Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL DATA

João Emílio Santos Carvalho de Almeida

ORCID

CIÊNCIAVITAE

RESEARCH GATE

PROFESSIONAL SITUATION

Assistant Researcher at the National Laboratory of Civil Engineering (LNEC).

ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC DEGREES

Ph.D in Informatics Engineering, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP) (2016).

Master in Urban Fire Safety, University of Coimbra (FCTUC) (2008).

Licenciate Degree Industrial Informatics Engineering, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP) (1995).

BEng Informatics, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP) (1988).

FUNCTIONS AND RELEVANT PUBLIC POSITIONS

Assistant Researcher at the Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC) (since 2025).

Coordinating Professor – Instituto Superior de Tecnologias Avançadas do Porto (ISTEC-Porto) (2017–2024)

Visiting Assistant Professor – Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, School of Technology (IPCA) (2017)

Visiting Assistant Professor – Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto (FEUP) (2016–2017)

Research Fellow – Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science Laboratory (LIACC – University of Porto) (2011–2015)

MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH/INTERESTS

Fire Safety Engineering.

Human Behaviour in Fire.

Multi-Agent Systems, Serious Games, Modelling & Simulation, Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence.

RESEARCH ACTIVITY

Teaching experience in university and polytechnic higher education.

Supervision of PhD theses and master’s dissertations.

Scientific dissemination through peer-reviewed journal publications, conferences, presentations, communications, and the organization and participation in scientific meetings.

Participation in academic examination committees at Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD levels.

Peer reviewer for scientific journals.