Biography
José Pinto is a Researcher at the School of Engineering, University of Porto. He received his Degree in Computer Science from the Faculty of Sciences and a MSc Degree in Computer Engineering at the School of Engineering (both University of Porto). He started conducting research in Autonomous Vehicles back in 2005, when he joined the Underwater Systems and Technology Lab. There he has helped develop the LSTS Toolchain composed of Neptus, IMC and DUNE. He has been at sea numerous times operating multiple AUVs/ASVs/ROVs and is currently responsible for onboard autonomy and planning. His areas of interest include multi-vehicle planning and coordination, onboard autonomy, scientific applications of autonomous vehicles and human-robot interaction.