INESC TEC PhD Defenses
PhD Candidate full name: Samuel Filipe da Silva Pereira
Dissertation Title: The Fourier Qualia Space: Interaction, Ambiguity, and Hierarchy in Music Harmony
Date: 15/06/2026 14:30
Location: University of Porto | Faculty of Engineering | Administração (A) | Sala de Atos da Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
Higher Education Institution: University of Porto
Doctoral Programme: Doctoral Programme in Digital Media
Principal Supervisor at INESC TEC: Gilberto Bernardes de Almeida
Additional Supervisor: José Oliveira Martins (Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra, FLUC)
More info: HERE
PhD Candidate full name: Salvador Moreira Paes Carvalhosa
Dissertation Title: An integrated approach to electric vehicle charging management in multi-dwelling buildings: from dynamic load allocation to infrastructure planning
Date: 22/05/2026 14:00
Location: University of Porto | FEUP | DEEC | I-105
Higher Education Institution: University of Porto
Doctoral Programme: Doctoral Program in Sustainable Energy Systems (FEUP)
Principal Supervisor at INESC TEC: José Rui da Rocha Pinto Ferreira
Additional Supervisor: Rui Esteves Araújo (FEUP)
Scientific Domain: [Power and Energy Systems]
More info: HERE
PhD Candidate full name: Mafalda Francisco Ramôa da Costa Alves
Dissertation Title: On the Quest for Shallow, Accurate, and Cost-Efficient Ansätze for Variational Quantum Algorithms
Date: 19/05/2026 14:00
Location: University of Minho | Sala de Atos - Campus de Azurém, Guimarães
Higher Education Institution: University of Minho
Doctoral Programme: Doctoral Program in Informatics
Principal Supervisor at INESC TEC: Luís Paulo Peixoto dos Santos
Additional Supervisor: Ernesto Galvão (UF Santa Catarina); Sophia Economou (Virginia Tech)
Scientific Domain: [Computer Science and Engineering]
More info: HERE
PhD Candidate full name: Tamás Karácsony
Dissertation Title: Advancing AI in Healthcare: Action Recognition and Human Pose Estimation for Epileptic Seizure Classification
Date: 07/05/2026 14:00
Location: University of Porto | Faculty of Engineering | Building A | Sala de Atos
Higher Education Institution: University of Porto
Doctoral Programme: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering (FEUP)
Principal Supervisor at INESC TEC: João Paulo Cunha
Additional Supervisor: Fernando De la Torre (Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University)
Scientific Domain: [Artificial Intelligence]; [Bioengineering]; [Computer Science and Engineering]
More info: HERE
PhD Candidate full name: Isabel Cristina Rio-Torto de Oliveira
Dissertation Title: Weakly Supervised Multimodal Explanations for Medical Image Classification
Date: 05/05/2026 14:00
Location: UP | FCUP | DCC | Auditório do Departamento de Ciência de Computadores
Higher Education Institution: University of Porto
Doctoral Programme: Doctoral Program in Computer Science (FCUP)
Principal Supervisor at INESC TEC: Luís F. Teixeira
Additional Supervisor: Jaime S. Cardoso (INESC TEC)
Scientific Domain: [Artificial Intelligence]; [Computer Science and Engineering]
Public Announcement Link: https://sigarra.up.pt/fcup/pt/noticias_geral.ver_noticia?p_nr=137161
More info: HERE
PhD Candidate full name: Salvador Doménech Martínez
Dissertation Title: A bilevel model for long-term studies of grid access tariffs considering behind-the-meter decentralized generation
Date: 27/04/2026 08:00
Location: Universidad Pontificia Comillas | Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería ICAI | Aula P. Pérez del Pulgar
Higher Education Institution: Universidad Pontificia Comillas
Doctoral Programme: Doctoral Program in Industrial Engineering and Management (FEUP)
Principal Supervisor at INESC TEC: José Villar Collado
Additional Supervisor: Fco. Alberto Campos Fernández (Universidad Pontificia Comillas)
Scientific Domain: [Power and Energy Systems]
Public Announcement Link: https://eventos.comillas.edu/152886/detail/defensa-de-la-tesis-doctoral-a-bilevel-model-for-long-term-studies-of-grid-access-tariffs-consideri.html
More info: HERE
PhD Candidate full name: João Miguel Ramos Chaves Fernandes
Dissertation Title: Energy-efficient Scheduling for Sustainable Production and Transportation in Flexible Manufacturing Systems
Date: 16/04/2026 09:30
Location: University of Porto | FEUP | Building A | Sala de atos - A104
Higher Education Institution: University of Porto
Doctoral Programme: Doctoral Program in Industrial Engineering and Management (FEUP)
Principal Supervisor at INESC TEC: Dalila Benedita Machado Martins Fontes
Additional Supervisor: Seyed Mahdi Homayoun (Contructor University Bremen)
Scientific Domain: [Computer Science and Engineering]; [Power and Energy Systems]; [Systems Engineering and Management]
More info: HERE
PhD Candidate full name: Mariana Silva Sousa
Dissertation Title: Integrating consumer behavior into the management of perishable products
Date: 18/03/2026 14:00
Location: UP | FEUP | DEGI | L202A
Higher Education Institution: University of Porto
Doctoral Programme: Doctoral Program in Industrial Engineering and Management (FEUP)
Principal Supervisor at INESC TEC: Pedro Amorim
Additional Supervisor: Maria João Santos (INESC TEC); Sara Martins (INESC TEC)
Scientific Domain: [Artificial Intelligence]; [Operations Research]
More info: HERE
PhD Candidate full name: André Nuno de Pinho Tavares Gurgo e Cirne
Dissertation Title: Identity and Trust based on Hardware for IoT
Date: 11/03/2026 14:30
Location: UP | FCUP | DCC | FC6 0.29
Higher Education Institution: University of Porto
Doctoral Programme: Doctoral Program in Computer Science (FCUP)
Principal Supervisor at INESC TEC: João Resende;
Additional Supervisor: Patrícia Raquel Vieira Sousa (INESCTEC - research collaborator); Luís Antunes (University of Porto)
Scientific Domain: [Computer Science and Engineering]
More info: HERE
PhD Candidate full name: Marcella Luiza Santos Mendes
Dissertation Title: From Micro-Mechanisms to Efficiency: Research & Development and Innovation in a Related Diversification Context
Date: 06/03/2026 10:30
Location: University of Porto | FEUP | Building A | Sala de Atos
Higher Education Institution: University of Porto
Doctoral Programme: Doctoral Program in Industrial Engineering and Management (FEUP)
Principal Supervisor at INESC TEC: João Claro
Additional Supervisor: Cipriano Lomba (EFACEC)
Scientific Domain: [Systems Engineering and Management]
More info: HERE
PhD Candidate full name: José Carlos Miranda Nova Arnaud
Dissertation Title: Relationship between Digital Transformation and Digital Literacy of Local Public Administration employees – An Explanatory Model
Date: 2026-03-05 15:30
Location: UTAD | Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia | Auditório B0.01
Higher Education Institution: UTAD - Universidade de Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro
Doctoral Programme: Doctoral Program Web Science and Technology
Principal Supervisor at INESC TEC: Henrique São Mamede
More info: HERE
PhD Candidate full name: Bruno Georgevich Ferreira
Dissertation Title: Modular and Multi-Stage Semantic Perception System for Robotics
Date: 27/02/2026 14:00
Location: Porto (UP) | Engineering (FEUP) | Administration Building | Room 104 - Sala de Atos
Higher Education Institution: University of Porto
Doctoral Programme: Doctoral Program in Informatic Engineering (FEUP)
Principal Supervisor at INESC TEC: Armando Jorge Miranda de Sousa
Scientific Domain: [Artificial Intelligence] + [Robotics]
More info: HERE
PhD Candidate full name: Hugo Miguel Oliveira de Sousa
Dissertation Title: Unfolding the Temporal Structure of Narratives
Date: 2026-02-25 14:30
Location: UP | FCUP | FC5 278
Higher Education Institution: University of Porto
Doctoral Programme: Doctoral Program in Computer Science (FCUP)
Principal Supervisor at INESC TEC: Alípio Jorge
Additional Supervisor: Ricardo Campos (UBI)
Scientific Domain: [Artificial Intelligence]
More info: HERE
PhD Candidate full name: Bruno Miguel Eira Peixoto
Dissertation Title: Creating Immersive Authentic Experiences for Foreign Language Learning
Date: 2026-02-25 09:30:00
Location: UTAD - Universidade de Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro | School of Human and Social Sciences | Room 2.19
Higher Education Institution: UTAD - Universidade de Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro
Doctoral Programme: Doctoral Program in Informatics
Principal Supervisor at INESC TEC: Miguel Correia Melo
Scientific Domain: [Computer Science and Engineering]
More info: HERE
PhD Candidate full name: Artur José Vilares Cordeiro
Dissertation Title: Configurable Perception Pipeline for Bin-picking in Industrial Scenarios
Date: 2026-02-12 10:30:00
Location: UTAD - Universidade de Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro | School of Sciences and Technology | Library | Room B- 1.04
Higher Education Institution: UTAD - Universidade de Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro
Doctoral Programme: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Principal Supervisor at INESC TEC: João Pedro Carvalho de Souza
Scientific Domain: [Computer Science and Engineering] + [Robotics]
More info: HERE
PhD Candidate full name: Bianca Andreea Banica
Dissertation Title: Citizen Engagement Perspectives within Local Energy Transitions
Date: 23/01/2026 10:30
Location: University of Porto | FEUP | DMEC | Sala de Atos
Higher Education Institution: University of Porto
Doctoral Programme: Doctoral Program in Industrial Engineering and Management (FEUP)
Principal Supervisor at INESC TEC: Lia Patrício
Scientific Domain: [Systems Engineering and Management]
More info: HERE
PhD Candidate full name: Serkan Sulun
Dissertation Title: Video-based Music Generation
Date: 08/10/2025 14:00
Location: University of Porto | FEUP | DEEC | I-105
Higher Education Institution: University of Porto
Doctoral Programme: Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering (FEUP)
Principal Supervisor at INESC TEC: Paula Viana
Additional Supervisor: Matthew E. P. Davies
Scientific Domain: [Artificial Intelligence]; [Computer Science and Engineering]
More info: HERE