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Ricardo José da Silva Martins

Ricardo José da Silva Martins
Phone: 218 443 919

Professional Situation

IT Expert

Academic and Scientific Degrees

  • Masters Degree in Computer Science (2013-2015), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. Final average of 14 out of 20. Thesis: "Coastline Watch - Processamento de imagens com GPU em algoritmos de monitorização da linha da costa”
  • Bachelor Degree in Computer Science (2007-2013). Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. Final average of 13 out of 20.

Functions and Relevant Public Offices

  • LNEC (April 2020 – Present): Computer Specialist Grade 1 Level 2 in scientific area of Information Systems.
    • (The functions are the same before as researcher)
  • LNEC (July 2016 – April 2020): Fellow LNEC Researcher in scientific area of Information Systems.
    • Specification and development of webGIDevelopment and specification of web monitoring services and applications, GPU and CPU parallel computing, satellite image processing.S applications for biogeochemical buffering capacity of estuaries relative to climate change.
    • Specification and development of webGIS applications for monitoring services with remote sensing image processing for coastline erosion detection and water leak detection in water transmission systems.
    • Specification and development of web applications for energy building efficiency simulation with Frontend for input data, backoffice and simulator evaluation analysis and results.
  • Bluecover Technologies (September 2014 – June 2016): Software engineer
    • Development and maintenance of web and mobile applications. Development of Coastline Watch, a web application in Ruby on Rails for coastline monitoring with satellite image processing, on the scope of the thesis.
  • Bluecover Technologies (July 2014 – August 2014): 2-month summer internship.
    • Golf Analysis Tool, a web/mobile application for golf game classification and post analysis that will allow golfers to classify their strokes and check their statistics in order to improve their overall performance.

Areas of Research / Interest

Development and specification of web monitoring services and applications, GPU and CPU parallel computing, satellite image processing.

Research and Professional Activity

  • Specification and development of web front-end interface for biogeochemical buffering capacity of estuaries relative to climate change (UBEST).
  • Specification and development of webGIS applications for monitoring services with remote sensing image processing, such as water leak detection in water transmission systems (WADI) and coastal erosion detection (WORSICA).
  • Specification and development of webGIS applications for underwater noise (jUMP).
  • Specification and development of web applications for the building energy simulation applications (HAT, Eco.AP, PERCENT), development of frontend for data input, backoffice and simulator evaluation analysis and results.
  • Support and assistance to other colleagues on the development of other web applications (RESCCUE, SINERGEA and MOSAIC.pt).

Relevant Publications

  • (2022) R. Martins, G. Jesus, A. Oliveira, A. Azevedo, A. B. Fortunato, F. S. B. F. Oliveira, A. Nahon. A Methodology For Water Boundary Detection Using High-Resolution Remote Camera Images. Proceedings of the 3rd Conference On Testing And Experimentation In Civil Engineering, 21-23 junho 2022.
  • (2022) R. Martins, A. Azevedo, G. Jesus, A. Oliveira, A. B. Fortunato, F.S.B.F Oliveira, A. Nahon, P.Freire. Automatic Identification Of The Wave Runup Line From Camera Images. 6ª Conferencia Morfodinâmica Estuarina e Costeira, 6-8 junho 2022
  • (2021) M. Rodrigues, R. Martins, J. Rogeiro, A. B. Fortunato, A. Oliveira, A. Cravo, J. Jacob, A. Rosa, A. Azevedo, P. Freire. A Web-Based Observatory for Biogeochemical Assessment in Coastal Regions. Journal of Environmental Informatics, outubro 2021.
  • (2021) Anabela Oliveira, Alberto Azevedo, Gonçalo de Jesus, Ricardo Martins, Miguel Rocha, Alphonse Nahon, André B. Fortunato, João Rogeiro, Paula Freire, MOSAIC.pt – A novel methodology and Web GIS portal for flood, erosion and overtopping risk management in coastal regions, Mediterrean Geosciences Union Annual Meeting, 25-28 novembro, Istambul, Turquia.
  • (2021) Miguel Rocha, Anabela Oliveira, Paula Freire, André B. Fortunato, Alphonse Nahon, José L. Barros, Alberto Azevedo, Filipa S. B. F. Oliveira, João Rogeiro, Gonçalo Jesus, Ricardo J. Martins, Pedro P. Santos, Alexandre O. Tavares, João Oliveira, Multi-Hazard WebGIS Platform for Coastal Regions. Applied Sciences 2021, 11 páginas, junho 2021, DOI: 10.3390/app11115253
  • (2020) M. Rodrigues, R. Martins, J. Rogeiro, A.B. Fortunato, A. Oliveira, A. Cravo, J. Jacob, A. Rosa, A. Azevedo, P. Freire, A Web-Based Observatory for Biogeochemical Assessment in Coastal Regions. Journal of Environmental Informatics, 15 páginas, abril 2020, DOI: 10.3808/jei.202100450
  • (2019) R. Martins, A. Azevedo, A.B. Fortunato, E. Alves, A. Oliveira, A. Carvalho, An innovative and reliable water leak detection service supported by data-intensive remote sensing processing, Data-Driven Computational Sciences (DDCS), 13 páginas, junho 2019, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-22747-0_8.
  • (2018) R. Martins, J. Rogeiro, M. Rodrigues, A.B. Fortunato, A. Oliveira, A. Azevedo, High-performance computing applied in project UBEST, Scientific Challenges and Business Opportunities in Water Management (SciBOWater), 10 páginas, outubro 2018, DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-04849-5_44.
  • (2018) A. Pinto, J. Rogeiro, R. Martins, Simulador de Desempenho Energético de Edifícios da Administração Pública Central: Testes de Aceitação, Relatório LNEC, 92 páginas.
  • (2018) A. Pinto, J. Rogeiro, R. Martins, Manual do utilizador do simulador ECO.AP: Gestores locais de energia, Relatório LNEC, 41 páginas.
  • (2017) M. Rodrigues, A. Cravo, A. B. Fortunato, A. Oliveira, J. Jacob, R. Martins, J. Rogeiro, A. Azevedo, A. Rosa, UBEST: Compreensão da capacidade de regulação biogeoquímica dos estuários num contexto de alterações climáticas e das fontes antropogénicas, 4a Conferência sobre Morfodinâmica Estuarina e Costeira – MEC2017, Porto, Portugal
  • (2017) A. Pinto, J. Rogeiro, R. Martins, Simulador de desempenho energético de edifícios da administração pública central: análise dos dados do sistema de certificação energética de edifícios e identificação das variáveis do simulador, Relatório LNEC, 137 páginas.
  • (2016) A. Pinto, F. E. Santo, J. Rogeiro, R. Martins, Método integrado AdaPT AC:T de avaliação da vulnerabilidade às Alterações Climáticas de Hotéis, Deliverable do projeto AdaPT AC:T, 68 páginas, outubro 2016.
  • (2015) R. Martins, P. Medeiros, N. Duro, Coastline Watch - Processamento de imagens com GPU em algoritmos de monitorização da linha da costa, Dissertação para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Eng. Informática, FCT-UNL, 96 páginas, setembro 2015.
  • (2015) N. Duro, R. Martins, G. Gonçalves, A. A. da Silva, Collaborative and flexible processing infrastructure for Coastal Monitoring, 3rd Experiment@ International Conference (exp.at’15), pp. 47-51, maio 2015, ISBN 978-1-4673-7717-1

Other scientific and technical Activities

Conferences and Workshops
  • (2021) EGI Conference 2021, October 18-22, online. "WORSICA, a Water Monitoring Cloud Platform using Sentinel Imagery.”. WORSICA project presentation on the "Delivering services and solutions” session.
  • (2020) EGI Conference 2020, November 2-5, online. "Integration of WORSICA’s thematic service in EOSC - challenges and achievements”. WORSICA project presentation on the "Data Analytics and thematic services - part 1” session.
  • (2019) International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS 2019),  June 12-14, Faro, Portugal. "An innovative and reliable water leak detection service supported by data-intensive remote sensing processing.”.  WADI paper presentation on the "Data-Driven Computational Sciences (DDCS 2019)” session.
  • (2018) BIS 2018 International Workshops, July 18-20, Berlin, Germany. "High-performance computing applied in project UBEST”. UBEST paper presentation on the "Scientific Challenges and Business Opportunities in Water Management (SciBOWater)” session.

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