Personal

Academic degrees

PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Dependability evaluation of fieldbus networks, University of Porto, 2005.
MSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Development of an analog and digital intelligent I/O node using the TCP/IP protocol over an ethernet network, University of Porto, 1996
Licenciatura in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Porto, 1992.

Director of the Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering at UPorto (MIEEC) from Mars 2015 to August 2018.
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, since Mars 2015.
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, since September 2005.
Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, from December 1995 to September 2005.
Lecturer Trainee, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, from September 1992 to December 1995.

Telecommunications and Multimedia Unit at INESC TEC, since February 2013.
Network Centric Control Systems group, Institute for Systems and Robotics, University of Porto, from June 2006 to January 2013.
Industrial Automation group, Institute for Systems and Robotics, University of Porto, from May 1994 to June 2006.
CIM (Computer Integrated Manufacturing) Center of Porto, University of Porto, from September 1992 to May 1994.
Research visitor at the Real-time Systems Group, Department of Computer Science, University of York, UK, 1998-99 (interleaved periods).

Member of the Industrial Communication Systems subcommitte of the Technical Committee on Factory Automation (TCFA) of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES)
Member of the Fault Tolerant and Dependable Systems subcommitte of the Technical Committee on Factory Automation (TCFA) of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES)
Member of the Portuguese Technical Commitee CTE 65 - Medição e Controlo em Processos Industriais (Industrial-process Measurement, Control and Automation), Instituto Electrotécnico Português (IEP), since Mars 2010 [Portuguese representative of TC65 - Industrial-process Measurement, Control and Automation from IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission).]
IEEE/IES - Industrial Electronics Society (IEEE) member.
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers member.
ISA - The Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society member.
Ordem dos Engenheiros member.