Jorge Miranda Dias

Jorge Manuel Miranda Dias was born on 7 March, 1960, in Coimbra, Portugal. He received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Coimbra in November 1994, with specialization in control and instrumentation. Jorge Dias holds his research activities on the Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR–Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica) from the University of Coimbra. Jorge Dias research area is computer vision and robotics, with activities and contributions in the field since 1984. He has several publications in scientific reports, conferences, journals, and book chapters. Jorge Dias teaches several engineering courses at the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department (DEEC) at the Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Coimbra. He is responsible for courses in computer vision, robotics, industrial automation, microprocessors, and digital systems. He is also responsible for the supervision of Master and Ph.D. students in the field of computer vision and robotics. Jorge Dias is currently the Director of LAS-Laboratory of Systems and Automation (formerly known as LAT) at the technology transfer institute (IPN–Instituto Pedro Nunes). He was the main researcher from projects financed by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology by European Community and by NATO Science for Stability Program.

Biography Updated on 28 January 2007