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.
- 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
- 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.