Centre of Excellence in Ocean Research and Engineering

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Publications

Electricity demand forecasting in green ports: Modelling and future research directions

Author(s): Adrian Carrillo-Galvez, Felipe do Carmo, Tiago Soares, Zenaida Mourão, Ilia Ponomarev, João Araújo, Eduardo Bandeira
Published in: Transport Policy, Issue 171, 2026, ISSN 0967-070X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.TRANPOL.2025.07.013

Sensor Technologies for Water Velocity, Flow, and Wave Motion Measurement in Marine Environments: A Comprehensive Review

Author(s): Tiago Matos
Published in: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Issue 14, 2026, ISSN 2077-1312
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/JMSE14040365

Raya: A Bio-Inspired AUV for Inspection and Intervention of Underwater Structures

Author(s): Pedro Pereira, Renato Silva, João V. Amorim Marques, Raul Campilho, Aníbal Matos, Andry Maykol Pinto
Published in: IEEE Access, Issue 13, 2025, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3560507

Enhancing Sea Wave Monitoring Through Integrated Pressure Sensors in Smart Marine Cables

Author(s): Tiago Matos, Joao L. Rocha, Marcos S. Martins, Luis M. Gonçalves
Published in: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Issue 13, 2025, ISSN 2077-1312
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/JMSE13040766

Turning web data into official statistics: Classifying Portuguese retail products with NLP models

Author(s): Juliana de Freitas Ulisses Machado, Bruno Veloso
Published in: Statistical Journal of the IAOS, Issue 42, 2026, ISSN 1874-7655
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/18747655251414407

Delivering energy from hybridised offshore wind-wave parks considering electricity and hydrogen options: an optimisation approach

Author(s): Sofia Varotto, Ehsan Kazemi-Robati, Bernardo Silva
Published in: Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, Issue 43, 2026, ISSN 2352-4677
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.SEGAN.2025.101846

Fano Resonance of Fiber Bragg Grating for Liquid Sensing

Author(s): Vinícius Piaia, Mario R. Alves, Paulo Robalinho, Susana Silva, Orlando Frazão
Published in: Journal of Lightwave Technology, Issue 44, 2026, ISSN 0733-8724
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2025.3642982

Visual and Visual–Inertial SLAM for UGV Navigation in Unstructured Natural Environments: A Survey of Challenges and Deep Learning Advances

Author(s): Tiago Pereira, Carlos Viegas, Salviano Soares, Nuno Ferreira
Published in: Robotics, Issue 15, 2026, ISSN 2218-6581
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/ROBOTICS15020035

Land Surface Influence on Boundary Layer Air over the Atlantic Ocean from Environmental Radioactivity

Author(s): Nuno Dias, Susana Barbosa
Published in: Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Issue 64, 2025, ISSN 1558-8424
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-24-0174.1

Depth Control of Variable Buoyancy Systems: A Low Energy Approach Using a VSC with a Variable-Amplitude Law

Author(s): João Bravo Pinto, João Falcão Carneiro, Fernando Gomes de Almeida, Nuno A. Cruz
Published in: Actuators, Issue 14, 2025, ISSN 2076-0825
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/ACT14100491

Unlocking the potential of digital twins to achieve sustainability in seaports: the state of practice and future outlook

Author(s): S. Mahdi Homayouni, Jorge Pinho de Sousa, Catarina Moreira Marques
Published in: WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs, Issue 24, 2025, ISSN 1651-436X
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/S13437-024-00349-2

Evaluation of Deep Learning Models for Polymetallic Nodule Detection and Segmentation in Seafloor Imagery

Author(s): Gabriel Loureiro, André Dias, José Almeida, Alfredo Martins, Eduardo Silva
Published in: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Issue 13, 2025, ISSN 2077-1312
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/JMSE13020344

The SAIL dataset of marine atmospheric electric field observations over the Atlantic Ocean

Author(s): Susana Barbosa, Nuno Dias, Carlos Almeida, Guilherme Amaral, António Ferreira, António Camilo, Eduardo Silva
Published in: Earth System Science Data, Issue 17, 2025, ISSN 1866-3516
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/ESSD-17-1393-2025

A Multimodal Perception System for Precise Landing of UAVs in Offshore Environments

Author(s): Rafael Marques Claro, Francisco Soares Pinto Neves, Andry Maykol Gomes Pinto
Published in: Journal of Field Robotics, Issue 42, 2025, ISSN 1556-4959
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/ROB.22517

Multiobjective energy management of multi-source offshore parks assisted with hybrid battery and hydrogen/fuel-cell energy storage systems

Author(s): Ehsan Kazemi-Robati, Sofia Varotto, Bernardo Silva, Irina Temiz
Published in: Applied Energy, Issue 377, 2024, ISSN 0306-2619
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.APENERGY.2024.124529

Comparison of seismic records obtained by distributed acoustic sensing and ocean bottom seismometers

Author(s): Orlando Frazão, Susana Silva, Carlos Corela, Afonso Loureiro, Susana Gonçalves, Paulo Robalinho, Ricardo Sousa, Hugo F. Martins, Fernando Carrilho, Rachid Omira, Manfred Niehus, Luis Matias
Published in: Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications, Issue 22, 2026, ISSN 1990-2573
Publisher: EDP Sciences
DOI: 10.1051/JEOS/2026007

Real-Time Registration of 3D Underwater Sonar Scans

Author(s): António Ferreira, José Almeida, Aníbal Matos, Eduardo Silva
Published in: Robotics, Issue 14, 2025, ISSN 2218-6581
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/ROBOTICS14020013

Learning-Based Online Tracking Algorithms for Marine Litter in Multibeam Water Column Images

Author(s): Pedro Alves Guedes, Hugo Miguel Silva, Sen Wang
Published in: IEEE Access, Issue 14, 2026, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3677642

Modeling of surface vessels using distributed acoustic sensing data and physics-based optimization

Author(s): Pedro Martins, Ilmer Van Golde, Susana Silva, Orlando Frazão, Ricardo Sousa
Published in: Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications, Issue 22, 2026, ISSN 1990-2573
Publisher: EDP Sciences
DOI: 10.1051/JEOS/2026008

A State‐Of‐The‐Art Review of Aquatic eDNA Sampling Technologies and Instrumentation: Advancements, Challenges, and Future Prospects

Author(s): Kevan M. Yamahara, Elizabeth A. Allan, Julie Robidart, William H. Wilson, James M. Birch, Pascal Craw, Ethan Edson, Ivory B. Engstrom, Tatsuhiro Fukuba, Annette F. Govindarajan, Alfredo M. Martins, Kim M. Parsons, Vincent J. Sieben, Austen Thomas, Ian Wilson, Christopher A. Scholin
Published in: Environmental DNA, Issue 7, 2025, ISSN 2637-4943
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/EDN3.70170

Methodology and Challenges of Implementing Advanced Technological Solutions in Small and Medium Shipyards: The Case Study of the Mari4_YARD Project

Author(s): Lorenzo Grazi, Abel Feijoo Alonso, Adam Gąsiorek, Afra Maria Pertusa Llopis, Alejandro Grajeda, Alexandros Kanakis, Ana Rodriguez Vidal, Andrea Parri, Felix Vidal, Ioannis Ergas, Ivana Zeljkovic, Javier Pamies Durá, Javier Perez Mein, Konstantinos Katsampiris-Salgado, Luís F. Rocha, Lorena Núñez Rodriguez, Marcelo R. Petry, Michal Neufeld, Nikos Dimitropoulos, Nina Köster, Ratko Mimica, Sara Varão Fernandes, Simona Crea, Sotiris Makris, Stavros Giartzas, Vincent Settler, Jawad Masood
Published in: Electronics, Issue 14, 2025, ISSN 2079-9292
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/ELECTRONICS14081597

Cross-Expedition Domain Adaptation for Polymetallic Nodule Detection: A Multi-Model Pseudo-Labelling Approach

Author(s): Gabriel Loureiro, André Dias, Eduardo Silva
Published in: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Issue 14, 2026, ISSN 2077-1312
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/JMSE14111048

Grid forming converter sizing strategies for black start operation in islanded offshore wind farms

Author(s): Prashanth Prakash, João Peças Lopes, Bernardo Silva
Published in: Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, Issue 44, 2025, ISSN 2352-4677
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.SEGAN.2025.102020

A GRASP-based multi-objective approach for the tuna purse seine fishing fleet routing problem

Author(s): Igor Granado, Elsa Silva, Maria Antónia Carravilla, José Fernando Oliveira, Leticia Hernando, Jose A. Fernandes-Salvador
Published in: Computers & Operations Research, Issue 174, 2025, ISSN 0305-0548
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.COR.2024.106891

Variable Structure Depth Controller for Energy Savings in an Underwater Device: Proof of Stability

Author(s): João Bravo Pinto, João Falcão Carneiro, Fernando Gomes de Almeida, Nuno A. Cruz
Published in: Actuators, Issue 14, 2025, ISSN 2076-0825
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/ACT14070340

Multimodal information fusion using pyramidal attention-based convolutions for underwater tri-dimensional scene reconstruction

Author(s): Pedro Nuno Leite, Andry Maykol Pinto
Published in: Information Fusion, Issue 124, 2026, ISSN 1566-2535
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.INFFUS.2025.103339

Sonar-Based Deep Learning in Underwater Robotics: Overview, Robustness, and Challenges

Author(s): Martin Aubard, Ana Madureira, Luís Teixeira, José Pinto
Published in: IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, Issue 50, 2025, ISSN 0364-9059
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2025.3531933

Underwater SLAM and Calibration with a 3D Profiling Sonar

Author(s): António Ferreira, José Almeida, Aníbal Matos, Eduardo Silva
Published in: Remote Sensing, Issue 18, 2026, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/RS18030524

Descriptor: Forward-Looking Multibeam—Marine Litter Detection and Tracking Dataset (FLM-MLDT)

Author(s): Pedro Alves Guedes, Maksym Lysak, Guilherme Amaral, Pedro Martins, Carlos Almeida, Hugo Miguel Silva, Alfredo Martins, Sen Wang, Jose Miguel Almeida
Published in: IEEE Data Descriptions, Issue 3, 2026, ISSN 2995-4274
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/IEEEDATA.2026.3683037

Event-based speckle interrogation for high-bandwidth multi-point optical fiber sensing

Author(s): Tomás Lopes, Joana M. Teixeira, Vicente V. Rocha, Tiago D. Ferreira, Catarina S. Monteiro, Pedro A.S. Jorge, Nuno A. Silva
Published in: Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, Issue 408, 2026, ISSN 0924-4247
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.SNA.2026.117985

Protection of custom satellite antennas for deep-sea monitoring probes: Insights from the SONDA project

Author(s): T. Matos, H. Dinis, C.L. Faria, M.S. Martins
Published in: Applied Ocean Research, Issue 158, 2025, ISSN 0141-1187
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.APOR.2025.104575

Multibeam Acoustic Image based Detection and Tracking of Marine Litter in the Water Column

Author(s): Pedro Alves Guedes, Hugo Silva, Sen Wang, Alfredo Martins, José Miguel Almeida
Published in: OCEANS 2025 Brest, 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS58557.2025.11104332

Experimental Trials of Energy Saving Control Laws for Variable Buoyancy Control

Author(s): João Bravo Pinto, João Falcão Carneiro, Fernando Gomes de Almeida, Nuno Cruz
Published in: 2025 7th Experiment@ International Conference (exp.at'25), 2026
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/EXP.AT2565440.2025.11348595

Experimental Evaluation of LoRa Communication Over the Ocean Surface

Author(s): Fábio Daniel Pacheco, André F. Pinto, José Maravalhas-Silva, Bruno M. Ferreira, Nuno A. Cruz
Published in: OCEANS 2025 - Great Lakes, 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/OCEANS59106.2025.11244898

On the Resilience of Underwater Semantic Wireless Communications

Author(s): João Pedro Loureiro, Patrícia Delgado, Tomás Feliciano Ribeiro, Filipe B. Teixeira, Rui Campos
Published in: OCEANS 2025 Brest, 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS58557.2025.11104334

Exploiting the Performance of an Underwater Vision-Based Positioning System for Different Hardware Configurations

Author(s): Carlos F. Gonçalves, Nuno A. Cruz, Bruno M. Ferreira, Guilherme A. Pinto, Salviano F. Soares, Vítor M. Filipe
Published in: OCEANS 2025 - Great Lakes, 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/OCEANS59106.2025.11245037

Digital Twins of the Ocean – Interoperability Pipeline Architecture

Author(s): Arne J. Berre, Georgios Sylaios, Evangelos Agorogiannis, Igor Mayer, Pedro Sarmento, Claire Laudy, Marco Amaro Oliveira
Published in: OCEANS 2025 Brest, 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS58557.2025.11104322

Robust ViT-enhanced Detection of Sacrificial Anodes in Harsh Underwater Conditions

Author(s): Alexandre Vilhena Costa, Pedro Nuno Leite, Andry Maykol Pinto
Published in: 2025 IEEE 30th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ETFA65518.2025.11205766

Multiplatform Ecosystem for Visualizing Ocean Dynamic Formations with Virtual Choreographies: Oil Spill Case

Author(s): Demetrius Lacet, Fernando Cassola, Alexandre Valle, Marco Oliveira, Leonel Morgado
Published in: 2025 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/VRW66409.2025.00097

Wavelet-Based Discriminant Feature Analysis of Marine Plastic Litter Spectra and Matching via Magnitude Gradient Cosine Similarity

Author(s): José Maravalhas-Silva, Nuno A. Cruz
Published in: OCEANS 2025 - Great Lakes, 2026
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/OCEANS59106.2025.11245141

A Domain-Agnostic Virtual Choreography Framework for Digital Twins: An Oil Spill Application

Author(s): Fernando Cassola, Vitor Cavaleiro, Demetrius Lacet, Miguel Correia, Marco Amaro Oliveira, Alexandre Valle de Carvalho, Leonel Morgado
Published in: OCEANS 2025 Brest, 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS58557.2025.11104625

Engaging the Public in Scientific Research to Enhance Digital Twins of the Ocean and Their Practical Applications

Author(s): Luigi Ceccaroni, Jay Pearlman, Dror Angel, Johann Dreo, Dori Edelist, Carlos Freitas, Todor Ganchev, Charalampos Ipektsidis, Firdaus Kruniawan, Claire Laudy, Valentina Markova, Daniel Nkosana Mlandu, Hugo Paredes, Marco Amaro Oliveira, Pauline Simpson, Valentijn Venus, Firman Wahyudi, Stephen Parkinson
Published in: OCEANS 2025 Brest, 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS58557.2025.11104591

Passive Detection and Trajectory Estimation of Vessels Using TDoA Measurements

Author(s): Gonçalo Soares, Bruno Ferreira, Nuno Cruz, Nuno Abreu, Murillo Villa, Margarida Rolim, Laura González
Published in: OCEANS 2025 - Great Lakes, 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/OCEANS59106.2025.11244894

Optimizing Offshore AC and DC Power Systems for Floating Marine Exploration Platforms

Author(s): Pedro Pinto, Inês Ferreira, Adelaide Cerveira, Bernhard Grasel, José Baptista
Published in: 2025 14th International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA), 2026
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICRERA66237.2025.11284007

Sensor Deployment and Data Delivery in the Digital Twin Framework

Author(s): Georgios Sylaios, Antonio Vasilijevic, Asko Ristolainen, Gonzalo García Valle, Felix Margirier, Marco Amaro Oliveirav
Published in: OCEANS 2025 Brest, 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS58557.2025.11104353

Towards Adaptive Acoustic Signals for Enhanced Detection in Underwater Localization

Author(s): Paula A. Graça, José C. Alves, Bruno M. Ferreira
Published in: OCEANS 2025 - Great Lakes, 2026
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/OCEANS59106.2025.11244984

Blockchain-Enabled Secure Underwater Delay-Tolerant Communications

Author(s): João Costa, Filipe B. Teixeira, Rui Campos
Published in: OCEANS 2025 Brest, 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS58557.2025.11104318

SEAGUARD: An Interoperability Framework for Maritime Border Se-curity involving Unmanned Platforms

Author(s): Manso, M., Guerra, B., Freire, F., Ferreira, B. M., Abreu, N., Teixeira, F., Chatzichristos, I., Andrade, F. A. de A.& Papanikolaou-Ntais, G. (
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.18495899

QoS-Aware Multimodal Underwater Wireless Networks

Author(s): Fernando Simão Cunha, João Pedro Loureiro, Filipe B. Teixeira, Rui Campos
Published in: OCEANS 2025 Brest, 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS58557.2025.11104772

Designing a Decision Support System for Accelerating Offshore Blue Energy Installations

Author(s): Dennis Paulino, Alexandre Carvalho, Fernando Cassola, Hugo Paredes, João Lopes, Marco Oliveira
Published in: 2025 28th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/CSCWD64889.2025.11033382

Pre- and Post-Deployment Recommendations for Single-Point Current Meters and Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers

Author(s): B. Tomasi, L. Ursella, C. Laus Heyndrickx, M. Le Menn, D. Lefevre, C. O'Malley, H. A. Ferreira, A. Martins, S. Cusi
Published in: OCEANS 2025 Brest, 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS58557.2025.11104608

From 2D Underwater Imaging Sonar Data to 3D Plane Extraction

Author(s): António J. Oliveira, Bruno M. Ferreira, Nuno A. Cruz
Published in: 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11247439

Marine Sensing Technologies: Applications for Monitoring Underwater Volcanic Activity, Geothermal Springs, and Ocean Exploration

Author(s): T. Matos, M.S. Martins, C.L. Faria, J.L. Rocha, L.M. Goncalves
Published in: 2025 7th Experiment@ International Conference (exp.at'25), 2026
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/EXP.AT2565440.2025.11348317

Image-Based Relative Pose Estimation of Underwater Tube-Like Structures

Author(s): André Filipe Pinto, Nuno Alexandre Cruz, Bruno M. Ferreira, Salviano P. Soares, Vítor M. Filipe
Published in: OCEANS 2025 - Great Lakes, 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/OCEANS59106.2025.11244961

Simulating Ocean Futures: A Digital Twin Pilot for Environmental Scenarios

Author(s): Antonio Vasilijevic, Ute Brönner, Raymond Nepstad, Marco Amaro Oliveira
Published in: OCEANS 2025 Brest, 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS58557.2025.11104366

Advancing Low-Cost, Low-Power and Compact Marine Monitoring: A Dual-Node Synchronized Network in the Cávado Estuary

Author(s): T. Matos, J.L. Rocha, H. Dinis, M.S. Martins, L.M. Goncalves
Published in: OCEANS 2025 Brest, 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS58557.2025.11104796

Haka’a’Museum: Designing for a Sustainable Ocean

Author(s): Maria Van Zeller, Vanessa Cesário
Published in: Companion Publication of the 2025 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, 2025
Publisher: ACM
DOI: 10.1145/3715668.3734168

Coastal Crete: A Digital Twin of the Ocean for Oil Spill Identification and Forecasting

Author(s): Vassiliki Metheniti, Antonios Parasyris, Noemi Fazzini, Sabrina Outmani, Miguel Correia, Jonny Goddard, George Alexandrakis, Georgios V. Kozyrakis, Laura Vettorello, Simon Keeble, Marco A. Oliveira, Maria Luisa Quarta, Nikolaos Kampanis
Published in: OCEANS 2025 Brest, 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS58557.2025.11104538

Algae and Fish Farming – An EPS@ISEP 2022 Project

Author(s): Rose-Farah Blomme, Zoé Domissy, Zuzanna Dylik, Thomas Hidding, Alina Röhe, Abel J. Duarte, Benedita Malheiro, Cristina Ribeiro, Jorge Justo, Manuel F. Silva, Paulo Ferreira, Pedro Guedes
Published in: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Futureproofing Engineering Education for Global Responsibility, 2025
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-83523-0_32

Dynamics of Fisheries in the Azores Islands: A Network Analysis Approach

Author(s): Brenda Nogueira, Ana Torres, Nuno Moniz, Gui M. Menezes
Published in: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Progress in Artificial Intelligence, 2025
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-73500-4_25

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