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Carlos MoreiraView profile

Assistant Professor

• Renewable Energy Integration
• Power System Dynamics
• Microgrids Operation
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Carlos Moreira is a Senior Researcher at INESC TEC and an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Porto (FEUP). He has held his current academic position since 2009 and leads the "Network Studies and RES & DER Integration" area at INESC TEC's Centre for Power and Energy Systems since 2015. His research focuses on renewable energy integration, power system dynamics, and microgrid operations. Education: Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering, FEUP (2003) PhD in Power Systems, University of Porto (2008) Research Interests: Large-scale renewable integration in isolated/interconnected grids, grid stability in high-renewable scenarios, hydropower flexibility, and smart grid technologies. His work addresses challenges such as converter placement, power quality conditioning, and frequency control in evolving energy systems. Projects: Technical leader in EU-funded initiatives including MICROGRIDS, MORE-MICROGRIDS, MERGE, TWENTIES, HYPERBOLE, and EU-SysFLEX. These projects focus on grid resilience, renewable integration tools, and hydropower optimization. Consultancy: Provides expertise on wind farm grid connections and large-scale renewable integration in isolated systems, addressing dynamic stability and transient issues. His work bridges academia and industry, emphasizing practical grid solutions. Advising & Labs: Supervised five PhD/MSc theses on topics like grid-forming converters and PV system integration. Active in FEUP's Doctoral Programs in Sustainable Energy Systems and Electrical & Computer Engineering.

• Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization
• Search-Based Software Engineering
• Semantic Web
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Vitor Basto Fernandes is an Associate Professor with tenure at Iscte - University Institute of Lisbon, affiliated with the Department of Information Science and Technology (ISTA) and ISTAR-Iscte research center. His career spans academic, research, and industry roles across institutions like University of Minho, University of Trás-os-Montes, and Polytechnic Institute of Leiria. PhD in Informatics (2006), University of Minho Postgraduate in Mobile Computing (2005), University of Minho Postgraduate in Distributed Systems (1997), University of Minho BSc in Information Systems Management (1995), University of Minho His research focuses on Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization , Search-Based Software Engineering , and Cyber Security , with applications in healthcare systems, cloud computing, and anti-spam technologies. He has coordinated academic programs, led international research projects, and served as principal investigator for FCT-funded initiatives. Recent publications highlight expertise in cybersecurity risk analysis , ontological knowledge management , and multiobjective evolutionary algorithms . He organizes international conferences and mentors graduate students in fields like cloud infrastructure and data science . As an Integrated Researcher at ISTAR-Iscte, he contributes to projects involving semantic web technologies , enterprise application integration , and dimensionality reduction for spam filtering.