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Margarida Maria Lopes da Silva Camarinha. PhD in Pure Mathematics from the University of Coimbra. Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra. Researcher at the Center of Mathematics of the University of Coimbra. Topics of interest in Riemannian geometry, Lie groups, geometric control theory and geometric mechanics. Author of 4 sections of books and more than 30 articles published in journals and conference proceedings. Supervised 1 Post-Doctorate, 1 Doctorate and 11 Masters in Mathematics. Participated as Principal Investigator in 1 project and Investigator in 5 projects in Mathematics. Coordinator of the Master's Degree in Astrophysics and Instrumentation for Space. President of the Problems Committee of the Portuguese Mathematics Olympiad - Portuguese Mathematics Society from 2000 to 2006. Chairman of the Board of the Center Regional Delegation of the Portuguese Mathematics Society from 2018 to 2022.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Margarida Maria Lopes da Silva Camarinha

Citation names

  • Camarinha, Margarida

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
AC1F-473B-BEE5
ORCID iD
0000-0003-4587-7861
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=MxtGBvcAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT&oi=sra
Researcher Id
P-4072-2016
Scopus Author Id
6507201433

Email addresses

  • mmlsc@mat.uc.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • (+351) 239791150 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Departamento de Matemática, Universidade de Coimbra, 3000-143, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Mathematics - Pure Mathematics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
French Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
English Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
1996
Concluded
 Pure Mathematics (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"The geometry of cubic polynomials in Riemannian manifolds" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1991
Concluded
 Mathematics (Mestrado)
Major in Algebra
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Alguns Automorfismos Regulares em Álgebras de Lie Semisimples" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1986
Concluded
 Mathematics (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
1996/09/09 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
1990/03/01 - 1996/09/09 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
1986/10/01 - 1990/03/01 Trainee Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
1985 - 1986 Tutor (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Centro de Matemática da Universidade de Coimbra
UIDB/00324/2020
10.54499/UIDB/00324/2020
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Matemática, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Centre for Mathematics, University of Coimbra
UID/MAT/00324/2019
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013/01/01 - 2018/12/31 Centre for Mathematics, University of Coimbra
UID/MAT/00324/2013
Researcher
Centre for Mathematics, University of Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007 - 2008 Generalized Lagrangian and Hamiltonian techniques for Geometric Control Theory
Acção Integrada Luso-Espanhola N.E-3/07
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Conselho de Reitores das Universidades Portuguesas
Concluded
2002 - 2005 Trajectory planning and tracking of mechanical systems with nonholonomic constraints
POSI/SRI/41618/2001
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1997 - 2002 Nonlinear Control Network - Breakthrough in the control of nonlinear systems
ERBFMRXCT970137
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
1994 - 1996 Física Matemática
PRAXISXXI/2/2.1/MAT/19/94
 JNICT - Junta Nacional de Investigação Científica e Tecnológica
Concluded
1994 - 1996 The Foundations of Dynamic Interpolation
CRG 910926
Concluded
1990 - 1994 Advances in Nonlinear Systems and Applications
ERB-SC1*CT90-0433
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Camarinha, Margarida; Machado, Luís; Silva Leite, Fátima. "K-Splines on SPD Manifolds". In Lecture Notes in Computer Science, edited by F. Nielsen, 624-633. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-38299-4_64
  2. Camarinha, Margarida. "A 4th-Order Variational Problem on SO(3)". In Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, edited by L. Brito Palma; R. Neves-Silva, 353-362. Springer International Publishing, 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-031-10047-5_31
  3. Camarinha, Margarida; Silva Leite, Fátima; Crouch, Peter. "Existence and Uniqueness for Riemannian Cubics with Boundary Conditions". In Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, edited by J. A. Gonçalves; M. Braz-César; J. P. Coelho, 322-331. Springer International Publishing, 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-58653-9_31
  4. Camarinha, Margarida; Abrunheiro, L.; Camarinha, M.; Clemente-Gallardo, J.. "Reduction of the dynamic optimal control problem of the spherical free rigid body". In Mathematical Papers in Honour of Fátima Silva Leite 2011, 1-13. Coimbra, Portugal, Portugal, 2011.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Chandrasekaran, Rama Seshan; Colombo, Leonardo J.; Camarinha, Margarida; Banavar, Ravi; Bloch, Anthony. "Variational collision and obstacle avoidance of multi-agent systems on Riemannian manifolds". Paper presented in 2020 European Control Conference (ECC), 2020.
    10.23919/ecc51009.2020.9143986
  2. Assif, Mishal; Banavar, Ravi; Bloch, Anthony; Camarinha, Margarida; Colombo, Leonardo. "Variational collision avoidance problems on Riemannian manifolds". Paper presented in 2018 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2019.
    10.1109/cdc.2018.8619596
  3. Bloch, Anthony; Camarinha, Margarida; Colombo, Leonardo. "Variational obstacle avoidance problem on riemannian manifolds". Paper presented in 2017 IEEE 56th Annual Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2017.
    10.1109/cdc.2017.8263657
  4. Abrunheiro, L.; Camarinha, M.; Clemente-Gallardo, J.. "Geometric Hamiltonian Formulation of a Variational Problem Depending on the Covariant". Paper presented in The Cape Verde International Days on Mathematics 2013, Cape Verde, 2013.
    Published • 10.1155/2013/243621
  5. Abrunheiro, L.; Camarinha, M.; Clemente-Gallardo, J.. "Minimum force optimal control of the spherical free rigid body". Paper presented in Control'2010 9th Portuguese Conf. on Automatic Control, Coimbra, 2010.
    Published
  6. Camarinha, Margarida; Abrunheiro, L.; Clemente-Gallardo, J.. "Geometry of a second order optimal control problem. Riemannian cubic polynomials". Paper presented in Proc. XV Int. Workshop on Geometry and Physics, Tenerife, 2007.
    Published
  7. CAMARINHA, M.; ABRUNHEIRO, L.. "CUBIC POLYNOMIALS ON SO(3)". Paper presented in International Conference on Differential Equations, EQUADIFF 2003, Hasselt, 2003.
    10.1142/9789812702067_0173
  8. Crouch, P.; Leite, F.S.; Camarinha, M.. "Hamiltonian structure of generalized cubic polynomials". Paper presented in IFAC Workshop on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control, Princeton, 2000.
    10.1016/S1474-6670(17)35541-6
  9. Crouch, Peter E.; Camarinha, Margarida; Silva Leite, Fátima. "Hamiltonian approach for a second order variational problem on a Riemannian manifold". Paper presented in CONTROLO’98 3rd Portuguese Conference on Automatic Control, 1998.
    Published
  10. Camarinha, M.; Leite, F.S.; Crouch, P.. "Geometrical polynomials of odd degree in Riemannian manifolds". Paper presented in 1997 European Control Conference (ECC), Bruxelas, 1997.
    10.23919/ECC.1997.7082377
  11. Camarinha, M.; Leite, F.Silva; Crouch, P.. "Sufficient conditions for an optimization problem on a Riemannian manifold". Paper presented in 2nd Portuguese Conference on Automatic Control, Porto, 1996.
    Published
  12. Camarinha, M.; Leite, F.Silva; Crouch, P.. "Second order optimality conditions for a higher order variational problem on a Riemannian manifold". Paper presented in 35th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Kobe, 1996.
    10.1109/CDC.1996.572771
  13. Leite, F.Silva; Camarinha, M.; Crouch, P.. "Two higher order variational problems on Riemannian manifolds and the interpolation problem". Paper presented in Third European Control Conference, Roma, 1995.
    Published
  14. Camarinha, Margarida; Silva Leite, Fátima. "Elastic curves and optimal control for nonlinear systems". Paper presented in First Portuguese Control Conference, 1994.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Camarinha, Margarida; Machado, L.; Silva Leite, Fátima. "Generalizing Euclidean splines to SPD manifolds". Paper presented in XXXI International Fall Workshop on Geometry and Physics, 2023.
  2. Camarinha, Margarida. "A natural 4th-order generalization of the geodesic problem". Paper presented in XXX International Fall Workshop on Geometry and Physics, 2022.
  3. Bloch, Anthony; Camarinha, Margarida; Colombo, Leonardo J.. "Path planning with point-obstacle avoidance on Lie groups". Paper presented in XXVIII International Fall Workshop on Geometry and Physics, 2019.
  4. Camarinha, Margarida. "Bi-Jacobi fields and the biharmonic flow". Paper presented in XXV International Fall Workshop on Geometry and Physics, 2016.
  5. Abrunheiro, Lígia; Camarinha, Margarida. "An intrinsic version of the biharmonic equation via the Legendre transformation". Paper presented in XXIV International Fall Workshop on Geometry and Physics, Centro Universitario de la Defensa de Zaragoza, Spain, 2015.
  6. Abrunheiro, Lígia; Camarinha, Margarida; Clemente-Gallardo, Jesús. "Geometric description of the maximum principle for a second order control system: application to the cubic polynomials problem". Paper presented in XV Int. Workshop on Geometry and Physics, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Ilhas Canárias, Espanha, 2006.
Edited book
  1. del Pino, Álvaro; Modin, Klas; Lissy, Pierre. (M. Barbero-Liñán, M. Camarinha, R. Caseiro, L. J. Colombo, and J. Nunes da Costa, editors) 13th Young Researchers Workshop on Geometry, Mechanics and Control: three mini-courses. Portugal: Departamento de Matemática da Universidade de Coimbra. 2019.
    Editor
Journal article
  1. Abrunheiro, Lígia; Camarinha, Margarida. "An Intrinsic Version of the k-Harmonic Equation". Mathematics 11 17 (2023): 3628. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/math11173628.
    10.3390/math11173628
  2. Camarinha, Margarida; Raffaelli, Matteo. "Curvature-adapted submanifolds of semi-Riemannian groups". International Journal of Mathematics 34 09 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0129167x23500532.
    10.1142/s0129167x23500532
  3. Camarinha, Margarida; Silva Leite, Fátima; Crouch, Peter E.. "High-Order Splines on Riemannian Manifolds". Proceedings of the Steklov Institute of Mathematics 321 1 (2023): 158-178. http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/s0081543823020128.
    10.1134/s0081543823020128
  4. Camarinha, Margarida; Silva Leite, Fátima; Crouch, Peter. "Riemannian cubics close to geodesics at the boundaries". Journal of Geometric Mechanics 14 4 (2022): 545-558. http://dx.doi.org/10.3934/jgm.2022003.
    10.3934/jgm.2022003
  5. Bloch, Anthony; Camarinha, Margarida; Colombo, Leonardo. "Variational point-obstacle avoidance on Riemannian manifolds". Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems 33 1 (2021): 109-121. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00498-021-00276-0.
    10.1007/s00498-021-00276-0
  6. Camarinha, Margarida. "Atividade Matemática em Coimbra: Entrevista a Manuela Sobral". Gazeta de Matemática 193, pages 12–21, Sociedade Portuguesa de Matemática, março 2021, 2021 193 (2021): 12-21. https://gazeta.spm.pt/fichaartigo?id=1575.
    Published
  7. Bloch, A.; Camarinha, M.; Colombo, L.J.. "Dynamic interpolation for obstacle avoidance on Riemannian manifolds". International Journal of Control (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85064476187&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/00207179.2019.1603400
  8. Abrunheiro, L.; Camarinha, M.; Clemente-Gallardo, J.; Cuchí, J.C.; Santos, P.. "A general framework for quantum splines". International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics 15 9 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85048061344&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1142/S0219887818501475
  9. Abrunheiro, L.; Camarinha, M.. "Optimal control of affine connection control systems from the point of view of Lie algebroids". International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics 11 9 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84908702790&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1142/S0219887814500388
  10. Abrunheiro, L.; Camarinha, M.; Clemente-Gallardo, J.. "Corrigendum: Cubic polynomials on Lie groups: reduction of the Hamiltonian system". Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 46 18 (2013): 189501-189501. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84876563098&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1088/1751-8113/46/18/189501
  11. Abrunheiro, L.; Camarinha, M.; Clemente-Gallardo, J.. "Cubic polynomials on Lie groups: reduction of the Hamiltonian system". Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 44 35 (2011): 355203-355203. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80052018240&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1088/1751-8113/44/35/355203
  12. Abrunheiro, L.; Camarinha, M.; Cariñena, J.F.; Clemente-Gallardo, J.; Martínez, E.; Santos, P.. "Some applications of quasi-velocities in optimal control". International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics 8 4 (2011): 835-851. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79960479342&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1142/S0219887811005427
  13. Abrunheiro, L.; Camarinha, M.. "Riemannian cubic polynomials". Rendiconti del Seminario Matematico 63 4 (2005): 297-304. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33751523242&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  14. Camarinha, Margarida; Sousa, Ercília. "Competições Internacionais de Matemática". Gazeta de Matemática 146 (2004): 45-45. https: //gazeta.spm.pt/fichagazeta?id=146.
    Published
  15. Camarinha, M.; Silva Leite, F.; Crouch, P.. "On the geometry of Riemannian cubic polynomials". Differential Geometry and its Applications 15 2 (2001): 107-135. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0001480429&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/S0926-2245(01)00054-7
  16. Leite, F.S.; Camarinha, M.; Crouch, P.. "Elastic curves as solutions of Riemannian and sub-Riemannian control problems". Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems 13 2 (2000): 140-155. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033687223&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/PL00009863
  17. Camarinha, M.; Silva Leite, F.; Crouch, P.. "Splines of class C k on non-euclidean spaces". IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Information 12 4 (1995): 399-410. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0000369228&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/imamci/12.4.399
Manual
  1. Camarinha, Margarida. Introdução à Geometria Semi-Riemanniana. Summer course notes. 2023.
  2. Camarinha, Margarida. Introdução à Mecânica Celeste. Master's course notes. 2022.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Camarinha, Margarida Maria Silva Lopes. "A geometria dos polinómios cúbicos em variedades Riemannianas". PhD, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/1954.
  2. "Alguns Automorfismos Regulares de Álgebras de Lie Simples". Master, 1991.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/07/28 Subvariedades com curvatura adaptada em grupos semi-Riemannianos Escola de Verão em Geometria 2023
Universidade de Cabo Verde/Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Cape Verde)
2023/07/12 Curvature-adapted submanifolds of semi-Riemannian groups Dynamical Systems, Mechanics and Control: A workshop in honor to Anthony Bloch, SIAM Conference on Control and its Applications
(Madrid, Spain)
2023/03/22 A geometria dos números de Fibonacci Comemorações do Dia Internacional da Matemática
Escola Secundária de Marco de Canaveses (Marco de Canaveses, Portugal)
2023 Introduction and promotion of the Master's Degree in Astrophysics and Instrumentation for Space (In)ForMA-T
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2022/12 Princípios de contagem Estágio Delfos Júnior
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática (Coimbra, Portugal)
2022/07/06 A 4th-order variational problem on SO(3) 15th APCA International Conference on Automatic Control and Soft Computing
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/05/03 Dynamic interpolation on Riemannian manifolds French-German-Portuguese Conference on Optimization
(Porto, Portugal)
2022 Introduction and promotion of the Master's Degree in Astrophysics and Instrumentation for Space Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Matemática
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2021/07/28 Riemannian cubics close to geodesics at the boundaries EPCO 2021 Portuguese Meeting on Optimal Control
(Almada, Portugal)
2020/07/01 Existence and uniqueness for Riemannian cubics 14th International Conference on Automatic Control and Soft-Computing
(Bragança, Portugal)
2019/06/25 Path planning with obstacle avoidance on Lie groups EPCO 2019 – Portuguese Meeting on Optimal Control
(Porto, Portugal)
2019/02/15 Kustaanheimo-Stiefel regularization Third Workshop New Trends in Quaternions and Octonions
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2017/07 Variational obstacle avoidance problem on Riemannian manifolds Geometry Seminar, Centre of Mathematics of the University of Coimbra
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2017/06/12 Variational obstacle avoidance problem on Riemannian manifolds EPCO 2017 - Portuguese Meeting on Optimal Control
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2016/07 A razão de ouro Universidade de Verão - Área do Saber da Matemática
Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2013/09/02 Optimal control of affine connection control systems from the point of view of Lie algebroids XXII International Fall Workshop on Geometry and Physiscs
(Évora, Portugal)
2012/02 Princípio da inclusão-exclusão Estágio Delfos Júnior
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática (Coimbra, Portugal)
2008/12/05 Higher order optimal control problems on compact Lie groups Encontro do Projecto Generalized Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Techniques for Geometric Control Theory
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2003/07/22 Cubic polynomials on SO(3) International Conference on Differential Equations EQUADIFF 2003
(Hasselt, Belgium)
2003/06 Polinómios cúbicos em espaços de curvatura constante Research Center of Optimization and Control, University of Aveiro.
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2003/01 Polinómios cúbicos em grupos de Lie Group of Control Theory of the Institute of Systems, University of Coimbra
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2002/02 Uma generalização do lema de Gauss para polinómios cúbicos em variedades Riemannianas Group of Control Theory of the Institute of Systems, University of Coimbra
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2001/07/11 Generalized Splines on Riemannian Manifolds: A Variational Approach SIAM Conference on Control and its Applications
(San Diego, United States)
1997/07/01 Geometrical polynomials in Riemannian manifolds Fourth European Control Conference
(Bruxelas, Belgium)
1997/07 Uma generalização de polinómios cúbicos para variedades Riemannianas Group of Control Theory of the Institute of Systems, University of Coimbra
(Coimbra, Portugal)
1997/03/05 Cubic polynomials on Riemannian manifolds Workshop on Methods of Geometry and Analysis in Variational Problems and Their Applications
(Aveiro, Portugal)
1997/02/19 Cubic polynomials on Riemannian manifolds: a variational approach 2.o Encontro do Projecto PRAXIS de Física-Matemática
(Funchal, Portugal)
1996/12/11 Second order optimality conditions for a higher order variational problem on a Riemannian manifold 35th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
(Kobe, Japan)
1996/09/16 Sobre alguns problemas variacionais de ordem superior em variedades Riemannianas Encontro em Sistemas Dinâmicos
(Coimbra, Portugal)
1996/09/11 Sufficient conditions for an optimization problem on a Riemannian manifold 2nd Portuguese Control Conference On Automatic Control
(Porto, Portugal)
1996/02/10 A geometria dos polinómios cúbicos em variedades Riemannianas 1.o Encontro do Projecto PRAXIS de Física-Matemática
(Aveiro, Portugal)
1995/03 The geometry of cubic polynomials on Riemannian manifolds Arizona State University
(Tempe, United States)
1994/09/14 Elastic curves and optimal control for nonlinear systems First Portuguese Control Conference
(Lisboa, Portugal)
1990/03 Caracterização de elementos cíclicos em álgebras de Lie Departamento de Matemática, Universidade de Coimbra
(Coimbra, Portugal)
1988/01 Super-álgebras de Lie estritamente semisimples Departamento de Matemática, Universidade de Coimbra
(Coimbra, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2020 - 2021 From Coordinate Algebras to the Pontryagin Maximum Principle
Supervisor of Christopher Neil Gadzinski
 Matemática Pura (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
2019/05 - 2019/12 Curvature-adapted submanifolds of Lie groups
Supervisor of Matteo Raffaelli
 Postdoc researcher (Specialization course)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
2009 - 2012 Polinómios cúbicos Riemannianos: abordagem hamiltoniana e generalizações
Supervisor of Lígia Raquel Lopes dos Santos Abrunheiro
 Matemática Pura (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
2009 - 2010 O Problema de Fermat-Steiner
Supervisor of Catarina Isabel Marques de Carvalho Ferreira Barreto Soares da Silva
 Ensino de Matemática (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
2009 - 2010 Geometria Esférica
Supervisor of Maria Albertina Lopes dos Santos Vale Monteiro
 Ensino de Matemática (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
2009 - 2010 Geometria do Plano: Teorema de Ptolomeu e Trigonometria
Supervisor of Lídia Maria Rodrigues Simões Oliveira
 Ensino Matemática (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
2009 - 2010 A Irracionalidade de Raiz de Dois e de Raiz Cúbica de Dois – Construções com Régua e Compasso
Supervisor of Lúcia Maria Correia Fradinho
 Ensino de Matemática (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
2008 - 2009 Aplicações da Fórmula de Euler
Supervisor of Rui Miguel Almeida Alegrio
 Ensino de Matemática (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
2008 - 2009 O Problema da Galeria de Arte – Como Guardar um Museu
Supervisor of Maria do Rosário Caldeira Corrente da Agra
 Ensino de Matemática (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
2008 - 2009 Desigualdades Isoperimétricas para Polígonos
Supervisor of Ilda Teresa Alves Rodrigues da Silva
 Ensino de Matemática (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
2008 - 2009 Geometria do Triângulo e da Circunferência
Supervisor of Anabela de Oliveira Sequeira Rodrigues
 Ensino de Matemática (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
2005 - 2006 O Problema Isoperimétrico Clássico
Supervisor of Telma Morais Madeira
 Matemática para o Ensino (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
1998 - 1999 Abordagens Lagrangiana e Hamiltoniana de Problemas de Optimização – Num Contexto Riemanniano
Supervisor of Lígia Raquel Lopes dos Santos Abrunheiro
 Matemática (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022 - Current Exhibition "Matemática e Poesia" - Co-chair (2022)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Matemática, Portugal
2022 - 2022 Exhibition "A Matemática em União com..." - International Mathematical Day Celebrations - Main Coordinator and Organizer (2022 - 2022)
Exhibition (President of the Organising Committee)
 Center Regional Delegation of the Portuguese Mathematical Society, Portugal
2022 - 2022 Controlo 2022 15th APCA International Conference on Automatic Control and Soft Computing - Member of the Scientific Committee (2022 - 2022)
Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)
2022 - 2022 Symposium "The interplay between geometry and optimization" (two parallel sessions) - Co-organizer (part of the scientific program of the French-German-Portuguese Conference on Optimization 2022) (2022 - 2022)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
2022 - 2022 Parallel session "Communicating Mathematics in Schools: the Portuguese Experience" - Organizer (part of the scientific program of the National Meeting of the Portuguese Mathematical Society 2022 - ENSPM2022) (2022 - 2022)
Symposium
2021 - 2022 Contest "Matemática e Arte de Rua" on the subject "A Matemática em União com..." - Main Coordinator and Organizer (2021 - 2022)
Call (President of the Organising Committee)
 Centre for Mathematics, University of Coimbra, Portugal
2019 - 2022 Cycle of Outreach Lectures "Tardes de Matemática no Museu da Ciência" - Main Coordinator and Organizer (2019 - 2022)
Other (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018 - 2022 Portuguese Mathematics Olympiad - Member of the Organizing Committee (2018 - 2022)
Call (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Matemática, Portugal
2021 - 2021 "Tertúlia Matemática" - International Mathematics Day commemorations 2021 - Co-organizer (2021 - 2021)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
2021 - 2021 EPCO 2021 Portuguese Meeting on Optimal Control - Member of the Scientific Committee (2021 - 2021)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
2019 - 2019 2019 Portuguese Meeting on Optimal Control – EPCO 2019 - Member of the Scientific Committee (2019 - 2019)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
2019 - 2019 2nd International Conference on Mathematical Applications 19 – ICMA19 - Member of the Scientific Committee (2019 - 2019)
Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)
2018 - 2018 Meeting "Duas definições de limite - Uma controvérsia" - Member of the Organizing Committee (2018 - 2018)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
2018 - 2018 2018 Portuguese Meeting on Optimal Control - EPCO 2018 - President of the Organizing Committee (2018 - 2018)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018 - 2018 13th International Young Researchers Workshop on Geometry, Mechanics and Control - President of the Organizing Committee (2018 - 2018)
Congress (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018 - 2018 International Conference on Mathematical Applications – ICMA - Member of Scientific Committee (2018 - 2018)
Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)
2018 - 2018 Geometry Day - Member of the Program Committee (2018 - 2018)
Meeting (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
2017 - 2017 2017 Portuguese Meeting on Optimal Control – EPCO 2017 - Member of Scientific Committee (2017 - 2017)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
2008 - 2008 Meeting of the research project "Generalized Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Techniques for Geometric Control Theory" - Member of the Scientific Committee and Main Organizer (2008 - 2008)
Meeting (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2007 - 2007 XXII Ibero-American Mathematics Olympiad - Member of the Organizing Committee (2007 - 2007)
Call (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
2004 - 2004 First Control Training Site Workshop - Member of the Organizing Committee (2004 - 2004)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2003 - 2004 Seminar Program of the Control Theory Group of the Institute of Systems and Robotics - Main Coordinator and Organizer (2003 - 2004)
Seminar
 Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2002 - 2002 Matemáticos Portugueses em Controlo - COPO 2002 - Member of the Organizing Committee (2002 - 2002)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2001 - 2001 Third Nonlinear Control Network Pedagogical School on Optimal Control - Member of the Organizing Committee (2021 - 2021)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
1996 - 1999 Seminar Program of the Control Theory Group of the Institute of Systems and Robotics - Main Coordinator and Organizer (1996 - 1999)
Seminar
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023 - 2023 Inauguration of the mural "Retângulo de Ouro de Niemeyer" - International Mathematics Day Commemorations
Other
 International Mathematics Day commemorations
2002 - 2002 Roundtable "Oportunidades de formação para alunos com mais apetência para a Matemática"
Round table
 Encontro Regional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Matemática
Sociedade Portuguesa de Matemática, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/09 Path Planning on Riemannian Manifolds with Applications to Quadrotor Load Transportation
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Jacob R. Goodman (PhD)
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
2023 The Impact of Stellar Activity on the Planetary Habitability
President of the jury
 Gabriela Santos Lapa (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Física, Portugal
2023 Small Separations in Red-Giant Stars: Quest for Late-evolution Signatures Using Asteroseismology
President of the jury
 Maria Inês Marques Fino Sousa Ferreira (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Física, Portugal
2022 Uma viagem ao Universo com um professor rumo ao Sucesso
(Thesis) Arguer
 Diana Palhais dos Santos (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
2021 Chemical composition of supermassive planet hosts: the clue to their formation
President of the jury
 Mariana Isabel Caria Reis (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Física, Portugal
2020 Preliminary study of the sensibility to geomagnetic storms of the power network substations in Portugal South Region
President of the jury
 Cristiana Filipa Pereira Francisco (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Física, Portugal
2020 Smoothing and interpolation on the essential manifold
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Maria de Fátima Pina (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
2018 Um estágio na terra do xisto
President of the jury
 Inês Ferreira Francisco (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
2013 Números Primos
(Thesis) Arguer
 Sandrina Marques Pinto (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
2012 Números Poligonais e o Cálculo Finito
(Thesis) Arguer
 Lídia da Siva Sousa (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
2011 Problemas de Coloração
(Thesis) Arguer
 Alexandra Margarida Cunha Rodrigues (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
2010 Teorema de Melenau e Ceva e a sua implementação em contexto escolar
(Thesis) Arguer
 Carlos Rafael da Costa Fernandes (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2009 Não existem mapas ideais! Então o que temos?
(Thesis) Arguer
 Maria Raquel Mateus Dias (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
2006 Computação Simbólica em Maple no Cálculo de Variações
(Thesis) Arguer
 Andreia Marques Freitas Louro (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
1999 Aplicações Harmónicas de Superfícies de Riemann Sobre Variedades Riemannianas de Dimensão Quatro e Espaços Twistor
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Rui Miguel Nobre Martins Pacheco (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
1999 Métricas Riemannianas no Fibrado Tangente
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Luís Alberto Veiga Calado Comparada (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
1998 Fluxos Geodésicos e Fluxos Toda – Numa Perspectiva de Controlo Optimal
(Thesis) Arguer
 Luís Miguel Faustino Machado (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2022 - Current Portuguese Mathematics Society, Center Regional Delegation President of the Assembly
1988 - Current Portuguese Mathematics Society Member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2019 - Current Coordinator of the Master's Degree in Astrophysics and Instrumentation for Space
Coordinator
 Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2010 - Current President of the Mini-Olympiad Commission - category of the Portuguese Mathematics Olympiads
President / Vice-president
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Matemática, Portugal
2021 - 2022 President of the Self-Assessment Committee of the Master's Degree in Astrophysics and Instrumentation for Space
President / Vice-president
 Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019 - 2022 Coordinator of the Thematic Line "Outreach Activities"
Coordinator
 Centre for Mathematics, University of Coimbra, Portugal
2019 - 2022 Member of the ICMI.PT - National Mathematics Commission
Member
2018 - 2022 Member of the General Council of the Portuguese Mathematics Society
Member
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Matemática, Portugal
2016 - 2022 President (2018-2022) and Vice-President (2016-2018) of the Board of the Center Regional Delegation of the Portuguese Mathematics Society
President / Vice-president
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Matemática, Portugal
2010 - 2012 President of the Teaching Resources Committee
President / Vice-president
 Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
2005 - 2010 Vice-President of the Equivalence Committee of the Mathematics Department
President / Vice-president
 Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
1996 - 2009 Member of the Council of the Mathematics Department of the University of Coimbra
Member
2007 - 2007 Member of the Coordination Court of the XXII Ibero-American Mathematics Olympiad
Member
2006 - 2006 Member of the Portuguese Delegation of the 21st Ibero-American Mathematics Olympiad, Guayaquil, Equador
Member
2001 - 2006 President of the Problems Committee of the Portuguese Mathematics Olympiad
President / Vice-president
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Matemática, Portugal
1991 - 1993 Member of the Council of the Mathematics Department of the University of Coimbra
Member

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2022 - 2022 15th APCA International Conference on Automatic Control and Soft Computing
2021 - 2021 EPCO 2021 Portuguese Meeting on Optimal Control
2020 - 2020 14th International Conference on Automatic Control and Soft-Computing
2019 - 2019 2nd International Conference on Mathematical Applications 19
2019 - 2019 EPCO 2019 Portuguese Meeting on Optimal Control
2018 - 2018 International Conference on Mathematical Applications – ICMA
2017 - 2017 EPCO 2017 Portuguese Meeting on Optimal Control

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2019 - Current Evaluation Committee for Applications to the Master's Degree in Astrophysics and Instrumentation for Space Space
Evaluator
 Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2007 - 2010 Evaluation Committee for Applications to the Degree in Mathematics
Evaluator
 Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023 - Current Journal of Mathematics in Industry
2022 - Current Mathematics MDPI
2021 - Current IEEE Control Systems Letters
2021 - Current Journal of Geometric Mechanics
2021 - Current Symmetry MDPI
2020 - Current Applied Mathematics and Computation
2020 - Current IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
2018 - Current Advances in Computational Mathematics
2017 - Current Systems and Control Letters
2014 - Current Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Matemática
2013 - Current Hacettepe Journal of Mathematics and Statistics
2004 - Current Journal of Mathematical Physics
2003 - Current Mathematics of Control, Signals and Systems
1997 - Current SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization
2019 - 2019 Textos de Matemática Série B do Departamento de Matemática da Universidade de Coimbra

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2003 - 2003 Evaluation report for the thesis "Geometrical Methods of Inference", submitted by Krzysztof Krakowzki, for the degree of PhD in the Postgraduate Research School, at The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia, Australia