David Portugal

    Name: David Portugal, Ph.D.
    Position: Invited Assistant Professor
    Website: http://home.isr.uc.pt/~david.portugal
    Email: davidbsp [at] isr [dot] uc [dot] pt






    David Portugal completed his PhD degree in Robotics and Automation at the University of Coimbra in Portugal, in March 2014. His main areas of expertise are cooperative robotics, social robotics, service robotics, sensor fusion, SLAM, meta-heuristics and graph theory. He has previous company experiences at Citard Services and Ingeniarius, Ltd. as a Project and Technical Manager, and Experienced Researcher. David is currently an Invited Assistant Professor at the University of Coimbra and a Senior Researcher at ISR since 2019. He has been involved in several local and EU-funded research projects in Robotics and Ambient Assisted Living, such as CHOPIN-FCT, TIRAMISU-FP7, SocialRobot-FP7-MSCA, CogniWin-AAL-JP, GrowMeUp-H2020, STOP-P2020, CORE-P2020, SEMFIRE-P2020, WoW-CMU-Portugal, 5GSmartFact-H2020-MSCA-ITN and TRUSTID-Erasmus+.

    Supervisor of:
    Maria Eduarda Andrada, Ph.D. Student
    Panagiotis Karfakis, Ph.D. Student
    Mário Cristóvão, Ph.D. Student
    Afonso Eloi Carvalho, Ph.D. Student
    Luís Gaspar, Research Engineer
    Duarte Cruz, M.Sc. Student
    Ana Leite, M.Sc. Student
    Gonçalo Torres, Research Technician
    Alexandre Filipe Dias Bernardino, M.Sc. Student
    Dinis Simões, M.Sc. Student
    Francisco Carvalho Tavares, M.Sc. Student
    Ali Ahmadi, Ph.D. Student




    Journals

    David Portugal, R. P. Rocha, Joao P. Castilho, Inquiring the robot operating system community on the state of adoption of the ROS 2 robotics middleware, International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications, Springer, 2024
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s41315-024-00393-4
    Tânia C. Nunes, Luís M. Gaspar, Jose N Faria, David Portugal, P. Fernandes, M. Tavakoli, Deployment and validation of a smart bed architecture for untethered patients with wireless biomonitoring stickers, Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 2024

    Journals

    J. F. Ferreira, David Portugal, Maria Eduarda Andrada, Pedro Machado, R. P. Rocha, P. Peixoto, Sensing and Artificial Perception for Robots in Precision Forestry: A Survey, Robotics, 12(5), 139, MDPI, 2023
    https://doi.org/10.3390/robotics12050139
    Panagiotis T. Karfakis, M. S. Couceiro, David Portugal, NR5G-SAM: A SLAM Framework for Field Robot Applications based on 5G New Radio, Sensors, Special Issue on Sensor Based Perception for Field Robotics, 23 (11): 5354, 2023
    C. A. Fidas, M. Belk, A. Constantinides, David Portugal, P. Dias Martins, A. M. Pietron, A. Pitsillides, N. Avouris, Ensuring Academic Integrity and Trust in Online Learning Environments: A Longitudinal Study of an AI-centered Proctoring System in Tertiary Educational Institutions, Education Sciences, Special Issue on New Media and Technology in Education, 13 (6): 566, 2023
    J. F. Ferreira, David Portugal, Maria Eduarda Andrada, P. Machado, P. Peixoto, Sensing and Artificial Perception for Robots in Precision Forestry – a Survey, Robotics, Special Issue on Robotics and AI for Precision Agriculture, 12 (5): 139, 2023
    Mário Cristóvão, David Portugal, Afonso Eloi Carvalho, J. F. Ferreira, A LiDAR-Camera-Inertial-GNSS Apparatus for 3D Multimodal Dataset Collection in Woodland Scenarios, Sensors, Special Issue on Mobile Robots: Navigation, Control and Sensing, 23 (15): 6676, 2023
    David Portugal, José Faria, M. Belk, P. De Sousa Martins, A. Constantinides, A. Pietron, A. Pitsillides, N. Avouris, C. A. Fidas, Continuous User Identification in Distance Learning: A Recent Technology Perspective, Smart Learning Environments, 10 (1): 38, Springer, 2023
    L. Esteves, David Portugal, P. Peixoto, G. Falcão, Towards Mobile Federated Learning with Unreliable Participants and Selective Aggregation, Applied Sciences, Special Issue on Federated and Transfer Learning Applications, Vol. 13, pp. 3135, 2023
    https://doi.org/10.3390/app13053135

    Conferences

    José Faria, David Portugal, P. Dias Martins, M. Belk, A. Constantinides, A. Pitsillides, C. A. Fidas, Image-based Face Verification for Student Identity Management — the TRUSTID Case Study, In Adjunct Proceedings of the 31st ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2023), Limassol, Cyprus, 2023
    A. Constantinides, José Faria, T. Sousak, P. Dias Martins, David Portugal, M. Belk, A. Pitsillides, C. Fidas, TRUSTID: Intelligent and Continuous Online Student Identity Management in Higher Education, In Adjunct Proceedings of the 31st ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2023), Demo Paper, Limassol, Cyprus, 2023
    David Portugal, José Faria, M. Domingues, Luís M. Gaspar, Integration of a Smart Bed Infrastructure with Hospital Information Systems using Fast Health Interoperability Resources, In Proc. of the IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC 2023), 2nd International Workshop on IoT Interoperability and the Web of Things (IIWOT'23), Las Vegas, USA, 2023

    Journals

    M. S. Couceiro, David Portugal, R. P. Rocha, André Araújo, Fostering Human-Robot Cooperative Architectures for Search and Rescue Missions in Urban Fires, Simulation, 97, 3, 177-194, SAGE, 2021
    https://doi.org/10.1177/0037549720964548
    https://doi.org/10.1177/0037549720964548

    Book Sections

    G. Dos Santos Martins, David Portugal, R. P. Rocha, mrgs: A Multi-Robot SLAM Framework for ROS with Efficient Information Sharing, Robot Operating System (ROS), Anis Koubaa, 45-75, Springer, Cham, 2021
    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45956-7_3

    Journals

    M. S. Couceiro, David Portugal, R. P. Rocha, André Araújo, Fostering Human–Robot Cooperative Architectures for Search and Rescue Missions in Urban Fires, Simulation, Sage Publications, 2020
    https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1177/0037549720964548

    Conferences

    G. Dos Santos Martins, J. F. Ferreira, David Portugal, M. S. Couceiro, MoDSeM: Modular Framework for Distributed Semantic Mapping, In UK-RAS, 2019
    M. S. Couceiro, David Portugal, J. F. Ferreira, R. P. Rocha, SEMFIRE: Towards a new generation of forestry maintenance multi-robot systems, 2019 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration , 270-276, IEEE, Paris, France, 2019

    Journals

    David Portugal, P. Alvito, E. Christodoulou, G. Samaras, J. Dias, A Study on the Deployment of a Service Robot in an Elderly Care Center, International Journal of Social Robotics , pp 1–25, 2018
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-018-0492-5
    http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12369-018-0492-5

    Book Sections

    David Portugal, S. Pereira, M. A. Santos, M. S. Couceiro, On the Security of Robotic Applications Using ROS, Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security, Roman V. Yampolskiy, p.p. 273-289, Chapman and Hall/CRC, New York, 2018
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1201%2F9781351251389-20
    https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781351251372/chapters/10.1201%2F9781351251389-20

    Conferences

    K. Tatarian, S. Pereira, M. S. Couceiro, David Portugal, Tailoring a ROS Educational Programming Language Architecture, International Conference on Robotics and Education RiE 2017, 829, p.p. 217-229, Springer, Malta, 2018
    https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-97085-1_22

    Journals

    David Portugal, R. P. Rocha, Performance Estimation and Dimensioning of Team Size for Multi-Robot Patrol, IEEE Intelligent Systems, 32, 6, 30-38, IEEE, 2017
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MIS.2017.4531222

    Conferences

    Farzan M. Noori, David Portugal, R. P. Rocha, M. S. Couceiro, On 3D Simulators for Multi-Robot Systems in ROS: MORSE or Gazebo?, Proc. of 15th IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics 2017 (SSRR 2017), 19 - 24 , Shanghai, China, 2017
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SSRR.2017.8088134
    http://ap.isr.uc.pt/archive/NPRC17-SSRR17.pdf
    David Portugal, S. Pereira, M. S. Couceiro, The role of security in human-robot shared environments: A case study in ROS-based surveillance robots, 26th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) 2017, p.p. 981-986, IEEE, Lisbon, Portugal, 2017
    https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2017.8172422
    https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8172422

    Journals

    David Portugal, R. P. Rocha, Cooperative Multi-Robot Patrol with Bayesian Learning, Autonomous Robots, 40, 5, 929-953, Springer US, 2016
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10514-015-9503-7
    http://mrl.isr.uc.pt/archive/598.pdf

    Journals

    J. Santos, M. S. Couceiro, David Portugal, R. P. Rocha, A Sensor Fusion Layer to Cope with Reduced Visibility in SLAM, Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, 80, 3, 401-422, Springer, 2015
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10846-015-0180-8
    A. Fernandes, M. S. Couceiro, David Portugal, J. Santos, R. P. Rocha, Ad Hoc Communication in Teams of Mobile Robots using Zigbee Technology, Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 23, 5, 733-745, Wiley Periodicals, 2015
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cae.21646
    Bruno D. Gouveia, David Portugal, D. Silva, L. Marques, “Computation Sharing in Distributed Robotic Systems: a Case Study on SLAM, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering , 12(2) , pp. 410-422, 2015
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TASE.2014.2357216
    A. Araújo, David Portugal, M. S. Couceiro, R. P. Rocha, Integrating Arduino-based Educational Mobile Robots in ROS, Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, 77, 2, pp. 281-298, Springer, 2015
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10846-013-0007-4

    Book Sections

    G. Dos Santos Martins, David Portugal, R. P. Rocha, On the Usage of General-Purpose Compression Techniques for the Optimization of Inter-Robot Communication, Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE) , J. Filipe, O. Gusikhin, K. Madani, J. Sasiadek, vol. 370, 223-240, Springer-Verlag, 2015
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26453-0_13
    David Portugal, Bruno D. Gouveia, L. Marques, A Distributed and Multithreaded SLAM Architecture for Robotic Clusters and Wireless Sensor Networks, Cooperative Robots and Sensor Networks, in Anis Koubâa and José Ramiro Martínez de Dios (eds), pp 121-141, Springer Book series “Studies in Computational Intelligence”, (in press), 2015
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18299-5_6

    Conferences

    David Portugal, L. Santos, P. Alvito, J. Dias, G. Samaras, E. Christodoulou, SocialRobot: An interactive mobile robot for elderly home care, 2015 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII), 811-816, Nagoya, Japan, 2015
    https://doi.org/10.1109/SII.2015.7405084
    David Portugal, P. Trindade, E. Christodoulou, G. Samaras, J. Dias, On the Development of a Service Robot for Social Interaction with the Elderly, In Proc. of the IET International Conference on Technologies for Active and Assisted Living (TechAAL 2015), Kingston, London, UK, 2015

    Journals

    M. S. Couceiro, David Portugal, R. P. Rocha, N. M. F. Ferreira, “Marsupial Teams of Robots: Deployment of Miniature Robots for Swarm Exploration under Communication Constraints”, Robotica, 32(7), pp. 1017-1038, Cambridge University Press, 2014
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0263574713001185
    R. Madhavan, G. De Abreu Franco, J. Garcia, L. Marques, E. Prestes, P. Dasgupta, G. Cabrita, David Portugal, Bruno D. Gouveia, V. Jorge, R. Maffei, Humanitarian Robotics and Automation Technology Challenge (HRATC’14), IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, 21(3), 2014
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MRA.2014.2334953
    A. Araújo, David Portugal, M. S. Couceiro, J. Sales, R. P. Rocha, Desarrollo de un Robot Móvil Compacto Integrado en el Middleware ROS , Revista Iberoamericana de Automática e Informática Industrial (RIAI) , 11, 3, 315-326 , Elsevier , 2014
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.riai.2014.02.009
    http://home.isr.uc.pt/~davidbsp/publications/Journal_2014_IberoAmericana.pdf

    Conferences

    Bruno D. Gouveia, David Portugal, L. Marques, Speeding Up Rao-Blackwellized Particle Filter SLAM with a Multithreaded Architecture, in IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2014) , Chicago, Illinois, 2014
    F. Ferrer Sales, David Portugal, R. P. Rocha, People Detection and Mapping System for a Mobile Robot using a RGB-D Sensor, Proc. of 11th Int. Conf. on Informatics in Control , Automation and Robotics (ICINCO 2014), p.p. 467-474, Vienna, Austria, 2014
    G. Dos Santos Martins, David Portugal, R. P. Rocha, A Comparison of General-Purpose FOSS Compression Techniques for Efficient Communication in Cooperative Multi-Robot Tasks, Proc. of 11th Int. Conf. on Informatics in Control , Automation and Robotics (ICINCO 2014), p.p. 136-147, Vienna, Austria, 2014
    David Portugal, C. Pippin, R. P. Rocha, H. Christensen, Finding Optimal Routes for Multi-Robot Patrolling in Generic Graphs, Proc. of 2014 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2014), pp. 363-369, IEEE, Chicago, IL, USA, 2014
    David Portugal, L. Marques, M. Armada, Deploying Field Robots for Humanitarian Demining: Challenges, Requirements and Research Trends, CLAWAR 2014 Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots, Poznan, Poland, 2014
    J. Santos, M. S. Couceiro, David Portugal, R. P. Rocha, Fusing Sonars and LRF data to Perform SLAM in Reduced Visibility Scenarios, Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC 2014), pp. 116 - 121, Espinho, Portugal, 2014
    David Portugal, G. Cabrita, J. Prado, Bruno D. Gouveia, L. Marques, FSR Backpack: A Wearable Device to Improve Humanitarian Demining Operations, 12th IARP Workshop on Humanitarian Demining (HUDEM 2014), Zadar, Croatia, 2014

    Thesis

    David Portugal, Effective Cooperation and Scalability in Mobile Robot Teams for Automatic Patrolling of Infrastructures, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Coimbra, Portugal, 2014, Supervised by Rui P. Rocha
    http://mrl.isr.uc.pt/archive/DPortugal_PhDThesis_2014.pdf

    Journals

    David Portugal, R. P. Rocha, Distributed Multi-Robot Patrol: A Scalable and Fault-Tolerant Framework, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 61, 12, 1572–1587, Elsevier , 2013
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2013.06.011
    David Portugal, R. P. Rocha, Multi-Robot Patrolling Algorithms: Examining Performance and Scalability, Advanced Robotics, 27, 5, 325-336, Robotics Society of Japan, 2013
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01691864.2013.763722

    Book Sections

    David Portugal, R. P. Rocha, Retrieving Topological Information for Mobile Robots Provided with Grid Maps, Agents and Artificial Intelligence, Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) series, Joaquim Filipe and Ana Fred, 358, 204–217, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 2013
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36907-0_14
    A. Luz, M. S. Couceiro, David Portugal, R. P. Rocha, H. Araújo, G. Dias, Comparison of Classification Methods for Golf Putting Performance Making, Computational Intelligence and Decision Making - Trends and Applications, From Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering Bookseries, Ana M. Madureira, Cecília Reis and Viriato M. Marques, 61, pp. 35-45, Springer Verlag, 2013
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4722-7_4

    Conferences

    J. M. Luz, M. S. Couceiro, David Portugal, R. P. Rocha, H. Araújo, G. Dias, Comparison of Classification Methods for Golf Putting Performance Analysis, Computational Intelligence and Decision Making - Trends and Applications, From Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering Bookseries, 61, pp. 35-45, Springer Verlag, Coimbra, Portugal, 2013
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4722-7_4
    David Portugal, R. P. Rocha, Scalable, Fault-Tolerant and Distributed Multi-Robot Patrol in Real World Environments, Proc. of 2013 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2013), Pages 4759-4764, Tokyo, Japan, 2013
    J. Santos, David Portugal, R. P. Rocha, An Evaluation of 2D SLAM Techniques Available in Robot Operating System, Proc. of 11th IEEE Int. Symp. on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR 2013), Linköping, Sweden, 2013
    David Portugal, M. S. Couceiro, R. P. Rocha, Applying Bayesian Learning to Multi-Robot Patrol, Proc. of 11th IEEE Int. Symp. on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR 2013), Linköping, Sweden, 2013
    R. P. Rocha, David Portugal, M. S. Couceiro, F. Araújo, P. Menezes, J. Lobo, The CHOPIN project: Cooperation between Human and rObotic teams in catastroPhic INcidents, Proc. of 11th IEEE Int. Symp. on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR 2013), Linköping, Sweden, 2013
    David Portugal, M. S. Couceiro, R. P. Rocha, Concurrent Bayesian Learners for Multi-Robot Patrolling Missions, Proceedings of Workshop on Towards Fully Decentralized Multi-Robot Systems: Hardware, Software and Integration, 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2013), Karlsruhe, Germany, 2013
    A. Araújo, David Portugal, M. S. Couceiro, R. P. Rocha, Integrating Arduino-based Educational Mobile Robots in ROS, In "Proc. of IEEE 13th Int. Conf. on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (Robotica 2013)", pp. 8-13, Lisbon, Portugal, 2013
    http://www.dem.isel.pt/robotica2013/docs/Robotica13_proceedings.pdf
    M. S. Couceiro, David Portugal, R. P. Rocha, A Collective Robotic Architecture in Search and Rescue Scenarios, Proc. of 28th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, 64-69, Coimbra, Portugal, 2013

    Journals

    M. S. Couceiro, David Portugal, N. Gonçalves, R. P. Rocha, J. Miguel, A. Luz, C. M. C. Figueiredo, G. Dias, A Methodology for Detection and Estimation in the Analysis of the Golf Putting, Pattern Analysis and Applications, Springer, 2012
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10044-012-0276-8

    Book Sections

    David Portugal, R. P. Rocha, Measuring Variables Effect to Statistically Model the Multi-Robot Patrolling Problem by Means of ANOVA, Technological Innovation for Value Creation, Luis M. Camarinha-Matos, Ehsan Shahamatnia, Gonçalo Nunes, Vol. 372, Pages: 199-206, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, 2012
    10.1007/978-3-642-28255-3_22
    J. M. Luz, M. S. Couceiro, David Portugal, R. Rocha, H. Araújo, G. Dias, Comparison of Classification Methods for Golf Putting Performance Analysis, Ana M. Madureira, Cecília Reis and Viriato M. Marques (editors), Computational Intelligence and Decision Making, vol. 61, pp. 35-45, Springer Verlag, 2012
    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4722-7_4

    Conferences

    M. S. Couceiro, C. M. C. Figueiredo, David Portugal, R. P. Rocha, N. M. F. Ferreira, Initial Deployment of a Robotic Team - A Hierarchical Approach Under Communication Constraints Verified on Low-Cost Platforms, In Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS'2012), Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, 2012
    David Portugal, R. P. Rocha, Decision Methods for Distributed Multi-Robot Patrol, In Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR’2012), College Station, Texas, USA, 2012
    A. Araújo, David Portugal, M. S. Couceiro, C. M. C. Figueiredo, R. P. Rocha, Small and Compact Mobile Robots: Surveying and Comparing Platforms, n Proceedings of the AUTOMATICS International Conference (AUTOMATIC 2012), Sozopol, Bulgaria, 2012
    David Portugal, R. P. Rocha, Measuring Variables Effect to Statistically Model the Multi-Robot Patrolling Problem by means of ANOVA, In Proceedings of the 3rd Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems (DoCEIS'12), p.199-206, Costa da Caparica, Lisbon, Portugal, 2012
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28255-3_22
    A. Araújo, David Portugal, M. S. Couceiro, C. M. C. Figueiredo, R. P. Rocha, TRAXBOT: Assembling and Programming of a Mobile Robotic Platform, In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ICAART'2012), Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, 2012
    David Portugal, R. P. Rocha, Extracting Topological Information from Grid Maps for Robot Navigation, In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ICAART'2012), Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, 2012

    Book Sections

    David Portugal, R. P. Rocha, A Survey on Multi-Robot Patrolling Algorithms, Technological Innovation for Sustainability, Proc. of 2nd Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems (DoCEIS 11), In Luis M. Camarinha-Matos, Vol. 349, pp. 139-146, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Costa da Caparica, Lisbon, Portugal, 2011
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19170-1_15
    WOS:000292495500015

    Conferences

    David Portugal, R. P. Rocha, On the Performance and Scalability of Multi-Robot Patrolling Algorithms, In Proc. of 9th IEEE Int. Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR’2011), pp. 50-55, Kyoto, Japan, 2011
    David Portugal, R. P. Rocha, Partitioning Generic Graphs into k Regions”, In Proc. of 6th Iberian Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering (CMNE’2011), Coimbra, Portugal, 2011
    David Portugal, R. P. Rocha, Partitioning Generic Graphs into k Balanced Subgraphs, 6th Iberian Congress On Numerical Methods in Engineering (CMNE 2011), Coimbra, Portugal, 2011
    David Portugal, R. P. Rocha, A Survey on Multi-Robot Patrolling Algorithms, Proc. of 2nd Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems (DoCEIS 11), Vol. 349, pp. 139-146, Springer Berlin Heidelberg (ISBN 978-3-642-19169-5), Costa da Caparica, Lisbon, Portugal, 2011
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19170-1_15
    WOS:000292495500015

    Conferences

    David Portugal, C. H. Antunes, R. P. Rocha, A Study of Genetic Algorithms for Approximating the Longest Path in Generic Graphs, In Proc. of 2010 IEEE Int. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC’2010), pages 2539-2544, Istambul, Turkey, 2010
    WOS:000295015302023
    David Portugal, R. P. Rocha, MSP Algorithm: Multi-Robot Patrolling based on Territory Allocation using Balanced Graph Partitioning, In Proc. of 25th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC’2010), Special Track on Intelligent Robotic Systems (ROBOT), pp. 1271-1276, Sierre, Switzerland, 2010

    Thesis

    David Portugal, RoboCops: A Study of Coordination Algorithms for Autonomous Mobile Robots in Patrolling Missions, M.Sc. Thesis, University of Coimbra, Portugal, 2009, Supervised by Rui P. Rocha

    M.Sc. Thesis

    David Carreira, Deep Face Recognition for Online Student Identification (10/2023) Supervised by José N. C. Faria and David Portugal

    Luís Gaspar, Implementation of an IoT Architecture for Wireless Monitoring of Patients in Smart Beds (9/2023) Supervised by Mahmoud Tavakoli and David Portugal

    André Alexandre Ribeiro Araújo, Securing the BLE Transmission of Vital Signs in Wireless Patient Biomonitoring (9/2023) Supervised by Mahmoud Tavakoli and David Portugal

    Mário Cristóvão, Design of a Multi-Sensor Apparatus for Forestry Robotics: A Case Study on Forest 3D Mapping (2/2023) Supervised by Afonso Eloi Carvalho and David Portugal

    Tiago Brito Novo, EXAMINER: 3D Multi-Robot Exploration in Irregular Terrains (3/2021) Supervised by David Portugal and Rui P. Rocha

    Francisco Ferrer Sales, SLAM and Localization of People with a Mobile Robot using a RGB-D Sensor (7/2014) Supervised by David Portugal and Rui P. Rocha

    Gonçalo Dos Santos Martins, A Cooperative SLAM Framework with Efficient Information Sharing over Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (7/2014) Supervised by David Portugal and Rui P. Rocha

    João Alexandre Martins, MRSLAM - Multi-Robot Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (9/2013) Supervised by David Portugal and Rui P. Rocha

    João Pedro Machado dos Santos, SmokeNav - Simultaneous Localization and Mapping in Reduced Visibility Scenarios (9/2013) Supervised by David Portugal and Rui P. Rocha

    Walter Miani, Arduino programming using Matlab and Simulink (9/2012) Supervised by David Portugal and Rui P. Rocha

    Amadeu Fernandes, Comunicação Ad Hoc em Equipas de Robôs Móveis Utilizando a Tecnologia ZigBee (9/2012) Supervised by David Portugal and Rui P. Rocha

    André Gonçalves Araújo, ROSint - Integration of a mobile robot in ROS architecture (7/2012) Supervised by David Portugal and Rui P. Rocha