Tentative Programme (Subject to Change)

09:00-09:10 Opening session YEF-ECE (Location: Room 1)

09:10-10:50 Session Y1: Power Electronics and Energy Conversion (Location: Room 1)

09:10         Tiago Soares, Pedro Pereira, Saghir Amin, Muhammad Awais, Sergio Coelho, Joao Afonso and Vitor Monteiro; Full-Bridge vs. T-Type: A Comprehensive Comparison of Three-Phase Power Converters with Variable DC-Link Voltage for EV Fast Chargers

09:30         Renato Longo Makariewicz, Hamilton Klimach and Pedro Toledo; Design and Analysis of a Capacitive Charge Pump

09:50         Pedro Loureiro, Saghir Amin, Muhammad Awais, João Luís Afonso and Vitor Monteiro; Planar Transformer Design for a LLC DC-DC Converter with Variable Input and Wide Output Voltage Range

10:10         Diego Nyland, Hamilton Klimach and Pedro Toledo; Design of a Low Power DC-DC Inductorless Step Up Converter for Energy Harvesting

10:30         Ana Dias, Rosalina Morais, Joao Afonso and Vitor Monteiro; Sensorless Current Control: An Experimental Validation Applied to a DC-DC Boost Converter

09:10-10:50 Session Y2: Image Analysis and Machine Learning (Location: Room 2)

09:10         Tiago Mota, Mário Vieira, Leonardo Filipe, Daniel Fernandes, Nuno Garcia and João Carvalho; Applying Machine Learning to SENTINEL satellite images to predict the operational state of floating offshore wind turbines

09:30         Maria André, Filipa Ferrada and Ricardo Peres; Applying AI and Remote Sensing to Water Resource Management: A Case Study in Almada, Portugal

09:50         Gabriel Diaz, Rui Jesus, Carlos Goncalves, Ricardo Povoa, Mario Assuncao and Pedro Teodoro; Machine Learning Techniques for Pattern Recognition in Technical Swimming

10:10         João Pedro Matos-Carvalho and Sérgio D. Correia; Quantizing Deep Learning Vision Models – A Systematic Approach

10:30         António Carvalho and Mário Véstias; Fast Semantic Segmentation of Medical Images

09:10-10:50 Session Y3: Embedded Systems and Distributed Architectures (Location: Room 3)

09:10         André Julião, Gonçalo Rombo and João P. Oliveira; Comparative Study of Quantized CNN Inference on ARM and RISC-V Microcontrollers

09:30         Letícia Lucas, Carla Costa and Pedro Jorge; Cross-Device Platform for Collaborative and Immersive Experiences in Mixed Reality

09:50         João Silva, Rogério Rebelo, Nuno Datia, António Serrador, Matilde Pato, José Simão and Pedro Sampaio; A Unified Communication Architecture for Smart Locker Networks and Mobile Access

10:10         Filipe Cavalheiro and Bruno Guerreiro; Fixed-Wing UAV Simulation in PX4 and Gazebo: An AVL-Based Approach

10:30         Pedro dos Santos, Rogério Campos-Rebelo and Rui Mesquita; IoT Sensor-Node Generic Metamodel supporting real time device emulation

10:50-11:05 Coffee Break

11:05-12:45 Session Y4: Energy Systems and Smart Grids (Location: Room 1)

11:05         Mahdi Azimian, Xinwei Shen and Umar Farooq; Robust Energy Management of Hybrid Thermo-Electrical Microgrids under Uncertainty Using a Fuzzy Monte Carlo-Based Dispatch Strategy

11:25         José Ángel Velaz Martín, Alfredo Alvarez, Belén Rivera, João Murta-Pina, Pilar Suárez and Vitor Fernão Pires; Hybrid Storage System Based on SMES and Batteries for Wind Farms

11:45         Tomás Barosa Santos, Carlos Santos Silva and Hermano Bernardo; Optimisation-Based Sensitivity Analysis of PV and Energy Storage Sizing in Commercial Buildings.

12:05         Joaquim Lopes, Nuno Amaro and Nuno Vilhena; Black start capability from PV inverters – real-time simulation and validation of control model

12:25         Djihane Bougandoura, Sabrina Titri and Cherif Larbes; A Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization – Crow Search Algorithm for Robust MPPT in Photovoltaic System

11:05-12:45 Session Y5: Sensors and Biomedical Systems (Location: Room 2)

11:05         Bruna Alves, Alessandro Fantoni, José Pedro Matos and Joao Ramos Da Costa; A Wearable IoT-Based System for Gait Cycle Duration and Symmetry Assessment in Lower-Limb Amputees

11:25         Marco Pinto, Gustavo Jacinto, Rui Policarpo Duarte and Mário Véstias; Smart Object Detector System for Visually Impaired

11:45         Eduardo Serra, João Costa, Alessandro Fantoni and Paolo Di Giamberardino; Design of a Multichannel Biosensor based on Directional Couplers

12:05         Rúben Azevedo, Luis Pires and Vitor Fialho; Low-Power IoT Seismic Detection with Machine Learning Integration

12:25         Fernando Mendes, Ines Miranda, Raquel Rodrigues, Gabriel Ferreira, Helmut Schütte, Stefan Gassmann, Rui Lima, Paulo Sousa and Graca Minas; Optical sensor system to monitor the pH of circulating media on biomimetic microsystems

11:05-12:45 Session Y6: Advanced Electronic and Photonic Devices (Location: Room 3)

11:05         Miguel Coelho, Rafael Martins, Pedro Toledo, Alexandra Matos, Rafael Ferreira, Subrahmanyam Boyapati, José Augusto, Luis Oliveira and João Oliveira; Is There a ZTC biasing Point in the Leading-Edge FET Intrinsic Gain g_m r_{DS} ?

11:25         Ernesto Velazquez; Design of a 2 × 2 Programmable Matrix of Silicon Photonic Switches Based on Mach-Zehnder Interferometer Structures Using the Thermo-Optic Effect

11:45         João Cardoso, Luís Oliveira and Pedro Mendonça dos Santos; Powering ultra-low consumption IoT sensors through energy harvesting

12:05         Carolina Almeida and M. Helena Fino; Fully Automatic Evaluation of IGZO-TFT Model Parameters

12:25         Rafael Martins, Miguel Coelho, Pedro Toledo, Alexandra Matos, Rafael Ferreira, Subrahmanyam Boyapati, Luis Oliveira, João Oliveira and José Augusto; A Robustness Analysis of Hot Spots Bias Points on the FinFET: A Simulation-Based Approach

12:45-14:15 Lunch

14:15-15:15 keynote (Location: Room 1)

15:15-16:15 Session Y7: Mobile and Vehicular Networks (Location: Room 2)

15:15         Marius Diacu, João P. Oliveira and João Guerreiro; The Case for Switched-Mode Transmitter Architectures in Efficient 5G/6G Mobile Networks Based on Power Amplifier Survey

15:35         Inês Fernandes and Paulo Pereira; Social and Geographical Routing for Vehicular Delay-Tolerant Networks

15:55         Sancho Amaral Simões, Hélder Araújo and Pedro Henriques Abreu; A Systematic Review and Comparison of Calibration Techniques for UWB Localization Anchors

15:15-16:15 Session Y8: Sign Language and Human-Centric AI (Location: Room 3)

15:15         Bernardo Seabra, Ana Inês Oliveira, Joana Coutinho Sousa and João Ferreira; Application of Language Learning Methodologies in Portuguese Sign Language Translation

15:35         Tiago Gonçalves, Pedro Jorge and Arnaldo Abrantes; Continuous Sign Language Recognition through Transformers and MediaPipe Landmarks

15:55         Fedor Anashchenkov, Luis Martin-Domingo, Lili Aunimo and Karla Vittori; Enhancing Service Quality and Accessibility in Airports: Insights from Automated Social Media Analysis

16:15-16:45 Coffee Break

16:45-17:45 Session Y9: Modelling and Simulation of Energy Conversion Systems (Location: Room 2)

16:45         Waldemiro Kubucama, Ricardo Luís and Rita Pereira; Efficiency Map of Synchronous Reluctance Motor (SynRM) through Two-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis

17:05         Mariano Afonso João and Rui Esteves Araújo; Towards a digital model for emulation of an electrolyzer in real-time: An initial study

17:25         Rodrigo Beato, Ricardo Luís and Rita Pereira; Permanent Magnet-Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Motor for Traction Systems

16:45-17:45 Session Y10: AI and Visible Light Communication for Traffic Management (Location: Room 3)

16:45         Afonso Gaspar, Gonçalo Galvão, Paula Louro and Manuela Vieira; Decoding Algorithms for Urban Traffic Management System supported by Visible Light Communication

17:05         Tiago Silva, Tiago Dias and Pedro Jorge; Red Light Running Detection Using AI-Powered Object Tracking on Embedded Systems

17:25         Gonçalo Galvão, Manuela Vieira, Manuel Augusto Vieira, Mário Véstias and Paula Louro; Integration of Visible Light Communication and Deep Reinforcement Learning to Enhance Urban Traffic Management

18:15-18:45 Closing Session & Awards