João M. F. Rodrigues

JR graduated in Electrical Eng., M.Sc. in Computer Systems Eng., Ph.D. Electronics and Computer Engineering and Habilitation in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is a Full Professor at Institute of Engineering - UAlg, where he lectures Computer Science and Computer Vision since 1994 [https://bit.ly/3J5cOjj].

 R&D Unit: NOVA LINCS-UAlg

jrodrig[AT]ualg.pt

Main research interests: computer vision, human-computer interaction, affective computing & human-centered AI.

Pedro J. S. Cardoso

PC has a Ph.D. in the field of Mathematics/Operations Research from the University of Seville, Spain, a M.Sc. degree in Computational Mathematics from the University of Minho, Portugal, and a B.Sc. degree in Mathematics/Computer Science from the University of Coimbra, Portugal. [🌐]

R&D Unit: NOVA LINCS-UAlg

pcardoso[AT]ualg.pt

Main research interests: operational research, machine learning, affectice computing & data science.

Jaime Carvalho Martins

JCM has a Ph.D. in the field of Computer Engineering and a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering. He is a Professor at the Institute of Engineering at UAlg, where he lectures Visual Computing and Intelligent Systems.

R&D Unit: --

Main research interests: artificial intelligence, machine learning & chemometrics

      Joel GUERREIRO

JG has a Ph.D. in the field of Computer Engineering in Management and B.Sc. in Computer Science. He is a Professor at the Institute of Engineering at UAlg, where he lectures Cybersecurity, Databases and Software Engineering.

R&D Unit: NOVA LINCS-UAlg

Main research interests: cybersecurity in IoT, secure software development & Se-aaS and SeaaS optimization

Roberto Lam

RL graduated in Informatics, M.Sc. in Computer Systems Eng., Ph.D. Informatics Engineering. Professor at Institute of Engineering - UAlg, where he teaches on subjects of Computer Sciences

R&D Unit: NOVA LINCS-UAlg

Main research interests:  3D object representation, recognition and retrieval and web technologies, automatic integration of information systems, data exchange/extraction over the web and its analysis for smart/intelligent systems & Semantic Web.

Pedro Guerreiro

Professor Pedro Guerreiro graduated in Computer Science in 1994, has a M.Sc. in Systems and Computing Engineering in 2001, both from the University of Algarve, Portugal, and in 2017 finished his Ph.D. in Discrete Mathematics, with a focus on Computer Optimization, in the University of Seville, Spain.

R&D Unit: NOVA LINCS-UAlg

Main research interests:

operational research, multi-objective optimization, meta-heuristics, machine learning & data science

      Gabriela Schütz

GS has a Ph.D. in the field of Mathematics/Operations Research.

(Retired)

R&D Unit: NOVA LINCS-UAlg

Main research interests: Operational Research, Combinatorial, Optimisation, Machine Learning, Data Analysis

Dário Rodrigues

PostDoc. (Dez. 2025-): Artificial Intelligence and Trust Infrastructures: Digital Governance, Ethical Sustainability, and Social Inclusion (Bruno Silva Uni. Algarve, PT & JR)

Ricardo vEiga

Ph.D. (Nov. 2021-): Self-Supervised Observation Awareness for Temporal Learning Beyond Labeling (JR)

ANDRÉ FRANCISCO 

Ph.D. (2021-): Sistema de Gestão Inteligente e Sustentável para Frotas de Veículos Elétricos Autónomos [Intelligent and Sustainable Management System for Autonomous Electric Vehicle Fleets] (PC & J. Monteiro, Uni. Algarve, PT)

Daniel Turner

Ph.D. (Jun. 2022-): Modular Dynamic Neural Network: A Continual Learning Architecture for Object Classification (JR & PC)

Pedro Vaz

Ph.D. (Apr. 2023 - ): Body Based Affective Computing System: Discriminating by Gender, Age, Culture, and Environment (PC & JR & Diego Gomez Baya, Uni. Huelva, ES)

CArlos Antunes

Ph.D. (Fev. 2023-): Automatic Web Diagnosis of Covid-19 and Pneumonia Based on Medical Images (António Cunha, Uni. Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, PT &  JR) 

MArco Lemos

Ph.D. (Apr. 2025 - ): Real-time Engagement Framework for Group Events (JR & PC)

Pedro santos

Ph.D. (Apr. 2025-): Cybersecurity Governance in Regulated Environments – AI-driven Regulatory Risk Assessment based on Normalized Systems Principles (JG & PC) 

Mohamed el AFIA 

Ph.D. (Jul. 2025-): Engagement, Attention and Behaviour Analysis in Crowd Events (JR & PC)

IKRAMULLAH KHAN

Ph.D. (Set. 2025-): AI-Driven Health Monitoring and Communication Platform (
PC & JM, Uni. Algarve, PT)

João santos 

PhD. (Jan. 2026-): Towards Creating a Logical Qubit That Lasts a Bit (JG)

abdellah walid

Ph.D. (Fev. 2026-):  Human Behaviour Analysis at Events via Multimodal Sensor Fusion (
JR & PC, Uni. Algarve, PT)

Guilherme António 

MSc. (Set. 2024-): AI-Powered Detection of Abnormal Behaviour in Crowds (JR & PC)

Roberto Santos

MSc. (Set. 2025-): AI-Powered Queue Monitoring and Behavioural Analysis System for Enhanced Service Management (JR & JM)

David Solá

Research proj. (2026-): Multi-Sensor Positioning & Edge AI Satisfaction 

Angelo sousa

MSc. (2025): Sistema de Monitorização de Consumo e Produção Elétrica da Universidade do Algarve (PC & J.Monteiro, ISE & CISCA, Univ. Algarve, Portugal)

João santos 

MSc. (2025): Large Language Models for Automated Exploit Generation (JG)

MArco Lemos

Research proj. (2024): Automatic Brand Names Generator (PC&JR)

MSc. (Set. 2024-): Engagement Models to Monitor Brand Activation (PC & JR)

Nelson Silva

M.Sc. (Set. 2023-2024): Multimodal Sentiment Classification Model for Environment Contexts (PC & JR)

André Miranda

M.Sc. (2023-2024): Enhancing Agriculture Monitoring through Anomaly Detection and Time Series Regression Analysis of IoT Sensor Data (PC & J. Semião, ISE & CISCA, Uni. Algarve, Portugal)

Tiago Horta

M.Sc. (2023 - 2024):  Aplicação web para controlo do crescimento e cultivação de microalgas (RL)

Breno Garcia

M.SC. (2023): Development of a web application for visualization of environmental parameters (JR) 

FElipe Noel

M.SC. (2023): Rapid Development of Low-Code Web Applications (PC)

Tomás Mendes

M.SC. (2022): Sistema Inteligente para Deteção de Anomalias em Consumos Hoteleiros [ Intelligent System for Detecting Anomalies in Hotel Consumption] (PC & Jânio Monteiro - UAlg)

Rui Novais

M.SC. (2022): A Framework for Emotion and Sentiment Predicting Supported in Ensembles (PC & JR)

Pedro Vaz

M.SC. (2022): Smart Irrigation Platform Based on Machine and Deep Learning (PC & Gabriela Schutz - UAlg)

Jedid Santos

M.SC. (2021): Intelligent Human-Device Cooperation Framework based on Vision and KNX (JR & Ivo Martins-UAlg)

Daniel Turner

Proj: WELSAFE.DV & ACCES4ALL

M.SC. (2020): Continual Learning for Object and Scene Classification (JR & PC)

Ricardo Veiga

Proj: M5SAR & KTTSEADRONES

M.SC. (2020): Pose Estimation System Based on Monocular Camera (JR)

Roman Bajireanu

Proj: M5SAR

M.SC. (2019): Real-time Human Body Detection and Tracking for Augmented Reality Mobile Applications (JR & PC)

Marco Freitas

Proj: M5SAR

M.SC. (2018): Microservices Applied to Web and Mobile Applications Internship (JR)

João Sardo

Proj.: M5SAR

João Pereira

Proj.: M5SAR

M.SC. (2017): Smart Augmented Reality Application for Enhanced Museum Experience (JR & PC)

Mário Saleiro

Ph.D. (2016): Active Vision on Robot Cognition (JR & Hans du Buf-UAlg)

Jaime Martins

Proj: PRHOLO & SparceCoding

Post-Doctoral Research (2015): Real-time Object Recognition in Complex Scenes by a Deep Sparse Coding Hierarchy (JR)

Ph.D. (2014): Face and Object Recognition by 3D Cortical Representations (JR & Hans du Buf-UAlg)

Luís Sousa

Proj: PRHOLO & PoolLiveAid

M.SC. (2015): Interfaces Humano-Computador com Reconhecimento de Gestos e Representação Holográfica (JR)

Ricardo Alves

Proj: PRHOLO & PoolLiveAid

M.SC. (2015): Intelligent System for Interaction with Virtual Characters Based on Volumetric Sensors (JR)

Emanuel Ey

Proj. (2015): I3FR

Intelligent management of distribution fleets (PC)

Andriy Mazayev 

Proj. (2015): I3FR

Intelligent management of distribution fleets (PC)

Sérgio Vasconcelos

Proj. (2015): I3FR

Intelligent management of distribution fleets (PC)

António Belguinha

Proj: FOOTDATA

M.SC. (2014): Sistema de Informação para a Representação e Deteção de modelos de Jogo no Futebol (JR & PC)

Tiago Vilas

Proj: FOOTDATA

M.SC. (2012): Rastreamento de Jogadores de Futebol Tendo em Vista a Análise de Modelos de Jogo (JR)