Limelight

Limelight

In a universe with over 800 employees, there are many months when the performance of various collaborators should be highlighted. Proof of that is the fact that oftentimes more than one person is nominated each month. Because of that we had to change our editorial criteria: now, instead of featuring just one employee every month, BIP features all nominees.

January

José Miguel Almeida (CROB)

The Coordinators of the Centre for Robotics and Intelligent Systems (CROB) stated: “The Coordinators of CROB have agreed to nominate José Miguel Almeida to the Limelight section for his contribution to CROB’s strategic vision, and for his hard, quality work in different projects, namely in Icarus, Sunny and Turtle. He has also played a fundamental role in some of the Centre’s contracts, particularly in contract Scan. We would also like to stress his participation in various winning proposals as part of project VAMOS, the RawMatters KIC, and the TEC4SEA initiative.”

Dewan Fayzur (CPES)

The Coordinators of the Centre for Power and Energy Systems (CPES) stated: “Dewan Fayzur has been working at CPES in renewable energy forecasting, and is now working on the European project SuSTAINABLE and in a direct contract with REN (Redes Energéticas Nacionais; Portuguese energy company). Within this last project, he has successfully developed and installed a probabilistic forecast software for special regime production, suited to the demands of the power system management. With great commitment, team spirit and sense of responsibility, he met very demanding deadlines and delivered high quality work.”

Luís Pessoa (CTM)

The Coordinators of the Centre for Telecommunications and Multimedia (CTM) stated: “We would like to nominate Luís Pessoa for the Limelight section for his involvement in the successful preparation of European research projects. Two of those projects, iBROW and SCREEN, which are relevant for CTM’s scientific strategy in communication technology, started in January 2015.”

Ana Camanho (CEGI)

The Coordinator of Centre for Industrial Engineering and Management (CEGI) stated: “Ana Camanho has just been nominated the best 2014 reviewer of the journal OMEGA – The International Journal of Management Science.   OMEGA is ranked third in the ISI Journal Citation Reports in Operations Research & Management Science, with an impact factor of 3.190. Besides this important recognition, Ana Camanho is a senior researcher at CEGI, and is member of its Scientific Council and leader of the Performance Management area. She is one of the greatest world experts in Data Envelopment Analysis and Performance Assessment, with numerous R&D projects, PhD and postdoctoral supervisions, and publications in different areas such as health, retail, transportations, fishing, cities, or construction.”

Limelight - February

Filipe Ribeiro

The Coordinators of the Centre for Telecommunications and Multimedia (CTM) stated: “We would like to nominate Filipe Ribeiro for the Limelight section for his extraordinary work in relevant CTM projects and for his performance, in February 2015, in project MTGrid (Multi Technology Communication Infrastructure for the Smart Grid), where he successfully implemented a communication network for energy consumption metering scenarios.”

Limelight - March

Luís Torgo - LIAAD

The Coordinator of the Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support (LIAAD) stated: “I would like to nominate Luís Torgo for his success and for the impact of his books and courses on R, and also because he was in charge of our participation in the European project e-Policy, which was concluded recently and rated excellent in the final evaluation.”