Full Professor at Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal

Coordinator of CeDRI - Research Centre in Digitalization and Intelligent Robotics

Past research member and member of the Directive Board of LIACC (Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science Laboratory)

Senior member of IEEE and member-at-large of the IES Administrative Committee (AdCom)

Chair of the IEEE SA P2660.1 Working Group 

Chair of the IEEE IES Technical Committee on Industrial Agents

Member of the IFAC TC 5.1 - Manufacturing Plant Control