Fausto Ferreira

Dr. Fausto Ferreira obtained his Master Degree in Electrotechnical and Computer Engineering from the Technical University of Lisbon in 2008 and his PhD in Electronic Engineering, Information Technology, Robotics and Telecommunication from the University of Genoa in 2015. He has been working in underwater robotics and computer vision since late 2008 first at the National Research Council of Italy (CNR) and since mid-2014 at NATO STO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE). During his PhD, he was a J-1 Short-Term Visiting Scholar at the University of Miami. In parallel, he has collaborated with the School of Robotics in educational robotics and robotics. He has been the co-PI and deputy technical director of 7 robotic competitions. He has organized 2 Winter/Summer Schools, 4 Workshops and co-organized 9 sea trials. In December 2018, he earned a Bachelor in Political Science with a thesis on regulatory and liability issues of Autonomous Surface Vehicles. He serves as an Associate Editor of Earthzine. He holds over 40 peer-reviewed publications, including a patent and a book chapter. He served as a reviewer for a total of 14 journals and over 30 conferences. His research interests include computer vision, robotics competitions, educational robotics and maritime law for unmanned marine vehicles. He is a member of the Administrative Committee of IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (OES), serving also in the OCEANS RECON Committee and as the OCEANS Conferences Tutorials Coordinator. He is also a member of the IEEE OES Autonomous Marine Systems (AMS) Technical Committee.