Research

My research interests are transversal to several topics in the multi-disciplinary field of data science, including, but not limited to, instrumentation and data acquisition, public data, machine learning, and information visualization. My research is driven by curiosity, persistence, and a strong desire to leverage the potential of data to address different societal challenges like environmental sustainability and smart cities.

Further Energy and Environment research Laboratory

 

I lead the Further Energy and Environment research Laboratory (FEELab) at ITI/LARSyS.

In FEELab we FEEL the need for a more sustainable planet, as such the main focus of this research group is to work towards addressing the different societal challenges under the UN Sustainable Development Goals. We do this by leveraging the potential of computer science, data science, and human-computer interaction research.

FEELab is constituted by a team of bright, young, and talented students and researchers. Learn more about us on our official website.

Interested in collaborating? Drop me an email.

Research Projects

I participate and have participated in a number of research projects funded either through regional, national, or international funds. Below is a list of such projects. For more information follow the respective links.

Ongoing Projects

  • AHEAD

    AI-Informed Holistic EVs Integration Approaches for Distribution Grids

    Role: PI

    Web: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101160665 | https://horizon-ahead.eu

    Duration: 2024 – 2028

    Funding Agency: Horizon Europe

    Reference: GA 101160665

    Total Funding: ~11M €

  • SHIFT2DC

    Shift to Direct Current

    Role: PI

    Web: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101136131 | https://shift2dc.eu

    Duration: December 2023 – May 2027

    Funding Agency: Horizon Europe

    Reference: GA 101136131

    Total Funding: ~9M €

  • ALAMO

    Accurate federated Learning with uncertainty quantification for DER forecasting Applied to sMart Grids planning and Operation

    Role: PI

    Web: https://alamo.tecnico.ulisboa.pt

    Duration: January 2024 – December 2024

    Funding Agency: FCT

    Reference: 2022.15771.MIT

    Total Funding: 50k €

    Partners: INESC-ID, MIT

  • InnoCyPES

    Innovative Tools for Cyber-Physical Energy Systems

    Role: Co-advisor Early Stage Researcher 4 (Técnico Lisboa and University of Salento)

    Web: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/956433 |  https://innocypes.eu/

    Duration: June 2021 to May 2024

    Funding Agency: Horizon 2020 through Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

    Reference: GA: 956433

    Total Funding: ~4.1 M €

  • nexIK

    Exploring the Human-Water-Energy Nexus in Industrial Kitchens

    Role: PI

    Web: https://nexik.tecnico.ulisboa.pt

    Duration: January 2022 to December 2023

    Funding Agency: FCT

    Reference: EXPL/CCI-COM/1234/2021

    Total Funding: ~50k €

Previously Funded Projects

  • SMILE

    SMart IsLand Energy systems

    Role: Co-PI at prsma.com,

    Web: http://www.h2020smile.eu/

    Duration: May 2017 to April 2021

    Funding Agency: EU / H2020-LCE-2016-SGS

    Reference: 731249

    Total Funding: ~12M €

  • FIK

    Design of industrial kitchen of the future: innovation with Internet of Things (IoT) and active intelligent technologies

    Role: Senior researcher

    Duration: October 2018 to September 2019

    Funding Agency: Madeira 14-20 / FEDER

    Reference: M1420-01-0247-FEDER-000018

    Total Funding: ~431k €

  • Energy Spectrum

    Market uptake of an innovative Non-intrusive Appliance Load Monitoring (NIALM) to enlarge ENERGY efficiency SPECTRUM to comprise the families factor

    Role: Data Science Lead at prsma.com

    Web: https://sme.easme-web.eu/beneficiary/927110481?b=927110481

    Duration: February 2016 to July 2016

    Funding Agency: EU / H2020-SMEINST-1-2015

    Reference: 710936

    Total Funding: ~71k €

  • SmartSolar

    Smart Solar Energy Management and Monitoring

    Role: Senior Researcher

    Duration: September 2014 to August 2015

    Funding Agency: Madeira Region II / + Conhecimento II

    Reference: MADFDR-01- 0190-FEDER-000015