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Professor Pedro Silva Girão is a faculty member at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Lisbon, affiliated with the College of Engineering (IST). His research focuses on IoT applications in healthcare, medical device development, rehabilitation engineering, and environmental monitoring systems. He has pioneered work in wearable sensors for neonatal care, gait rehabilitation using mixed reality, and voxel-based dosimetry for liver radioembolization therapy.
Key technical contributions include low-cost IoT platforms for physiotherapy monitoring, latency optimization in cloud-based IoT systems (e.g., ThingSpeak), and smart wheelchair monitoring architectures. His work integrates IEEE 1451 smart sensor standards with biomedical applications, emphasizing modular sensor systems for clinical and environmental use.
Recent research trends emphasize cross-domain innovation: combining industrial IoT for predictive maintenance with healthcare IoT for tele-rehabilitation. He explores synergies between embedded systems and machine learning for medical signal analysis, with applications in arrhythmia detection and environmental sensor networks.
Notable projects include:
- Development of dual-purpose IoT devices for simultaneous maintenance and energy harvesting
- Serious game platforms for upper-limb rehabilitation using Kinect/Leap Motion
- Voxel-based computational tools for multi-therapy liver dosimetry
His sensor systems address challenges in unobtrusive health monitoring using microwave Doppler radar and seismocardiography. Current efforts focus on rural healthcare accessibility through smart wearable solutions and AI-driven telemedicine interfaces.
