Vitor Viegas

Academic position:	Assistant Professor
Joining date:	01-01-2001
Roles in IT:	Researcher
Thematic Line:	Basic Sciences and Enabling Technologies
Group:	Instrumentation and Measurements – Lx

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Address: IT – Lisboa
Instituto Superior Técnico - Torre Norte - Piso 10
Av. Rovisco Pais, 1
1049 - 001 Lisboa
Tel: +351 21 841 84 54
Fax: +351 21 841 84 72

https://www.orcid.org/0000-0002-8929-1574

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Bio

Vítor Viegas (M’16 SM’22) works as a Researcher at the Instituto de Telecomunicações, as an Assistant Professor at the Escola Naval, and as an Invited Adjunct Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal. His research interests concern electronic instrumentation, measurement systems and industrial informatics. He is the author of national patents, book chapters, articles in peer-reviewed indexed journals, and papers in international conference proceedings. He has been involved in several research projects financed by the Portuguese State and the European Union.

Scientific Achievements

Degrees

PhD, Instituto Superior Técnico, 30-01-2012
MSc, Instituto Superior Técnico, 25-07-2003
Licenciatura, Instituto Superior Técnico, 30-12-1999

Affiliations

Escola Naval, 01-09-2018, Faculty
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, 01-10-2000, Faculty

Expertise Topics

Industrial Informatics
Instrumentation and Measurement
Electronics

Academic Activities

6Lecture courses

Controlo e Supervisão Industrial , Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Engenharia de Automação Controlo e Instrumentação
Controlo de Sistemas, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Engenharia de Automação, Controlo e Instrumentação
Sinais e Sistemas, Escola Naval, Licenciatura em Ciências Militares-Navais
Instrumentação e Aquisição de Sinal, Escola Naval, Licenciatura em Ciências Militares-Navais
Eletrónica I, Escola Naval, Licenciatura em Ciências Militares-Navais
Sensores e Atuadores, Escola Naval, Licenciatura em Ciências Militares-Navais

1Supervision of PhD theses

As Co-supervisor

Optimization of Agricultural Processes Based on Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality Technologies, PhD Student, Stefan Postolache, Expected conclusion 09-2025

3Supervision of MSc theses

As Supervisor

Portable electric generator - Study of a piezoelectric generator to power military equipment, MSc Student, João Paulo Amaro Vitorino, Concluded 09-2022
Vane-anemometer based on the hot wire principle, MSc Student, Dmytro Yantsur, Concluded 09-2021
Transistor curve tracer with interface to mobile devices, MSc Student, Ricardo Alexandre Inácio dos Santos Caldeira Chaves, Concluded 09-2021

Publications

1Books

V. Viegas, A. C. Correia, Methodologies and Use Cases on Extended Reality for Training and Education, IGI Global, Hershey, PA, USA, 2022,
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6Books Chapters

J. M. Dias Pereira, V. Viegas, O. Postolache, P.M. Girão, Piezoelectric Devices: Vibration Measurements and Performance Evaluation of Energy Harvesting Modules, Chapter in, Advances in Engineering Research. Volume 52, Nova Publisher, New York, 2023
V. Viegas, J. M. Dias Pereira, Sensor Communication Interfaces and Standards, Chapter in, Sensors in the Age of the Internet of Things: Technologies and Applications, Octavian Postolache & Edward Sazonov, IET, London, 2018 | Full text (PDF 433 KBs)
V. Viegas, J. M. Dias Pereira, Industrial Internet of the Things, Chapter in, Sensors in the Age of the Internet of Things: Technologies and Applications, Octavian Postolache & Edward Sazonov, IET, London, 2018 | Full text (PDF 845 KBs)
O. Postolache, V. Viegas, J. M. Dias Pereira, P.M. Girão, IEEE1451 Smart Sensors Architectures for Vital Signs and Motor Activity Monitoring, Chapter in, Advanced Interfacing Techniques for Sensors Measurement Circuits and Systems for Intelligent Sensors, Boby George ⋅ Joyanta Kumar Roy V. Jagadeesh Kumar ⋅ Subhas Chandra Mukhopadhyay, Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland, 2017
V. Viegas, P.M. Girão, J. M. Dias Pereira, Service eXtensions for Instrumentation (SXI), Chapter in, Advanced Distributed Measuring Systems – Exhibits of Application (ISBN 9788792329721), Vladimir Haasz, River Publishers, Aalborg, 2012
V. Viegas, Aquisição de Dados, Chapter in, Instrumentação Industrial, Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Setúbal, Setúbal, 2004

19Papers in Journals

Early Access

V. Viegas, Harvesting energy from a soldier's gait using the piezoelectric effect, energy harvesting and systems, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. -, January, 2024 | BibTex
V. Viegas, J. M. Dias Pereira, FOUNDATION FIELDBUS: FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE, International Journal of Computing, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 115 - 124, August, 2014 | BibTex

Published

S. P. Postolache, V. Viegas, P. Sebastião, J. M. Dias Pereira, O. Postolache, Empathizing with Plants in Tropical Botanical Garden Through IoT Instrumentation for Air and Soil Characteristics Monitoring, IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine, Vol. 26, No. 7, pp. 41 - 52, October, 2023,
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S. P. Postolache, V. Viegas, P. Sebastião, O. Postolache, Cercas, F. Cercas, IoT-Based Systems for Soil Nutrients Assessment in Horticulture, Sensors, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 403 - 403, December, 2022,
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V. Viegas, J. M. Dias Pereira, P.M. Girão, O. Postolache, Remembering Old Practices to Validate Measurement Data, IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine, Vol. 25, No. 7, pp. 7 - 13, October, 2022 | BibTex
J. M. Dias Pereira, V. Viegas, Balanced Scorecard: A Powerful Method to Improve the Management of Educational Institutions, european journal of teaching and education, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 1 - 7, December, 2021,
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V. Viegas, J. M. Dias Pereira, Moodle-Enabled Virtual Lab for Fieldbus Process Control, U.Porto Journal of Engineering, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 2 - 9, February, 2021,
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V. Viegas, J. M. Dias Pereira, P.M. Girão, O. Postolache, Study of latencies in ThingSpeak, Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 342 - 348, January, 2021,
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V. Viegas, O. Postolache, J. M. Dias Pereira, Transducer Electronic Data Sheets: Anywhere, Anytime, Anyway, Electronics (Switzerland), Vol. 8, No. 11, pp. 1345 - 1345, November, 2019,
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M. C. Cunha, J. Barreiros, J. M. Dias Pereira, V. Viegas, C. Banha, A. Diniz, M. P. Pereira, R. Barroso, H. Carreiro, A promising and low-cost prototype to evaluate the motor pattern of nutritive and nonnutritive suction in newborns, Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 1 - 11, October, 2019,
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D. X. Duarte, P. Pereira Pereira, G. Gameiro, I. Almeida, M. Milharadas, S. Cordeiro, R. Vieira, P. J. Antunes, N. Ferreira, J. C. Viana, N. Nunes, V. Viegas, V. Infante, F. Moleiro, Development and validation of failure preventive tools for aeronautical applications, Engineering Failure Analysis, Vol. 101, No. 1, pp. 329 - 341, July, 2019,
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V. Viegas, J. M. Dias Pereira, O. Postolache, P.M. Girão, Application of force and inertial sensors to monitor gait on legacy walkers, Acta IMEKO, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 33 - 41, December, 2018,
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V. Viegas, J. M. Dias Pereira, O. Postolache, P.M. Girão, Monitoring Walker Assistive Devices: A Novel Approach Based on Load Cells and Optical Distance Measurements, Sensors, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 540 - 540, February, 2018,
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V. Viegas, O. Postolache, P.M. Girão, J. M. Dias Pereira, Quimera: The easy way to simulate Foundation Fieldbus applications, Computer Applications in Engineering Education, Vol. 24, No. 5, pp. 1 - 12, August, 2016,
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O. Postolache, J. M. Dias Pereira, V. Viegas, LP Pedro, P.M. Girão, RO Oliveira, G. Postolache, Smart Walker Solutions for Physical Rehabilitation, IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine, Vol. 18, No. 5, pp. 21 - 30, October, 2015,
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J. M. Dias Pereira, V. Viegas, O. Postolache, P.M. Girão, A SMART AND DISTRIBUTED MEASUREMENT SYSTEM TO ACQUIRE AND ANALYZE MECHANICAL MOTION PARAMETERS, Metrology and Measurement Systems, Vol. XX, No. 3, pp. 461 - 474, September, 2013,
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V. Viegas, J. M. Dias Pereira, P.M. Girão, A Brief Tutorial on the IEEE 1451.1, IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 38 - 46, April, 2008,
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V. Viegas, J. M. Dias Pereira, P.M. Girão, NET Framework and Web Services: A Proﬁt Combination to Implement and Enhance the IEEE 1451.1 Standard, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 56, No. 6, pp. 2739 - 2747, December, 2007 | BibTex
H. Ramos, J. M. Dias Pereira, V. Viegas, O. Postolache, P.M. Girão, A Virtual Instrument to Test Smart Transducer Interface Modules (STIMs), IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 53, No. 4, pp. 1232 - 1239, August, 2004 | BibTex

34Papers in Conferences

V. Viegas, J. M. Dias Pereira, Digital to analog converter based on pulse-width adding, IMEKO World Congress, Hamburg, Germany, August, 2024,
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O. Postolache, J. M. Dias Pereira, V. Viegas, P.M. Girão, A Dual-Purpose Device for Condition-Based Maintenance and Energy Harvesting in the Context of IIoT Applications, International Conference on Sensing and Instrumentation in IoT Era ISSI, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 6, August, 2024,
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S. P. Postolache, P. Sebastião, V. Viegas, J. M. Dias Pereira, O. Postolache, IoT Smart Sensor System for Soil Characteristics Monitoring in a Vineyard, Institute of Agricultural Economics (IAE) Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development – III, Belgrade, Serbia, December, 2022,
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J. M. Dias Pereira, O. Postolache, V. Viegas, Instrumentation solution for premature babies non-nutritive sucking measurements with self-test and calibration capabilities, IEEE Conf. on e-Health and Bioengineering - EHB, Iasi, Romania, November, 2022,
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O. Postolache, J. M. Dias Pereira, V. Viegas, P.M. Girão, A Flexible and Low-Cost Solution to Measure and Stimulate NNS Skills of Premature Babies, IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference I2MTC, Conference online, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 6, May, 2021,
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O. Postolache, J. Monge, M. F. Domingues, P. Antunes, V. Viegas, Fiber Bragg Gratings Solution for Gait Assessment, IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference I2MTC, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 6, May, 2020 | BibTex
G. Postolache, O. Postolache, J. M. Dias Pereira, P.M. Girão, V. Viegas, IoT based Model of Healthcare for Physiotherapy, International Conf. on Sensing Technology - ICST, Sydney, Australia, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 6, December, 2019,
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J. M. Dias Pereira, V. Viegas, O. Postolache, P.M. Girão, Software Based Sigma-Delta Converter with Auto-Calibration Capabilities, IFSA International Conference on Sensors and Electronic Instrumentation Advances SEIA, Tenerife, Spain, September, 2019 | BibTex
V. Viegas, J. M. Dias Pereira, P.M. Girão, O. Postolache, A preliminary study of loop-time delays in IoT platforms: the ThingSpeak case, IEEE International Symposium on Sensing and Intrumentation in IoT Era ISSI, Lisboa, Portugal, August, 2019,
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V. Viegas, J. M. Dias Pereira, P.M. Girão, O. Postolache, R. S. Salgado, IoT applied to environmental monitoring in oysters’ farms, IEEE International Symposium on Sensing and Intrumentation in IoT Era ISSI, Shanghai, China, September, 2018,
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V. Viegas, J. M. Dias Pereira, O. Postolache, P.M. Girão, Spy Walker - A Convenient Way to Assess Gait in Walker Assistive Devices, IEEE International Instrumentation and Technology Conf. - I2MTC, Houston, United States, May, 2018,
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O. Postolache, V. Viegas, J. M. Dias Pereira, P.M. Girão, Application of Force and Inertial Sensors to Monitor the Usage of Walker Assistive Devices, IMEKO TC4 Symp., Iasi, Romania, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 6, September, 2017,
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J. M. Dias Pereira, M. Alves Alves, V. Viegas, O. Postolache, P.M. Girão, An Automated Test and Measurement System for Calibration of Industrial Flowmeters, IMEKO, Budapest, Hungary, Vol. 1, pp. 89 - 92, September, 2016,
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O. Postolache, V. Viegas, J. M. Dias Pereira, P.M. Girão, NUI Therapeutic Serious Games with Metric Validation based on Wearable Devices, IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference I2MTC, Taipei, Taiwan, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 6, May, 2016,
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J. M. Dias Pereira, V. Viegas, O. Postolache, P.M. Girão, FIELDBUS: DEVELOPING A LABORATORY PROTOTYPE FOR LEARNING PURPOSES, IEEE International Conference on Electronic Measurements and Instruments ICEMI 2015, Quingdao, China, Vol. 1, pp. 387 - 391, July, 2015,
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O. Postolache, J. M. Dias Pereira, P.M. Girão, V. Viegas, G. Postolache, WSN Gait Monitoring for Objective Evaluation of Rehabilitation Proces, Conf. on Electronic Measurement & Instruments - ICEMI, Qingdao, China, Vol. 1, pp. 1637 - 1641, July, 2015,
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V. Viegas, J. M. Dias Pereira, P.M. Girão, G. Postolache, O. Postolache, Smart Transducer Interfaces Applied to Health Monitoring, IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conf., Pisa, Italy, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 6, May, 2015,
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O. Postolache, J. M. Dias Pereira, V. Viegas, P.M. Girão, Gait rehabilitation assessment based on microwave Doppler radars embedded in walkers, IEEE International Workshop on Medical Measurements and, Torino, Italy, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 6, May, 2015,
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J. M. Dias Pereira, O. Postolache, V. Viegas, P.M. Girão, A Low Cost Measurement System to Extract Kinematic Parameters from Walker Devices, IEEE International Instrumentation and Technology Conf. - I2MTC, Pisa, Italy, Vol. 1, pp. 1991 - 1996, May, 2015 | BibTex
V. Viegas, J. M. Dias Pereira, O. Postolache, P.M. Girão, Transducer Electronic Data Sheets: Why Not Print Them?, International Conf. and Exposition on Electrical and Power Engineering - EPE, Iasi, Romania, Vol. 00, pp. 00 - 00, October, 2014,
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O. Postolache, V. Viegas, J. M. Dias Pereira, P.M. Girão, G. Postolache, Toward Developing a Smart Wheelchair for User Physiological Stress and Physical Activity Monitoring, IEEE International Workshop on Medical Measurements and, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 5, June, 2014 | BibTex
V. Viegas, P.M. Girão, J. M. Dias Pereira, Service-Oriented Distributed Measurement and Control Systems: A Case Study, International Workshop on Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computing Systems, Prague, Czech Republic, September, 2011,
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V. Viegas, P.M. Girão, J. M. Dias Pereira, Performance Evaluation of a Web-Service-Based DMCS, IEEE International Instrumentation and Technology Conf. - I2MTC, AUSTIN, United States, Vol. -, pp. - - -, May, 2010,
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V. Viegas, J. M. Dias Pereira, P.M. Girão, Smart Transducer Block Enables Plug & Play Transducers, IMEKO World Congress, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. to be defined, pp. to be defined - to be defined, September, 2009,
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V. Viegas, P.M. Girão, J. M. Dias Pereira, Open Controller for Distributed Instrumentation Systems, International Workshop on Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computing Systems, Rende, Cosenza, Italy, Vol. to be defined, pp. to be defined - to be defined, September, 2009,
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J. M. Dias Pereira, V. Viegas, C. Banha, O. Postolache, P.M. Girão, Advanced Signal Processing Techniques to Measure and Classify Non-mutritive Suction of Premature and Newly Born babies, International Workshop on Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computing Systems, Rende, Italy, Vol. 1, pp. 63 - 66, September, 2009 | BibTex
V. Viegas, J. M. Dias Pereira, P.M. Girão, Next Generation Application Processor Based on the IEEE 1451.1 Standard and Web Services, IEEE International Instrumentation and Technology Conf. - I2MTC, Victoria, Canada, Vol. I, pp. 405 - 410, May, 2008,
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J. M. Dias Pereira, O. Postolache, F. Deng-Chao, V. Viegas, P.M. Girão, Advantages of PWM-A/D Conversion Techniques in Smart Sensing Applications, Conf. on Electronic Measurement & Instruments - ICEMI, Xi'An, China, Vol. 1, pp. 5 - 10, August, 2007 | BibTex
V. Viegas, J. M. Dias Pereira, P.M. Girão, IEEE 1451.1 Standard and XML Web Services: a Powerful Combination to Build Distributed Measurement and Control Systems, IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conf., Sorrento, Italy, April, 2006 | BibTex
V. Viegas, J. M. Dias Pereira, P.M. Girão, Using a Commercial Framework to Implement and Enhance the IEEE 1451.1 Standard, IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conf., Ottawa, Canada, May, 2005 | BibTex
H. Silva, H. Gamboa, V. Viegas, A. L. N. Fred, Wireless Physiologic Data Acquisition Platform, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Tomar, Portugal, April, 2005 | Full text (PDF 1 MB) | BibTex
H. Silva, H. Gamboa, V. Viegas, António Veloso Veloso, Sistema sem fios para aquisição de dados fisiológicos, Congresso Nacional de Biomecânica, Abrantes, Portugal, February, 2005 | BibTex
H. Ramos, J. M. Dias Pereira, V. Viegas, O. Postolache, P.M. Girão, A Centronics Based Transducer Independent Interface (TII) Fully Compliant with 1451.2 Std., IMEKO TC4 Symp., Athens, Greece, Vol. 2, pp. 555 - 560, September, 2004 | BibTex
H. Ramos, J. M. Dias Pereira, V. Viegas, O. Postolache, P.M. Girão, A Virtual Instrument to Test Smart Transducer Interface Modules (STIMs), IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conf., Vail, United States, Vol. 1, pp. 772 - 775, May, 2003 | BibTex

Patents

1Patents

J. M. Dias Pereira, V. Viegas, C. Banha, O. Postolache, P.M. Girão, J. M. P. Barreiros, M. S. C. Cunha, Medidor de Sucção Não Nutritiva em Prematuros, 103979, National, Granted, 28-02-2008, Portugal,
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Projects

Closed Projects5

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
AQA/Sado	Water Quality Assessment in Sado Estuary	IPS	01-01-2010	01-12-2012
IDS/EM	Instrumentation Distributed System for Environmental Monitoring	Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal	01-09-2002	01-12-2004
OSTRAQUAL	OSTRAQUAL – Enhancing and Promoting the Oyster Aquaculture Quality in Sado and Mira Region	FEDER/QREN, FCT	01-01-2018	30-09-2019
TailorPhy	Smart Sensors and Tailored Environments for Physiotherap	FCT	15-04-2016	15-06-2019
WeHope	WeHope - Wearable e-health optical fiber monitoring system	IT	01-10-2016	01-09-2018

Other Scientific Achievements

1Awards

V. Viegas, Medalha Vasco da Gama, Naval Medal “Vasco da Gama”, granted by the Chief of Staff of the Portuguese Navy in recognition of the service provided at the Portuguese Naval, 01-09-2023

8Short Courses and Seminars

V. Viegas, Smart systems for ambient assisted living, Portugal, 07-2024
V. Viegas, Smart systems for ambient assisted living, Portugal, 07-2023
V. Viegas, Smart systems for ambient assisted living, Portugal, 07-2022
V. Viegas, Smart systems for ambient assisted living, Portugal, 07-2021
V. Viegas, SmartLife – Smart sensing and systems for everyday life, Portugal, 07-2020
V. Viegas, Industrial Communication Protocols and Networks, Portugal, Setubal, 11-2016
V. Viegas, Automatic Measurement Systems, Portugal, 09-2010
V. Viegas, Electrical Measurements, Portugal, 04-2006

1Prototypes

H. Silva, H. Gamboa, Silva, V. Viegas, Wireless Physiologic Data Acquisition Platform

1Tutorials

J. M. Dias Pereira, V. Viegas, Industrial Measurements, Networks and Protocols

Other Contributions

1Editorial Committees

Guest Editor, Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 24-10-2023 - 31-12-2024

8Refereeing Journals

Computer Applications in Engineering Education
2018, 1 review(s); 2017, 1 review(s);
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
2023, 1 review(s); 2016, 1 review(s); 2009, 1 review(s);
IEEE Sensors Journal
2023, 1 review(s); 2022, 1 review(s); 2019, 1 review(s); 2017, 1 review(s); 2015, 1 review(s); 2014, 1 review(s);
Electronics (Switzerland)
2018, 1 review(s);
Sensors
2018, 1 review(s);
IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine
2019, 1 review(s);
frontiers in plant science
2023, 1 review(s);
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
2021, 1 review(s);

IT Member Profile

Vitor Viegas

Bio

Scientific Achievements

As Co-supervisor

As Supervisor

Closed Projects5