[AllUsers-ISR] Invited Talk Dr. Paulo Drews Jr. - May 27, 14:30 - ISR Amphitheater

[David Portugal]

Dear all,

This is a friendly reminder about the talk scheduled for next Wednesday.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Thank you,

David Portugal, Ph.D.
Institute of Systems and Robotics
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Coimbra - Polo II
3030-790 Coimbra, Portugal
Tel: +351 239 796 213

Às 12:47 de 19/05/2026, David Portugal escreveu:
>
> Dear all,
>
> We are pleased to announce an invited talk by *Paulo Drews Jr.* on May 
> 27 at 14:30, at the ISR Amphitheater.
>
> Below you can find the title, abstract, and short bio of the speaker. 
> We look forward to seeing you there!
>
> ---
>
> *Title*: Robotics and its Challenges in the World of Artificial 
> Intelligence
>
> *Abstract*: Robotics brings important challenges from both a 
> scientific and technological point of view. The relevance and 
> practical applications make efforts necessary. Within an extremely 
> interdisciplinary robotics context, autonomy presents important and 
> relevant challenges and opportunities that align with recent advances 
> in artificial intelligence. Practical examples developed in projects 
> by the Automation and Intelligent Robotics group – NAUTEC and the 
> Embrapii Center for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence – iTEC, both 
> from the Federal University of Rio Grande – FURG, Brazil, will also be 
> discussed. These robotics examples include aerial, underwater, hybrid 
> aerial-underwater, logistics, oil &gas and agriculture, among other 
> applications.
>
> *Short bio*: Paulo Drews-Jr holds a D.Sc. and M.Sc. in Computer 
> Science from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo 
> Horizonte, Brazil. His doctoral dissertation focused on restoring 
> images acquired using participating media in robotics. His master's 
> thesis was focused on change detection and shape retrieval in 3D Maps. 
> He graduated in Computer Engineering from the Federal University of 
> Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, Brazil. His main research interests are 
> robotics, computer vision, image processing, pattern recognition, and 
> machine learning. He was a researcher at the ISR Coimbra's Mobile 
> Robotics Lab, collaborating as a research fellow on the FP projects 
> Prometheus and IRPS. He was also a visiting researcher at the 
> Autonomous System Lab at QCAT-CSIRO in Brisbane, Australia, and a 
> Guest Professor at the Robot Learning Lab of the University of 
> Freiburg, Germany. He is an Associate Professor of the Center for 
> Computational Science - C3 at the Federal University of Rio Grande - 
> FURG and the Director of the iTec/FURG EMBRAPII Unit in Robotic 
> Systems and Automation. He is also a CNPq Research Fellow of 
> Productivity in Technological Development and Innovative Extension.
>
> ---
>
> Best regards,
>
> -- 
> David Portugal, Ph.D.
> Institute of Systems and Robotics
> Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
> University of Coimbra - Polo II
> 3030-790 Coimbra, Portugal
> Tel: +351 239 796 213
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