On July 4th, Masters@DEEC welcomed dozens of visitors, including families and friends of students, as well as master's alumni. The event took place at the Técnico Innovation Center and was organized by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (DEEC). Throughout the afternoon, several students and alumni had their hard work during the second cycle of studies recognized through the awarding of diplomas and merit prizes.

The event began at 3 PM with a presentation by Francisco Rosa, coordinator of this year's edition of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Days (JEEC).

Next, Professor Nuno Horta, President of DEEC, officially opened the ceremony for the Outstanding Master Thesis Awards, which highlighted the outstanding work of alumni from various programs within the department.

Starting with the Master's in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Professor Rui Castro awarded merit diplomas to Afonso Alemão (Neural Networks for System Macromodeling: Leveraging Reservoir Computing and Continuous-Time Models), Afonso Carapeto (Electronic Identification Badge for New IST Students),
Catarina Henriques (Use of Transfer Learning in Forecast Algorithms), David Serrano (Development of Smart Energy Management System (SEMS) for Extended-Range of Unmanned Marine-Surface Electronic Vehicle (USV Catamaran) for Border Surveillance Missions), Diogo Matos (Deep Neural Network Characterization with Cache-Aware Roofline Modeling in Tensor Cores), Fábio Santos (Geospatial Analysis of the Available Absorption Capacity to Receive the Planned Renewable Capacity in Portugal and Spain until 2030), João Felizardo (Computational Auditory Process Simulator for Optimising the Parameters of Cochlear Implants), Maria Rodrigues (Assessment of Buildings Performance), and Ricardo Cardoso (Estimating Object Physical Properties from RGB-D Vision and Depth Robot Sensors using Deep Learning).

Regarding the Master's in Data Science and Engineering, Bruno Martins awarded merit diplomas to:
Duarte Almeida (High-Probability Risk Control Under Covariate Shift) and
Vasco Pearson (Uncertainty-Aware Systems for Human-AI Collaboration: Generative and Conformal Models in Dynamic, Resource-Constrained Environments).

During the ceremony, the following students and their theses were also recognized:

• João Lehodey – Design, Identification, and Control of a High-Speed ASV
• Rui Daniel – Continual Deep Active Learning for Medical Imaging: Replay-Based Architecture for Context Adaptation
• Yosef Salamanca – Towards Real-Time Hydrodynamics and Fluid Simulation for Marine Robotics
• Duarte Marques – Layout Design Automation for Power Devices
• Keval Ramniclal – Closed-Loop and Distributed Load Testing of Web Applications Using Kubernetes
• Daniel Mateus da Costa Paulo – IoT Data Processing Using Edge Computing
• Ricardo Sampaio – Developing a Cost-Effective Secure Visible Light Communication System with Chaotic-Based Key Generation
• Tiago Carneiro – Development of Compact UHF Antenna for 5G CubeSat and Ground Station Antenna
• José Bento – Information-Oriented and Energy-Aware Path Planning for Multiple Air-Dropped Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• António Nunes – Orbital Station-Keeping in the Circular and Elliptic Restricted Three-Body Problems
• Diogo Luís – Flexible and Portable Ground Station for Low-Earth Orbit Pico and Nanosatellites

After the Outstanding Master Thesis Awards, the following awards were presented: Best Thesis Video Award to Afonso Vale, Engineer Ivo Gonçalves Award to Rafael Rodrigues and Professor Luís Vidigal Award to Afonso Vale and Fábio Dias

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