Dr. Daniel Fernandes completed his PhD in Information Science and Technology in 2021 at ISCTE—University Institute of Lisbon, and Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Telecommunications and Computer Engineering (2017 and 2015, respectively) also at ISCTE—University Institute of Lisbon. He also has a Postgraduate Degree in Management and Direction in Civil Protection from Universidade Lusófona—Centro Universitário de Lisboa. He is an assistant professor at Universidade Lusófona—Centro Universitário de Lisboa, and a researcher at the Association for Research and Development in Cognition and Human-Centered Computing (COPELABS). He has participated as a researcher in one research project—OptiNET-5G (Platform for Planning and Optimizing Heterogeneous 5G Networks in a Cloud Environment).
Dr. João P. Matos-Carvalho receive M.Sc. (Hons.) and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from FCT NOVA, Portugal, in 2017 and 2021, respectively. Since 2020, he has been an Integrated Member with the Center of Technology and Systems (CTS), UNINOVA, and COPELABS, Lusófona University. He has published more than 40 papers in international journals and international conferences in the field of remote sensing, pattern recognition, machine learning, sensor networks, and signal processing, with significant recognition and impact in the research community. He won the highly competitive Scientific Employment Stimulus (CEEC institutional) FCT grant in 2021. He received the Best Paper Award in a prestigious IEEE conference in 2018, the Distinguished Paper Award in 2021 by LASIGE at FCUL, and the Best Poster Presentation Award in 2023 by the International Complex Systems and Their Applications Conference. He has guest-edited three special issues entitled “Drone-Based Information Fusion to Improve Autonomous Navigation” (Drones), “UAV-Assisted IoT Solutions” (Drones), and “Territorial and Spatial-Based Simulation” (Frontiers in Computer Science), and serves as a reviewer for many prestigious scientific journals in his field. Since 2016, he has been working in the field of aerial robotics research and development.
Nuno Fachada is an Assistant Professor at Universidade Lusófona—Centro Universitário de Lisboa (UL-CUL) and a researcher at the UNINOVA-CTS research unit. Nuno's main research interests lie in Artificial Intelligence, Modeling and Simulation, Research Software, and Computer Science Education. He has published more than 60 scientific articles on these topics. He completed his degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in 2005 and went on to pursue a master degree (M.Sc.) in the same institute on the topic of immune system simulation. He graduated in 2008. During this period, Nuno was a teaching assistant at IST. He successfully defended his PhD thesis in 2016 (IST), entitled "Agent-Based Modeling on High Performance Computing Architectures", for which he was awarded the maximum grade "Pass with Distinction and Honour". After a year as a postdoctoral researcher at LaSEEB/ISR, Nuno moved to his current position at UL-CUL.