Nuno Santos

Research Activities

I have been working for the last four years on neural networks applications on image and scene analisys in the NIA&R - Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Group. This special neural network's architecture is based on studies of the human visual cortex and simulates it's behavior.


I am working in my final course project which is called "Symbolic Neural Network Controller".
This project is based on a recent book called "Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Misconceptions about Brains and Neural Networks, by Armand M. de Callatay, North-Holland 1992". I am on permanent contact with the author, which is a friend of Professor Eugénio Oliveira. Given the importance of the project's implementation and its application to mobile robotics, i have been encouraged by many people from the international scientific community.
This project consists essencially on an implementation of a new brain model that has given proofs to function in a simple arm application, made by the book's author.
The areas involved are Computational Theory, Neurobiology, Neurophysiology, Mobile Robotics, Planning and Real Time Operating Systems.

Short Biography

There was in time, a little boy, ...

List of Relevant Papers

• “"A Neural Network Model for Image Segmentation and Classification”",
  Nuno Miguel Pessoa Santos and Eugénio da Costa Oliveira,
  Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Group,
  in 7th Portuguese Conference on Pattern Recognition,
  Aveiro, 23-24 March de 1995.
  

• "A Neurophysiological Neural Network Model for Vehicle Identification",
  Nuno Miguel Pessoa Santos and Eugénio da Costa Oliveira,
  Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Group,
  in II Congresso Brasileiro de Redes Neuronais,
  29 October - 1 November 1995.
  

  I have still a paper accepted but not yet presented ...

• "A Neural Network for Handwritten Pattern Recognition",
  Nuno Miguel Pessoa Santos and Eugénio da Costa Oliveira,
  Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Group,
  in Melecon '96, Industrial Applications in Power Systems, Computer Science and Telecommunications,
  May 13-16, 1996 - Bari, Italy.
  

Participations on Conferences, Seminars and Workshops

• International Workshop entitled "First Portuguese Workwhop on Autonomous Underwater Vehicles",
  Centro de Informatica da Universidade do Porto,
  Porto, Setember 1993.
  

• International Seminar entitled "Advanced School on Artificial Intelligence (EAIA 94)",
  on "Artificial Inteligence for Multi-Agent Systems: Methodologies and Applications",
  Troia, Setember 1994.
  

• Seminar on "Automatic Control of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles",
  Institute for Systems and Robotics,
  Porto, October 1994.
  

• Conference entitled "7th Portuguese Conference on Pattern Recognition",
  University of Aveiro,
  Portugal, March 1995.
  

• First International Erasmus Seminar entitled "Advanced Course on Artificial Intelligence",
  University of Magdebourg,
  Germany, April 1995.
  

• Conference entitled "II Brasilian Conference on Neural Networks",
  COPEL's Training Center,
  Curitiba, Brasil, October - November 1995.
  

• Second International Erasmus Seminar entitled "Advanced Course on Artificial Intelligence",
  Institute Nationnel Sciences Appliques (INSA),
  Rennes, France, April 1996.
  

Some Groups I Belong to ...

• APPIA - Portuguese Association for Artificial Intelligence.
  
• IEEE - The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
  
• LIACC - Artificial Intelligence and Computer Cience Laboratory.
  
• Student Member of the National Engenieers Association.

Some Random Links ...

Arts

• Le Louvre Web Museum.
  
• Art on the Net.
  

Films and TV

• Walt Disney.
  
• The Warner Brothers Network.
  
• Kids' Warner Brothers.
  
• Comedy List.
  
• It's The Muppets!.
  
• CineMedia The internet's largest film & media directory.
  
• Hollywood on-line.
  
• Paramount Pictures Online Studio.
  
• TV Independente.
  
• BBC TV & Radio.
  
• CNN Cable News Network.
  
• X-Files.
  

Magazines and Publishing

• Jornal de Notícias.
  
• Jornal Publico.
  
• JAIR: Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research.
• MacUser.
  
• PC Magazine.
  
• The Electronic Telegraph.
  
• The Guardian.
  
• The Observer.
  
• The Financial Times.
  
• The Times Higher Educational Supplement.
  
• Oxford University Press.
  

Turism and Travel

• The Virtual Tourist.
  
• The London Guide.
  
• The Scotland Home Page.
  
• Live from Antarctica.
  

Global links

• Página de Portugal.
  
• Portuguese Home Page.
  
• Europe Home Page.
  
• European Comunity Home Page.
  
• World Home Page.
  

Searching the Internet

• Infoseek Search Engine.
  

My friend's pages ...

• Filipe Jose Silva.
  

My foreign friend's pages ...

• Raul Holgado Villardon.

Miscelaneous ...

• Some nice pictures:

  
  
  

Last Updated: April 1996