Research projects

• Efficiency enhancement techniques for probabilistic model building genetic algorithms
  PTDC/EIA/67776/2006. Funded by FCT/MCTES.
• Constructivist learning for special needed children
  POCI/CED/62497/2004. Funded by FCT/MCTES.
• On-line support for dynamic restoration of large-scale distribution network contingencies
  POSC/EEA-ESE/61218/2004. Funded by FCT/MCTES. In collaboration with Pedro Carvalho, IST/UTL.
• Modelos de previsão de carga utilizando técnicas de soft-computing
  Funded by Rede Eléctrica Nacional. (REN S.A.) Finished May/2007.
• Information and communication technology for helping people with cerebral paralysis
  Funded by Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. Finished in Aug/2007.
• Genetic algorithms based on the construction of probabilistic models of the population
  POSI/SRI/42065/2001. Funded by FCT/MCES. Finished in Dec/2005.
• GeneticLand: Discovering future landscapes under climate change scenarios using genetic algorithms
  POCTI/MGS/37970/2001. Funded by FCT/MCES. In collaboration with Júlia Seixas, FCT/UNL. Finished in Jan/2005.