Alberto Cardoso is assistant (tenured) professor of the Department of Informatics Engineering, University of Coimbra(Portugal), senior researcher of the Adaptive Computation Group of the Centre for Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra(CISUC) and responsible for the Laboratory of Industrial Informatics and Systems of CISUC. He received his PhD in Informatics Engineering in 2006 and his MSc in Systems and Information Technologies in 1995 from the University of Coimbra.
He was vice-chairman of the Department of Informatics Engineering, 2013-2017, and integrates its Scientific Council, as well as the Assembly of FCTUC. He was President of the Portuguese Association of Automatic Control (APCA), 2019-2020, President of the Portuguese Society for Engineering Education (SPEE), 2014-2016, and Coordinator of the Informatics Engineering Chapter for the centre region of Portugal of the Portuguese Engineering Association (Ordem dos Engenheiros), 2013-2016, and President of the (Portuguese) National Monitoring Committee of IGIP, 2013-2015. He is a licensed Professional Engineer and was awarded the title “International Engineering Educator Honoris Causa” by the International Society for Engineering Pedagogy (IGIP).
His main research interests are Cyber-systems, Data Analysis and Processing, Intelligent Systems, Wireless Sensor Networks, Sensor Data Fusion, Remote and Virtual Laboratories, Geographic Information Systems, Soft Computing, Supervision and Fault Diagnosis, Reconfiguration and Fault Tolerant Control.
He coordinates/participates or has coordinated/participated in several projects at national and international level in a wide range of application areas (H2020 KYKLOS4.0, H2020 REMAP, SUDOE NanoSen-AQM, FP7-GINSENG, FP7-EPILEPSIAE, FCT FireLoc, U-Academy (Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation), NeReLa - Network of Remote Labs (6th Call of Tempus IV)).
He has served in the Programme Committee of many conferences and has organized several scientific events, such as conferences, workshops and summer schools. He co-edited two books and published five book chapters and several papers in international journals and conference proceedings.
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