Short Bio
Nuno Lau is Associate Professor at Aveiro University, Portugal. He got is Electrical Engineering Degree from Oporto University in 1993, a DEA degree in Biomedical Engineering from Claude Bernard University, Lyon, in 1994 and the PhD from Aveiro University in 2003. His research interests include Intelligent Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Multi-Agent Systems and Simulation. Nuno Lau has participated, often with the coordination role, in several research projects that have been awarded international prizes. His participation and leading role in RoboCup teams made him RoboCup World Champion 3 times in different Leagues and many other podium positions.
Nuno Lau is the author of more than 150 publications in international conferences and journals, including several Best Paper awards. He Supervised 9 PhD students that concluded their degree, and is currently supervising 6 PhD students. Nuno Lau was President and Vice-President of the Portuguese Robotics Society. He is the Vice-Coordinator of the Institute of Electronics and Informatics Engineering of Aveiro, and Principal Investigator of the Intelligent Robotics and Systems group at the same research unit.