PhD Thesis

Hyper Modelling for Classification and Reinforcement Learning Tasks in Manufacturing Systems: a Zero-Shot Learning Approach

Student: Artur Diogo Ribeirinha de Freitas Gonçalves

Course: Doctoral Program in Applied Mathematics

Institution: Universidade do Minho, Aveiro e Porto

Supervisor: Gil Gonçalves e João Pedro Reis

Solving Sparse-Reward Problems in Robot Manipulation Tasks using Deep Reinforcement Learning

Student: Eduardo Miguel Lage Dixo Sousa

Course: Doctoral Program in Applied Mathematics

Institution: Universidade do Minho, Aveiro e Porto

Supervisor: Jaime Cardoso e António Pedro Aguiar

Uncovering Partial Differential Equations Using a Data-driven Approach

Student: Gil Miguel Marques

Course: Doctoral Program in Applied Mathematics

Institution: Universidade do Minho, Aveiro e Porto

Supervisor: Sílvio Gama e Marco Martins Afonso

Motion Planning and Control for Variable-Geometry UAV Operation in a Cluttered Environment

Student: Huu Thien Nguyen

Course: Doctoral Program in Applied Mathematics

Institution: Universidade do Minho, Aveiro e Porto

Supervisor: Fernando Fontes (UP) and Ionela Prodan (Univ. Grenoble Alpes, France)

Sistemas Estocásticos Hipoelípticos: estimação de parâmetros e de estado

Student: Nilton Osvaldo Benvindo Ávidon

Course: Doctoral Program in Applied Mathematics

Institution: Universidade do Minho, Aveiro e Porto

Supervisor: Paula Milheiro

Making Sense of Partial Observations of Big Data in Adaptive Supervisory Control Structures: An Application in Smart Factories

Student: Ricardo José dos Santos Reis Pinto da Silva

Course: Doctoral Program in Applied Mathematics

Institution: Universidade do Minho, Aveiro e Porto

Supervisor: Gil Gonçalves

Mathematical Modeling of Nanofluid: A Comprehensive Numerical Study

Student: Tarikul Islam

Course: Doctoral Program in Applied Mathematics

Institution: Universidade do Minho, Aveiro e Porto

Supervisor: Sílvio Gama e Marco Martins Afonso

Convolution-like structures, differential operators and diffusion processes

Student: Rúben Azevedo de Sousa

Course: Doctoral Program in Mathematics

Institution: Universidade do Minho, Aveiro e Porto

Supervisor: Semyon Yakubovich

Qualitative Analysis of Epidemiological Models: Chaos, Bifurcations and Stability

Student: João Paulo Simões Maurício de Carvalho

Course: Doctoral Program in Applied Mathematics

Institution: Universidade do Minho, Aveiro e Porto

Supervisor: Alexandre Artur Pinho Rodrigues e Sílvio Gama

Distributed Optimization and Control Methods over Power Networks

Student: Diyako Ghaderyan

Course: Doctoral Program in Applied Mathematics

Institution: Universidade do Minho, Aveiro e Porto

Supervisor: António Pedro Aguiar

A User-centric Approach to Locomotion Supporting Systems

Student: Diana Alves Lobo Guimarães

Course: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: Fernando Lobo Pereira

Reinforcement Learning with Formal Guarantees by Design for Variable Impedance Control of Mobile Manipulators in unknow environments

Student: Gholamreza Nazmara

Course: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: António Pedro Rodrigues Aguiar

Learning based reconfiguration and replanning for dynamic changing environment in heterogeneous multi-agent systems

Student: Pallov Anand

Course: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: António Pedro Rodrigues Aguiar

Estimação e Controlo em Anestesia: Modelos e Métodos Adequados à Prática Clínica

Student: Jorge Miguel Pereira Pinto da Silva

Course: Doctoral Program in Applied Mathematics

Institution: Universidade do Minho, Aveiro e Porto

Supervisor: Paula Malonek and Teresa Mendonça

Dynamics of Large-Scale Perturbations of Steady Convective Dynamos in a Horizontal Plane Layer of Electrically Conducting Fluid

Student: Simon Ranjith Jeyabalan

Course: Doctoral Program in Applied Mathematics

Institution: Universidade do Minho, Aveiro e Porto

Supervisors: Roman Chertovskikh, Sílvio Gama e Vladislav Zheligovsky

Perception-Aware Motion Planning for Autonomous Robotic Vehicles

Student: Rômulo Teixeira Rodrigues

Course: Doctoral Program in Applied Mathematics

Institution: Universidade do Minho, Aveiro e Porto

Supervisor: António Pedro Aguiar e António Pascoal

Enhancement to SCADA/EMS for Hybrid AC/DC Networks Visualizar Publicação

Student: Motaz M. A. Ayiad

Course: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: Helder Filipe Duarte Leite e Adriano S. Carvalho

Novel Methods for State Estimation and Control in Applications in Power Systems

Student: Yassine Boukili

Course: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: Adriano S. Carvalho e António Pedro Aguiar

Weighted coupled cell networks and invariant synchrony patterns

Student: Pedro Manuel Nunes Sequeira

Course: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: António Pedro Aguiar

Highly reconfigurable smart component system

Student: Luís Carlos de Sousa Moreira Neto

Course: Doctoral Program in Computer Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: Gil Gonçalves

Self-Immunity in Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems

Student: Rui Pedro Ferreira Pinto

Course: Doctoral Program in Computer Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: Gil Gonçalves

Control and optimization results and methods for quantum systems

Student: Nahid Binandeh Dehaghani

Course: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: António Pedro Aguiar e Fernando Lobo Pereira

A Control System Framework to Design Reinforcement Learning Algorithms to Mobile Robotics

Student: Gustavo Araujo de Andrade

Course: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: António Pedro Aguiar

Autonomous Navigation, Learning and Control for Multirobot Systems

Student: Matheus Ferreira dos Reis

Course: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: António Pedro Aguiar

Automatic Take-off and landing for Airborne Wind Energy Systems

Student: Sérgio Emanuel Costa Vinha

Course: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: Fernando Fontes

Renewable Energy Communities and Demand Response

Student: Ellen de Cassia Lopes Pinheiro Cunha

Course: Doctoral Program in Sustainable Energy Systems

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: Fernando Fontes

Path-Following, Economic and Learning Model Predictive Control of Airborne Wind Energy Systems

Student: Manuel Côrte-Real de Matos Fernandes

Course: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: Fernando Fontes

Data gathering, Machine Learning and Business Intelligence towards Life Extension Strategies in industrial systems

Student: Carlos César Martins Ferreira

Course: Doctoral Program in Industrial Engineering and Management

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: Gil Gonçalves

Edge Computing and Artificial Intelligence for Industry 4.0

Student: Diogo Miguel Pereira da Rocha

Course: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: Gil Gonçalves

An Optimization Strategy for Resource Allocation in Cyber Physical Production Systems

Student: Eliseu Moura Pereira

Course: Doctoral Program in Computer Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: Gil Gonçalves

A cooperation infrastructure for heterogeneous networked vehicles and systems 

Student: José Carlos de Queirós Pinto

Course: Programa Doutoral de Informática

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: F. Lobo Pereira e João B. Sousa

Towards Intelligent and Symbiotic Human-Robot Collaboration 

Student: Liliana Patrícia Saldanha Antão

Course: MAP-I Programa Doutoram em Engenharia Informática

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: Gil Gonçalves

Hysteresis and hyperchaos in models of the solar dynamo 

Student: Dalton Nunes Oliveira

Course: Programa Doutoral em Física

Institution: Technological Institute of Aeronautics, São José dos Campos, Brazil

Supervisor: R. Chertovskikh

Improving Power Conversion Efficiency in LCC Resonant Power Converters 

Student: Elias Yousefi Rezaii

Course: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: A. S. Carvalho

Dynamic programming for computer-based feedback control of continuous-time systems 

Student: Jorge Manuel Estrela da Silva

Course: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: F. Lobo Pereira

A Machine Learning Approach on Degradation Modelling 

Student: José Manuel Ramos Pinto de Sousa

Course: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: A.S. Carvalho

Work developed and submitted in 2020, with defense only in 2021 (due to the COVID-19 period):

On Metric Methods and Fixed Points

Student: Belhenniche Abdelkader

Course: Doctoral Program in Mathematics

Institution: Ecóle Nationale Polytechnique d’Oran-Maurice Audin

Supervisor: Sfya Behammed e F. Lobo Pereira

Power Sharing for a Multi-Source Low-Voltage Urban Microgrid

Student: Jorge Miguel dos Santos Pinto

Course: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: Adriano S. Carvalho

Multivariate Time Series Analysis with Deep Learning

Student:  Rui Jorge Pereira Gonçalves

Course: Doctoral Program in Computer Science at UMinho, UAveiro and UPorto

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: Fernando Lobo Pereira

Tools and Strategies for Power Flow Management in Smart Railways

Student:  Vítor Filipe Alves Morais

Course: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: A. P. Martins

Decentralized Cloud-Based Approaches for Cross-Sector Demand Side Management

Student: Mohamed Fouad Hassan Lotfi Mahmoud

Course: Doctoral Program in Sustainable Energy Systems

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: Cláudio Monteiro

Hybrid Legged-Wheeled Locomotion System for Robotic Vehicles 

Student: Vítor Hugo Machado Oliveira Pinto

Course: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: P.J. Costa e J.A. Gonçalves

Optimizing Energy Efficiency for Train Operation Constrained to Scheduling

Autor: Agostinho Manuel Afonso da Rocha

Course: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: A. Sousa Araújo e M. Mesquita de Freitas

Decentralized Cooperative Control Methods for Multiple Mobile Robotic Vehicles

Student: Ravinder Praveen Kumar Jain

Course: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: António Pedro Aguiar e João Borges de Sousa

An AUV Systems Model Predictive Control Approach

Student: Rui Manuel Ferreira Gomes

Course: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: Fernando Lobo Pereira

Um contributo para a obtenção do balanço energético quase nulo no parque edificado existente: avaliação e parametrização de indicadores de eficiência energética em edifícios do setor hoteleiro

Student: Filipe Alexandre Oliveira da Cunha

Course: Doctoral Program in Mechanical Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: Armando Oliveira

Hyper-Process Modeling in Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems with multivariate production: an automated learning approach

Student: João Pedro Correia dos Reis

Course: Doctoral Program in Computer Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: Gil Gonçalves

Arquitetura de Controlo para Gestão de Recursos na Agricultura de Precisão 

Student: Ismael da Silva Pena 

Course: Doctoral Program in Mathematics

Institutição: UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista / IBILCE - Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas - Câmpus de São José do Rio Preto, Brasil

Supervisor: F. Lobo Pereira, Geraldo Silva

Obstacle Avoidance Framework based on Reach Sets

Student: Alojz Gomola

Course: Doctoral Program in Applied Mathematics

Institution: Universidade do Minho, Aveiro e Porto

Supervisor: F. Lobo Pereira e J. Borges de Sousa

Interaction between AC/DC networks with focus on power system protection 

Student: Emily Louise Pole-Baker Maggioli Gouveia

Course: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: H. Leite e Adriano S. Carvalho

Stochastic methods for the modeling and the identification of anaerobic digestion bioprocesses 

Student: Oussama Hadj Abdelkader

Course: Doctoral Program in Automation – Process Control

Institution: Université Abou Bekr Belkaid Tlemcen Faculté de Technologie, Argélia

Supervisor: Fernando Lobo Pereira

Study of different solutions for solar/biomass hybrid electricity generation systems

Student: João Daniel Pereira Soares

Course: Doctoral Program in Mechanical Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: Armando Oliveira

Simulação Numérica Bidimensional da Termo-Fluido-Dinâmica com Convecção Mista em torno de Corpos Imersos em Fluidos Newtonianos Incompressíveis

Student: Rômulo Damasclin Chaves dos Santos

Course: PhD in Applied Mathematics

Supervisor: Sílvio Gama

Reactive Power Control in Microgrids

Student: Bharat Chetry

Course: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: Adriano S. Carvalho

Distance Protection of Networks Supplied from VSC-HVDC

Student: Mohammad Meraj Alam

Course: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: Adriano S. Carvalho

Modeling, Control and Optimization of Dynamic Systems Driven by Vector-fields

Student: Teresa Daniela Batista de Jesus Grilo

Course: PhD in Applied Mathematics

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: Fernando Lobo Pereira

Contributions to the Automatic Control of Drug Administration for Anesthesia  

Student: Juliana Filipa Carvalho de Almeida 

Course: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: Paula Rocha

Advanced Fast HVDC Circuit Breakers

Student: Ataollah Mokhberdoran

Course: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: Adriano S. Carvalho

Optimal Control of Shell Models of Turbulence  

Student: Nagwa Arafa 

Course: PhD in Applied Mathematics

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: Sílvio Gama e Fernando Lobo Pereira

Moving Path Following Control System for Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles  

Student: Tiago Miguel Monteiro de Oliveira 

Course: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: António Pedro Aguiar e Pedro Encarnação

Modelação de redes de gás com vista à detecção e localização de fugas

Student: Sara Teixeira Baltazar 

Course: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Institution: UTAD - Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro

Supervisor: T-P Azevedo Perdicoúlis e P. Lopes dos Santos

Nonlinear Model Predictive Control with application to Underwater Vehicles  

Student: Andrea Alessandretti

Course: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Institution: IST – Instituto Superior Técnico da Universidade de Lisboa

Supervisor: António Pedro Aguiar

Necessary Conditions for Constrained Nonsmooth Fractional Optimal Control Problems  

Student: Hegagi Mohamed Ali Ahmed 

Course: PhD in Applied Mathematics

Institution: FEUP – Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto

Supervisor: Fernando Lobo Pereira e Sílvio Gama

Cooperative Underwater Odor Source Localization  

Student: Jorge Miguel Soares 

Course: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Institution: IST – Instituto Superior Técnico da Universidade de Lisboa

Supervisor: António Pedro Aguiar