Research Team

António Paulo G.M. Moreira – Project Coordinator

Associate Professor at Faculty of Engineering  – Univ. of Porto

Researcher at the INESC TEC – Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science, Coordinator of the CRIIS – Centre for Robotics in Industry and Intelligent Systems.

Main research interests are Control and Automation, Industrial Manipulators and Mobile Robotics.

Personal Web Page: https://web.fe.up.pt/~amoreira/

Research Centre Web Page: http://criis.inesctec.pt/

Pedro Neto

Pedro Neto received the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, in 2012. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Coimbra and the Director of the Collaborative Robotics Laboratory. He is the author of several journal and conference publications and participated in two European HORIZON 2020 R&D flagship projects. His research interests include human–robot interaction, collaborative robotics, pattern classification, and smart manufacturing.

Samuel Moniz

Professor in Industrial Engineering and Management at University of Coimbra – Faculty of Sciences and Technology.

He specializes in solving real-world optimization problems. He has been involved in solving complex problems through the application of advanced modeling approaches and data science techniques, with applications in the process and manufacturing industry. Main research interests are concerned with the development of optimization methods and simulation models to solve supply chain, layout, production planning, and scheduling problems.

See his work on Scopus, ResearchGate, Google Scholar and Dimensions

Email: samuel.moniz@dem.uc.pt

Ana Barros

Ana Cristina Barros, PhD, MBA, is a senior researcher at INESC TEC in the field of operations, supply chain and technology management. She has been visiting researcher at Carnegie Mellon University, CMU (2014/2015; 2012), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT (2008-2011), and Cornell University (2002). Ana Barros obtained a PhD in Engineering and Management (Technical University of Lisbon, 2011), a MBA in Logistics and Entrepreneurship (Technical University of Munich, 2004), and a M.S. and B.S. in Chemical Engineering (University of Porto, 2000). Before joining INESC TEC, Ana Barros worked several years in the procurement and production planning departments of German and Portuguese companies. At INESC TEC, Ana Barros has participated in several European projects (ADVENTURE, BEinCPPS, NEXT-NET, AI REGIO). At national level, she participated in projects in collaboration with other Portuguese universities, CMU and MIT, and in consultancy services in the area of technology management and Industry 4.0. Currently, Ana Barros is the EIT Manufacturing Program Manager @ INESC TEC. Research focuses on supply chain strategy, innovation networks, and technology management.

Research Centre Web Page: https://www.inesctec.pt/cese

Profile webpages:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ana-cristina-barros-964b1a8/

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ana_Barros13

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2867-9644

Ana Simões

Researcher in the Centre for Enterprise of Systems Engineering from INESC TEC and Invited Professor at University Portucalense. She obtained a PhD in Engineering and Industrial Management (Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, 2016), a M.S. in Quantitative Methods applied to Management (Porto Business School of University of Porto, 2003) and B.S. in Engineering and Industrial Management (University of Aveiro, 1998). Researcher/consultant in several R&D projects, funded by different types of entities, in the areas of technology adoption, innovation process, design and development of advanced training programmes and healthcare planning. Author of several publications in international journals in the field of management, technology management and healthcare planning/management. Main research interests are technology adoption and innovation management.

Research Centre Web Page: https://www.inesctec.pt/cese

Profile webpages:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ana-simões-58305625/

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7193-3615

https://www.cienciavitae.pt//0314-C4C9-B038

Alexandre Marques

Senior Researcher at Center for Enterprise Systems Engineering at INESC TEC.

Specialist in supply chain planning with emphasis on the forest sector. Recent projects deal with novel mathematical programming methods for real-time logistics planning, development and use of decision support systems. Sustainability issues and new concepts of circular economy are also studied. In this project will research the linkages of decision making tools with sensors and similar technologies under the framework of Industry 4.0.

Author of several publications in international journals in the field of Forest Planning and Operations Research.

Research Centre Web Page: https://www.inesctec.pt/cese

Gonçalo Figueira

Researcher in the Center for Industrial Engineering and Management from INESC TEC, and Invited Professor at FEUP.

Research interests include supply chain management, operations research and decision support systems. Publications in international journals such as Computers and OR, Computers and Chemical Engineering, Decision Support Systems, and OR Perspectives.

Researcher/consultant in several R&D projects, funded by different types of entities, in the areas of production planning, supply chain design, scheduling, disturbance management and inventory replenishment.

Research Centre Web Page: https://www.inesctec.pt/cegi

Pedro Amorim

Head of the Research Center for Industrial Engineering and Management from INESC TEC Laboratório Associado.

Assistant Professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management at FEUP.

Co Founder of LTPlabs – consultancy company that applies advanced analytical methods to help make better complex decisions.

Specialist in supply chain planning with an emphasis on food products. He was Supply Chain Analyst at Total Raffinage Marketing (França). Researcher/Consultant in several projects related to Operations Management and supported by different types of entities.

Author of several publications in international journals in the field of Operations Research (for example, International Journal of Production Economics, Industrial Engineering and Chemistry Research, Computers and Chemical Engineering, Interfaces).

Research Centre Web Page: https://www.inesctec.pt/cegi

Manuel Parente

Researcher in the Center for Industrial Engineering and Management from INESC TEC.

Deputy Secretary of the Portuguese Committee for Transportation Geotechnics (http://www.spgeotecnia.pt/cpgt/index.asp), Portuguese Geotechnical Society.

Research interests include optimization, heuristics and meta-heuristics, dynamic programming, operations research, simulation-optimization, machine learning, artificial intelligence, decision support systems, computer science, engineering applications of the above.

Author of several publications in international journals in the field of Optimization, Decision Support Systems and Information Systems applied to Engineering (e.g. Expert Systems with Applications). Participation in R&D projects in the same fields (e.g. Development of an Expert Earthwork Optimization System, funded by FCT).

Research Centre Web Page: https://www.inesctec.pt/cegi

Ana Póvoa

Full Professor in Operations and Logistics, Department of Engineering and Management, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon.

Main Research Interests are related to the development of a comprehensive understanding of a variety of problems in supply chains and operations management, supported by novel engineering systems models and techniques. Sustainability, flexibility, design and planning of supply chains and flexible manufacturing Processes are among the main addressed issues.

Centre for Management Studies of IST: fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/investigacao/ceg-ist

Susana Relvas

Associate Professor of the Department of Engineering and Management, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa and Researcher of the Centre for Management Studies of IST – CEG-IST.

Her main research interests are related with the areas of Logistics, Supply Chain Management and Operations Management. She develops solution approaches and decision support tools when addressing complex systems, covering methods from Management Science and Operational Research. She applies her research in fields such as Oil Supply Chain, Manufacturing Industries & Internal Logistics such as Automotive and Aerospace, Retail Sector, Distribution Sector, among others.

Centre for Management Studies of IST: fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/investigacao/ceg-ist

Tânia Varela

Assistant Professor in Engineering and Management Department, in Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon, and Researcher of the Centre for Management Studies of IST – CEG-IST.

Main interests are in Process Systems Engineering: Design, Planning, Scheduling, Flexible Manufacturing, Energy, applying methodologies from Manufacturing Science and Operational Research Process, among other research interests.

Its research cover sectors, as: Manufacturing Industries, Automotive, Aerospace, Pharmaceutical, Food, Distribution, among others.

Centre for Management Studies of IST: fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/investigacao/ceg-ist

Bruna Mota

Researcher at Centre for Management Studies of Instituto Superior Técnico (CEG-IST) hosted by IST-ID.

Main research interests include the development of decision support tools for industrial applications with a particular focus on environmental and social sustainability.

Centre for Management Studies of IST: fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/investigacao/ceg-ist

Cátia Silva

Researcher at Centre for Management Studies of Instituto Superior Técnico (CEG-IST) hosted by IST-ID.

Research interests are supply chain management, logistics and sustainable supply chains.

Centre for Management Studies of IST: fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/investigacao/ceg-ist

Fábio Coelho

Researcher at Centre for Management Studies of Instituto Superior Técnico (CEG-IST) hosted by IST-ID.

Research interests include simulation, operations research, logistics and decision support systems.

Centre for Management Studies of IST: fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/investigacao/ceg-ist

Joana Guapo

Researcher at Centre for Management Studies of Instituto Superior Técnico (CEG-IST) hosted by IST-ID.

Main research interests are optimization methods to solve flexible job-shop scheduling problems.

Centre for Management Studies of IST: fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/investigacao/ceg-ist

Miguel Vieira

Researcher at Centre for Management Studies of Instituto Superior Técnico (CEG-IST) hosted by IST-ID.

Main research interests are concerned with the development of optimization methods to address the industrial decision support on production planning and scheduling problems.

Centre for Management Studies of IST: fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/investigacao/ceg-ist

Ana Carvalho

Assistant Professor in Engineering and Management Department, in Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon, and Researcher of the Centre for Management Studies of IST – CEG-IST.

Main research interests are related to sustainability, more specifically applied to process design and supply chain management. She has been working in sustainable supply chains, definition, assessment and optimization. Life cycle assessment for environmental and social evaluation are also on her research work.

Centre for Management Studies of IST: fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/investigacao/ceg-ist

Vânia Veloso

Researcher at Centre for Management Studies of Instituto Superior Técnico (CEG-IST) hosted by IST-ID.

Main research interests include supply chain management, sustainable supply chains and circular economy.

Centre for Management Studies of IST: fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/investigacao/ceg-ist

Germano Veiga

Germano Veiga is a Mechanical Engineer with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering (Robotics and Automation) (2010) by the University of Coimbra. In 2005 he was an invited researcher at the University of Lund, Sweden, and was a researcher (2002-2011) and Invited Professor (2007-2011) at the University of Coimbra. He is now Senior Researcher at INESC TEC, in Porto, and from 2016 is Auxiliar Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. His research interests are mostly focused on future industrial robotics including, plug-and-produce technologies, robot programming, mobile manipulators and Human Robot Interfacing. During his PhD studies Germano was part of the FP6 SMErobot team (2005-2009) and later became member of the Exec. Committee of the FP7 ECHORD project (2009-2012). More recently Germano became the coordinator of the INESC-TEC team participating in the projects FP7-CARLoS, FP7-STAMINA, FP7-SMErobotics, H2020-ColRobot. Since January 2017 he is the Coordinator of the H2020 ScalABLE4.0 project.

Research Centre Web Page: http://criis.inesctec.pt/

Marcelo Petry

Senior Researcher at INESC TEC

Marcelo is a robotics researcher and educator who joined INESC TEC’s Centre for Robotics in Industry and Intelligent Systems in 2019. His research interests are in robot perception and localisation, and the application of robots to logistics, inspection and human assistance. He earned his undergraduate degree in Control and Automation Engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (2008) and his PhD in Informatics Engineering from the University of Porto (2013). Previously he was Assistant Professor at Federal University of Santa Catarina, and researcher at INESC P&D Brazil (2014 to 2019).

Cláudia Rocha

Researcher at INESC TEC

Cláudia Rocha received the master’s degree in Bioengineering (specialization in Biomedical Engineering) at the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto. Currently, she is researcher at the Centre for Robotics in Industry and Intelligent Systems of INESC TEC. She joined the centre in 2016 and since then has been involved in national and European projects.

Joana Dias

Researcher at INESC TEC

Joana Dias received the master’s degree in Biomedical engineering and Biophysics at the Faculty of Sciences of University of Lisbon. Currently, she is researcher at the Centre for Robotics in Industry and Intelligent Systems of INESC TEC. She joined the centre in 2016 and since then has been involved in national and European projects.

Mohammad Safeea

Mohammad Safeea received his Doctor of Engineering in 2020 by both the University of Coimbra, Portugal and École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers, Lille (Joint Ph.D). He is an invited assistant professor at the University of Coimbra since 2020. He participated in various European research projects (HORIZON 2020) and coordinated technology transfer activities from academy to industry. He received various awards and he is the author of various publications in international peer reviewed journals and conferences. He has been an invited speaker for different events including TedX. His main research interests are robot dynamics & control, AI, and the issues of safety in human robot interaction.

Mihail Babcinschi

Mihail Babcinschi received the master’s degree in mechanical engineering at the University of Coimbra. Currently he is researcher at the Collaborative Robotics Laboratory of the University of Coimbra. In the last few years Mihail Babcinschi has been involved in different international research projects. His research interests are metal additive manufacturing and data interoperability to help on the digital transformation of industry.