Current Research Projects

• RICM - Research infrastructure for technology-supported crisis management (350315)

  • Duration: 2025-2026

  • Role: Project member / Funding acquisition

  • Funding/Budget: NOK 2.000.000,00 (pre-project)

  • Funding Agency: Research Council of Norway

• SALIENT - Situational Awareness and Logistics in Emergency Response Missions with Drones

  • Duration: 2025

  • Role: Institutional Leader / Funding acquisition

  • Funding/Budget: NOK 1.000.000,00 (pre-project)

  • Funding Agency: Regional Research Fund

• SMAUG - Smart Maritime and Underwater Guardian (101121129)

  • Duration: 2023-2026

  • Role: Institutional Work Package Leader / Funding acquisition

  • Funding/Budget: € 5.998.864,19

  • Funding Agency: European Commission

• SEAGUARD - Sea Environmental Awareness and Guard enhanced with Unmanned AI Robotic Detection

  • Duration: 2024-2026

  • Role: Task Leader / Funding acquisition

  • Funding/Budget: € 4.985.899,71

  • Funding Agency: European Commission

Concluded Research Projects

• SIMEC - Sistema Integrado de Monitorização de Erosão Costeira (PT-INNOVATION-0082)

  • Duration: 2022-2024

  • Role: Institutional Leader / Funding acquisition

  • Funding/Budget: € 98.637,00

  • Funding Agency: EEA Grants

• ALSPIN - Automation of field inspection in large scale solar farms (296216)

  • Duration: 2019-2023

  • Role: Project Member / Funding acquisition

  • Funding/Budget: NOK 7.900.000,00

  • Funding Agency: Research Council of Norway

• Valkyries - Harmonization and Pre-Standardization of Equipment, Training and Tactical Coordinated procedures for First Aid Vehicles deployment on European multi-victim Disasters (101020676)

  • Duration: 2021-2023

  • Role: Project Member

  • Funding/Budget: € 6.895.326,25

  • Funding Agency: European Commission

• AutonoWeather - Enabling autonomous driving in winter conditions through optimized road weather interpretation and forecast (301575)

  • Duration: 2020-2022

  • Role: Project Manager / Funding acquisition

  • Funding/Budget: NOK 7.600.000,00

  • Funding Agency: Research Council of Norway

• Smart Condition Monitoring: Automated condition and monitoring systems for maritime autonomous robots (309884)

  • Duration: 2020-2023

  • Role: Institutional Work Package Leader

  • Funding/Budget: NOK 9.000.000,00

  • Funding Agency: Research Council of Norway

• ArchitectECA2030 - Trustable architectures with acceptable residual risk for the electric, connected and automated cars (877539)

  • Duration: 2020-2023

  • Role: Institutional Leader

  • Funding/Budget: € 13.600.000,00

  • Funding Agency: European Research Council

• RoadSPEC - Enabling real-time detection of slippery roads through a novel connected automotive sensor system (310000)

  • Duration: 2019-2021

  • Role: Project Member

  • Funding/Budget: NOK 5.220.000,00

  • Funding Agency: Innovation Norway

• CRISP - Finding a CRItical SPeed function ahead of a road section for vehicles in motion (302327)

  • Duration: 2020-2024

  • Role: Institutional Leader

  • Funding/Budget: NOK 7.400.000,00

  • Funding Agency: Research Council of Norway

• CIA-Rio - Artificial Intelligence Center of the State of Rio de Janeiro Applied to the Oil and Gas Sector

  • Duration: 2021-2023

  • Role: Project Member / Funding acquisition

  • Funding/Budget: R$ 4.435.199,45

  • Funding Agency: Carlos Chagas Filho Foundation for Research Support of the State of Rio de Janeiro  (FAPERJ)