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Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (DEEC) Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa) Senior Researcher Institute for Systems and Robotics - Lisbon (ISR) Laboratory of Robotics and Engineering Systems (LARSyS) Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento (IST-ID) |
Brief biography
P. Batista received the Licenciatura and the PhD degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico / Technical University of Lisbon (IST/UTL), in 2005 and 2010, respectively. After a short post-doctoral fellowship at the Institute for Systems and Robotics – Lisbon / Instituto Superior Técnico (ISR/IST), he served there as Assistant Researcher from 2012 to 2015. During that time he was also Invited Assistant Professor at IST. Since 2016 he is Assistant Professor with Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at IST. He is IEEE Senior Member and since 2016 he is also Associate Editor of the Conference Editorial Board of the IEEE Control Systems Society.
P. Batista is actively involved in teaching and research activities, including student supervision and participation in national and international projects. His current research interests include nonlinear control, sensor-based control, and sensor-based estimation with application to control and navigation of autonomous vehicles.
P. Batista is actively involved in teaching and research activities, including student supervision and participation in national and international projects. His current research interests include nonlinear control, sensor-based control, and sensor-based estimation with application to control and navigation of autonomous vehicles.
Honors and Awards
- Certificate of Excellence in Teaching - 2018/2019
awarded by Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal, May 2020.
- Certificate of Excellence in Teaching - 2017/2018
awarded by Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal, May 2019.
- Certificate of Excellence in Teaching - 2014/2015
awarded by Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal, May 2016.
- Certificate of Excellence in Teaching - 2013/2014
awarded by Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal, May 2015.
- Honorable Mention, Young Researcher Prize UTL/CGD,
awarded by Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, May 2011.
- Best SPR PhD Thesis 2010,
awarded by the Portuguese Society of Robotics, Lisbon, Portugal, April 2011.
- AIAA GNC Certificate of Merit,
awarded by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Chicago, USA, August 2009.
- Best Session Presentation Award,
2009 American Control Conference, St. Louis, USA, June 2009.
- Certificate of Merit,
Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2005.
- Certificate of Merit,
Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, October 2002.
- Winner of the Portuguese Qualifying Competition for the XXXI International Physics Olympiad,
Coimbra, Portugal, May 2000.
awarded by Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal, May 2020.
- Certificate of Excellence in Teaching - 2017/2018
awarded by Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal, May 2019.
- Certificate of Excellence in Teaching - 2014/2015
awarded by Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal, May 2016.
- Certificate of Excellence in Teaching - 2013/2014
awarded by Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal, May 2015.
- Honorable Mention, Young Researcher Prize UTL/CGD,
awarded by Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, May 2011.
- Best SPR PhD Thesis 2010,
awarded by the Portuguese Society of Robotics, Lisbon, Portugal, April 2011.
- AIAA GNC Certificate of Merit,
awarded by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Chicago, USA, August 2009.
- Best Session Presentation Award,
2009 American Control Conference, St. Louis, USA, June 2009.
- Certificate of Merit,
Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2005.
- Certificate of Merit,
Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, October 2002.
- Winner of the Portuguese Qualifying Competition for the XXXI International Physics Olympiad,
Coimbra, Portugal, May 2000.
