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I am a Senior Researcher at the center for Robotics and Autonomous Systems at INESC TEC. I graduated in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, first with a MSc degree in 2009 and with a PhD degree in 2014. Since 2009, I have been working on Surface and Underwater Robotics, researching on Control, Guidance, Localization and Coordination of marine robots.

My activities have been developed in the context of several national and international projects, among which the following are highlighted: Lajeado (development of an AUV for dam inspection); FP7 ICARUS (Integrated Components for Assisted Rescue and Unmanned Search operations); and FLEXUS (Flexible Unmanned Surface vehicles for the Internet of moving things), funded by H2020 RAWFIE project.

I am also involved in the development of several robotic systems and at the origin of several prototypes such as the autonomous surface vehicle FLEXUS and the autonomous underwater vehicle SHAD.

Orlando Frazão graduated in Physics Engineering (Optoelectronics and Electronics) from the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Porto, Portugal, focusing on optical fiber sensors based on interferometry and nonlinear effects. From 1997 to 1998, he was with the Institute of Telecommunications in Aveiro, holding a scholarship position in the European Project. Currently, he is a Senior Researcher at the Centre of Photonic applied photonic of INESC TEC, where he leads the Optical Fiber Sensors group for physical measurement. His current research interests include optical fiber sensors and optical communications. He has led several national research projects in optical sensing and communications and participated in the European project . He has active bilateral collaborations with France, Spain, Germany, Poland and Brazil.

He has published approximately more 500 papers in peer-reviewed journals and in international and national conference proceedings, and is the author of 7 patents. He serves as a reviewer for several international journals, including Nature, IEEE, OSA, Elsevier, IOP, among others. He has also participated in numerous conferences as a member of organizing and scientific committees. He is the recipient of three awards and is a Senior Member of SPIE and a Fellow of EOS.

Rui Campos has a PhD degree in Electrical and Computers Engineering in 2011, from University of Porto. Currently, he leads the “Wireless Networks” research area (http://win.inescporto.pt) of the Centre for Telecommunications and Multimedia consisting of 30 researchers, and he is an IEEE Senior Member. He has coordinated several research projects, including: SIMBED in Fed4FIRE+ Open Call 3, UGREEN, BLUECOM+, MareCom, MTGrid, the WiFIX action approved in CONFINE Open Call 1, Mare-Fi, Under-Fi, ReCoop, and HiperWireless. Rui Campos has participated in several research projects, including the following European projects: H2020 Fed4FIRE+, H2020 RAWFIE, FP7 SUNNY, FP7 CONFINE, FP6 Ambient Networks Phase 1, and FP6 Ambient Networks Phase 2. His research interests include medium access control, radio resource management, mobility management, and network auto-configuration in emerging wireless networks, with special focus on flying networks, maritime networks, and underwater networks.