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Marcelo Jacinto is a PhD candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at ISR/IST, specializing in robotics and vision-based control of aerial vehicles. He received a Master's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, in 2021. His research interests include nonlinear systems and control, path following, path planning, cooperative path following, optimal control, vision-based control, and multi-agent systems. During 2021 he was a teaching assistant in the Programming course (by DEEC/IST) and has participated in European Funded projects such as EUMarineRobots. He was also awarded the 'Best Thesis Video award' by DEEC/IST in 2022.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Marcelo Fialho Jacinto
Date of birth
1998/11/23
Gender
Male

Citation names

  • Jacinto, Marcelo

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
2813-3EC6-0A0E
ORCID iD
0000-0002-3789-383X

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Automation and Control Systems
  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Robotics and Automatic Control

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/02/01 - 2027/01/31
Ongoing
 Electrical and Computer Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019/09 - 2021/12/20
Concluded
 Electrotechnical and Computer Engineering (Mestrado)
Major in Systems, Decision and Control
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Cooperative Motion Control of Aerial and Marine Vehicles for Environmental Applications" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19
2020/04/01 - 2020/08/29
Concluded
 MOOC - Eigen Values (extra-curricular course) (Outros)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016/09 - 2019/07/05
Concluded
 Engineering Sciences - Electrothecnical and Computer Engineering (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
 17
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/07/01 - 2019/08/31 Summer Internship (2 months) Mercedes-Benz.io, Portugal
Mercedes-Benz.io, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/12/01 - 2022/07/31 Radioactivity Monitoring in Ocean Ecosystems
101017808
Research Fellow
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2021/02/01 - 2021/10/31 Marine robotics research infrastructure network
731103
Research Fellow
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
2019/11/01 - 2020/02/29 Marine oil spills: Green biological Emulsifiers agents production and autonomous Robotic tools for response optimization
MIT-EXPL/ISF/0115/2017
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Marcelo Jacinto; João Pinto; Jay Patrikar; John Keller; Rita Cunha; Sebastian Scherer; António Pascoal. "Pegasus Simulator: An Isaac Sim Framework for Multiple Aerial Vehicles Simulation". 2024.
    10.1109/icuas60882.2024.10556959
  2. Gil Serrano; Marcelo Jacinto; José Ribeiro-Gomes; João Pinto; Bruno J. Guerreiro; Alexandre Bernardino; Rita Cunha. "Physics-Informed Neural Network for Multirotor Slung Load Systems Modeling". 2024.
    10.1109/icra57147.2024.10610582
  3. Jacinto, Marcelo; Potes, André; Souto, David; Gongy, Yusen; Quintas, Joao; Cruz, Joao; Garg, Shubham; Pascoal, Antonio. Corresponding author: Jacinto, Marcelo. "Underwater Geophysical Navigation using a Particle Filter Approach to Multi-Sensor Fusion". Paper presented in OCEANS 2021 San Diego – Porto, Porto, 2021.
    Published • 10.23919/oceans44145.2021.9705750
Journal article
  1. Marco Bibuli; Massimo Caccia; Claudia Presicci; Luis Sebastiao; David Cabecinhas; André Potes; João Quintas; Marcelo Jacinto; Antonio Pascoal. "The Blue-RoSES Project: a Gate for Remote Exploration of the Seas". IFAC-PapersOnLine (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.10.521.
    10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.10.521
  2. Nguyen Hung; Francisco Rego; Joao Quintas; Joao Cruz; Marcelo Jacinto; David Souto; Andre Potes; Luis Sebastiao; António Pascoal. "A review of path following control strategies for autonomous robotic vehicles: Theory, simulations, and experiments". Journal of Field Robotics (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rob.22142.
    10.1002/rob.22142
  3. Jacinto, Marcelo; Cunha, Rita; Pascoal, Antonio. Corresponding author: Jacinto, Marcelo. "Chemical Spill Encircling Using a Quadrotor and Autonomous Surface Vehicles: A Distributed Cooperative Approach". Sensors 22 6 (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/s22062178.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/s22062178
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Cooperative Motion Control of Aerial and Marine Vehicles for Environmental Applications". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2021. https://fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/cursos/meec/dissertacao/1972678479054971.
Activities

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2021/02/10 - 2021/11/15 Afterschool by treetree2 Preparing/Teaching an online computer architecture course to high-school students (Volunteering)

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021/02/01 - 2021/06/30 Teaching Assistant (TA) in Programming Course in C (DEEC/IST) Ciências de Engenharia - Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2022 Best Thesis Video Award (DEEC)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Other distinction

2020 Academic Excellence Diploma / Diploma de Excelência Académica
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019 Academic Excellence Diploma / Diploma de Excelência Académica
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018 Academic Merit Diploma / Diploma de Mérito Académico
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2017 Academic Merit Diploma / Diploma de Mérito Académico
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2015 Diploma CAE (Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English - Level C1)
Cambridge Assessment, United Kingdom