Chairs and Committees

General Chair

A. Pedro Aguiar (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal

Co-Chair

Paula  Rocha (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal)

Vice-Chair from Industry

Bharat Chetry (Vestas Technology Centre, Porto, Portugal)

Chair of International Program Committee (IPC)

Fernando A.C.C Fontes (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal)

IPC Co-Chair

Paulo Tabuada (University of California at Los Angeles, USA)

IPC-Vice-Chair from Industry

Bharat Chetry (Vestas Technology Centre, Porto, Portugal)

Steering Committee

Fátima Silva Leite (Institute of Systems and Robotics, University of Coimbra, Portugal)

João Miranda Lemos (University of Lisbon, Portugal)

Matilde Santos Peñas (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)

Tiago Roux Oliveira (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – UERJ, Brasil)

Organizing Committee

Adriano Carvalho (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal)

Fernando Fontes (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal)

Gil Gonçalves (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal)

Luís Tiago Paiva (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal)

Margarida Ferreira (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal)

Maria do Rosário Pinho (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal)

Paulo Lopes (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal)

Roman Chertovskikh (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal)

Sara Costa (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal)

Sílvio Gama (Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal)

Vítor H. Pinto (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal)

Section Chairs

Financial: Vítor H. Pinto (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal)

Local Arrangements: Maria do Rosário Pinho (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal)

Publication: Roman Chertovskikh (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal)

Publicity: Gustavo A. Andrade and Paulo Lopes (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal)

International Program Committee (IPC)

Aamir Ahmad, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Alberto Cardoso, DEI/CISUC – University of Coimbra, Portugal
Alessandro Saccon, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Alex Alcocer, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
Alexandra Moutinho, IDMEC/LAETA, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Amélia Caldeira, School of Engineering Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal
Anastasios Tefas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
André Conceição, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
André Teixeira, Uppsala University, Sweden
Aniko Costa, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
António Pascoal, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
António Ruano, CSI, FCT, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
António Sala, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
António P. Moreira, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal
Antónios Tsourdos, Cranfield University, United Kingdom
Camelia Avram, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania
Carla Viveiros, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL), Portugal
Carlos Balsa, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
Carlos Cardeira, IDMEC/LAETA, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Constantino Lagoa, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Cristian Mahulea, University of Zaragoza, Spain
Diogo Gomes , King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
Duarte Valério, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Elisa Capello, Politecnico di Torino, CNR-IEIIT, Italy
Estela Bicho, University of Minho, Portugal
Fabrício Nogueira, Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Brazil
Fátima Silva Leite, Institute of Systems and Robotics, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Fátima Pina, Instituto Superior de Gestão e Administração de Santarém, Portugal
Felipe Pait, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Fernanda Coutinho, Institute of Systems and Robotics, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Fernando Lizarralde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Filipe Moutinho, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Portugal
Filomena Soares, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Gabor Sziebig, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, Norway
Grace Deaecto, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, Norway
Hamed Khodadadi, Islamic Azad University, Iran
Hong Yue, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
Hyo-Sang Shin, Cranfield University / Defence Academy of the UK, United Kingdom
Izaskun Garrido, University of the Basque Country, Spain
Jan Komenda, Institute of Mathematics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno Branch, Czechia
Jianhua Zhang, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
João Paulo Coelho, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
João Hespanha, University of California, Santa Barbara, United States of America
João Martins, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Portugal
João Rosas, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Portugal
João M. Lemos, INESC-ID/IST, Portugal
John Ringwood, NUI Maynooth, Ireland
John Rossiter, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
José Araujo, Ericsson Research, Sweden
José Lima, Polytechnic Institute of Braganca, Portugal
José Boaventura, UTAD University, Portugal
José Gonçalves, ESTiG-IPB, Portugal
José Sánchez, UNED, Spain
Josenalde Oliveira, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Karl Johansson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Katalin Hangos, HAS Computer and Automation Research Institute, Hungary
Katarina Zakova, FEI STU, Slovakia
Knut Hüper, University of Wuerzburg, Germany
Lorenzo Marconi, DEI-University of Bologna, Italy
Lucíola Campestrini, UFRGS, Brazil
Luís M. Camarinha-Matos, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Portugal
Manuel Arias-Montiel, Universidad Tecnológica de la Mixteca, Mexico
Manuel Braz-Cesar, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal
Manuel Silva, ISEP-IPP and INESC TEC CRIIS, Portugal
Marcos Moreira, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Margarida Camarinha, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Maria Ruano, University of Algarve, Portugal
Maria Tomas Rodriguez, The City, University of London, United Kingdom
Maria Pia Fanti, Polytechnic of Bari, Italy
Mário Mendes, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL), Portugal
Matilde Santos, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Mauro Mancini, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Michael Sebek, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czechia
Michel Kinnaert, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Miguel Ayala Botto, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Mihoko Niitsuma, Chuo University, Japan
Mikulas Huba, STU Bratislava, Slovakia
Nuno Amaro, R&D Nester, Portugal
Nuno Martins, University of Maryland, USA
Oscar Barambones, University of the basque Country, Spain
P. B. Sujit, Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, India
Patrícia Pena, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Paulo Costa, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal
Paulo Gil, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
Paulo Moura Oliveira, UTAD University, Portugal
Paulo Oliveira, IDMEC/LAETA, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Paulo Rosa, Deimos Engenharia SA, Portugal
Paweł Martynowicz, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Pedro Batista, ISR/LARSyS, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Pedro Lourenço, GNC division/Space Segment and Robotics BU/GMV, Portugal
Pedro Pereira, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Portugal
Rafal Wisniewski, Aalborg University, Denmark
Ramon Vilanova, Universitat Autònoma Barcelona, Spain
Reza Gabchelo, Tampere University, Finland
Ricardo Queiros, Agostinho Neto University, Angola
Rita Cunha, ISR/LARSyS, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Roberto Galeazzi, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Rodolfo Oliveira, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Portugal
Ron Patton, University of Hull, School of Engineering, United Kingdom
Rui Azevedo Antunes, DEE-ESTS, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal
Rui Barros, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal
Samuele Grillo, Department of Electrical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Sandra Ricardo, UTAD, Portugal
Sérgio Pequito, Uppsala University, Sweden
Silvio Simani, Dept. of Engineering, University of Ferrara, Italy
Stanimir Valtchev, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Portugal
Sylvain Bertrand, ONERA, France
Teresa Azevedo Perdicoulis, ISR, Coimbra & UTAD, Portugal
Thor I. Fossen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Valter Leite, CEFET-MG / Campus Divinópolis, Brazil
Vicenc Puig, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Vilma Oliveira, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Vinayak Prabhu, Colorado State University, USA
Wojciech Giernacki, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Zhan Li, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Zita Vale, GECAD, ISEP/IPP, Portugal

IFAC Co-Sponsoring Technical Committees

TC 2.1. Control Design
TC 2.3. Non-Linear Control Systems
TC 4.3. Robotics
TC 7.2. Marine Systems

TC IPC representatives: Zheng Chen (zheng_chen@zju.edu.cn) and Hyunjin Choi (hyunjin@smu.ac.kr)