Education

 

Ph.D. in Control Systems

M. Sc. in Systems And Control

Mechanical Engineering Degree

 

Positions

 

Teaching Assistant at the Electrical Engineering Department / The New University of Lisbon

Researcher at The Adaptive Computation Group / CISUC

 

Current Research Interests

 

Nonlinear Systems Identification and Filtering

Nonlinear Control

Model-Based Predictive Control

Neural Networks

Robust and Adaptive Control Systems

Adaptive Computation

 

Current Projects

 

OLLICON - On-line learning in Intelligent Control

PAMM - Plataforma de Gestão de Conteúdos MMS com Protecção de Copyrights

Intelligent Data Processing in GRID Technology with Applications to Industry and Medicine

Partner: University of Ljubljana

MyHeart - EU 6th Framework IST Programme  IST-2002-507816

Partners: Philips Research, Nokia, Centro de Cirurgia Cardio-torácica dos Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra,...

 

 

Publications

 

Paulo Gil, A. Dourado and H. Duarte-Ramos

Modelização e Controlo Hierárquico Contínuo de uma Cadeia de Evaporadores.

Proc. CONTROLO 94, Sept. 14-16, Lisbon, Portugal,1994. (in Portuguese)

 

Paulo Gil, H. Duarte-Ramos and A. Dourado

Dynamical Modelling and Optimal Hierarchical Control of a Multiple-Effect Evaporator-Superconcentrator Plant.

Proc. 17th IFIP Conference on System Modelling and Optimization, July 10-14, Prague, Czech Republic, 1995.

 

Paulo Gil, H. Duarte-Ramos and A. Dourado Correia

Controlo Óptimo Recidivo Com Restrições Sobre as Entradas e Saídas: Aplicação a um Processo Didáctico.

Proc. 6as Jornadas Luso-Espanholas de EE,July 7-9, Lisbon, Portugal, 1999. (in Portuguese)

 

Paulo Gil, Jorge Henriques, António Dourado and H. Duarte-Ramos 

Non-linear Predictive Control Based on a Recurent Neural Network.

Proc. ESIT99, June 3-4, Crete, Greece,1999.

 

Jorge Henriques, Paulo Gil, António Dourado and H. Duarte-Ramos.

Application of a Recurrent Neural Network in On-line Modelling of Real-time Systems.

Proc. ESIT99, June 3-4, Crete, Greece,1999.

 

Paulo Gil, Jorge Henriques, António Dourado and H. Duarte-Ramos

Extended Neural Model Predictive Control of Non-linear Systems.

Proc. IASTED - ASC'2000, July, Banff, Canada, 2000.

 

Jorge Henriques, B. Castilo, A. Titli, P. Gil and A. Dourado

Learning and Output Regulation with Recurrent Neural Networks.

Controlo'2000, October 4-6, Guimarães, Portugal, 2000.

 

P. Gil, J. Henriques, A. Dourado and H. Duarte-Ramos

Constrained Neural Model Predictive Control with Guaranteed Free Offset.

IEEE - IECON'2000, October 22-28, Nagoya, Japan, 2000.

 

Jorge Henriques, P. Gil, A. Dourado, B. Castilo and A. Titli

A Recurrent Neural Approach for the Discrete Time Output Regulation.

IEEE - IECON'2000, October 22-28, Nagoya, Japan, 2000

 

L. Palma, P. Gil, J. Henriques, A. Dourado and H. Duarte-Ramos

Application of an Extended Kalman Filter for On-line Identification with Recurrent Neural Networks.

7^th Jornadas Hispano-Lusas de Ingeniería Eléctrica, July 4-6, Madrid, 2001.

 

J. Henriques, P. Gil and A. Dourado

State-Sapce Neural Networks in Non-linear Adaptive Identification and Control.

IFAC Workshop on Advanced Fuzzy and Neural Control, October 15-16, Valencia, Spain, 2001.

 

P. Gil, J. Henriques, H. Duarte-Ramos and A. Dourado

State-Space Neural Networks and the Unscented Kalman Filter in On-line Nonlinear System Identification.

IASTED Int. Conf. on Intelligent Systems and Control (ISC'2001), Nov. 19-22, Tampa, USA, 2001

 

J. Henriques, P. Gil and A. Dourado

Combining a Recurrent Neural Network and the Output Regulation Theory for Non-linear Adaptive Control.

IASTED Int. Conf. on Intelligent Systems and Control (ISC'2001), Nov. 19-22, Tampa, USA, 2001.

 

P. Gil, J. Henriques and A. Dourado

Recurrent Neural Networks and Feedback Linearization for a Solar Power Plant Control.

EUNITE 2001, December 13-14, Tenerife, Spain, 2001.

 

P. Gil, J. Henriques, Paulo Carvalho, H. Duarte-Ramos and A. Dourado

Constrained Adaptive Non-Linear Neural Model-Based Predictive Control of a Distributed.

Solar Collector Field. Proc. 2nd IHP Workshop, Fev. 2002, Almeria, Spain.

 

J. Henriques, P. Gil and A. Dourado

Neural Output Regulation For a Solar Power Plant

Proc. 2nd IHP Workshop, Fev. 2002, Almeria, Spain.

 

P. Gil, J. Henriques, Paulo Carvalho, H. Duarte-Ramos and A. Dourado

Adaptive Neural Model-Based Predictive Control of a Solar Power Plant.

IEEE-IJCNN, May 12-17, Honolulu, HI, 2002.

 

J. Henriques, P. Gil, A. Cardoso, and A. Dourado

Scheduling of PID Controllers by Means of a Neural Network with Application to a Solar Power Plant.

IEEE-IJCNN, May 12-17, Honolulu, HI, 2002.

 

P. Gil, J. Henriques, A. Cardoso, and A. Dourado

Neural Networks in Scheduling Linear Controllers  with Application to a Solar Power Plant.

IASTED Control and Applications, May 20-22, Cancun, Mexico, 2002.

 

J. Henriques, P. Gil,  A. Dourado and H. Duarte-Ramos

Non-linear Multivariable Predictive Control Neural versus First Principle Modelling Approach.

IASTED Control and Applications, May 20-22, Cancun, Mexico, 2002.

 

P. Gil, J. Henriques, H. Duarte-Ramos and A. Dourado

Unscented Kalman Filter in Adaptive Neural Model-Based Predictive Control

10th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, July 9-12, Lisbon, Portugal, 2002.

 

J. Henriques, P. Gil and A. Dourado

Neural Output Regulation For a Solar Power Plant.

15th IFAC World Congress, July 21-26, Barcelona, Spain, 2002

 

P. Gil, A. Cardoso, J. Henriques, H. Duarte-Ramos and A. Dourado.

Experiments with an Adaptive Model-Based Predictive Controller Applied to a Distributed

Solar Collector Field: Performance and Fault Tolerance Assessment.

Proc. 3nd IHP Workshop, 2003, Almeria.

 

A. Cardoso, P. Gil, J. Henriques, H. Duarte-Ramos and A. Dourado.

A Robust Fault Tolerant Model-Based Control Framework: Aplication to a Solar Power Plant.

IASTED-ISC, June 25-27, 2003, Salzburg, Austria.

 

P. Gil, J. Henriques, Paulo Carvalho, H. Duarte-Ramos and A. Dourado.

Adaptive Model-Based Predictive Control With Steady State Offset Compensation for a Distributed Solar Collector Field.

ICNNSP 2003, Dec. 14-17, Nanjing, China.

 

P. Gil, J. Henriques, A. Dourado and H. Duarte-Ramos

Stability Analysis for a Class of Affine State-Space Neural Networks.

12th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, June 6-9, Kusadasi, Turkey, 2004.

 

A. Cardoso, P. Gil, J. Henriques, P. Carvalho, H. Duarte-Ramos and A. Dourado.

Experiments with a Fault Tolerant Adaptive Controller on a Solar Power Plant.

Sixth Portuguese Conference on Automatic Control, June 7-9, Faro, Portugal, 2004.

 

P. Gil, J. Henriques, A. Dourado and H. Duarte-Ramos

Order Estimation in Affine State-Space Neural Networks

2005 IEEE Mid-Summer Workshop on Soft Computing in Industrial Applications

 June, 28-30, Espoo, Finland, 2005

 

M. Brito, J. Henriques, P. Gil and M. Antunes

A Predictive Adaptive Approach to Generic ECG Data Compression

WISP 2005, September 1-3, Faro, Portugal, 2005

 

P. Carvalho, P. Gil, J. Henriques, L. Eugénio and M. Antunes

Low Complexity Algorithm for Heart Sound Segmentation using the Variance Fractal Dimension

WISP 2005, September 1-3, Faro, Portugal, 2005

 

P. Gil, J. Henriques, H. Duarte-Ramos and A. Dourado

On State-Space Neural Networks for Systems Identification: Stability and Complexity

IEEE CIS-RAM, 7-9 June, Bangkok, Thailand, 2006 (Accepted)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some links...

 

Control Engineering Virtual Library

The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)

Research Index

 

How to reach me...

 

pgil@dei.uc.pt