Luís Miguel Mendonça Rato

Luís Miguel Mendonça Rato is an Associate Professor at the Universidade de Évora and a Senior Researcher with a PhD at Centro ALGORITMI. He is affiliated with the CST R&D Group and VISTA Lab R&D Lab, focusing on interdisciplinary research at the intersection of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Agricultural/Biomedical applications.

• Academic Degree: PhD
• Current Position: Associate Professor
• Labs: VISTA Lab
• Researcher IDs: ORCID 0000-0003-4492-7548, ResearcherID A-9152-2013, CiênciaID A914-6344-CD2D

His research spans machine learning applications in Agricultural Engineering (Sentinel-2 satellite data for nutrient analysis), Biomedical Imaging (MRI-ADC texture analysis for tumor classification), and Control Systems (predictive control algorithms for water delivery canals and solar fields). With an h-index of 11 and 51 publications, his work emphasizes hybrid systems combining traditional engineering with computational innovation.

Recent publications highlight trends in SLAM efficiency (2024), cloud service optimization (2022), and deep learning for medical imaging (2022-2023). He has contributed to Smart Cities initiatives through projects like M-Traffic (2006) and NanoSen-AQM (2020).

As a senior researcher, he leads projects in the CST R&D Group and VISTA Lab, with notable work in the Universidade de Évora ecosystem.