Rui Pinto was born in Santa Maria de Lamas, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal. In 2013, he received a Master's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from FEUP, and in 2022, a PhD in Computer Engineering from the same school. He is currently a Teaching Assistant at FEUP's DEI and an Integrated Member of SYSTEC, more specifically at the Laboratory for Digitalization and Intelligent Industry (DIGI2), where he coordinates the Next-Gen Edge and IoT Exploration (NEX) team and has a strong participation in the Capacity Building for Intelligent Industry (CBI) domain.
As a researcher, his main fields of interest are Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0, Smart Manufacturing, Cyber-Physical Systems, Artificial Immune Systems, and Education 4.0. Since 2013, he has participated in at least 20 national and European R&D projects. Also, he had the opportunity to supervise and co-supervise more than 30 bachelor projects, Master's dissertations, and PhD theses, on topics related to the fields of interest. As a result of research activities, he has co-authored more than 50 publications.
He is a habitual reviewer of IEEE Access journal and other relevant scientific conferences such as IEEE ETFA, IEEE INDIN, IEEE ICELIE and ISM.
Áreas de Interesse
Technological sciences > Technology > Information technology