Awards and Recognitions  [103]

 

2024

 

- Top 2% of Scientists, according to the August 2024 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators" published by a team at Stanford University, assessing scientists for both career-long (updated to end-of-2023) and single year (2023) impact; number 1 in FEUP for 2023.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

"A novel three-phase multiobjective unified power quality conditioner", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of the academic field of Engineering based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

"Comparative study of advanced signal processing techniques for islanding detection in a hybrid distributed generation system", IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of the academic field of Engineering based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

- Highly Ranked Scholar by ScholarGPS (Top 0.05% of all scholars worldwide), for the exceptional performance, prolific publication record, high impact, and outstanding quality of the scholarly contributions. 

 

- 2024 Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Portugal Leader Award.

 

- 2024 AIIA Fellow, International Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance, for being a leading scientist with remarkable accomplishments in the field, driving the progress of artificial intelligence across diverse industries.

 

- 2024 IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) Fellows Committee Member, for the 3rd consecutive year (2022-2024).

 

- Recognized as one of the Best Associate Editors 2021-2023 of the IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, being promoted to Senior Editor.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

"Generative adversarial networks and convolutional neural networks based weather classification model for day ahead short-term photovoltaic power forecasting", Energy Conversion and Management (ELSEVIER). This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of the academic field of Engineering based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

2023

 

- FEUP Scientific Recognition Diploma, regarding the year of 2022; Award received 7 years (2017-2023) in a row.

 

- Recognized as an Outstanding Associate Editor 2023 of the IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence, based on the excellent paper review performance.

 

- 2023 Elected Full Member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society, one of the oldest and most prestigious honor societies, including more than 200 Nobel Laureates, in recognition of scholarly achievements and contributions to the advancement of knowledge.

 

- 2023 Highly Cited Researcher (1 in 1000 — Top 0.1%), in recognition of exceptional research performance, demonstrating significant and broad influence in the field of Engineering, having authored multiple Highly Cited Papers over the past decade.

 

- Top 2% of Scientists, according to the October 2023 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators" published by a team at Stanford University, assessing scientists for both career-long (updated to end-of-2022) and single year (2022) impact; number 1 in FEUP for 2022.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

"Pool trading model within a local energy community considering flexible loads, photovoltaic generation and energy storage systems", Sustainable Cities and Society (ELSEVIER). This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of the academic field of Engineering based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

- 2023 IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) Fellows Committee Member, for the 2nd consecutive year (2022-2023).

 

- Recognized as one of the Best Associate Editors 2020-2023 of the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, being promoted to Senior Editor.

 

- 2023 Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Portugal Leader Award.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

"A multi-stage joint planning and operation model for energy hubs considering ‎integrated demand response programs", International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems (ELSEVIER). This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of the academic field of Engineering based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

2022

 

- FEUP Scientific Recognition Diploma, regarding the year of 2021; Award received 6 years (2017-2022) in a row.

 

- 2022 Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Portugal Leader Award.

 

- Hot Cited Paper and Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

"A two-stage joint operation and planning model for sizing and siting of electrical energy storage devices considering demand response programs", International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems (ELSEVIER). This hot paper received enough citations to place it in the top 0.1% of papers in the academic field of Engineering.

 

- Hot Cited Paper and Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

"A sustainable framework for multi-microgrids energy management in automated distribution network by considering smart homes and high penetration of renewable energy resources", Energy (ELSEVIER). This hot paper received enough citations to place it in the top 0.1% of papers in the academic field of Engineering.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

"Coordinating energy management systems in smart cities with electric vehicles", Applied Energy (ELSEVIER). This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of the academic field of Engineering based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

"A coordinated energy management framework for industrial, residential and commercial energy hubs considering demand response programs", Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments (ELSEVIER). This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of the academic field of Engineering based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

- Hot Cited Paper and Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

"Stochastic planning and operation of energy hubs considering demand response programs using Benders decomposition approach", International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems (ELSEVIER). This hot paper received enough citations to place it in the top 0.1% of papers in the academic field of Engineering.

 

- Top 2% of Scientists, according to the September 2022 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators" published by a team at Stanford University, assessing scientists for both career-long (updated to end-of-2021) and single year (2021) impact; number 1 in FEUP for 2021.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

"Energy management ‎in microgrids including smart homes: a multi-objective approach", Sustainable Cities and Society (ELSEVIER). This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of its academic field based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

"Preserving privacy of smart meter data in a smart grid environment", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of its academic field based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

"Blockchain-based fully peer-to-peer energy trading strategies for residential energy systems", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of its academic field based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

- 2022 IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) Fellows Committee Member.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

"Adjustable robust optimization approach for two-stage operation of energy hub-based microgrids", Energy (ELSEVIER). This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of its academic field based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

"Hybrid stochastic/robust optimization model for resilient architecture of distribution networks against extreme weather conditions", International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems (ELSEVIER). This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of its academic field based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

"Network-constrained joint energy and flexible ramping reserve market clearing of power- and heat-based energy systems: a two-stage hybrid IGDT-stochastic framework", IEEE Systems Journal. This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of its academic field based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

- Top Scientist in Research.com, currently number 1 (National) and number 262 (World) in Electronics and Electrical Engineering.

 

- Recognized as an Outstanding Associate Editor 2021 of the IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, due to the outstanding contributions to the journal.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TPWRS.2022.3150670

 

- Certificate of Service - in grateful recognition of the service - as Promotion and Outreach Editor for the IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy, 2020-2021.

 

- Elevated to IEEE Fellow, class of 2022, for contributions to power system operations and demand response.

 

2021

 

- FEUP Scientific Recognition Diploma, regarding the year of 2020; once more the indicator AEAI, applied for the purpose of granting the Award, was the highest in FEUP.

 

- Top 2% of Scientists, according to the August 2021 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators" published by a team at Stanford University, assessing scientists for both career-long (updated to end-of-2020) and single year (2020) impact.

 

- 1st Prize ("1º. Prémio") in 2020 Young Engineer Innovation Award (Prémio Inovação Jovem Engenheiro 2020) for PhD student P.M.S. Frade.

 

- Best Presentation Award at ICPSE 2021 (technically co-sponsored by IEEE) for co-author G. Osório.

 

- Hot Cited Paper in Web of Science.

"Integration of emerging resources in IGDT-based robust scheduling of combined power and natural gas systems considering flexible ramping products", Energy (ELSEVIER). This hot paper received enough citations to place it in the top 0.1% of papers in the academic field of Engineering.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

"A review of smart cities based on the Internet of things concept", Energies (MDPI). This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of its academic field based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

- Recognized as an Outstanding Senior Associate Editor 2020 of the IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, for the outstanding commitment and contributions to the journal in 2020, and for the indefatigable efforts.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TSG.2021.3059328 

 

2020

 

- FEUP Scientific Recognition Diploma, regarding the year of 2019; once more the indicator AEAI, applied for the purpose of granting the Award, was the highest in FEUP.

 

- Best Paper Award at IEEE SCEMS 2020.

 

- Top 2% of Scientists, according to the updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators published by a team at Stanford University, assessing scientists for both career-long citation impact (up until the end of 2019) and for citation impact during the single calendar year 2019.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

"Energy management strategy in dynamic distribution network reconfiguration considering renewable energy resources and storage", IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of its academic field based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

"Coordinated wind-thermal-energy storage offering strategy in energy and spinning reserve markets using a multi-stage model", Applied Energy (ELSEVIER). This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of its academic field based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

- Honorable Mention ("Menção Honrosa") in REN Award 2020 (Prémio REN 2020) for MSc student T.P. Almeida.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

"Capacity planning of energy hub in multi-carrier energy networks: a data-driven robust stochastic programming approach", IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of its academic field based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

"Co-optimized bidding strategy of an integrated wind-thermal-photovoltaic system in deregulated electricity market under uncertainties", Journal of Cleaner Production (ELSEVIER). This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of its academic field based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

"Stochastic network-constrained co-optimization of energy and reserve products in renewable energy integrated power and gas networks with energy storage systems", Journal of Cleaner Production (ELSEVIER). This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of its academic field based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

- MPCE Best Paper Award 2019.

 

- Top Scientist (Computer Science & Electronics) in the Guide2Research Ranking, which lists only scientists having h-index equal or greater than 40.

 

- Best Ph.D. Poster Award (1st place) at EEEIC 2020 / I&CPS Europe 2020 (technically co-sponsored by IEEE).

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2019

 

- FEUP Scientific Recognition Diploma, regarding the year of 2018; the indicator AEAI, applied for the purpose of granting the Award, was the highest in FEUP.

 

- 1st Prize ("1º. Prémio") in REN Award 2019 (Prémio REN 2019) for MSc student N.G.S. Soares.

 

- 3rd Prize ("3º. Prémio") in REN Award 2019 (Prémio REN 2019) for MSc student C.M.M.P. Santos.

 

- Honorable Mention ("Menção Honrosa") in REN Award 2019 (Prémio REN 2019) for MSc student J.P.P. Carvalho.

 

- Honorable Mention ("Menção Honrosa") in REN Award 2019 (Prémio REN 2019) for MSc student V.M.A. Campos.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

"Control technique for the operation of grid-tied converters with high penetration of renewable energy resources", Electric Power Systems Research (ELSEVIER). This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of its academic field based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

- Finalist (Top 4) for the position of Editor-in-Chief for the IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid.

 

- 2017 Energies Best Paper Award.

 

- Scientific Award University of Lisbon / Santander Universities 2018 (Prémio Científico Universidade de Lisboa / Santander Universidades 2018), rewarding the activity of scientific research.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

"Optimal scheduling of demand response in pre-emptive markets based on stochastic bilevel programming method", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of its academic field based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

2018

 

- FEUP Scientific Recognition Diploma, regarding the year of 2017; the indicator AEAI, applied for the purpose of granting the Award, was the highest in FEUP.

 

- Honorable Mention ("Menção Honrosa") in REN Award 2018 (Prémio REN 2018) for MSc student J.P.A.E. Santo.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

"Novel control strategy for modular multilevel converters based on differential flatness theory", IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics. This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of its academic field based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

- "A decentralized electricity market scheme enabling demand response deployment", IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of its academic field based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

- "Multi-objective optimization model of source-load-storage synergetic dispatch for a building energy management system based on TOU price demand response", IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of its academic field based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

- "Model predictive control home energy management and optimization strategy with demand response", Applied Sciences. This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of its academic field based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

- "A multi-loop control technique for the stable operation of modular multilevel converters in HVDC transmission systems", International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems (ELSEVIER). This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of its academic field based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

- "Image phase shift invariance based cloud motion displacement vector calculation method for ultra-short-term solar PV power forecasting", Energy Conversion and Management (ELSEVIER). This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of its academic field based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

- "The values of market-based demand response on improving power system reliability under extreme circumstances", Applied Energy (ELSEVIER). This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of its academic field based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

- "An overview of demand response: key-elements and international experience", Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (ELSEVIER). This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of its academic field based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

- "Biomass combustion systems: a review on the physical and chemical properties of the ashes", Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (ELSEVIER). This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of its academic field based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

- "Optimal household appliances scheduling under day-ahead pricing and load-shaping demand response strategies", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of its academic field based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

- Appointed as Visiting Professor by North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China, due to academic achievement.

 

2017

 

- FEUP Scientific Recognition Diploma, regarding the year of 2016, which aims to recognize scientific merit and encourage the translation of the results of research activities into publications in international scientific journals, books and patents.

 

- Best INESC-ID Researcher 2017, the most important Award in INESC-ID, considered of high importance and value for the institution.

 

- Finalist (Top 5) for the position of Editor-in-Chief for the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy.

 

- Top 3 Editors of the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 2012-2017, Awarded with an extra year beyond the 6-year term due to the excellent performance.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

- "Smart household operation considering bi-directional EV and ESS utilization by real-time pricing-based DR", IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of its academic field based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

- Honorable Mention ("Menção Honrosa"), 2nd place, in the University of Lisbon / Santander Universities 2017 Scientific Awards (Prémios Científicos Universidade de Lisboa / Santander Universidades 2017), rewarding the activity of scientific research.

 

2016

 

- Honorable Mention ("Menção Honrosa") in REN Award 2016 (Prémio REN 2016) for MSc student M.F. Medeiros.

 

- Honorable Mention ("Menção Honrosa") in REN Award 2016 (Prémio REN 2016) for MSc student R.F.M. Martins.

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

- "Optimised performance of a plug-in electric vehicle aggregator in energy and reserve markets", Energy Conversion and Management (ELSEVIER). This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of its academic field based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

- Researcher with Highest Number of Publications of INESC-ID, with a total of 201 publications in the 2013-2015 triennium.

 

2015

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

- "Short-term wind power forecasting using adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system combined with evolutionary particle swarm optimization, wavelet transform and mutual information", Renewable Energy (ELSEVIER). This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of its academic field based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

- Best Paper Award at EDST 2015 (technically co-sponsored by IEEE).

 

- Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science.

"Short-term electricity prices forecasting in a competitive market: a neural network approach", Electric Power Systems Research (ELSEVIER). As of March/April 2015, this highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of its academic field based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

 

- Best Paper Award at IEEE SEGE’15.

 

- 3rd Prize ("3º. Prémio") in REN Award 2015 (Prémio REN 2015) for MSc student S.F. Santos.

 

- Vote of Praise for the work developed at the Faculty of Engineering of UBI over the last few years.

 

- Best Paper Award and two Best Presentation Awards at PowerEng 2015 (technically co-sponsored by IEEE).

 

2014

 

- Scientific Productivity Award (Prémio de Estímulo à Produtividade Científica) INESC-ID 2014, due to the number of publications in international journals indexed on the first quartile (Q1) of ISI or Scopus.

 

2012

 

- Scientific Merit Award (Prémio de Mérito Científico) UTL / Santander Totta 2012, due to the number and impact of the papers published in international journals.

 

2011

 

 - Scientific Merit Award (Prémio de Mérito Científico) UBI-FE / Santander Universities 2011, in recognition of scientific excellence, particularly relevant and innovative.

 

- National Engineering Award 2011 (Prémio Nacional de Engenharia 2011) for PhD student H.M.I. Pousinho.

 

2010

 

- Best Paper Award at IEEE MELECON’2010.

 

2009

 

- Honorable Mention ("Menção Honrosa") in REN Award 2009 (Prémio REN 2009) for MSc student H.M.I. Pousinho.

 

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