Alexandre Mota

Position	Associate professor
Group	Embedded Systems, Computing and Control Laboratory
Transverse activity
Status	Integrated member
Country	Portugal
Students	Rómulo Antão, Tiago Gonçalves
Former PhD students	Ana Luísa Lopes Antunes, Fernando Manuel Rosmaninho Morgado Ferrão Dias, José António Barros Vieira
Former masters students	Show list
Courses	Electronics4, PowerElectronics
Projects	UNISOL
Past projects	BLDCMotorController
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Other articles in journals

• Ana Antunes, Paulo Pedreiras, Luís Almeida, Alexandre Mota. Improving operational flexibility in distributed control systems: the Dynamic Rate Adaptation technique. Automazione e Strumentazione, February 2007
• Fernando Morgado Dias, Ana Antunes, José Vieira, Alexandre Mota. A sliding window solution for the on-line implementation of the Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IFAC), vol. 19, no. 1, p. 1-7, November 2006
• Fernando Morgado Dias, Ana Antunes, Alexandre Mota. Additive Internal Model Control: a new control strategy. International Transactions on Computer Science and Engineering, September 2005
• Ana Antunes, Fernando Morgado Dias, Alexandre Mota. Fractional dead-time modelling for variable sampling to actuation delay compensation in distributed real-time distributed control systems. International Transactions on Computer Science and Engineering, vol. 24, no. 1, p. 9-18, September 2005
• Fernando Morgado Dias, Ana Antunes, Alexandre Mota. Artificial Neural Networks: a Review of Commercial Hardware. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, vol. 17, no. 8, p. 945-952, October 2004
• José Vieira, Fernando Morgado Dias, Alexandre Mota. Artificial neural networks and neuro-fuzzy systems for modelling and controlling real systems: a comparative study. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, vol. 17, no. 3, p. 265-273, September 2004
• Fernando Morgado Dias, Ana Antunes, Alexandre Mota. A new hybrid direct/specialized approach for generating inverse neural models. WSEAS Transactions on Systems, vol. 3, no. 4, p. 1521-1529, June 2004
• José Vieira, Fernando Dias, Alexandre Mota. Artificial Neural Networks and Neuro-Fuzzy Systems in Model and Control: A Comparative Study. Elsevier Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, vol. 17, no. 3, p. 265-273, April 2004
• José Vieira, Fernando M. Dias, Alexandre Mota. Neuro-Fuzzy Systems: A Survey. WSEAS Transactions on Systems, vol. 3, no. 2, p. 414-419, April 2004
• Ana Antunes, Fernando Morgado Dias, Alexandre Mota. Influence of the sampling period in the performance of a real-time distributed system under jitter conditions. WSEAS Transactions on Communications, vol. 3, no. 1, p. 248-253, January 2004
• José Vieira, Alexandre Mota. Sistemas Neuro-Difusos: Técnicas de Modelização Não Linear. Electrónica e Telecomunicações, vol. 42, p. 251-258, January 2004
• José Vieira, Alexandre Mota. Comparison of Three Neuro-Fuzzy Architectures in Modelling a Water Gas Heater: Input Clustering Data and Input Variables Selection. WSEAS Transactions on Systems, vol. 2, no. 4, p. 1005-1010, October 2003
• José Helvécio Martins, Alexandre Mota, José A. Fonseca. Simulation of an Automatic Controller for Stored Grain Aeration Systems. Revista Engenharia na Agricultura, vol. 9, no. 1, January 2001

Chapters in books

• José António Barros Vieira, Alexandre Mota. Adaptable PID Versus Smith Predictive Control Applied to an Electric Water Heater System. FRONTIERS OF MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL, Tao Zheng (Ed.), InTech, Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia, p. 145-156, February 2012
• José M. N. Vieira, Alexandre Mota. Maximum Power Point Tracker Applied in Batteries Charging with Photovoltaic Panels in Solar Collectors and Panels. Solar Collectors and Panels, Theory and Applications, Reccab Manyala (Ed.), Sciyo, October 2010
• A. Antunes, F. Dias, José M. N. Vieira, Alexandre Mota. Implementation of the Delay Compensation Approach in Factory Automation. Factory Automation, Javier Silvestre-Blanes (Ed.), InTech, March 2010
• Ana Antunes, Fernando Morgado Dias, Alexandre Mota. A neural model for delay correction in a distributed control system. Artificial Neural Networks - ICANN 2008, Book Series Lecture Notes in Computer Science - ISBN978-3-540-87558-1, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, October 2008

Articles in proceedings of international conferences

• José M. N. Vieira, Alexandre Mota. Implementation of a Stand-Alone Photovoltaic Lighting System with MPPT Battery Charging and LED Current Control. IEEE Multi-conference on Systems and Control, Yokohama, Japan, September 2010
• N. Marujo, Alexandre Mota. Java Language in Distributed Control Systems. Controlo 2010, Coimbra, Portugal, September 2010
• Ana Antunes, Alexandre Mota. Improving Control Loop Performance using Dynamic Rate Adaptation in Networked Control Systems. 14th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, Mallorca, Spain, September 2009
• José Vieira, Alexandre Mota. Thermoelectric Generator Using Water Gas Heater Energy for Battery Charging. IEEE Multi-conference on Systems and Control, Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 2009
• Ana Antunes, Fernando Morgado Dias, Alexandre Mota. A neural model for delay correction in a distributed control system. 18th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, Praga, República Checa, September 2008
• Ana Antunes, Fernando Morgado Dias, Alexandre Mota. A neural network delay compensator for networked control systems. 13th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, Hamburg, September 2008
• Ana Antunes, Fernando Morgado Dias, Alexandre Mota. Comparing the Delay Compensator Approach with Fractional Dead-Time Modelling in Distributed Real Time Control Systems. Controlo 2008 - 8th Portuguese Conference in Automatic Control, Vila Real, Portugal, July 2008
• Keller Sullivan Oliveira Rocha, José Helvecio Martins, Daniela de Carvalho Lopes, Wathney Hermsdorff, Alexandre Mota. System for Remote Data Transfer Based on Different Communication Interfaces. Controlo 2008 - 8th Portuguese Conference in Automatic Control, Vila Real, Portugal, July 2008
• Daniela de Carvalho Lopes, José Helvecio Martins, Paulo Marcos de Barros Monteiro, Alexandre Mota. Using Networks with Multi-Level Branching to Improve Agricultural Processes Control. Controlo 2008 - 8th Portuguese Conference in Automatic Control, Vila Real, Portugal, July 2008
• José Vieira, Alexandre Mota. Maximum Power Point Tracker Applied in Batteries Charging with PV Panels. IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, Cambridge, UK, June 2008
• P. Bartolomeu, J. Fonseca, V. Santos, Alexandre Mota, V. Silva, M. Cunha. Automating Home Appliances for Elderly and Impaired People: The B-Live Approach. Proceedings International Conference on Software Development for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighting Info-exclusion (DSAI 2007), Vila Real, Portugal, November 2007
• Vasco Santos, Paulo Bartolomeu, José Fonseca, Alexandre Mota. B-Live® – A Home Automation System for Disabled and Elderly People. IEEE Second International Symposium on Industrial Embedded Systems - SIES'2007, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2007
• Ana Antunes, Paulo Pedreiras, Luís Almeida, Alexandre Mota. Dynamic rate and control adaptation in networked control systems. 5th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics, Viena, Áustria, July 2007
• José Vieira, Alexandre Mota. Passing from a Gas to an Electric Water Heater System: Adaptive PID Versus Smith Predictive Control. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Intelligent Engineering Systems, Budapest, Hungary, vol. 1, p. 201-206, July 2007
• Ana Antunes, Paulo Pedreiras, Luís Almeida, Alexandre Mota. Dynamic rate adaptation: a method do improve operational flexibility in distributed control systems. 2nd IEEE Int. Workshop on Feedback Control Implementation and Design in Computing Systems and Networks, Munique, Alemanha, May 2007
• Ana Antunes, Paulo Pedreiras, Luís Almeida, Alexandre Mota. Dynamic rate adaptation in distributed computer control systems. ANIPLA 2006 – Methodologies for Emerging Technologies in Automation, Roma, Itália, November 2006
• Ana Antunes, Fernando Morgado Dias, José Vieira, Alexandre Mota. elay Compensator: an approach to reduce the variable sampling to actuation dDelay effect in distributed real-time control systems. 11th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, Praga, República Checa, September 2006
• Fernando Morgado Dias, Ana Antunes, Alexandre Mota. On-line learning of a time-variant system. 19th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems, Annecy, França, June 2006
• Ana Antunes, Fernando Dias, Alexandre Mota. Improving the control performance of a real-time distributed control system under variable sampling to actuation delay. 25th IASTED International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control, Lanzarote, Espanha, February 2006
• José Vieira, Fernando M. Dias, Alexandre Mota. Hybrid Neuro-Fuzzy Network-Priori Knowledge Model in Temperature Control of a Gas Water Heater System. roceedings 44th IEEE International Conference on Decision and Control, Sevilha, Espanha, December 2005
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PhD thesis

• Alexandre Mota. Controlo Adaptativo: Um Caso Concreto. PhD Thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal, March 1983