Dr. Daniel G. Costa
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Porto, Portugal

Email: danielgcosta@fe.up.pt

Dr. Daniel G. Costa is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (DEEC), Faculty of Engineering (FEUP), University of Porto (Portugal). He completed his undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering in 2005 and received his Ph.D. degree in Computer and Electrical Engineering in 2013 from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (Natal, Brazil) in collaboration with the University of Porto. From 2007 to 2022, he served as an assistant professor at the State University of Feira de Santana (Brazil). Dr. Costa has authored or co-authored over 100 scientific papers published in prestigious international journals and conferences. His research interests cover a wide range of cutting-edge areas, including Smart Cities, Internet of Things, Sensor Networks, Embedded Systems, and Multimedia Sensing.

If you are interested in pursuing a PhD in Smart Cities, IoT, Embedded Systems, Urban Computing, and Smart Mobility, you are invited to contact me. I have some open positions in very interesting research subjects, in a vibrating academic atmosphere here in Porto, Portugal.

Research Award
In 2022, I was in the World's Top 2% Scientistis list.

Best Paper Award
One of my students received the Best Young Researcher Award in the IEEE Metro Automotive 2023 conference, held in Modena, Italy.

Research Award
In 2021, I was in the World's Top 2% Scientistis list.

Newsletter article
The article Tackling Emergencies Through Multi-System Perspectives of Smart Cities was published in the August 2022 edition of the IEEE Smart Cities Society Newsletter.

Cover paper
The paper iBikeSafe: A Multi-Parameter System for Monitoring, Evaluation and Visualization of Cycling Paths in Smart Cities Targeted at Cycling Adverse Conditions was selected as the Cover Paper of the Smart Cities journal, volume 4, issue 3, 2021.

Best Paper Award
The paper COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of Smart Cities Initiatives to Face New Outbreaks was the Best Paper for the years 2020/2021 of the IET Smart Cities journal.