European master in Computer Science for the Human-Centric and Sustainable Industry

Acácio M. R. Amaral was born in Luso, Angola, in 1974. He received the E. E. diploma, the M. S. degree and the Ph. D degree from Coimbra’s University, Portugal in 1998, 2005 and 2010, respectively.

Since 1998 has been with Coimbra’s Polytechnic, where is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Informatics and Systems.

He is the author of five books entitled Circuit and Electronic Devices Analysis (Porto, Portugal, Publindustria, 2013 - in Portuguese), Digital Systems (Lisboa, Portugal, Edições Sílabo, 2014 - in Portuguese), Analog Electronics (Lisboa, Portugal, Edições Sílabo, 2017 - in Portuguese), Digital Electronics (Lisboa, Portugal, Edições Sílabo, 2019 - in Portuguese) and Applied Electronics (Lisboa, Portugal, Edições Sílabo, 2021 - in Portuguese).

He is the author of more than 50 papers published in technical journals and conference proceedings and co-author of a book entitled Diagnosis and Fault Tolerance of Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and Drives, (Stevenage, United Kingdom, Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2018 - in English).

His research activities include fault diagnosis, design and simulation of Power Converters, with emphasis on the consequences of aging of storage devices such as capacitors, super capacitors and batteries, as well as, the development of solutions to this problem.

Ana Rosa Pereira Borges has been with Coimbra Polytechnic Institute (IPC, www.ipc.pt) since 1989, where she is currently a Coordinator Professor at the Department of Computer and System Engineering, Coimbra Institute of Engineering (ISEC, www.isec.pt). She received her Computer Engineering degree (1989), her Master in System and Information Technology (1995) and her Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering, specialty in Informatics (2005) from the Coimbra University. Portugal. Her teaching duties include Programming courses, Decision Support System and also Operations Research and Optimization courses. Her current research areas include multiple objective programming optimization, decision support systems, fuzzy sets. She participated in several projects and had published some papers in journals and proceedings of conferences and participated in scientific committees of international conferences.

Carlos Pereira is a Coordinator Professor at the Department of Computer and Systems Engineering of the Engineering Institute of the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra (IPC) and a researcher at the Centre of Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra. He holds a degree in Computer Engineering, a Masters in Systems and Automation and a PhD in Computer Engineering from the University of Coimbra. He has been the coordinator of international relations at the Department of Computer and Systems and has been involved in two Erasmus curriculum development projects. His current research interests are deep learning and bioinformatics.

Fernanda Brito Correia is a Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra (IPC-www.ipc.pt), at the Coimbra Institute of Engineering (ISEC-www.isec.pt) in the Department of Informatics and Systems Engineering (DEIS), since 1992, where she teaches programming, databases and business intelligence courses to the bachelor’s and master’s degrees. She received her MSc in Computer Science from the University of Coimbra, Portugal, in 1990 and her PhD in Informatics Engineering from the University of Aveiro, Portugal, in 2019. She was the European coordinator of two European projects “European master’s in computer science” (EmaCS) and “Convergence of Learning and Teaching Methods to Support Coordinated Computer Science Curricula (COLT). She participated in International Scientific Committees of International Conferences, like DiTTET 2022, CISCI 2022, FIE2023 and PACBB2023. Her current research areas include bioinformatics, computer science education, bigdata and business intelligence. She participated in some other projects and had published some papers in journals and proceedings of conferences.

José Luís Nunes is a Professor at the Department of Computer and Systems Engineering of the Engineering Institute of the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra (IPC) and a PhD student and researcher at the Centre of Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra (CISUC). He holds a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Coimbra and a Specialization in Computer Science from Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra. He has been involved in two Erasmus curriculum development projects. His current research interests are dependability, robotics, and FPGA.

Mateus Mendes holds a BSc, MSc, and PhD from the University of Coimbra and has been a dedicated educator at the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra since 2002. His expertise lies in data analysis, classical machine learning, deep learning, and computer vision.

In 2017, he provided consulting services for OKS in collaboration with the Institute of Systems and Robotics, University of Coimbra, focusing on the development of a Machine Learning System for Industrial Applications.

His notable contributions to the management of scientific activities include serving as Guest Editor for the Energies Special Issue on Digitization of Energy Supply and Demand Sides since October 2021. Additionally, he has taken on the role of Topic Editor for the Special Edition on Numerical Methods and Computer Simulations in Energy Analysis, 2nd Volume, collaborating with Marcin Kaminski since 2022. Mateus is actively involved in various editorial boards, including serving as a Member of the Topical Advisory Panel of the journal Energies, MDPI, since 2022, and participating in the Reviewer Boards of prestigious conferences and journals since 2019. Notably, he chaired the panel on Strategy and Planning at the 1st Congresso em Engenharia e Gestao de Ativos Fisicos, CongrEGA, in 2022. Furthermore, he contributes to the coordination of the Post-graduate Course in Advanced Healthcare Systems at the Polytechnic of Coimbra since 2022.