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Fábio Ruben Silva Mendonça

Faculty of Exact Sciences and Engineering

Penteada University Campus , Floor 2, Office 2.90

fabioruben@staff.uma.pt

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"Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, it might also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid the risks." - Stephen Hawking.

Biographical Notes

Fábio Mendonça received the BS and MSc degrees in electrical and telecommunications engineering from University of Madeira, and the PhD degree in electrical and computer engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico - University of Lisbon in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University. He works at the University of Madeira and is a researcher with the Interactive Technologies Institute - LARSyS. His research interests include sleep analysis, pattern recognition, and machine learning.

Publications

- A Computer Vision Approach for Satellite-Driven Wind Nowcasting over Complex Terrains, A. Arturo, F. Mendonça, S. Mostafa, F. Morgado-Dias, Environmental Research Communications, 2024

- A Critical Review of the Propagation Models Employed in LoRa Systems, Joaquim Azevedo and Fábio Mendonça, Sensors, 2024

- Application of Machine Learning in Plastic Waste Detection and Classification: A Systematic Review, E. Ramos, A. Lopes, F. Mendonça, Processes, 2024

- Low Tropospheric Wind Forecasts in Aviation: The Potential of Deep Learning for Terminal Aerodrome Forecast Bulletins, D. Alves, F. Mendonça, S. Mostafa, and F. Morgado-Dias, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2024, 12

- Machine Learning System for Commercial Banana Harvesting, A. Hayat, P. Baglat, F. Mendonça, S. Mostafa, and F. Morgado-Dias, Engineering Research Express, 2024

- Noncontact Automatic Water-Level Assessment and Prediction in an Urban Water Stream Channel of a Volcanic Island Using Deep Learning, F. Mendonça, S. Mostafa, F. Morgado-Dias, J. Azevedo, A. Ravelo-García, J. Navarro-Mesa, Electronics, 2024

- On the use of Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks for Adapting Wind Numerical Weather Forecasts with Explainability and Interpretability: Application to Madeira International Airport, D. Álves, F. Mendonça, S. Mostafa, and F. Morgado-Dias, Environmental Research Communications, 2024

- Parallel GPU-Acceleration of Metaphorless Optimization Algorithms: Application for Solving Large-Scale Nonlinear Equation Systems, Bruno Silva, Luis Lopes e Fábio Mendonça, Applied Sciences, 2024

- Sentiment Analysis in Portuguese Restaurant Reviews: Application of Transformer Models in Edge Computing, A. Branco, D. Parada, M. Silva, F. Mendonça, S. Mostafa, F. Morgado-Dias, Electronics, 2024, 1

- Sleep Analysis by Evaluating the Cyclic Alternating Pattern A Phases, A. Arturo, F. Mendonça, S. Mostafa, and F. Morgado-Dias, Electronics, 2024, 1

Academic Qualifications

- PhD in Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores, 2021, Universidade de Lisboa - Instituto Superior Técnico (Alameda) (após 2013/14)

- Master Degree in Engenharia Eletrotécnica - Telecomunicações, 2016, Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia

- Undergraduate Degree in Engenharia Electrónica e Telecomunicações, 2013, University of Madeira