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ABOUT ME

Education

  • PhD in Electrical Engineering                                   2009-2014

       University of Coimbra, Portugal

       Thesis: Stereo Reconstruction using Induced Symmetry and                3D scene priors

       Advisor: Prof. Dr. João P. Barreto

  • MsC in Biomedical Engineering                                2003-2008 University of Coimbra, Portugal                                          Thesis: Integration of optical tracking system for determination of the position and orientation of instruments during the surgery Advisor: Prof. Dr. João P. Barreto and Prof. Dr. Paulo Menezes                                                                          

Professional Experience

  • Senior R&D Engineer                           September 2017-present Perceive3D, Coimbra, Portugal

  • Research Associate                          April 2014-September 2017 Interdisciplinary Center for Security Reliability and Trust (SnT), Luxembourg                                                                     Activities: Camera calibration and perception; multi-view 3D reconstruction; human motion and behavior analysis

  • Research Consultant                                                  2014, 2015 Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL), Cambridge, USA                                                                                 Activities: Visual odometry and structure-from-motion

  • Research Intern                                  July 2013-December 2013 Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL), Cambridge, USA                                                                                 Activities: Visual odometry and structure-from-motion

  • Researcher                                  September 2008-February 2009 Institute  of Systems and  Robotics (ISR), Coimbra, Portugal   Activities: Stereo matching and 3D reconstruction

RESEARCH INTERESTS

3D Vision:

  • Stereo matching

  • 3D Reconstruction

  • Piecewise Planar Modeling

  • Structure-from-motion

  • Visual Odometry

  • Camera Calibration

Machine Learning

  • Deep Learning

Computer Science

  • Optimization

  • Algorithms

Medical Imaging and Vision:

  • Surgical Navigation

  • Medical Image Processing

Human Motion and Behavior Analysis:

  • Human Pose Estimation

  • Action Recognition

  • Physical Activity Assistance

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