Curriculum Vitae César Alexandre Domingues Teixeira (Ph.D.) Personal Data Full name: César Alexandre Domingues Teixeira National identity card: 11751141 Birth place and date: Faro, Portugal, 28 th of March, 1980 Nationality: Portuguese Institutional address: Centre for Informatics and Systems (CISUC), Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra 3030-290, Portugal Contact data: Tel: +351-239790000 Fax: +351-239701266 Email: cteixei at dei.uc.pt URL: http://eden.dei.uc.pt/ cteixei Academic Degrees 09/1998 to 09/2003 Licenciatura (a five-years first degree course) in Computation and Systems Engineering by University of Algarve, Portugal, with the mark of 17 (out of 20) 01/2004 to 03/2008 Doutoramento (Ph.D.) in Electronic Engineering and Computation, by University of Algarve, Portugal. Accepted by unanimity with classification of Very Good with honours
Previous and current scientific and/or professional activities 9/2001 to 10/2003 Undergraduate research grant, with financial support from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (project POCTI/MGS/33906/99) at Centre for Intelligent Systems, University of Algarve, Portugal 1/2004 to 12/2007 PhD student with financial support from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (scholarship SFRH/BD/14061/2003) at Centre for Intelligent Systems, University of Algarve, Portugal 02/2008 to 02/2009 Researcher in the project Development of ultrasonic and computer systems to cardiovascular diagnosis (SUCoDiC) with financial support from CYTED since 02/2009 Auxiliar Researcher Centro de Informática e Sistemas (CISUC), Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Portugal Area of scientific activity Biomedical Engineering Domain of specialisation Domain of specialisation: Signal Processing Present research interests: Application of soft-computing tools (artificial neural networks, genetic algorithms, fuzzy systems, etc.) to medical ultrasound signal processing, specially to non-invasive temperature estimation and non-invasive vascular elastography. Seizure detection and prediction algorithms. Participation in research projects 1. Application of Soft-Computing Techniques to Hydroponic Greenhouse Environmental Control of Vegetable Production
(POCTI/MGS/33906/99) from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal 2. Determinacion de patrones ultrasonicos eficaces para terapia segura mediante control de radiacion pulsada distribuida (PULSETS) from CYTED. 3. Hyperthermia ultrasonic systems: Intelligent optimisation: HUSIO from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal 4. Development of ultrasonic and computer systems to cardiovascular diagnosis (SUCoDiC) from CYTED 5. EPILEPSIAE - Evolving Platform for Improving Living Expectation of Patients Suffering from IctAl Events, founded by the European Union under the FP7 framework Prizes and awards 1. Winner of the merit scholarship at University of Algarve for the year 2002/2003 2. Third prize in the IFMBE Student Paper Competition in conjunction with III Latin American congress on Biomedical engineering (III CLAEB), João Pessoa, Brazil, September 22-25, 2004 3. Third prize in the Cândido Pinto de Melo competition in conjunction with III Latin American congress on Biomedical engineering (III CLAEB), João Pessoa, Brazil, September 22-25, 2004 Publications Papers in national and international scientific periodicals with referees 1. A. E. Ruano, P. J. Fleming, J. C. Lopes, C. Teixeira, K. Rodríguez- Vásquez, and C. M. Fonseca, Nonlinear identification of aircraft gasturbine dynamics, Neurocomputing, vol. 55, no. 3-4, pp. 551 579, 2002.
2. C. A. Teixeira, G. Cortela, H. Gomez, M. G. Ruano, A. E. Ruano, C. Negreira, and W. C. A. Pereira, Temperature models of a homogeneous medium under therapeutic ultrasound, Brazilian Journal of Biomedical Engineering, vol. 20, no. 2-3, pp. 97 101, 2004. 3. C. A. Teixeira, A. E. Ruano, M. G. Ruano, W. C. A. Pereira, and C. Negreira, Non-invasive temperature prediction of in-vitro therapeutic ultrasound signals using neural networks, Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, vol. 44, no. 1-2, pp. 111 116, 2006. 4. C. A. Teixeira, M. Graça Ruano, W. C. A. Pereira, A. E. Ruano, and C. Negreira, Linear versus non-linear non-invasive temperature predictors in a homogeneous medium subjected to physiotherapeutic ultrasound, Brazilian Journal of Biomedical Engineering, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 131 141, 2006. 5. C. A. Teixeira, A. E. Ruano, M. Graça Ruano, and W. C. A. Pereira, Generalisation assessment of non-invasive data-driven temperature estimators from therapeutic ultrasound, Brazilian Journal of Biomedical Engineering, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 143 151, 2007. 6. C. A. Teixeira, M. Graça Ruano, A. E. Ruano, and W. C. A. Pereira, A soft-computing methodology for non-invasive time-spatial temperature estimation, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 55, no. 2, pp. 572 580, 2008. 7. C. A. Teixeira, M. Graça Ruano, A. E. Ruano, and W. C. A. Pereira, Neuro-genetic non-invasive temperature estimation: intensity and spatial prediction, Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 127 139, 2008. 8. C. A. Teixeira, W. C. A. Pereira, A. E. Ruano, and M. Graça Ruano, On the possibility of non-invasive multilayer temperature estimation using soft-computing methods, Ultrasonics, DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras. 2009.07.005. (Accepted Manuscript) Papers in conference proceedings 1. C. Teixeira, M. G. Ruano, and A. E. Ruano, Emboli classification using rbf neural networks, in Proc. Sixth Portuguese Conference on Automatic Control (Controlo 2004), A. E. Ruano, Eds., Faro, Portugal, June 2004, pp. 630 635.
2. C. Teixeira and A. E. Ruano, Temperature, ph, and Conductivity Control of the Nutrient Solution of an Hydroponic Greenhouse, in Proc. Sixth Portuguese Conference on Automatic Control (Controlo 2004), A. E. Ruano, Eds., Faro, Portugal, June 2004, p. 518. 3. C. A. Teixeira, G. Cortela, H. Gomez, M. G. Ruano, A. E. Ruano, C. Negreira, and W. C. A. Pereira, Modelos de temperatura de um meio homogéneo sob ultrassom de terapia, in IFMBE Proceedings Series (III Latin-American Congress on Biomedical Engineering), J. Nadal, L. V. Batista and J. J. A. Ferreira, Eds., João Pessoa, Paraiba, Brazil, September 2004, vol. 5, In CD-Rom. 4. C. A. Teixeira, W. C. A. Pereira, A. E. Ruano, and M. Graça Ruano, Multi-objective genetic algorithm applied to the structure selection of rbfnn temperature estimators, in proc. 7th International Conference on Adaptive and Natural Computing Algorithms (ICANNGA 05), B. Ribeiro, R. F. Albrecht, A. Dobnikar, D. W. Pearson and N. C. Steele, Eds., Coimbra, Portugal, March 2005, pp. 506 509. 5. C. A. Teixeira, M. Graça Ruano, W. C. A. Pereira, and A. E. Ruano, Temperature modelling of an homogeneous medium using genetically selected rbf(lic), in proc. of the 16th IFAC World Congress, P. Piztek, Eds., Prague, Czech Republic, July 2005, Elsevier. 6. C. A. Teixeira, W. C. A. Pereira, A. E. Ruano, C. Negreira, and M. Graça Ruano, Neural network models for non-invasive two-point temperature monitoring in a homogeneous medium irradiated by therapeutic ultrasound, in IFMBE Proceedings Series (3rd European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference (EMBEC 05)), Peter Kneppo and Jiří Hozman, Eds., Prague, Czech Republic, November 2005, vol. 11, Paper # 2473. 7. C. A. Teixeira, M. Graça Ruano, A. E. Ruano, W. C. A. Pereira, and C. Negreira, Single black-box models for two-point non-invasive temperature prediction, in Proc. of the 6th IFAC Symposium on Modelling and Control in Biomedical Systems(MCBMS 06), D. D. Feng, O. Dubios, J. Zaytoon, and E. Carson, Eds., Reims, France, September 2006, pp. 135 140, Elsevier. 8. C. A. Teixeira, M. Graça Ruano, A. E. Ruano, and W. C. A. Pereira, Non-invasive time-spatial temperature simulation using neural networks, in Proc. 7th Portuguese Conference on Automatic Control
(Controlo 2006), M. A. Botto, Eds., Lisbon, Portugal, September 2006, Paper #92. 9. C. A. Teixeira, M. Graça Ruano, A. E. Ruano, and W. C. A. Pereira, Non-invasive tissue temperature evaluation during application of therapeutic ultrasound: precise time-spatial non-linear modelling, in IFMBE Proceedings-WC 2006 World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, S. I. Kim and T. S. Suh Seoul, Eds., Korea, August 2006, pp. 70 73. 10. C. A. Teixeira, A. E. Ruano, M. Graça Ruano and W. C. A. Pereira, Noninvasive black-box temperature simulation: precise spatial generalisation, in Proc. of the XX Brazilian Congress on Biomedical Engineering-XX CBEB, S. S. Muhlen, Eds., São Paulo, Brazil, October 2006, pp. 229 232. 11. C. A. Teixeira, M. Graça Ruano, A. E. Ruano, and W. C. A. Pereira, Open source data sensing software for ultrasonic non-invasive temperature estimation, in Proc. of 5th Ibero-American congress on Sensors - Ibersensor 2006, H. Gomez, Eds., Montevideo, Uruguay, September 2006, Paper # 36. 12. C. A. Teixeira, M. Graça Ruano, A. E. Ruano, and W. C. A. Pereira, A soft-computing approach for non-invasive temperature estimation, in Proc. of the Global Educational Technology Symposium, Faro, Portugal, July 2006, Paper #14. 13. C. A. Teixeira, M. Graça Ruano, A. E. Ruano, and W. C. A. Pereira, A neuro-genetic approach to non-invasive temperature estimation in multilayered media under ultrasound therapy, in in Proc. of the 19 th International Congress on Acoustics (ICA 07), Madrid, Spain, September 2007. 14. C. A. Teixeira, W. C. A. Pereira, A. E. Ruano, and M. Graça Ruano, NARX structures for non-invasive temperature estimation in nonhomogeneous media, in Proc. of the IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing (WISP 2007), Alcal de Henares, Spain, October 2007. 15. C. A. Teixeira, M. Graça Ruano, A. E. Ruano and W. C. A. Pereira, Multilayered non-invasive temperature estimation from backscattered ultrasound, Acoustics 08, Paris, France, July 2008.
16. C. A. Teixeira, W. C. A. Pereira, M. Graça Ruano, and A. E. Ruano, A data-driven methodology for non-invasive temperature estimation in multilayered media, in Proc. of the Controlo 08, Vila Real, Portugal, July 2008. 17. C. A. Teixeira, A. E. Ruano, M. Graça Ruano, and W. C. A. Pereira, Regressive and non-regressive RBFNN estimators in non-invasive temperature estimation, in Proc. of the XXI Brazilian Congress on Biomedical Engineering-XXI CBEB, Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, November 2008. 18. C. A. Teixeira, A. V. Alvarenga, M. Graça Ruano, and W. C. A. Pereira, Ultrasound image texture characterised by entropy for noninvasive temperature estimation, in Proc. of the XXI Brazilian Congress on Biomedical Engineering-XXI CBEB, Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, November 2008. 19. A. V. Alvarenga, C. A. Teixeira, M. Graça Ruano, and W. C. A. Pereira, Evaluation of the influence of large temperature variations on the gray level content of B-Mode images, in Proc. of the International Congress on Ultrasonics-ICU 09, Santiago de Chile, Chile, January 2009. 20. C. A. Teixeira, M. Graça Ruano, and W. C. A. Pereira, On the assessment of time-shift variations from backscattered ultrasound for large temperature changes in biological phantoms, in Proc. of the International Congress on Ultrasonics-ICU 09, Santiago de Chile, Chile, January 2009. Other publications 1. C. A. Teixeira, Controlo de temperatura, ph e condutividade da solução nutriente de uma estufa hidropónica, Tech. Rep., University of Algarve, 2003, Final graduate report. 2. C. A. Teixeira, G. Cortela, H. Gomez, M. G. Ruano, A. E. Ruano, C. Negreira, and W. C. A. Pereira, Temperature models of a homogeneous medium under therapeutic ultrasound, IFMBE Newletter, vol. 69, pp. 52 56, 2004.
Comunications Oral communications by invitation 1. M. G. Ruano, Ultrassons: uma das palavras-chave no CSI, Reunião do PULSETS, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, April, 2004 2. M. G. Ruano, A. Leiria, C. A. Teixeira, M. Guerreiro e M. M. Madeira, Sinais...Equações...e suas interpretações, Mestrado em Imagiologia Médica, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal, April, 2004 3. C. A. Teixeira, Métodos de soft-computing aplicados à estimação não invasiva de temperatura, INMETRO, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Novembro, 2007. Posters in conferences 1. Teixeira, C., Ruano, A.E., Temperature, ph, and Conductivity Control of the Nutrient Solution of an Hydroponic Greenhouse, Controlo 2004, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal, June, 2004 2. C. A. Teixeira, M. Graça Ruano, W. C. A. Pereira, PULSETS: Determinacion de patrones ultrasonicos eficaces para terapia segura mediante control de radiacion pulsada distribuida, Forum CYTED-Iberoeka, Lisbon, Portugal, October, 2004 3. C. A. Teixeira, M. Graça Ruano, W. C. A. Pereira, A. E. Ruano, Temperature modelling of an homogeneous medium using genetically selected RBF(LIC), 16th IFAC World Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, July, 2005 4. C. A. Teixeira, W. C. A. Pereira, A. E. Ruano, C. Negreira, and M. Graça Ruano, Neural network models for non-invasive two-point temperature monitoring in a homogeneous medium irradiated by therapeutic ultrasound, 3rd European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference (EMBEC 05), Prague, Czech Republic, November 2005 5. C. A. Teixeira, M. Graça Ruano, A. E. Ruano, W. C. A. Pereira, and C. Negreira, Single black-box models for two-point non-invasive temperature prediction, 6th IFAC Symposium on Modelling and Control in Biomedical Systems(MCBMS 06), Reims, France, September 2006
6. C. A. Teixeira, M. Graça Ruano, A. E. Ruano, and W. C. A. Pereira, A soft-computing approach for non-invasive temperature estimation, Global Educational Technology Symposium, Faro, Portugal, July 2006 7. B. Direito, R. Costa, H. Feldwisch, M. Valderrama, S. Nikolopoulos, B. Schelter, M. Jachan, C. A. Teixeira, L. Aires, J. Timmer, M. Le Van Quyen, A. Dourado, EPILAB: A Matlab platform for multi-feature and multi-algorithm seizure prediction studies, Fourth International Workshop on Seizure Prediction (IWSP4),Kansas City, USA, June 2009 8. C. A. Teixeira, R. Costa, B. Direito, F. Sales and A. Dourado Lowcomplex TD-RBF and TD-SVM seizures predictors based on EEG energy and ECG entropy, Fourth International Workshop on Seizure Prediction (IWSP4),Kansas City, USA, June 2009 Patents 1. C. A. Teixeira, M. Graça Ruano, Plataforma de aquisição de dados para a estimação não invasiva de temperatura, Portuguese Nacional Patent (Ref. 103530) Review Experience IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering Ultrasonics Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Computers in Biology and Medicine Language Language Reading Writing Conversation English Excellent Excellent Good French Elementary Elementary Elementary Portuguese Excellent Excellent Excellent Spanish Good Elementary Good
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