Project and Institutional Coordination

  • ILU — Integrative Learning from Urban Data and Situational Context for City Mobility Optimization (2018–2022)
    • Funding & partners: ~€300k (FCT – DSAIPA/DS/0111/2018) | INESC-ID, LNEC, CML, CARRIS, METRO
    • Summary: Large-scale high-visibility R&D initiative leveraging AI to optimize urban mobility by integrating multimodal traffic data and situational context
    • Role: Principal Investigator (PI)
    • Key Achievements: 40+ publications in Q1 journals and top conferences; multiple scientific & EU awards; >90% budget execution
    • Talent Development: Supervised 10+ MSc theses, 3 PostDocs, and 3 ongoing PhD candidates
    • Dossier: http://web.ist.utl.pt/rmch/fct/ILUFinalDossier2022.pdf
       
  • Institutional Coordination:
    • WISDOM — Water Intelligence System Data (2018–2022)
      Funding & Partners: ~€290k (FCT – DSAIPA/DS/0089/2018) | IPS, INESC-ID, IST-ID (CeMAT), EMAS, CM Barreiro
      Outputs: 3 scientific publications, 2 deployed software platforms (wisdom.ips.pt)
      Supervision: 3 completed MSc theses on spatiotemporal modeling, autonomous signal processing, and anomaly detection in water networks
    • FRAIL — Intelligent Decision Support for Frailty Assessment in the Elderly Population (2024–2026)
      Funding & Partners: ~€80k (FCT – 2024.07266.IACDC/2024) | LAQV, INESC-ID, CM Famalicão, FADEUP
       
  • European Horizon (EU) project proposals as INESC-ID institutional coordinator:
    • DATAWAYS — Enhancing Connectivity for Multimodal Transport Systems Efficiency
      Budget and partners: €500k budget at INESC-ID | 20+ partners led by NTT DATA
    • ATLANTE — Advanced Multimodal Transport Planning and Optimization (led by Sapienza Università Roma)
       
  • Other initatives as PI:
    • PIP — Tracing, Signaling and Solving Inappropriate Patterns of Psychotropic Drug Prescription
      Partners and state: INESC-ID, FMUL/AIDFM, SPMS, SPPSM, Ordem dos Farmacêuticos | active
      Ongoing outputs: 3 Q1 journal publications, 4 completed MSc theses
    • COV2Omics — Padrões transcriptómicos da resposta regulatória de células pulmonares à infecção pelo SARS-CoV-2 e à estimulação de interferões
      Partners and state: INESC-ID, IPO-Porto, LASIGE, FCT-UN | archived (FCT COVID-19 Phase II)
      Outputs: 1 Q1 journal publication, 1 completed MSc thesis
    • EpiBrain — Learning Epitranscriptomic Brain Pattern from Peripheral Tissue for Psychopharmacology
      State and outputs: archived (ERC Starting Proposal) | 3 completed MSc theses
    • BrainVeils: Advanced Analysis of the Neurodegenerative Language of the Brain using Electroencephalography
      Partners and state: INESC-ID, IMM, LASIGE, IST-ID | archived
    • BlueSKY: Intelligent Exploration of the National Air Space for the On-Time Recognition of Ignitions and Fire Fronts
      Partners and state: INESC-ID, TEKEVER | discontinued

European Horizon Projects

  • ADMIRAL — Advanced Multimodal Marketplace for Low Emission and Energy Transportation
    Call & Consortium: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D6-02 (Grant 101104163) | VTT (Lead), LNEC, Port of Sines, MARLO, et al.
    Outputs: 5 Q1 publications, co-supervision of 2 co-funded PhDs (concluded) and 2 MSc student on spatio-temporal data integration for sustainable corridors
  • InnoCyPES — Innovative Tools for Cyber-Physical Energy Systems
    Call & Consortium: H2020-MSCA-ITN-2020 (Grant 956433) | DTU, UU, EDF, TUD, UNILE, NTNU, Imperial College London, AIT, et al.
    Outputs: co-supervision of 1 PhD on real-time analytics for high-fidelity synchronized measurements; 3 Q1 publications

Work Package & Task Responsibilities

  • Data2Help — Data Science for Optimization of Emergency Medical Services
    Funding & Partners: ~€290k (FCT – DSAIPA/AI/0044/2018) | INESC-ID, IST-ID (CEG-IST), INEM
    Role: coordination of the development of the Data2Help recommendation system for emergency services (INEM)
    Outputs: successful supervision of 1 PosDoc, 3 MSc theses, and 2 internships; 3 scientific publications
  • IPOscore — Predictive Risk Modeling in Surgical Oncology
    Funding & Partners: ~€290k (FCT – DSAIPA/DS/0042/2018) | IDMEC, IPO Porto
    Outputs: 5 Q1 journal publications (JMIR, IEEE JBHI, Cancers, BMC Bioinformatics, MIDM); successful supervision of 3 MSc theses on surgical risk patterns and Hodgkin’s lymphoma dynamics
  • Neuroclinomics2 — Unravelling Prognostic Markers in Neurodegenerative Diseases | FCT (PTDC/EEI-SII/1937/2014)
    Outputs: 5+ Q1 lead-author publications in Pattern Recognition, ACM CSUR, BMC Bioinformatics, and DAMI
  • LAIfeBlood — Data Science for Blood Management | FCT (DSAIPA/AI/0033/2019)
    Outputs: co-supervision of 4 MSc theses establishing deep neural architectures for blood donation demand forecasting; multiple software modules.

R&D Consulting & Technology Transfer

  • LNEC — Service Provision Contracts(2023–Present)
    Institutional coordinator and lead expert for R&D service provision contracts in intelligent logistics and urban mobility to LNEC.
  • GED Ventures — Technical Advisory(2023–Present)
    Expert opinion and due diligence to support venture capital investments in AI startups.

Collaborative Research Member

  • iCare4U (ICU Personalized Medicine) — Prognostic tools; co-authored 4 Q1 publications
  • MONET (Multi-Omic Networks in Gliomas) — Associative multi-omics modeling; supervised 2 MSc students; 2 Q1 publications
  • MATISSE (ML-Based Shellfish Safety Forecasting) — Spatiotemporal time-lagged analytics; co-supervised 1 PhD; 2 Q1 publications
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