On this page, you can learn more about some of the students who have been recognized for their academic merit, in connection with the work carried out as part of the Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering:

Filipe Azevedo, 2023– ongoing – Winner of the Best Artifact Award at the MLCAD 2026 conference: Generative AI Solutions for Analog Integrated Circuits Design, supervised by Professor Ricardo Martins

Duarte Marques, 2025 – ongoing – Winner of the IC Design Competition at the SMACD 2026 conference: A Methodology-Driven Fully Integrated EMLC DC-DC Converter with Optimized Passives, Regulation and Reliability, supervised by Professor Fábio Passos

Madalena Cilínio, 2025 – ongoing – 1st place in the 2025 Young Engineer Innovation Award, awarded by the Portuguese Engineers Association: Adaptive and Agnostic Method for Intelligent Anomaly Detection in Time Series of Mobile Network Performance Indicators, supervised by Professors Pedro Vieira and António Rodrigues

Pedro Martin, 2021 – ongoing – 2nd place in the Pitch Competition at the 2025 PhD Open Days: Shrinking Reality: Making 3D Scenes Smaller Without Losing Quality, supervised by Professors Paula Queluz, João Ascenso and António Rodrigues

Luís Mata, 2021–2026, completed on May 6, 2026 – Most Outstanding Paper Award at the Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS), April 2024: A Machine Learning Driven Methodology for Alarm Prediction Towards Self-Healing in Wireless Networks, supervised by Professors Pedro Vítor, Maria Paula Queluz and António Rodrigues