Research Interests

Various topics related to Digital Image Processing, Applied Mathematics and Remote Sensing, both from an algorithm development perspective as well as driven by specific applications.

Methods and Algorithms / Métodos e Algoritmos :
- Color Perception, Analysis and Visualization / Percepção, Análise e Visualização de Cor
- Image Classification / Classificação de Imagem
- Image Segmentation / Segmentação de Imagem
- Image Registration, Geometric Corrections / Registo de Imagem, Correcções Geométricas

Applications (in Biology, Medicine, Agriculture and Environmental Sciences):
Aplicações (em Biologia, Medicina, Agricultura e Ciências do Ambiente):
- Computer-based Diagnosis system for Dermoscopic Images
- Information Extraction from Macro Array / Dot Blot Images
- Automatic pollen recognition and counting / Reconhecimento e contagem de polens
- Plant identification from digital images of Leaves / Reconhecimento de plantas
- Remote Sensing of Vegetations / Detecção Remota de Vegetação
- Water Sensitive Paper Analysis / Análise de Papeis Hidrosensíveis

Research Projects / Projetos de Investigação :

Wine4Cast - Previsão espácio-temporal da produtividade vitivinícola para usabilidade multi-ator: integração de sensores ótico-fotónicos remotos, inteligência artificial e cenários climáticos, PPR-C05-i03-I-000071, Principal Investigator: Prof. Mário Cunha, FCUP [2023- ]

OmicBots - High-Throughput Integrative Omic-Robots Platform for a Next Generation Physiology-based Precision Viticulture, PTDC/ASP-HOR/1338/2021. Principal Investigator: Prof. Mário Cunha, FCUP [2022- ]

THEIA - Automated Perception Driving, POCI-01-0247-FEDER-047264, U.Porto, FCUP, FEUP, Bosch [2020- ]

EVOXANT - Bacterial evolution beyond the cultured isolates - Xanthomonas arboricola pv. juglandis as a paradigm, TDC/BIA-EVF/3635/2014, Principal Investigator: Prof. Fernando Tavares, FCUP [2016-2020].

ADDI - Automatic computer based Diagnosis system for Dermoscopy Images, PTDC/SAU-BEB/103471/2008, Principal Investigator: Prof. Teresa Mendonça, FCUP [2010-2013]

LAMESAT XXI - Ancestral irrigation management on mountain seminatural meadows using remote sensing, PTDC/AGR-AAM/67182/2006. Principal Investigator: Prof. Mário Cunha, FCUP [2006-2010]