Biography
Luis Paulo Reis holds a Bachelor’s degree (1993), a Master’s degree (1995), and a PhD (2003) in Electrical and Computer Engineering (specializations in Computer Science and Systems, Industrial Informatics, and Artificial Intelligence/Robotics) from the University of Porto. He is an Associate Professor with Habilitation at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), Portugal, and Director of LIACC – Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science.
He is a Senior Member of IEEE, a PMP-certified professional by PMI, and has held positions such as President of SPR – Portuguese Robotics Society and President of APPIA – Portuguese Association for Artificial Intelligence. He is currently Co-Director of LIACD – Bachelor’s Degree in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (FCUP/FEUP).
He has been the principal investigator of more than 20 research projects in the areas of Intelligent Systems, Robotics, and Machine Learning. He has supervised 25 completed PhD theses and 180 completed Master’s dissertations in these areas, and is currently supervising 12 PhD theses.
He has evaluated proposals and projects under the European FP6, FP7, Horizon 2020, and Horizon Europe programmes, as well as national programmes funded by FCT and ANI, Portugal 2020, and Portugal 2030. He has been an invited speaker at more than 30 international conferences, including ICAART, ICINCO, LARS/SBR, WAF, IcSports, SYROCO, CLAWAR, WCQR, ECIAIR, DATA, DelTA, IC3K, and RoboVis.
He has organized more than 60 international scientific events and h