Ramiro de Sousa Barbosa

Ramiro de Sousa Barbosa is a Coordinator Professor at the Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP) within the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (IPP), and a researcher at the Research Group on Engineering and Intelligent Computing for Innovation and Development (GECAD) in the Associated Laboratory for Intelligent Systems (LASI). He holds a Ph.D. (2005) and M.Sc. (2000) in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Porto.

Research Interests:

• Fractional Calculus in Control
• Artificial Intelligence
• Evolutionary Algorithms
• Robotics
• Nonlinear Systems

His work includes over 130 publications and active participation in R&D projects like LA/P/0104/2020 and TradeRES. He serves as a reviewer for journals including IEEE, Springer, and MDPI, and has edited 6 special journal issues.

Article Trends: Recent publications focus on neural networks for robotics, fractional calculus in control systems, evolutionary algorithms for optimization, and smart energy systems. The 15 most recent works span 2025-2008, with keywords in Computer Science, Control Engineering, and Renewable Energy.

Professional Roles:

• 2020-present: Coordinator Professor at ISEP
• 2010-2020: Adjunct Professor at ISEP
• 2004-present: Researcher at GECAD

Projects: Currently leads research in Intelligent Systems Associate Laboratory and Smart Energy Systems, with past involvement in 8+ EU Horizon projects.