President of INESC P&D Brasil

Mr. Vladimiro Miranda is an IEEE Fellow since 2006 and recipient of the IEEE PES Ramakumar Family Renewable Energy Excellence Award 2014. 

Mr. Vladimiro Miranda is a Professor Emeritus of the University of Porto, President of INESC P&D Brasil, Brazil, and Associate Director of INESC TEC, Portugal.

He is also Scientific Advisor for several institutions and governmental agencies in Argentina, Morocco, Portugal and Spain, and he is currently Advisor to the Energy Regulatory Authority of Mozambique ARENE. He served as President or Advisor in scientific governmental and academic organizations in Brazil, Chile, China (Hong Kong and Macao), Croatia, Norway, Portugal and South Africa. 

He served in the Board of start-up companies generated by INESC TEC. He has been responsible for many R&D and Innovation projects in Europe, the USA, Brazil and China (Macao). 

Mr. Vladimiro Miranda main interest domain has been the application of computational intelligence to power systems. His innovative solutions have been incorporated in industrial products in use in several continents. He is a top-publishing author, ranked among the 1% most cited in his area.