Academic Qualifications:

● Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, IST-Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, 19/09/97

● M.Sc. in Construction, IST-Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, 14/11/91

● Degree in Civil Engineering, IST-Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, 31/07/86

 

 Present Position:

● Coordinator Professor in the Civil Engineering Department at Higher School of Technology, Algarve University

● Researcher at Instituto de Engenharia de Estruturas, Território e Construção (IC-IST) Lisbon

 

Previous Positions:

● 09/1992-12/2001 Adjunct Professor in the Civil Engineering Department at Higher School of Technology, Algarve University

● 10/1988-08/1992 Assistant in Civil Engineering at Algarve University

● 10/1986-09/1988 Assistant in Civil Engineering at IST - Technical University of Lisbon

 

Affiliations: 

Special Interest Group "Enterprise Interoperability" of IFIP-TC5 IT applications

European Group for Intelligent Computing in Engineering (EG-ICE)

International Council for Building Research Studies and Documentation. Information Technology for Construction (CIB W078)

European Association for Product and Process Modelling in the Building Industry (EAPPM)

Construction Information Technology in Education Network (ITC@EDU Net)

International Society for Productivity (ISPE society)

Associação Portuguesa para a Inteligência Artificial (APPIA)

Ordem dos Engenheiros (OE)

Conferences Committees:

Scientific Committee of CE2002, 9^th ISPE International Conference on Concurrent

Engineering: Research and Applications, Cranfield, UK, July 2002

 

Organizing Commitee of ITC@EDU, 1^st International Workshop on  Construction

Information Technology in Education, Portoroz, Slovenia, September 2002

Organizing Committee, Conference Workshop & Panel Co-chair for Europe and International Advisor of CE2003, 10^th International Conference on Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications, Madeira, Portugal, July 2003

Organizing and Scientific Committee of eSM@RT/EAPPM Workshop, ICT Advances in AEC Industry, in conjunction with CE2003, 10^th International Conference on Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications, Madeira, Portugal, July 2003 

Organizing and Scientific Committee of ITC@EDU 2003, 2^nd International Workshop on Construction Information Technology in Education, in conjunction with CE2003, 10^th International Conference on Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications Madeira, Portugal, July 2003

Organizing Committee of Industrial Day, Extended Conference Day of CE2003, 10^th International Conference on Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications, Madeira, Portugal, 31 of July 2003

Scientific Committee of AICC 2003, The Seventh International Conference on the Application of Artificial Intelligence to Civil and Structural Engineering, Egmond-aan-Zee, The Netherlands, September 2003

Scientific Committee of EAI9, E-Activities and Intelligent Support in Design and the Built Environment (9th EuropIA International Conference), Istanbul, Turkey, October 2003

International Program Committee of CE2004, 11th International Conference on Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications, Beijing, China, July 2004

Scientific Committee of ITC@EDU 2004, 3rd International Workshop on Construction Information Technology in Education, Istanbul, Turkey, September 2004

Organizing and Scientific Committee of CONVR2004, Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality, Lisbon, September 2004

Scientific Committee of AICC 2005, The Eighth International Conference on the Application of Artificial Intelligence to Civil and Structural Engineering, Rome, Italy, August-September 2005

Scientific Committee of EuropIA.10, Tenth International Conference on Design Sciences & Technology, Damascus, Syria, September 2005

 

Scientific Committee of CONVR2005, 5^th International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality, Durham, UK, September 2005

 

 Scientific Committee of Mobile Learning 2006, IADIS International Conference , Dublin, Ireland, July 2006

 

 Scientific Committee of CONVR 2006, 6^th International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality, Orlando, Florida, USA, August 2006

 

 Scientific Committee of CE2006, 13^th International Conference on Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications, Antibes, French Riviera, September 2006

 

International Scientific and Technical Committee of ITCSED/INCITE 2006, World Conference on IT in Design and Construction, New Delhi, India, November 2006

 

Organizing Committee of I-ESA 2007, Interoperability for Enterprise Software and Applications, Madeira Island, Portugal, March 2007

 

Organizing Committee  International Workshop on BIM and Interoperability supporting Collaborative Workspaces at AEC-FM, Madeira Island, Portugal, March 2007

 

IASTED Technical Committee on Education, 2006-2009

 

Scientific Committee of CIB-W78, 24th International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB), workgroup for IT in Construction (w78), Maribor, Slovenia, June 2007

 

Scientific Committee of CE2007, 14th International Conference on Concurrent Engineering, São José dos Campos, Brazil, 16-20 July, 2007

 

Editorial board of CIVIL-COMP2007, 11th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, St. Julians, Malta, September 2007

 

Editorial board of AICIVIL-COMP2007, 9th International Conference on the Application of Artificial Intelligence to Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, St. Julians, Malta, September 2007

 

Scientific Committee of EuropIA.11, 11th International Conference on Design Sciences & Technology, Montreal, Canada, September 2007

 

Scientific Committee Construção 2007, Coimbra, Portugal, 17-19 December 2007