Carlos Cardeira

Carlos Cardeira (M’05) was born in Quinjenje, Angola. He received the Engineering and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal, in 1986 and 1991, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from the Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine, Nancy, France, in 1994. He is member of IDMEC research laboratory and teaches at Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon courses in industrial automation and informatics areas. He made several post-docs and sabbatical leaves, namely in IRIT and LAAS in France, CERN in Switzerland and Schneider-Electric in Germany. His main research interests include robotics, industrial automation, real-time systems, fieldbus, and wireless communications.