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Biography

João Afonso Braun Neto holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Porto - Faculty of Engineering (2024), along with a dual degree obtained in 2019: a Master's in Industrial Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança and a Bachelor's in Electronic Engineering from the Federal University of Technology - Paraná (Toledo Campus). Currently, he works as a postdoc researcher at the Research Centre in Digitalization and Intelligent Robotics (CeDRI) at the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança and as an assistant researcher at INESC TEC - CRIIS. He also serves as an assistant professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança. His academic contributions include over 35 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, and indexed international conferences.

In the academic community, he served as co-chair of European RoboCup Junior 2022 and chaired sessions on machine learning and artificial intelligence at OL2A 2023 and ROBOT 2023. He conducts robotics and electronics workshops for secondary school teachers in Bragança and Porto districts, and his work has been featured in three major Portuguese newspapers, including "Observador." His research has been supported by two doctoral fellowships: the PhD INPhINIT Fellowship from "la Caixa" Foundation (2020) and the FCT Fellowship (2024). His research focuses on autonomous robotics, Internet of Things, computer vision, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.

Activities

Employment (7)

Polytechnic Institute of Bragança: Bragança, Bragança, PT

2023-02-09 to present | Invited Assistant Professor (ESTiG)
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Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering of Porto: Porto, PT

2022-09-07 to present | Research Assistant (CRIIS)
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Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Centro de Investigação em Digitalização e Robótica Inteligente: Braganca, Bragança, PT

2020-11 to present | Researcher
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Laboratório Colaborativo Montanhas de Investigação: Braganca, Bragança, PT

2020-11-09 to 2023-11-08 | Research Technician
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Polytechnic Institute of Bragança: Bragança, Bragança, PT

2022-02 to 2022-07 | Invited Assistant Professor (ESTIG)
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Freelance: Toledo, Paraná, BR

2019-10 to 2020-08 | Technical responsible of photovoltaic systems designs and constructions (Electrical Engineer)
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UNIVEL - University Center: Cascavel, Paraná, BR

2020-03-02 to 2020-07-30 | Professor (Departament of Mechanical Engineering)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia: Porto, Porto, PT

2020-09-21 to 2024-12-03 | PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (DEEC))
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Polytechnic Institute of Bragança: Bragança, Bragança, PT

2018-09-18 to 2020-01-16 | Master (Industrial Engineering)
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Federal University of Technology – Paraná: Toledo, Paraná, BR

2014-08-14 to 2019-08-15 | Graduation (Electronic Engineering)
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Professional activities (9)

Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia: Lisbon, PT

2023-12-01 | Bolsa doutoramento FCT 2023
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João Afonso Braun Neto

Portuguese Robotics Open 2023: Tomar, PT

2023-04 | Third place at the RobotAtFactory 4.0 competition
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Portuguese Robotics Open 2022: Santa Maria da Feira, PT

2022-05-01 | First place at the Robot@Factory Lite competition
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Obra Social La Caixa: Barcelona, Catalunya, ES

2020-09 | "la Caixa" Foundation 2020 Doctoral INPhINIT programme awardee
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Portuguese Robotics Open 2019: Gondomar, Porto, PT

2019-04-28 | First place at the Robot@Factory Lite competition
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Federal University of Technology – Paraná: Toledo, Paraná, BR

2018-08-06 to 2018-08-23 | Workshop of Printed Circuit Boards using the computational tool KiCad. (Extension Project)
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Federal University of Technology – Paraná: Toledo, Paraná, BR

2018-04-01 to 2018-07-06 | Student Monitor of Electrical Circuits 1 (Graduation of Electronic Engineering)
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Federal University of Technology – Paraná: Toledo, Paraná, BR

2017-08-14 to 2017-12-08 | Student monitor of Electric Circuits 1 (Graduation of Electronic Engineering)
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Federal University of Technology – Paraná: Toledo, Paraná, BR

2017-04-03 to 2017-07-07 | Student Monitor of Electrical Circuits 1 (Graduation of Electronic Engineering)
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Funding (3)

"la Caixa" Doctoral INPhINIT Fellowship

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Fundación Bancaria Caixa d’Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona (Barcelona, ES)
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LCF/BQ/DI20/11780028

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"la Caixa" Doctoral INPhINIT Fellowship Prize

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Fundación Bancaria Caixa d’Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona (Barcelona, ES)
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FCT Doctoral Scholarship

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FCT (Lisbon, PT)
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2023.04536.BD

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Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for IGI Global Book Chapter Peer Reviews (1)