About
Joao Silva was born in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. He graduated in Electrotechnical and Computers Engineering in 2014 and is now pursuing the corresponding Ph.D. degree in FEUP, the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Portugal. In 2014, he joined the Center for Power and Energy Systems (CPES) of INESC Technology and Science (INESC TEC), as a researcher where he actively participated in the evolvDSO European project under the seventh framework program (FP7). His main fields of interest are related with optimizing the operation of distribution and transmission networks as well as with network asset management.