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20 - 22 February, 2025 - Porto, Portugal

Within the 18th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - BIOSTEC 2025

CO-CHAIRS

	Luís Silva NOVA School of Science and Technology Portugal
Brief Bio Luís Silva holds a PhD in Human Movement and a master’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, and Computing. He is a researcher and senior lecturer in the Physics Department at NOVA School of Science and Technology (NOVA-FCT), where he leads the AISYM4MED team, part of a Horizon Program project focused on synthetic clinical data generation. Silva’s postdoctoral journey began in the Biomechanics Department at the University of Nebraska, USA, supported by a COBRE pilot grant funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In Portugal, he secured a postdoctoral grant in Biomedical Engineering at NOVA-FCT, where he contributed to the OPERATOR project, a MIT-led Industry 4.0 initiative. Additionally, he plays a key role in the Horizon project KEEPCARING, which aims to monitor stress and prevent burnout in healthcare professionals, and in the European Space Agency’s ASTROPOWER project, exploring the parallels between aging and microgravity adaptations. Silva's research spans biosignals, nonlinear analysis, and advanced artificial intelligence techniques applied to healthcare and human performance.

	Marília Barandas Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS Portugal
Brief Bio Marília Barandas is a Senior Scientist at the Intelligent Systems research group at Fraunhofer AICOS. She studied Biomedical Engineering and completed her MSc in 2013 and her PhD in 2023 at the NOVA School of Science and Technology (FCT NOVA). She has also been an Invited Assistant in the Physics Department at FCT NOVA since 2020. Before joining AICOS, she was an Assistant Lecturer in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at FCT NOVA and was a Research Engineer with the Computational Intelligence Research Group at the Centre of Technology and Systems. Her research interests include knowledge extraction, machine learning, uncertainty quantification, and explainable artificial intelligence.

	Ines Sousa Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS Portugal
Brief Bio Inês Sousa is Head of Intelligent Systems and Senior Scientist at Fraunhofer Portugal. She has been researching on machine learning, signal processing and time series analysis, specifically focusing on human motion analysis based on inertial sensors. In the Intelligent Systems Department, she leads a team of around 25 researchers, who investigate ways in which Artificial Intelligence can augment human potential in interpreting vast amounts of data, identifying patterns, anticipating events and supporting decisions. Inês Sousa holds a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Lisbon. Her thesis on functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the brain using quantitative methods was developed at Siemens Healthcare Portugal and distinguished with the António Xavier Award. Additionally, she has been a visiting researcher in the Biomedical Imaging Center (CIBM) at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, an invited lecturer in Master program in radiations applied to health technologies and research intern at Philips Research Europe.

	Ricardo Melo Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS Portugal
Brief Bio Ricardo Melo is a senior researcher at Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS, working on the Human-Centred Design team, where he is conducting design research and project management in the areas of industry 4.0, digital literacy, and technology assessment, including with non-mainstream audiences, among others. He is also a Guest Adjunct Professor at ISCAP P.Porto and has lectured in different universities. Ricardo holds a degree in Communication Design from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto (2008), a Master in Multimedia from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (2012), and a PhD in Design from the University of Porto (2018). He is an expert in communication and interaction design, as well as on technology assessment in real life contexts. His research interests are in communication, interaction, interface and game design, as well as in user experience, accessibility and usability, digital media, storytelling, and creativity.

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