Prof. João Paulo M. Ferreira

Coimbra Institute of Engineering, Portugal

Email: ferreira@isec.pt

Qualifications

2010 Ph.D., Electrical Engineering - Instrumentation and Control, University of Coimbra, Portugal.

2002 M.Sc., Industrial Automation, University of Coimbra, Portugal.

1999 B.Sc., Electrical Engineering, University of Coimbra, Portugal.

Publications (Selected)

1. Almeida, L., Santos, V., Ferreira, J, “Learning-Based Analysis of a New Wearable 3D Force System Data to Classify the Underlying Surface of a Walking Robot”, International Journal of Humanoid Robotics, 2020, 17(3), 2050011
2. Ferreira, J.P., Franco, G., Coimbra, A.P., Crisóstomo, M., “Human-Like Gait Adaptation to Slippery Surfaces for the NAO Robot Wearing Instrumented Shoes”, International Journal of Humanoid Robotics, 2020, 17(3), 2050007
3. Y. Huang; Zexia He ; Y. Liu; R. Yang ; X. Zhang; G. Cheng; J. Yi; João P. Ferreira and Tao Liu, "Real-Time Intended Knee Joint Motion Prediction by Deep-Recurrent Neural Networks," in IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 19, no. 23, pp. 11503-11509, 1 Dec.1, 2019. DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2019.2933603
4. Ferreira, J.P., Vieira, A., Ferreira, P., Crisóstomo, M., Coimbra, A. (2018). Human Knee Joint Walking Pattern Generation Using Computational Intelligence Techniques. Neural Comput & Applic, 30(6), 1701–1713. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-018-3458-5
5. P. Ferreira, J. Ferreira, M. Crisóstomo, A. Coimbra (2017), "Treadmill and Vision System for Human Gait Acquisition and Analysis", Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 796-804
6. Sobral H, Vieira A, Ferreira J, Cruz S, Ferreira P, Coimbra P, Crisóstomo M, Simoes V, Costa J, Pinheiro J (2016). Gait Disorder assessment after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction – a new evaluation model. European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Vol 52, suppl 1, Nº2
7. Vieira, H. Sobral, J. Morais Ferreira, S. Cruz, P. Alexandre da Silva Ferreira, A. Mendes Breda Dias Coimbra, M. Crisóstomo, J. Santos Costa, J. Páscoa Pinheiro (2016). Computational intelligence individual references for gait analysis. European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Vol 52, suppl 1, Nº2
8. Garcia F, Ferreira J, Ferreira P, Crisóstomo M, Coimbra P, Oliveira S, Pinheiro J (2015). "Active pedal exerciser for leg rehabilitation". Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, supl. Vol. 47, nº 8
9. Cruz S, Ferreira J, Ferreira P, Crisóstomo M, Coimbra P, Lemos P, Gonçalves C, Costa J, Pinheiro J (2015). Instrumented shoes for analysis and characterization of human gait disorders. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, Supl. 54
10. Ferreira J, Cruz S, Ferreira P, Crisóstomo M, Coimbra P, Lemos P, Gonçalves C, Figueiredo P, Pinheiro J (2015). Gait disorder assessment using a treadmill and a low cost vision system. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, Supl. 54
11. João P. Ferreira, Manuel Crisóstomo and A. Paulo Coimbra (2013), “Adaptive PD Controller modelled via Support Vector Regression for a biped robot”, to IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
12. João P. Ferreira, Manuel Crisóstomo and A. Paulo Coimbra (2012), “SVR Controller for a Biped Robot in the sagittal plane with human-based ZMP trajectory reference and gait”, International Journal of Humanoid Robotics (IJHR)