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Pedro Fernandes received the Lic. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Coimbra, Portugal.
He is currently an Assistant Professor and the Scientific Coordinator of the Computer Science course at ISMT, Coimbra, and a researcher with the Institute of Systems and Robotics, University of Coimbra.
Since 2007, he has been participating in several projects.
His research interests include Intelligent Transportation Systems, intervehicle communications, mobility and traffic simulations, information management, information security and cibersecurity, autonomous vehicles, platooning, mobile robotics, Internet of things, smart cities, multi-agent systems, and simulation methods applied to intelligent systems.
He serves/served as Associate Editor of ITSC 2024, 2023, 2022, ITSC 2021, ITSC 2020 and ITSC 2019 - IEEE Intelligent Transportation System Conference (ITSC), as Associate Editor of the IV 2024 - IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, as well as a member of the IPC of CISTI (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017), of CAPSI 2015, and IEEE ICVES'07.
Dr. Fernandes is an expert evaluator of Horizon 2020 European Projects, and is involved in COST Actions evaluation as well as reviewing processes of large scale European projects.
Dr. Fernandes participated in two COST Actions: as member of several Work Groups of the COST Action IC1303 “Algorithms, Architectures and Platforms for Enhanced Living Environments” (AAPELE), and as member of the Special Interest Group (SIG) on Visible Light Communications (VLC) of the COST Action IC1101 “Optical Wireless Communications – An Emerging Technology” (OPTICWISE).
Dr. Fernandes is member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (Intelligent Transportation Systems, Communications, Computer, Education, Robotics and Automation, and Vehicular Technology Societies), and the IEEE Standards Association.
Publications
Pedro Fernandes, “Platooning of IVC-Enabled Autonomous Vehicles: Information and Positioning Management Algorithms, for High Traffic Capacity and Urban Mobility Improvement”, University of Coimbra, Portugal, April, 2013.
P. Fernandes, and U. Nunes, “Multiplatooning Leaders Positioning and Cooperative Behavior Algorithms of Communicant Automated Vehicles for High Traffic Capacity”, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 1172-1187, June, 2015.
ISI impact factor: 2.472, eigenfactor: 0.00685, article influence score: 0.784
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/TITS.2014.2352858
Scopus Record: 2-s2.0-85027936599
Web of Science: WOS:000359252700009
P. Fernandes, and U. Nunes, “Platooning with IVC-enabled Autonomous Vehicles: Strategies to Mitigate Communication Delays, Improve Safety and Traffic Flow”, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 91-106, March, 2012.
ISI impact factor: 3.452, five-year impact factor: 4.090, cited half-life: 4.5 (#1 in Transportation Science & Technology).
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/TITS.2011.2179936
Scopus Record: 2-s2.0-84857793526
Web of Science: WOS:000300846700010
M. Robalinho, and P. Fernandes, “Software 2.0 for Scrap Metal Classification”,
16th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO), Prague, Czech Republic, July 29-31, 2019.
Digital Object Identifier: 10.5220/0007977506660673
Web of Science: WOS:000571072100081
ISBN: 978-989-758-380-3
P. Fernandes, and U. Nunes, “Platooning With DSRC-based IVC-Enabled Autonomous Vehicles: Adding Infrared Communications for IVC Reliability Improvement”,
2012 Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV 2012), Alcalá de Henares, Spain, June 3-7, 2012.
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/IVS.2012.6232206
Scopus Record: 2-s2.0-84865029266
Web of Science: WOS:000309167700085
ISBN: 978-1-4673-2119-8
P. Fernandes, and U. Nunes, “Algorithms for Management of a Multi-Platooning System of IVC-enabled Autonomous Vehicles, with High Traffic Capacity”,
In Proceedings of the 14th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC 2011), Washington DC, USA, October 5-7, 2011.
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/ITSC.2011.6082989
Scopus Record: 2-s2.0-83755196435
Web of Science: WOS:000298654700317
ISBN: 978-1-4577-2198-4
P. Fernandes, and U. Nunes, “Platooning of Autonomous Vehicles with Intervehicle Communications in SUMO Traffic Simulator”,
In Proceedings of the 13th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC 2010), Madeira, Portugal, September 19-22, 2010.
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/ITSC.2010.5625277
Scopus Record: 2-s2.0-78650456528
ISBN: 978-1-4244-7657-2
P. Fernandes, and U. Nunes. “Multi-Agent Architecture for Simulation of Traffic with Communications”, In Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO 2008), Madeira, Portugal, May 11-15, 2008.
Scopus Record: 2-s2.0-55849110837
Web of Science: WOS:000258901100038
ISBN: 978-989-8111-31-9
P. Fernandes, and U. Nunes, “Vehicle Communications: a Short Survey”, In Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference of Telecommunications, Networks and Systems 2007, Lisbon, Portugal, July 3-5, 2007.
ISBN: 978-972-8924-40-9
P. Fernandes, and U. Nunes, “Methodologies, Platforms, Ontologies and Techniques for a Multi-Agent Architecture for Microsimulation of Traffic with Communications”, ISR-UC Technical Report, October, 2007.
Project activities
Participation in NATO MN CD E&T - “Multinational Cyber Defense Education and Training Project”, actively involved in helping to develop curricula of Cybersecurity and Cyberdefence Master degree programs, attending several meetings at NATO HQ, Brussels, Belgium;
Evaluation of a H2020 COST Action acting as EU expert and rapporteur;
Monitoring of two FP7 projects acting as EU expert.
Member of several Work Groups of the European COST Action IC1303 “Algorithms, Architectures and Platforms for Enhanced Living Environments” (AAPELE);
Member of the Special Interest Group (SIG) on Visible Light Communications (VLC) of the European COST Action IC1101 “Optical Wireless Communications – An Emerging Technology” (OPTICWISE).
Participation on the H2020 event “Smart, Green and Integrated Transport Information Day 2013”, on 18 December 2013, at European Commission, Brussels;
Participation in a MC/WG meeting of the European COST Action IC1303 (AAPELE), at Oxford University, UK, on 17-18 March 2014.
AMS-HMI12 – Assisted Mobility Supported by Shared-Control and Advanced Human-Machine Interfaces
EVSIM09 – Models for traffic simulation of electric vehicles with communications and dynamic decision capacity
CyberC3 – Cybernetic Technologies for Cars in the Chinese Cities
PmITS06 – Perception Methods for an Intelligent Transportation System using On-Board and Off-Board Sensing
NCT04 – Nonlinear Control Techniques Applied in Path Following of WMRs and Autonomous Vehicles with high Precision Localization System
Supervising activities
2020 – Present
Supervisor of one PhD student: Manuel Robalinho
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering – University of Coimbra
2015 – Present
Supervisor of final projects and professional internships of courses of Computer Science.
Instituto Superior Miguel Torga (ISMT) – Coimbra
2018 – 2019
Supervisor of one MSc student: Manuel Robalinho
MSc Thesis: “Software 2.0 for Scrap Metal Classification”, UPT 2019.
Department of Computer Science – Portucalense University – Porto
2009 – 2011
Supervisor of two MSc graduate researchers in the context of the project EVSIM09: “Models for traffic simulation of electric vehicles with communications and dynamic decision capacity”:
Institute of Systems and Robotics – University of Coimbra
2008 – 2009
Co-supervisor of one MSc student: Roberto Machado.
MSc Thesis: “Geographic Maps and Route Planning in Urban Traffic Simulation”, MiEEC, FCTUC, 2009. (in Portuguese)
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering – University of Coimbra
1991 – 2007
Supervisor of final projects and professional internships of secondary school level courses of Computer Science.
Professional Training Center of Coimbra (IEFP) – Coimbra
1991 – 2000
Supervisor of final projects of secondary school level courses of Computer Science applied to Business Management.
Professional School of Montemor-o-Velho – Coimbra
Work experience
2015 – Present
Assistant Professor and Scientific Coordinator
Instituto Superior Miguel Torga (ISMT) – Coimbra
2015 – 2018
Assistant Professor
Oporto Global University (UPT) – Porto
2007 – Present
Researcher on the fields of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), and Human-Centered Mobile Robotics.
Institute of Systems and Robotics – University of Coimbra
1997 – 2007
Teacher of secondary school teachers’ training courses of Computer Science applied to education, Information and Communication Technologies in education, Internet-based teachers’ pedagogical resources exchange, Web-based educational information development and publishing, and e-Learning Management Systems (Moodle).
Secondary School of Montemor-o-Velho – Coimbra
1991 – 2007
Teacher of secondary school level courses of Computer Science, Information and Communication Technologies, Communication Networks, Operating Systems theory, management and shell programming, Database management, Programming languages (C, C++, Pascal, VisualBasic, bash, XML), and Project management systems.
Professional Training Center of Coimbra (IEFP) – Coimbra
1991 – 2005
Teacher of local government employees and executives’ training courses of Computer Science, Information and Communication Technologies, Operating Systems theory, management and shell programming, and Database management.
Center of Studies and Local Government Training (CEFA) – Coimbra
2000 – 2003
CTO & CIO Helped creating the startup company. Defined IT and server architecture. Held project management and system administration positions. Maintained new business development with clients. Strategic thinking.
Sitework – Leiria
2002
Teacher of secondary school teachers’ training courses of Computer Science applied to education, and Information and Communication Technologies in education.
Higher School of Education and Social Sciences of Leiria (IPL) – Leiria
1997 – 2000
Teacher of local government employees and executives’ training courses of Computer Science, Information and Communication Technologies, and Database management.
Informatics Association of the Central Region (AIRC) – Coimbra
1991 – 2000
Teacher of secondary school level courses of Computer Science applied to Business Management;
Course Coordinator of Computer Science applied to Business Management course;
Head of Department of the school department of Informatics and New Technologies (Computer Science applied to Business Management and Geographic Information Systems courses).
Professional School of Montemor-o-Velho – Coimbra
Research interests
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Multi-Agent Systems
Mobility and Traffic Simulators
Autonomous Vehicles
Intervehicle Communications
Visible Light Communications
Assistive Mobile Robotics
Reviewing activities
Reviewer of the IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems;
Reviewer of the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology;
Reviewer of the IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering;
Reviewer of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine;
Reviewer of the IET Intelligent Transport Systems;
Reviewer of the IET Control Theory and Applications;
Reviewer of the Elsevier Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies;
Reviewer of the Transportmetrica A: Transport Science.
Associate Editor of the ITSC 2024, 2023, 2022, ITSC 2021, ITSC 2020, and ITSC 2019 - IEEE Intelligent Transportation System Conference (ITSC);
Associate Editor of the IV 2024 - IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV);
PC Member (Program Committee) of the CISTI (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017) Conferência Ibérica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informação;
PC Member (Program Committee) of the CAPSI 2015, Lisbon, Portugal, October 2-3, 2015;
Reviewer of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2022), May 23-27, 2022, Philadelphia (PA), USA;
Reviewer of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2021), May 30-June 5, 2021, Xi'an, China;
Reviewer of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2020), Virtual Conference;
Reviewer of the 21st IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC2019), November 4-7, 2018 Maui, Hawaii, USA;
Reviewer of the 19th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC 2016), November 1-4, 2016, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil;
Reviewer of the 2016 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV'16), Gothenburg, Sweden, June 19-22, 2016;
Reviewer of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 94th Annual Meeting (spotlight theme: “Corridors to the Future: Transportation and Technology”), Washington, D.C., January 11-15, 2015;
Reviewer of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2013), Tokyo, Japan, November 3-8, 2013;
Reviewer of the 16th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC 2013), The Hague, Netherlands, October 6-9, 2013;
Reviewer of the 38th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN 2013), Sydney, Australia, October 21-24, 2013;
IPC Member (International Program Committee) of the
2007 IEEE International Conference on Vehicular Electronics and
Safety (ICVES 07), Beijing, China, December 13-15, 2007;
Reviewer of the 10th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC 2007), Seattle, Washington, USA, September 30 - October 3, 2007;
Reviewer of the RoboMat 2007, Workshop on Robotics and
Mathematics, Coimbra, September 17-19, 2007.
Other affiliations
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Member;
IEEE Member (Communications, Computer, Education, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Robotics and Automation, and Vehicular Technology Societies);
IEEE Standards Association Member;
Awards
PhD Research Fellowship (2008-2012), Ref.: SFRH/BD/38605/2007, from FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia.
Computer skills and competences
Programming expertise in C, C++, Java, Python, Bash programming, VisualBasic and Pascal.
Simulation expertise in Matlab/Simulink, Multi-Agent Transport Simulation Toolkit (MATSim) mobility simulator, Simulation of Urban MObility (SUMO) traffic simulator, NS-2, NS-3, and OPNET network simulators.
Expertise in architecture, protocols, standards, security, planning, installation, configuration and exploration of communication networks.
Expertise in installation, configuration, security and programming Linux and Windows operating systems.
Expertise in installation, configuration and exploration of e-learning management systems (e.g., Moodle).
Other skills and competences
Native language: Portuguese
Other languages:
English
French
Spanish
Italian (basic)
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