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Education

• 2004-2006 - Post-Doc studies at IEETA, University of Aveiro, Portugal. Work consisted in using computer vision methods for the creation of computer tools for clinical analysis of a variety of video exams. Examples include automatic annotation of endoscopic capsule exams, single particle tracking for low SNR confocal microscopy exams, and numerical quantification of patient 3D motion during epileptic seizures.
• 1999-2004 - PhD in Electronic Engineering, Queen Mary, University of London, "Compressed Domain Processing with Applications to Surveillance". Research consisted in the study of compressed domain information of encoded digital video. This resulted in the development of fast tools that approximate traditional image and video processing methods. The test scenario for these tools was a real underground train CCTV surveillance system.
• 1993-1998 - BEng in Electrical and Computer Engineering with specialization in Telecommunications, at Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal. Final average: 16. Distinction for graduating in the top 5% of students.

Professional and Academic Activities

• 2006-... - Assistant Professor of the Computer Science Dep., Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, Portugal.
• 2002-2003 - Lab Monitor for Image Processing" at Queen Mary, University of London, under the supervision of Dr. Ebroul Izquierdo.
• 2002-2003 - Lab Monitor for Multimedia" at Queen Mary, University of London, under the supervision of Dr. Ebroul Izquierdo.
• 1999-2000 - Lab Monitor for "C++ Programming" at King's College London, under the supervision of Dr. Sergio Velastin.
• 1998-1999 - Researcher at INESC-Porto. Worked in the VIDION project in collaboration with RTP, the Portuguese public television provider. Work consisted in the development of the "Search workstation" for RTP's multimedia digital archive. It included search, real-time navigation and on-line visualization of results.

Projects

International Projects

1. BRIDGE - BRinging multimedia Information for cancer Discovery in Gastroenterology Environment; Funding Organization: FCT-CMU|Portugal; Role: PI; Total Funding: 34.000€; Own Funding: 17.000€; Duration: 1 year; Finishes in December 2015
2. HYRAX - Crowd-Sourcing Mobile Devices to Develop Edge Clouds; Funding Organization: FCT-CMU|Portugal; Role: Researcher; Total Funding: 350.000€; Own Funding: 39.358€; Duration: 3 years; Finishes in June 2016
3. Vital Responder - Monitoring Stress in First Responder Professionals; Funding Organization: FCT; Role: Co-PI (IT Team Leader); Funding: 519.456€; Duration: 3 years.

National Projects

1. DigiScope2 - Digitally Enhanced Stethoscope for Clinical Usage; Funding Organization: FCT; Role: PI; Total Funding: 236.821€; Own Funding: 117.531€; Duration: 3 years; Finishes in December July 2021
2. SmartHeart – Smarter Cardiac Sensing via Integrated Signal Processing; Funding Organization: IT; Role: PI; Total Funding: 58.810€; Own Funding: 58.810€; Duration: 2 years; Finishes in December 2018.
3. NanoStima - Macro-to-Nano Human Sensing: Towards Integrated Multimodal Health Monitoring and Analytics; Funding Organization: N2020; Role: Co-PI (IT Team Leader); Total Funding: 7.211.413€; Own Funding: 404.247€; Duration 2.5 years; Finishes in June 2018.
4. RHDEcho – Sistema de análise de imagens ecocardiográficas do aparelho valvular mitral para triagem de defeitos na válvula mitral/da doença cardíaca reumática subclínica; Funding Organization: P2020; Role: Co-PI (FCUP Team Leader); Total Funding: 405.818€; Own Funding: 118.711€; Duration: 3 years; Finished in December 2018.
5. RHEUMUS - Sistema de análise de imagens de ecografia para reumatologia; Funding Organization: QREN; Role: Co-PI (IT Team Leader); Total Funding: 235.101€; Own Funding: 63.075€; Duration 1.5 years; Finishes in June 2015
6. GEMINI – GastroEnterology Made INteractIve; Funding Organization: IT; Role: PI; Total Funding: 39.970€; Own Funding: 31.080€; Duration: 2 years; Finishes in May 2016
7. Future Health - Health Monitoring in Future Cities; Funding Organization: QREN; Role: PI; Funding: 366.879€; Duration: 2.5 years
8. HeartSafe - Assessing Heart Function for Unsupervised Homecare Applications through Multi-Channel Auscultation; Funding Organization: FCT; Role: Co-PI (IT Team Leader); Funding: 199.864€; Duration: 2 years
9. CellNote Touch - Touch-based Interactive Annotation of Cellular Images; Funding Organization: IT; Role: PI; Funding: 46.400€; Duration: 2 years
10. DECA-Bio - Dependent Component Analysis of Biological Signals; Funding Organization: IT; Role: Co-PI (IT Porto Team Leader); Funding: 35.700€; Duration: 2 years
11. CAGE - Computer Assisted Gastroenterology Examination; Funding Organization: FCT; Role: PI; Funding: 145.000€; Duration: 3 years
12. DigiScope - DIGItally enhanced stethosCOPE for clinical usage; Funding Organization: FCT; Role: PI; Funding: 120.000€; Duration: 3 years
13. MovEpil3D - Motion quantification of 3D body motion during epileptic seizures; Funding Organization: FCT; Role: Researcher; Funding: 128.796€; Duration: 3 years
14. GERES-Med - Grid-Enabled REpositorieS for medical applications; Funding Organization: FCT; Role: Researcher; Funding: 199.560€; Duration: 2 years
15. CapView – Automated Tools for Endoscopic Capsule Exam Analysis; Funding Organization: FCT; Role: Researcher; Funding: 87.300€; Duration: 3 years

Technical Program Committees

International Conferences

1. (Track Co-Chair) Medicon 2019, 15th Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, Coimbra, Portugal, Set 2019
2. CBMS 2019, 32st IEEE CBMS International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems, Cordoba, Spain, Jun 2019
3. (Organizing Committee) ENBENG 2019, 6th IEEE Portuguese Meeting in Bioengineering, Lisbon, Portugal, Feb 2019
4. BIOSTEC 2019, 12th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, Prague, Czech Republic, Feb 2019
5. ICPRAM 2019, 8th International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods, Prague, Czech Republic, Jan 2019
6. MindCare 2018, 8th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Paradigms for Mental Health, Guimarães, Portugal, Nov 2018
7. PhyCS 2018, 5th International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems, Seville, Spain, Sep 2018
8. ICPR 2018, 24th IEEE International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Beijing, China, Aug 2018
9. TISHW 2018, 2nd 2nd International Conference on Technology and Innovation in Sports, Health and Wellbeing, Thessaloniki, Greece, June 2018
10. ICIAR 2018, International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, June 2018
11. CBMS 2018, 31st IEEE International Conference on Computer-Based Medical Systems, Karlstad, Sweden, June 2018
12. BIOSTEC 2018, 11th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, Funchal, Portugal, Jan 2018
13. ICPRAM 2018, 7th International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods, Funchal, Portugal, Jan 2018
14. CISP/BMEI 2017, 10th International Congress on Image and Signal Processing, 10th International Conference on BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, Shangai, China, Oct 2017
15. IEEE ICTS4eHealth, 2nd IEEE Workshop on ICT Solutions for e-Health, Heraklion, Crete, July 2017
16. ICIAR 2017, International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition, Montreal, Canada, July 2017
17. PhyCS 2017, 4th International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems, Madrid, Spain, Jul 2017
18. (Local Chair) ICPRAM 2017, 6th International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods, Porto, Portugal, Feb 2017
19. (Session Chair) BIOSTEC 2017, 10th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, Porto, Portugal, Feb 2017
20. ICPR 2016, 23nd IEEE International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Cancun, Mexico, Dec 2016
21. ICIAR 2016, International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition, Póvoa do Varzim, Portugal, July 2016
22. CBMS 2016, 29th IEEE International Conference on Computer-Based Medical Systems, Dublin, Ireland, June 2016
23. PhyCS 2016, International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems, Angers, France, Feb 2016
24. ICPRAM 2016, 5th International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods, Rome, Italy, Feb 2016
25. IEEE 4th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering, Porto, Portugal, Feb 2015
26. CBMS 2015, 28th IEEE International Conference on Computer-Based Medical Systems, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, June 2015
27. Cardiotechnix 2015, 3nd International Congress on Cardiovascular Technologies, Lisbon, Portugal, Nov 2015
28. PhyCS 2015, International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems, Angers, France, Feb 2015
29. ICPRAM 2015, 4rd International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods, Istanbul, Turkey, Jan 2015
30. HealthInf 2015, 8th International Conference on Health Informatics, Lisbon, Portugal, Jan 2015
31. CISP/BMEI 2014, 7th International Congress on Image and Signal Processing, 7th International Conference on BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, Dalian, China, Oct 2014
32. ICIAR 2014, International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition, Vilamoura, Portugal, Oct 2014
33. Cardiotechnix 2014, 2nd International Congress on Cardiovascular Technologies, Rome, Italy, Oct 2014
34. ICPRAM 2014, 3rd International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods, Angers, France, Mar 2014
35. HealthInf 2014, International Conference on Health Informatics, Angers, France, Mar 2014
36. PhyCS 2014, International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems, Lisbon, Portugal, Jan 2014
37. CISP/BMEI 2013, 6th International Congress on Image and Signal Processing, 6th International Conference on BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, Hangzhou, China, Dec 2013
38. CHI 2013, 1st IFMBE Conference on Health Informatics, Vilamoura, Portugal, Nov 2013 (Co-Chair of the Information Processing Track)
39. iCBEB 2013, 2nd International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology, Wuhan, China, Oct 2013
40. MMIW 2013, Mobile Medical Imaging Worshop, IEEE Healthcom 2013, Lisbon, Portugal, Oct 2013
41. LACNEM 2013, V Latin American Conference on Networked and Electronic Media, Manizales, Colombia, Sep 2013
42. IWoEB 2013, International Workshop on Electrocardiographic Biometrics, Vilamoura, Portugal, Sep 2013
43. Cardiotechnix 2013, 1st International Congress on Cardiovascular Technologies, Vilamoura, Portugal, Sep 2013
44. CBMS 2013, 26th International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems, Porto, Portugal, June 2013
45. ICIAR 2013, International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, Jun 2013
46. HealthInf 2013, International Conference on Health Informatics, Barcelona, Spain, Feb 2013
47. LACNEM 2012, IV Latin American Conference on Networked and Electronic Media, Santiago, Chile, Oct 2012
48. CISP 2012, 5th International Congress on Image and Signal Processing, Chongqing, China, Oct 2012
49. CBMS 2012, 25th International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems, Rome, Italy, June 2012
50. CIA 2012, International Workshop on Computer Image and its Applications, Vancouver, Canada, Jun 2012
51. HealthInf 2012, International Conference on Health Informatics, Vilamoura, Portugal, Feb 2012
52. LACNEM 2011, III Latin American Conference on Networked and Electronic Media, Costa Rica, Nov 2011
53. LEMEDS 2011, Learning from Medical Data Streams, Bled, Slovenia
54. ICIAR 2011, International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition, Canada
55. CISP 2010, 3rd International Congress on Image and Signal Processing, Yantai, China
56. ISVC 2010, 6th International Symposium on Visual Computing, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
57. ICIAR 2009, International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition, Halifax, Canada
58. ICIAR 2008, International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal
59. SecTech 2008, International Conference on Security Technologies, Samui, Thailand

Selected Presentations

1. 21/11/2018 – “Interactive Digital Auscultation”, Seminários de Engenharia Biomédica, FEUP, Porto, Portugal
2. 15/09/2018 – “Pacientes Virtuais: O Futuro da Educação Médica”, +Talks, Associação Nacional de Farmácias, Porto, Portugal
3. 04/07/2018 – “Auscultação Digital e Interativa”, Ciência 2018, Lisboa, Portugal
4. 15/11/2017 – “Can we screen 40k children per year using DigiScope”, UTAustin | Portugal Workshop on Modeling and Simulations of Cardiovascular Diseases and Cancer, Lisbon Academy of Sciences, Portugal
5. 17/10/2017 – “Can we screen 40k children per year using DigiScope”, 6th International Telecardiology Symposium RCP-CIRCOR, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
6. 01/06/2017 – “Can we screen 40k children per year using DigiScope”, Biomedical Engineering Meeting, ISEP, Porto
7. 05/04/2017 – “Can we screen 40k children per year using DigiScope”, eHealth Summit, MEO Arena, Lisbon
8. 17/02/2017 – “A importância do design”, NuCC Event, (Computer Science Student Association), FCUP, Porto
9. 16/12/2016 – “Processamento de Sinal e Imagem”, BSc in Medicine Seminar, FMUP, Porto
10. 11/05/2016 – “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the IEEE”, IEEE Porto Student Branch Event, FCUP, Porto
11. 11/12/2015 – “Signal and Image Processing”, BSc in Medicine Seminar, FMUP, Porto
12. 25/09/2015 – “I-CITY – ICT for Future Health”, Future Cities Conference, Porto, Portugal
13. 12/03/2014 – “DigiScope – 6 years of mHealth experiences in cardiac auscultation”, DCC Talks, FCUP, Porto
14. 15/02/2014 – “DigiScope – 6 anos de experiências mHealth em auscultação cardíaca”, 1st Ibero-American Symposium of Interoperable Systems for Health, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
15. 15/11/2013 – “DigiScope – Six years of bioengineering stories”, 5th Symposium in Bioengineering, FEUP, Porto
16. 08/11/2013 – “DigiScope – Seis (muito bons) anos de colaboração Porto – Recife”, 2nd International Telecardiology Symposium RCP-CIRCOR, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
17. 12/07/2013 – “Computer Vision Applications: CAGE – Computer Assisted Gastroenterology Examination”, VISUM Summer School, FEUP, Porto
18. 26/04/2013 – “Signal and Image Processing”, BSc in Medicine Seminar, FMUP, Porto
19. 09/11/2012 – “CAGE – Computer Assisted Gastroenterology Examination”, Doctoral Program in Applied Mathematics Seminar, FCUP, Porto
20. 10/10/2012 – “CellNote Touch –Touch-Based Annotation of Cellular Images”, Biomedical Engineering Seminars, FEUP, Porto
21. 04/06/2012 – “Vital Responder – Wearable Sensing Challenges in Uncontrolled Critical Environments”, invited speaker at 3rd International Conference on Sensor Systems and Software (S-Cube), Lisbon
22. 28/10/2011 - "Healthy Hearts in Future Cities", Polaris Future Cities Workshop, Porto
23. 22/09/2011 - "Listen to your heart", SPML-LAI, FEUP, Porto
24. 20/12/2010 - "Listen to your heart", Machine Listening Workshop, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
25. 25/11/2010 - "CAGE - Computer Assisted Gastroenterology Examination", Back2Basics Seminar, Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
26. 09/07/2010 - "T-LIFE - Therapeutic Learning of Facial Emotions", University of Sussex, UK
27. 22/06/2010 - "CAGE - Computer Assisted Gastroenterology Examination", Portugal|UTAustin, Workshop on Imaging Sciences and Medical Applications, University of Coimbra, Portugal
28. 11/05/2010 - "Vital Responder - Monitoring Stress among First Responder Professionals", University of Cambridge, UK
29. 04/03/2010 - "Vital Responder - Monitoring Stress among First Responder Professionals", Queen Mary University of London, UK
30. 04/12/2009 - "Detecting Cancer in Chromoendoscopy", Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã
31. 14/04/2009 - "Computer Assisted Analysis of Emerging Gastroenterology Imaging Technologies", MSc Seminar (MSc in Medical Physics), FCUP, Porto
32. 18/03/2009 - "Image Processing and Analysis", 1st Basic Course on Optical Microscopy Imaging for Biosciences, IBMC, Porto
33. 06/03/2009 - "Looking In: Emerging Imaging Technologies for Gastroenterology", MSc Seminar (MIM), FMUP, Porto
34. 30/01/2009 - "A Little Vision for Biologists", MIT, Boston, USA.
35. 29/01/2009 - "Vital Responder - Monitoring Stress in First Responder Professionals", Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA.
36. 01/08/2008 - "Medical Imaging Research @ NIP.", UNICENTRO - Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste, Guarapuava, Brazil
37. 01/07/2008 - "Medical Imaging Research @ NIP", Real Hospital Português de Beneficiência de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
38. 21/07/2008 - "Applied Computer Vision Applications", Fraunhofer Institute, Porto
39. 31/01/2008 - "Applied Computer Vision Applications", IBMC, Porto
40. 08/01/2008 - "Analysis tools for endoscopic capsule exams", MSc Seminar (MAOPI), FCUP, Porto

Reviewer Activities

Journals

1. IEEE Journal in Biomedical and Health Informatics
2. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology
3. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
4. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
5. IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in BioMedicine
6. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
7. IEE Transactions in Image and Video Processing
8. IEE Electronic Letters
9. Eurasip Journal on Applied Signal Processing
10. Image and Vision Computing
11. Journal of Universal Computer Science
12. International Journal of Imaging
13. World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
14. Endoscopy
15. Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics
16. Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence

E-mail: mcoimbraSPAM@NOTdcc.fc.up.pt
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