The researchers behind LIACC

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Luís Paulo Reis

Director · Full Professor (FEUP)

intelligent roboticsintelligent simulation

Director of LIACC and Full Professor at the Faculty of Engineering (FEUP). Research in intelligent robotics, autonomous agents, and robotic soccer; coordinates the Human–Machine Intelligent Cooperation research group. Past president of APPIA, the Portuguese Association for Artificial Intelligence.

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Henrique Lopes Cardoso

Associate Professor · Coordinating Board

natural language processingintelligent simulation

Associate Professor at FEUP and member of the LIACC coordinating board. Research in natural language processing and multi-agent systems.

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Mário Florido

Coordinating Board (FCUP)

declarative programming

Member of the LIACC coordinating board and researcher at the Faculty of Sciences (FCUP), working on declarative programming and type systems.

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Eliana Silva

Coordinating Board (FEUP)

Member of the LIACC coordinating board. PhD in Applied Psychology (University of Minho, School of Psychology) and a doctoral researcher at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP).

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José Luís Reis

Coordinating Board (U. Maia)

machine learning

Member of the LIACC coordinating board and integrated researcher. Assistant Professor at the University of Maia (UMaia), where he directs the Department of Business Administration and coordinates the master's in Digital Transformation. Research in information systems, marketing automation, and applied AI.

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José Cascalho

Integrated Member (U. Azores)

LIACC member based at the University of the Azores, working on computer science and intelligent systems.

LIACC member at the Polytechnic of Porto (ESS). Research in machine learning, data mining, medical informatics, intelligent robotics, human–machine interfaces, and serious games.

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Ana Paula Rocha

Associate Professor (FEUP)

intelligent simulationcomplex systems

Associate Professor at FEUP and a LIACC member since 1990, in the Distributed Artificial Intelligence and Agent-based Simulation (DAIAS) group. Research in multi-agent systems and automated negotiation.

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Eugénio Oliveira

Full Professor

intelligent simulationmachine learning

Full Professor and one of LIACC's founding-generation researchers. Work in multi-agent systems and agent-based simulation.

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Jorge Barbosa

Integrated Member (FEUP)

LIACC member in the Distributed Artificial Intelligence and Agent-based Simulation (DAIAS) group, at FEUP. Research in parallel and high-performance computing.

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Jorge Coelho

Assistant Professor (ISEP / P.PORTO)

declarative programming

LIACC member and Assistant Professor at ISEP (Polytechnic of Porto); PhD in Computer Science (University of Porto, 2007). Research in declarative programming.