic markers guidance of a cybernetic car using fuzzy logic". Machine Intelligence & Robotic Control 6 1 (2004): 1-10.
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2017 - 2019 Haptic Devices for Advanced Interaction with Multimedia Systems
Co-supervisor
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2017 - 2019 Multi-sensor Framework for Heart Rate and Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitoring of Human Body
Co-supervisor
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2017 - 2018 SR-RobotHead v2.0: New Hardware and Software Modules
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Fusion of inertial data in industrial Automated Guided Vehicles
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2013 - 2015 A highly accurate collaborative pose determination for road vehicles with inter-vehicle communications
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2011 - 2014 Intelligent traffic management algorithms for roundabouts and crossroads
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2010 - 2011 A traffic management system for roundabouts and crossroads, with vehicle sensory integration, on a simulation environment
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2018 - 2028 18th IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (2018 - 2018)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, United States
2018 - 2018 National Robotics Festival - Portuguese Society of Robotics. The National Robotics Festival promotes Science and Technology among young people, teachers, researchers and the general public, through autonomous robot competitions. This event takes place in a different city every year. (2018 - 2018)
Festival (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Robótica, Portugal
2010 - 2010 National Robotics Festival - Portuguese Society of Robotics. The National Robotics Festival promotes Science and Technology among young people, teachers, researchers and the general public, through autonomous robot competitions. (2010 - 2010)
Festival (Co-organisor)
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Robótica, Portugal
2010 - 2010 10th International Conference on Mobile Robots and Competitions (ICMRC10) (2010 - 2010)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Robótica, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2019 Júri das provas para atribuição do título de especialista na área 5.52.523 - Engenharia e Técnicas Afins: Eletrónica e Automação
(Thesis) Arguer
 Artur Graxinha (Other)
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2022/07/04 - 2032/07/05 REC 2022: Reconfigurable Systems Workshop 2022
Member

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2024 - 2024 Independent expert during the evaluation of Hi-Drive project the H2020 Transport Single Stage 2020 calls: H2020-MG-2020-SingleStage-INEA, H2020-DT-ART-2020 and H2020-LC-GV-2020.
Evaluator
 European Union, Belgium European Union
2023 - 2023 Independent expert during the evaluation of Hi-Drive project the H2020 Transport Single Stage 2020 calls: H2020-MG-2020-SingleStage-INEA, H2020-DT-ART-2020 and H2020-LC-GV-2020.
Evaluator
 European Union, Belgium European Union
2020 - 2021 Independent expert during the evaluation of proposals submitted under the Portugal 2020 - SI I&DT DT - RCI - nº 47264 - AICEP Agência para o Investimento e Comércio Externo de Portugal (Independent public entity of the Government of Portugal for Global - Trade & Investment)
Evaluator
 Agência para o Investimento e Comércio Externo de Portugal EPE, Portugal Agência para o Investimento e Comércio Externo de Portugal EPE
2020 - 2020 Independent expert during the evaluation of proposals submitted under the H2020 Transport Single Stage 2020 calls: H2020-MG-2020-SingleStage-INEA, H2020-DT-ART-2020 and H2020-LC-GV-2020.
Evaluator
 European Union, Belgium European Union
2017 - 2017 Independent expert during the evaluation of proposals submitted under the Portugal 2020 - AAC nº 10/SI/2017, 03/SI/2017 e 04/SI/2017 - entidade ANI Agência Nacional de Inovação (National Innovation Agency)
Evaluator
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA, Portugal Agência Nacional de Inovação SA

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2020 - Current Sensors (1424-8220) MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Distinctions

Award

2022 5G Grand Challenge, an international competition on Artificial Intelligence (AI)
International Telecommunication Union, Switzerland
2020 Vision Understanding and Machine Intelligence (VISUM) summer school Competition Winner
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
2009 “Ideias para o Plano de Inovação”
Altice Labs, Portugal