About

Emanuel Soares Peres Correia is an assistant professor at Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro University (UTAD) in Portugal. He has been lecturing in areas such as web development, electronics, power electronics, telecommunications and computer networks since 2003. He is an integrated researcher at the Centre for Robotics in Industry and Intelligent Systems (CRIIS) in Technology and Science Associate Laboratory (INESC-TEC) and his research focuses on combining sensing networks, in-field processing units and mesh communication networks to develop data acquisition systems which enable decision support tools for precision agriculture. Human–Machine interaction, namely augmented reality systems and new interfaces, in areas such as education, agriculture and tourism, is also an area of interest. His research has been presented at international conferences such as CENTERIS, EDUCON, CISTI, CSEDU and SPIE and he has been published in the e.g. Journal of Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Journal of Remote Sensing, International Journal of Remote Sensing, Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research, Journal of Applied Logic and Procedia Technology. He is an Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Web Portals (IJWP) since November 2016. As a member of UTAD’s Urban Eco-Efficiency Unit, he is currently involved in several research projects mainly related with the application of UAV in agriculture and forestry.