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Ricardo Faia, PhD (2022) is a post-doctoral researcher at the Research Group on Intelligent Engineering and Computing for Advanced Innovation and Development (GECAD). He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of Salamanca (USAL), Spain, classified with high-grade marks, Excellent (30/30), cum laude honors. He works in the area of Power and Energy Systems, developing optimization models for local energy communities' activities, contributing to the energy transition. In particular, he focuses on local electricity market solutions considering peer-to-peer, community-based, and energy resources management models. Ricardo began his research journey in GECAD in 2015 as a research fellow; later, in 2017, he started his Ph.D. (funded by the “Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia”), his main focus was to promote the empowerment of electricity end-users in power and energy systems and electricity markets. He has been involved in 3 international and 8 national research projects, with highlighted participation in 3 H2020 research projects (DREAM-GO, DOMINOES, and TradeRES). In the H2020 DREAM-GO project, Ricardo participated in secondments in a German industry (Discovergy GmbH) and a USA university (Clemson University). In this project, he also had the opportunity to participate in various annual workshops, where he presented his vision regarding career paths for early-stage researchers and provided guidelines for MSc and PhD candidates. In the H2020 DOMINOES project, Ricardo coordinated and produced several deliverables, and developed local electricity market models for application in the project pilot. In the H2020 TradeRES Project (ongoing), he has developed bid formation models for participation in the electricity market, and market models for energy communities. Currently, he is responsible for coordinating GECAD team in Business Project no. 15 of the Next Generation Storage (NGS) project funded by the Recovery and Resilience Plan of NextGenerationEU. In this project, he has also developed models for the operation of VPPs, with a focus on modeling storage systems, including second-life batteries. At an international level, Ricardo has also been working with industry partners, notably with the Honda Research Institute group from Germany, to investigate fairness in energy communities, including electric vehicles, in this collaboration his main role is optimization model developer. Ricardo gave talks in 5 international conferences. He has actively participated in promoting the ISAP Online Event 2022, where he has incentivized PhD and MSc students to participate in the Doctoral Consortium session, where he had the opportunity to share his experiences as a PhD student and present the potential opportunities available for recent PhD graduates, namely in the fields of GECAD research. He is coordinator of early-stage research career development activities. Ricardo Faia has also supervised 2 master's students in the energy domain. Ricardo has reviewed articles for more than 20 journals and conferences, including Applied Energy from Elsevier, and Transactions on Industrial Electronics from IEEE. He is the author and co-author of more than 50 scientific publications (19 journals (18 since 2018) and 40 conferences) and edited 1 special issue. Up until now, he has 981 citations (Google Scholar) with an h-index of 16 and an h10-index of 21 (February 2024). From his publications in journals, a notable one is the publication titled "Local electricity markets: A review of benefits, barriers, current trends, and future perspectives," published in the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews by Elsevier, which has an IF of 15.9 (2023). He developed one variant of PSO (PSO-GBP) that ranked 3rd in a metaheuristic competition promoted by IEEE CEC 2018. He also received 2 Best 3rd paper awards at the 17th EEM 2020 and the 21st PAAMS 2023.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ricardo Francisco Marcos Faia

Citation names

  • Faia, Ricardo
  • R. Faia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9B12-19F6-D6C7
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1053-7720
Google Scholar ID
78FtZwIAAAAJ

Email addresses

  • rff@isep.ipp.pt (Professional)
  • rff@isep.ipp.pt (Professional)
  • ricardo.fm.faia@gmail.com (Personal)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 937349627 (Personal)
Telephone
  • 228 340 50 Ext.: 1802 (Professional)

Addresses

  • GECAD - Research Group on Intelligent Engineering and Computing for Advanced Innovation and Development. Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 431, 4200-072 , Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)
  • Rua da Malhada, nº 45, Brunhoso, 5200-100, Brunhoso, Mogadouro, Portugal (Personal)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2022/12/13
Concluded
 Automatic Recognition in Computer Engineering (Doutoramento) (Doutoramento)
Direção-Geral do Ensino Superior, Portugal
2017/10/01 - 2022/11/14
Concluded
 Computer Engineering (Doutoramento)
Major in Inteligent Systems
Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
"Decision Support for Electricity Market Participation Considering Local Services and Electricity Transaction" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 30/30 Sobresaliente "cum laude"
2013/09/15 - 2016/10/13
Concluded
 Engenharia Electrotécnica: Sistemas Eléctricos e Energia (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
"Otimização de Portfólio de Participação em Mercados de Energia Elétrica" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17 values
2010/10/01 - 2013/06/01
Concluded
 Engenharia de Energias Renováveis (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
"Previsão de Potência em Parques Eólicos" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 13 values
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/01/05 - 2025/04/30 Researcher (Research) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2022/06/01 - 2023/04/30 Researcher (Research) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2017/10/01 - 2022/05/31 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2017/02/01 - 2017/10/01 Researcher (Research) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2016/10/01 - 2017/01/31 Researcher (Research) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2014/12/01 - 2015/07/01 Researcher (Research) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/05/01 - Current Next Generation Storage (NGS) - Business Project no. 15
C644936001-00000045
Researcher
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Ongoing
2022/06/01 - 2023/04/30 REal-Time support Infrastructure and Energy management for Intelligent carbon-Neutral smArt cities (RETINA)
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000062
Research Fellow
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Ongoing
2017/02/01 - 2017/09/30 Plataforma Inteligente e Segura para Gestão de Recursos Energéticos em Edifícios de Grande Dimensão
P2020 17822
Research Fellow
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Agência Nacional de Inovação - ANI
Concluded
2016/10/01 - 2017/01/31 Intelligent system for monitoring and optimizaition of power consumption – Sistema inteligente para a monitorização e otimização do consumo energético
ANI|P2020\ 17822
Research Fellow
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Agência Nacional de Inovação - ANI
Concluded
2014/12/01 - 2015/06/30 Simulation and analysis of smart grids with renewable energy sources in the scope of competitive markets
NORTE-07-0162-FEDER-000101
Research Fellow
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Agência Nacional de Inovação - ANI
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2023/01/01 - Current Honda Research Institute - R&D consultancy
HRI-GECAD-003
Researcher
Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH, Germany
Ongoing
2022 - Current Development of Optimization Methods to Support the Planning of Distribution Systems with Distributed Energy
CNPq/MCTI/FNDCT Nº 18/2021
still 409359/2021-1
Researcher
Ongoing
2020/02/01 - Current Tools for the Design and modelling of new markets and negotiation mechanisms for a ~100% Renewable European Power Systems
864276
Researcher
European Commission
2018 - Current Multi-Agent Systems SemantiC Interoperability for simulation and dEcision supporT in complex energY systems
PTDC/EEI-EEE/28954/2017
Researcher
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018 - Current COLORS - CONTEXTUAL LOAD FLEXIBILITY REMUNERATION STRATEGIES
PTDC/EEI-EEE/28967/2017
Researcher
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018 - Current Coordinated energy resource management under uncertainty considering electric vehicles and demand flexibility in distribution networks
PTDC/EEI-EEE/28983/2017
Researcher
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2022/06/01 - 2022/11/30 Honda Research Institute - R&D consultancy
HRI-GECAD-002
Researcher
Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH, Germany
Concluded
2021/12/01 - 2022/03/31 Honda Research Institute - R&D consultancy
HRI-GECAD-001
Researcher
Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH, Germany
Concluded
2021 - 2022 Development of Artificial Intelligence Techniques for the Optimization of Electric Power Distribution Systems
CNPq/MCTI/FNDCT Nº18/2021
409359/2021-1
Researcher
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2017/10/01 - 2021/06/30 Smart Distribution Grid: a Market Driven Approach for the Next Generation of Advanced Operation Models and Services
771066
Researcher
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
European Commission
Concluded
2015/02/01 - 2019/01 Enabling Demand Response for short and real-time Efficient And Market Based smart Grid Operation - An intelligent and real-time simulation approach
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/641794/EU
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
European Commission
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Ricardo Faia; Fernando Lezama; Juan M. Corchado. "Practical implementations". In Local electricity markets. Elsevier, 2021.
    10.1016/b978-0-12-820074-2.00005-8
Conference paper
  1. Rita Costa; Silva, Rafael; Faia, Ricardo; Gomes, Luis; Pedro Faria; Vale, Zita. "Distributed Energy Storage Systems Management Model for Sustainable Consumption in Smart Buildings and Energy Communities". 2024.
    Accepted
  2. Ribeiro, Bruno; Faia, Ricardo; Gomes, Luis; Vale, Zita. "Energy community integration of a smart home based on an open source multiagent system". Paper presented in 5th International Congress on Blockchain and Applications (PAAMS2023), Guimarães, 2023.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-37616-0_35
  3. Ribeiro, Bruno; Gomes, Luis; Faia, Ricardo; Vale, Zita. "Federated Genetic Programming: A Study About the Effects of Non-IID and Federation Size". Paper presented in Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence (DCAI), Guimarães, 2023.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-38333-5_20
  4. Teixeira, Brígida; Faia, Ricardo; Pinto, Tiago; Vale, Zita. "Study of forecasting methods’ impact in wholesale electricity market participation". Paper presented in International Symposium on Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence (DCAI), Guimarães, 2023.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-38318-2_27
  5. Lezama, Fernando; Faia, Ricardo; Faria, Pedro; Vale, Zita. "Analysing the Impact of Local Electricity Transactions with EV Penetration on the Electrical Grid". Paper presented in 2023 19th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM), 2023.
    Published • 10.1109/eem58374.2023.10161857
  6. Santos, Gabriel; Faia, Ricardo; Lezama, Fernando; Vale, Zita. "Multilevel Electricity Trading Simulation considering Energy Communities Participation". Paper presented in 2023 19th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM), 2023.
    Published • 10.1109/eem58374.2023.10161969
  7. Foroozandeh, Zahra; Limmer, Steffen; Lezama, Fernando; Faia, Ricardo; Ramos, Sergio; Soares, J ou Soares, João. "MBNLP Method for Centralized Energy Pricing and Scheduling in Local Energy Community". Paper presented in 11th IEEE PES Generation, Transmission and Distribution Conference & Exposition Virtual 2022 – Latin America, La Paz, 2022.
  8. Helder Pereira; Ricardo Faia; Luis Gomes; Pedro Faria; Zita Vale. "Incentive-based and Price-based Demand Response to Prevent Congestion in Energy Communities". 2022.
    10.1109/eeeic/icpseurope54979.2022.9854648
  9. Miguel Vieira; Ricardo Faia; Fernando Lezama; Zita Vale. "A Sensitivity Analysis of PSO Parameters Solving the P2P Electricity Market Problem". 2022.
    10.1109/cec55065.2022.9870290
  10. Vitor Oliveira; Tiago Pinto; Ricardo Faia; Bruno Veiga; Joao Soares; Ruben Romero; Zita Vale. "Automatic Configuration of Genetic Algorithm for the Optimization of Electricity Market Participation Using Sequential Model Algorithm Configuration". 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-031-16474-3_21
  11. Miguel Vieira; Faia, Ricardo; Tiago Pinto; Zita Vale. "Schedule Peer-to-Peer Transactions of an Energy Community Using Particle Swarm". 2022.
    10.1109/eem54602.2022.9921094
  12. Fernando Lezama; Faia, Ricardo; Zita Vale. "Bidding in Local Electricity Markets Considering Low Voltage Grid Constraints". 2022.
    10.1109/eem54602.2022.9921122
  13. Rui Carvalho; Faia, Ricardo; Gabriel Santos; Tiago Pinto; Zita Vale. "Advanced Clearing Model in Prosumer Centric Local Flexibility Market". 2022.
    10.1109/eem54602.2022.9920996
  14. Gabriel Santos; Faia, Ricardo; Helder Pereira; Tiago Pinto; Zita Vale. "Blockchain-based Local Electricity Market Solution". 2022.
    10.1109/eem54602.2022.9921035
  15. Zahra Foroozandeh; Steffen Limmer; Fernando Lezama; Faia, Ricardo; Sergio Ramos; Joao Soares. "A MBNLP Method for Centralized Energy Pricing and Scheduling in Local Energy Community". 2022.
    10.1109/ieeepesgtdlatinameri53482.2022.10038287
  16. Faia, Ricardo; Pinto, Tiago; Vale, Zita; Juan M Corchado. "Decision support for participation in local electricity markets participation considering the transaction of services and electricity at the local level, Jornadas Universidad de Salamanca, April 2021, Salamanca, Spain". 2021.
  17. Ricardo Faia; Tiago Pinto; Fernando Lezama; Zita Vale; Juan M. Corchado. "Optimisation for Coalitions Formation Considering the Fairness in Flexibility Market Participation". 2021.
    10.1051/e3sconf/202123900016
  18. Bruno Veiga; Gabriel-Santos; Tiago Pinto; Faia, Ricardo; Carlos Ramos; Vale, Zita. "Electricity market and power flow services for dynamic market simulations". Paper presented in International Conference on Sustainable Energy & Environmental Protection (SEEP2021), 2021.
  19. Fernando Lezama; Joao Soares; Ricardo Faia; Pedro Faria; Zita Vale. "Bidding in Local Energy Markets Considering Uncertainty from Renewables and Demand". 2021.
    10.1109/eeeic/icpseurope51590.2021.9584480
  20. Lezama, Fernando; Pinto, Tiago; Faia, Ricardo; Vale, Zita. "Exploiting flexibility of end-users at DSO-TSO levels acting in dynamic coalitions". 2020.
    10.1109/pesgm41954.2020.10041864
  21. Fernando Lezama; Ricardo Faia; Omid Abrishambaf; Pedro Faria; Zita Vale. "Large-scale optimization of households with photovoltaic-battery system and demand response". Paper presented in IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2020.
    10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.1818
  22. Fernando Lezama; Joao Soares; Ricardo Faia; Pedro Faria; Zita Vale. "Learning Bidding Strategies in Local Electricity Markets using a Nature-Inspired Algorithm". 2020.
    10.1109/eem49802.2020.9221939
  23. Ricardo Faia; Fernando Lezama; Pedro Faria; Zita Vale. "Multi-Objective Energy Bill Optimization Considering Demand Response in a Residential House". 2020.
    10.1109/td39804.2020.9299987
  24. Ricardo Faia; Bruno Canizes; Pedro Faria; Zita Vale; Jose M. Terras; Luis V. Cunha. "Optimal Distribution Grid Operation Using Demand Response". 2020.
    10.1109/isgt-europe47291.2020.9248858
  25. Lezama, F.; Soares, J.; Faia, R.; Vale, Z.; Macedo, L.H.; Romero, R.. "Business models for flexibility of electric vehicles: Evolutionary computation for a successful implementation". 2019.
    10.1145/3319619.3326807
  26. Faia, R.; Canizes, B.; Faria, P.; Vale, Z.. "Distribution Network Expansion Planning Considering the Flexibility Value for Distribution System Operator". 2019.
    10.1109/SEST.2019.8849043
  27. Faia, R.; Pinto, T.; Vale, Z.; Corchado, J.M.; Soares, J.; Lezama, F.. "Genetic Algorithms for Portfolio Optimization with Weighted Sum Approach". 2019.
    10.1109/SSCI.2018.8628773
  28. Lezama, F.; Soares, J.; Faia, R.; Vale, Z.. "Hybrid-adaptive differential evolution with decay function (Hyde-DF) applied to the 100-digit challenge competition on single objective numerical optimization". 2019.
    10.1145/3319619.3326747
  29. Faia, R.; Pinto, T.; Vale, Z.; Corchado, J.M.. "A Local Electricity Market Model for DSO Flexibility Trading". 2019.
    10.1109/EEM.2019.8916563
  30. Faia, Ricardo; Pinto, T.; Vale, Z.; Tiago Pinto; Zita Vale. "Fair remuneration of energy consumption flexibility using shapley value". Paper presented in EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-030-30241-2_45
  31. Faia, Ricardo; Lezama, Fernando; Faria, Pedro; Vale, Zita. "Differential Evolution Optimization for a Residential Demand Response Application". 2019.
    10.1109/isap48318.2019.9065955
  32. Francisco Silva; R. Faia; Tiago Pinto; Isabel Praca; Zita Vale; Silva, F.; Pinto, T.; Praça, I.; Vale, Z.. "Optimizing Opponents Selection in Bilateral Contracts Negotiation with Particle Swarm". Paper presented in International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, 2018.
    10.1007/978-3-319-94779-2_11
  33. Ricardo Faia; Fernando Lezama; Joao Soares; Zita Vale; Tiago Pinto; Juan Manuel Corchado; Faia, R.; et al. "Differential Evolution Aplication in Portfolio optimization for Electricity Markets". 2018.
    10.1109/ijcnn.2018.8489117
  34. Fernando Lezama; Joao Soares; Ricardo Faia; Tiago Pinto; Zita Vale; Lezama, F.; Soares, J.; et al. "A New Hybrid-Adaptive Differential Evolution for a Smart Grid Application Under Uncertainty". 2018.
    10.1109/cec.2018.8477808
  35. Ricardo Faia; Tiago Pinto; Zita Vale; Juan Manuel Corchado. "Optimization of Multiple Electricity Markets Participation Using Evolutionary PSO". 2018.
    10.1109/tdc.2018.8440534
  36. Faia, Ricardo. "Decision Support for Agents' Participation in Electricity Markets". 2018.
    10.1007/978-3-319-61578-3_43
  37. Faia, R.; Pinto, T.; Vale, Z.; Corchado, J.M.. "Multi-objective portfolio optimization of electricity markets participation". 2018.
    10.23919/PSCC.2018.8443006
  38. Faia, R.; Pinto, T.; Vale, Z.; Corchado, J.M.. "Case-based reasoning using expert systems to determine electricity reduction in residential buildings". 2018.
    10.1109/PESGM.2018.8585963
  39. Joao Spinola; Ricardo Faia; Pedro Faria; Zita Vale; Spinola, J.; Faia, R.; Faria, P.; Vale, Z.. "Clustering optimization of distributed energy resources in support of an aggregator". 2017.
    10.1109/ssci.2017.8285201
  40. Ricardo Faia; Tiago Pinto; Zita Vale; Juan Manuel Corchado. "Hybrid particle swarm optimization of electricity market participation portfolio". 2017.
    10.1109/ssci.2017.8285218
  41. Faia, Ricardo. "Initial Solution Heuristic for Portfolio Optimization of Electricity Markets Participation". 2017.
    10.1007/978-3-319-60285-1_11
  42. Faia, R.; Pinto, T.; Sousa, T.; Vale, Z.; Corchado, J.M.. "Automatic selection of optimization algorithms for energy resource scheduling using a case-based reasoning system". 2017.
  43. Ricardo Faia; Tiago Pinto; Zita Vale. "Portfolio Optimization for Electricity Market Participation with NPSO-LRS". 2016.
    10.1109/dexa.2016.042
  44. Ricardo Faia; Tiago Pinto; Zita Vale. "Optimization of electricity markets participation with QPSO". 2016.
    10.1109/eem.2016.7521214
  45. Ricardo Faia; Tiago Pinto; Zita Vale; Faia, R.; Pinto, T.; Vale, Z.. "GA optimization technique for portfolio optimization of electricity market participation". 2016.
    10.1109/ssci.2016.7849858
  46. Faia, Ricardo; Pinto, Tiago;; Vale, Zita. "Optimization of Electricity Markets Participation with Simulated Annealing". 2016.
    10.1007/978-3-319-40159-1_3
  47. Ricardo Faia; Tiago Pinto; Zita Vale; E.J. Solteiro Pires. "Portfolio Optimization for Electricity Market Participation with Particle Swarm". 2015.
    10.1109/dexa.2015.31
  48. Faia, Ricardo; Pinto, Tiago;; Vale, Zita. "Dynamic Fuzzy Estimation of Contracts Historic Information Using an Automatic Clustering Methodology". 2015.
    10.1007/978-3-319-19033-4_23
Conference poster
  1. Bruno Ribeiro; Faia, Ricardo; Goncalves, Calvin; Gomes, Luis; Vale, Zita. "Optimizing energy costs in an energy community with electric vehicles and battery storage systems". Paper presented in 3rd Materials for Energy Transaction, 2024.
Journal article
  1. Faia, Ricardo; Lezama, Fernando; Soares, João; Pinto, Tiago; Vale, Zita. Corresponding author: Vale, Zita. "Local electricity markets: A review on benefits, barriers, current trends and future perspectives". Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 190 (2024): 114006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2023.114006.
    Accepted • 10.1016/j.rser.2023.114006
  2. Mochi, Pratik; Pandya, Kartik S.; Faia, Ricardo; Dabhi, Dharmesh; Soares, Joao; Vale, Zita. "Empowering customers in local electricity market: A prosumer segmentation and operating envelope strategy for joint cost reduction and profit maximization". Electric Power Systems Research 226 109908 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsr.2023.109908.
    Published • 10.1016/j.epsr.2023.109908
  3. Faia, Ricardo; Ribeiro, Bruno; Goncalves, Calvin; Gomes, Luis; Vale, Zita. "Multi-agent based energy community cost optimization considering high electric vehicles penetration". Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 59 103402 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2023.103402.
    10.1016/j.seta.2023.103402
  4. Pratik Mochi; Kartik S. Pandya; Ricardo Faia; João Soares. "Six-Segment Strategy for Prosumers’ Financial Benefit Maximization in Local Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading". Mathematics (2023): https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/18/3933.
    10.3390/math11183933
  5. Veiga, Bruno; Santos, Gabriel; Pinto, Tiago; Faia, Ricardo; Ramos, Carlos; Vale, Zita. "Simulation tools for electricity markets considering power flow analysis". Energy 275 (2023): 127494. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.127494.
    10.1016/j.energy.2023.127494
  6. Faia, Ricardo; Goncalves, Calvin; Gomes, Luis; Vale, Zita. "Dataset of an energy community with prosumer consumption, photovoltaic generation, battery storage, and electric vehicles". Data in Brief 48 109218 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.109218.
    Published • 10.1016/j.dib.2023.109218
  7. Faia, Ricardo; Fernando Lezama; Tiago Pinto; Pedro Faria; Vale, Zita; Jose Manuel Terras; Susete Albuquerque; et al. "A Simulation of Market-based Non-Frequency Local Ancillary Services Procurement Based on Demand Flexibility". Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy 11 3 (2023): 781-792. http://dx.doi.org/10.35833/mpce.2022.000692.
    Published • 10.13140/rg.2.2.18549.45280
  8. Mochi, Pratik; Pandya, Kartik S.; Faia, Ricardo; Soares, J ou Soares, João. "Prosumer Segmentation Strategies for Local Electricity Market Partaking by Monetary Reward". IEEE Access (2023): 1-1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/access.2023.3287323.
    10.1109/access.2023.3287323
  9. Ricardo Faia; Joao Soares; Mohammad Ali Fotouhi Ghazvini; John F. Franco; Zita Vale; João Soares; John Fredy Franco Baquero; Zita Vale. "Local Electricity Markets for Electric Vehicles: An Application Study Using a Decentralized Iterative Approach". (2022):
    Open access • 10.3389/fenrg.2021.705066
  10. Ricardo Faia; Tiago Pinto; Fernando Lezama; Zita Vale; Juan Manuel Corchado; Alfonso González-Briones. "Prosumers Flexibility as Support for Ancillary Services in Low Voltage Level". (2022):
    Open access • 10.14201/adcaij.27896
  11. Ricardo Faia; Tiago Pinto; Zita Vale; Juan M. Corchado. "Prosumer Community Portfolio Optimization via Aggregator: The Case of the Iberian Electricity Market and Portuguese Retail Market". (2021):
    Open access • 10.3390/en14133747
  12. Fernando Lezama; Joao Soares; Ricardo Faia; Zita Vale; Olli Kilkki; Sirpa Repo; Jan Segerstam. "Bidding in local electricity markets with cascading wholesale market integration". International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems 131 (2021): 107045.
    Open access • 10.1016/j.ijepes.2021.107045
  13. Ricardo Faia; Joao Soares; Tiago Pinto; Fernando Lezama; Zita Vale; Juan M. Corchado. "Optimal Model for Local Energy Community Scheduling Considering Peer to Peer Electricity Transactions". IEEE Access 9 (2021): 12420-12430.
    Open access • 10.1109/access.2021.3051004
  14. Ricardo Faia; Joao Soares; Zita Vale; Juan M. Corchado. "An Optimization Model for Energy Community Costs Minimization Considering a Local Electricity Market between Prosumers and Electric Vehicles". Electronics (2021):
    Open access • 10.3390/electronics10020129
  15. Ricardo Faia; Tiago Pinto; Zita Vale; Juan M. Corchado. "Portfolio optimization of electricity markets participation using forecasting error in risk formulation". (2021):
    Open access • 10.1016/j.ijepes.2020.106739
  16. Fernando Lezama; Ricardo Faia; Pedro Faria; Zita Vale. "Demand Response of Residential Houses Equipped with PV-Battery Systems: An Application Study Using Evolutionary Algorithms". Energies (2020): https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/10/2466.
    10.3390/en13102466
  17. Ricardo Faia; Pedro Faria; Zita Vale; João Spinola. "Demand Response Optimization Using Particle Swarm Algorithm Considering Optimum Battery Energy Storage Schedule in a Residential House". Energies (2019): https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/9/1645.
    10.3390/en12091645
  18. Ricardo Faia; Tiago Pinto; Zita Vale; Juan Manuel Corchado. "Hybrid approach based on particle swarm optimization for electricity markets participation". Energy Informatics 2 1 (2019): https://doi.org/10.1186%2Fs42162-018-0066-7.
    10.1186/s42162-018-0066-7
  19. Tiago Pinto; Mohammad Ali Fotouhi Ghazvini; João Soares; Ricardo Faia; Juan Manuel Corchado; Rui Castro; Zita Vale. "Decision Support for Negotiations among Microgrids Using a Multiagent Architecture". Energies (2018): http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/10/2526.
    10.3390/en11102526
  20. Ricardo Faia; Tiago Pinto; Zita Vale; Juan Manuel Corchado. "Strategic Particle Swarm Inertia Selection for Electricity Markets Participation Portfolio Optimization". Applied Artificial Intelligence (2018): 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080%2F08839514.2018.1506971.
    10.1080/08839514.2018.1506971
  21. Tiago Pinto; Ricardo Faia; Maria Navarro-Caceres; Gabriel Santos; Juan Manuel Corchado; Zita Vale. "Multi-Agent-Based CBR Recommender System for Intelligent Energy Management in Buildings". IEEE Systems Journal (2018): 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1109%2Fjsyst.2018.2876933.
    10.1109/jsyst.2018.2876933
  22. Tiago Pinto; Ricardo Faia; Mohammad Ali Fotouhi Ghazvini; Joao Soares; Juan Manuel Corchado; Zita Maria Almeida do Vale. "Decision support for small players negotiations under a transactive energy framework". IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (2018): 1-1. https://doi.org/10.1109%2Ftpwrs.2018.2861325.
    10.1109/tpwrs.2018.2861325
  23. Ricardo Faia; Tiago Pinto; Omid Abrishambaf; Filipe Fernandes; Zita Vale; Juan Manuel Corchado. "Case based reasoning with expert system and swarm intelligence to determine energy reduction in buildings energy management". Energy and Buildings 155 (2017): 269-281. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.enbuild.2017.09.020.
    10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.09.020
  24. Faia, Ricardo. "An Ad-Hoc Initial Solution Heuristic for Metaheuristic Optimization of Energy Market Participation Portfolios". Energies (2017): http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/7/883.
    10.3390/en10070883
  25. Ricardo FAIA; Tiago PINTO; Zita VALE. "Dynamic Fuzzy Clustering Method for Decision Support in Electricity Markets Negotiation". ADCAIJ: ADVANCES IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE JOURNAL 5 1 (2016): 23-23. https://doi.org/10.14201%2Fadcaij2016512336.
    10.14201/adcaij2016512336
  26. Faia, Ricardo; Tiago Pinto; Hugo Morais; Tiago M. Sousa; Tiago Sousa; Zita Vale; Isabel Praca; Ricardo Faia; Eduardo Jose Solteiro Pires. "Adaptive Portfolio Optimization for Multiple Electricity Markets Participation". IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems 27 8 (2015): 1720-1733. https://doi.org/10.1109%2Ftnnls.2015.2461491.
    10.1109/TNNLS.2015.2461491
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Decision support for participation in electric markets considering the transaction of services and electricity at the local level". PhD, Universidad de Salamanca, 2022.
  2. "Otimização de Portfólio de Participação em Mercados de Energia Elétrica". Master, Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, 2016.

Other

Dataset
  1. Faia, Ricardo; Joao Soares; Mohammad Ali Fotouhi Ghazvini; John F. Franco; Vale, Zita. Energy consumption and PV generation data of 50 prosumers and energy consumption of 40 electric vehicles - 15-minute resolution.
    https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4737293
  2. Ricardo Faia; Calvin Goncalves; Luis Gomes; Zita Vale. A complete energy community dataset with photovoltaic generation, battery energy storage systems and electric vehicles. 2023.
    10.5281/zenodo.7602546
  3. Bruno Veiga; Gabriel Santos; Pinto, Tiago; Faia, Ricardo; Carlos Ramos; Vale, Zita. Demonstration of Simulation Tools for Electricity Markets considering Power Flow Analysis (1.0)” [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7635797. 2023.
Other output
  1. Local Electricity Markets for Electric Vehicles: An Application Study Using a Decentralized Iterative Approach. 2021. Ricardo Faia; João Soares; Mohammad Ali Fotouhi Ghazvini; John Fredy Franco Baquero; Zita Vale.
    10.60692/y3jyk-m7t14
Software
  1. Bruno Veiga; Tiago Pinto; Faia, Ricardo; Vale, Zita. "Pyticle Swarm - A public Python library to execute the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm". 1.0.8. Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento. Python. 2022.
  2. Tiago Pinto; Faia, Ricardo; Vale, Zita. "AiD-EM - Adaptive Decision Support for Electricity Markets Negotiations System". Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento. 2018.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/07/12 Energy Community Integration of a Smart Home Based on an Open Source Multiagent System International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
Universidade do Minho (Guimarães , Portugal)
2022/05 A Sensitivity Analysis of PSO Parameters - P2P Electricity Market Problem Case Study Workshop on Artificial Intelligence Techniques for the Optimization of Electric Power Distribution Systems
(porto, Portugal)
2022 Bidding in Local Electricity Markets Considering Low Voltage Grid Constraints 18th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM)
(Ljubljana, Slovenia)
2022 Schedule Peer-to-Peer Transactions of an Energy Community Using Particle Swarm 18th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM)
(Ljubljana)
2022 P2P electricity transaction considering total community energy costs minimization ADVANCED TRAINING SESSION IN TRANSACTIVE ENERGY - Transactive energy application – Retina Project, April 2022
(Porto, Portugal)
2022 A Sensitivity Analysis of PSO Parameters - P2P Electricity Market Problem Case Study Workshop on Artificial Intelligence Techniques for the Optimization of Electric Power Distribution Systems
(Porto, Portugal)
2021 Decision support for local electricity markets participation considering the transaction of services and electricity Jornada de seguimiento de la actividad investigadora 2020-2021 del Programa de Doctorado en Ingeniería Informática
(Salamanca, Spain)
2021 The opportunities for EV in local energy communities – A local electricity market between prosumers and EVs Workshop on Energy Flexibility in Smart Buildings and Smart Grids – Cenergetic Project
(Porto, Portugal)
2020 Learning bidding strategies in local electricity markets using a nature-inspired algorithm 17th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM)
(Stockholm, Sweden)
2020 Prosumers Flexibility as Support for Ancillary Services in Low Voltage Level Workshop on Artificial lntelligence in Power and Energy Systems (AIPES), European Conference on Artificial lntelligence (ECAI)
(Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
2020 Large-scale optimization of households with photovoltaic-battery system and demand response , in GECAD Energy Projects Event 2022 – COLORS Projec
(Porto, Portugal)
2019/10/17 Distribution Network Expansion Planning Considering the Flexibility Value for Distribution System Operator 2nd International Conference on Smart Energy Systems and Technologies (SEST 2019), Porto, Portugal
FEUP (Porto, Portugal)
2019/09/13 Fair Remuneration of Energy Consumption Flexibility Using Shapley Value 19th EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence (EPIA19), Vila Real, Portugal
UTAD (Vila Real, Portugal)
2019/08/16 Decision Support for Participation in Electricity Markets Encontro Ciência Viva 2019, Lisboa, Portugal.
Ciência Viva 2019 (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/06/20 Initial Solution Heuristic for Portfolio Optimization of Electricity Markets Participation Practical Applications of Cyber-Physical Multi-Agent Systems (PAMMS 2017), Porto, Portugal
ISEP (Porto, Portugal)
2017/06/20 Decision Support for Agents’ Participation in Electricity Markets Practical Applications of Cyber-Physical Multi-Agent Systems (PAMMS 2017), Porto, Portugal
ISEP (Porto, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/01/01 - Current Deteção de manipulação de informação em mecanismos de participação ativa de consumidores finais de energia elétrica
Co-supervisor
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal

Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia de Santa Catarina, Brazil
2021/10/01 - 2022/11/15 Otimização dos custos operacionais de uma comunidade energética considerando transações locais em peer-to-peer
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores - Área de Especialização em Sistemas e Planeamento Industrial (Master)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2021 - Current Special Issue on Operation, Management, and Decision Making in Future Electricity Markets, Energies journal, MDPI (Impact factor 2021: 3.252) (2021)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2022/11/28 - 2022/11/28 Second TradeRES Public Workshop, Online session (2022/11/28 - 2022/11/28)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2021/10/20 - 2021/10/21 First TradeRES Public Workshop, Online session October 20 and 21, 2021. (2021/10/20 - 2021/10/21)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2019/04/09 - 2019/04/10 DOMINOES 3rd General Assembly, Porto, Portugal (2019/04/09 - 2019/04/10)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/07/16 - Current A primeira edição do fórum Pensar as Cidades tem como tema a Sustentabilidade e Inovação um caminho para o futuro. Este fórum procura promover a comunicação e a ligação entre autarquias, empresas, organizações e universidades, incentivar o debate de questões cruciais e inspirar mudanças positivas nas nossas cidades.
Seminar
 Fórum Pensar as Cidades
Instituto Politécnico de Saúde do Norte - Campus de Famalicão, Portugal
2022/11/28 - 2022/11/28 Second TradeRES Public Workshop
Workshop
 Second TradeRES Public Workshop
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2022/03 - 2022/06 PhD research stay at Instituto Superior Técnico
Other
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2021/10/20 - 2021/10/21 First TradeRES Public Workshop
Workshop
 First TradeRES Public Workshop
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2020/01 - 2020/01 First Luso-Brazilian CENERGETIC Workshop
Workshop
 First Luso-Brazilian CENERGETIC Workshop
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2019/12 - 2019/12 DREAM-GO stay research at DISCOVERGY
Other
 DREAM-GO stay research at DISCOVERGY, Heidelberg, Germany
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2019/04/09 - 2019/04/10 DOMINOES 3rd General Assembly
Workshop
 DOMINOES 3rd General Assembly
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2019/01 - 2019/01 DREAM-GO stay research at Clemson University
Other
 DREAM-GO stay research at Clemson University
Clemson University, United States
2018/11/13 - 2018/11/14 DOMINOES 2nd General Assembly
Workshop
 DOMINOES 2nd General Assembly, Helsinki, Finland
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2018/10 - 2018/10 DREAM-GO stay research at Clemson University
Other
 DREAM-GO stay research at Clemson University
Clemson University, United States
2018/04 - 2018/04 DREAM-GO stay research at DISCOVERGY
Other
 DREAM-GO stay research at DISCOVERGY, Heidelberg, Germany
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2017/09 - 2017/09 DREAM-GO stay research at DISCOVERGY
Other
 DREAM-GO stay research at DISCOVERGY, Heidelberg, Germany,
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2017/03 - 2017/03 DREAM-GO 2nd workshop
Workshop
 DREAM-GO 2nd workshop, Salamanca, Spain
Universidad de Salamanca, Spain

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2023/01/01 - Current IEEE CIS Task Force on Computational Intelligence in the Energy Domain

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2023 - Current IEEE PES General Meating
2020 - Current Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Power and Energy Systems, collocated with the 24th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence
2020 - Current IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe - (ISGT Europe)
2019 - Current IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation
2017 - Current Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (PAAMS)

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2022 - Current Applied Sciences MDPI
2021 - Current Transactions on Industrial Electronics IEEE
2021 - Current Applied Energy Elsevier
2021 - Current Energy Strategic Reviews Elsevier
2021 - Current Designs MDPI
2021 - Current Sensors MDPI
2019 - Current Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy IEEE
2019 - Current Electric Power Systems Research Elsevier
2019 - Current International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems Elsevier
2019 - Current Sustainabilty MDPI
2019 - Current Complexity MDPI
2018 - Current Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences Elsevier
2018 - Current Energies MDPI
Distinctions

Award

2023 Best demo award: 3rd prize in 21st International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020 Best paper award: 3rd prize in 17th International Conference on the European Energy Market - EEM
2018 Metheuristic Competition: 3rd place in on "Evolutionary Computation in Uncertain Environments: A Smart Grid Application", IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence 2018 - WCCI 2018

Other distinction

2017 Ph.D. Scholarship with four years funding
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal