Carlos M. Fonseca
associate professor
Department of Informatics Engineering
University of Coimbra
Portugal
Biography
Carlos M. Fonseca is an Associate Professor and Deputy Director for Research of the Department of Informatics Engineering of the University of Coimbra. He is also the Coordinator of the Doctoral Programme on Information Science and Technology and a member of the Evolutionary and Complex Systems Group of the Centre for Informatics and Systems (CISUC). He graduated in Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Aveiro in 1991, and obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Sheffield, U.K., in 1996. He was a Research Associate with the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering of the University of Sheffield from 1994 until 1997, and a Lecturer at the University of Algarve, Faro, from 1997 until 2010.
Research Interest
His main research interests are multicriterion optimisation, evolutionary algorithms, experimental assessment of algorithms, and dynamical systems. His contributions in these areas have led to the publication of over 60 articles in international journals, conferences and books.