Short CV
Ricardo J. Rabelo has a bachelor degree in Computer Science from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), a specialization (Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing) and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Robotics & Integrated Manufacture) from the School of Science and Technology of New University of Lisbon (1989 and 1997, respectively), Portugal, and a Post-Doctorate in Collaborative Innovation from Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia (2014-2015).
- Full Professor in the Department of Automation and Systems Engineering and member of the Graduate Program in Automation and Systems Engineering at the Federal University of Santa Catarina.
- Coordinator of the UFSC Print Institutional Program of Industry/Automation 4.0.
- Responsible for the elaboration of the fundamental text of the Brazilian National Strategy for Industry 4.0.
- Author of about 200 published works, including papers in scientific journals, conference papers, book chapters, among others.
- Supervisor of about 40 students, including post-doctoral, Ph.D., and M.Sc.
- Coordinator of several research projects, including many funded by European Commission.
- Leader of GSIGMA – Group of Intelligent Manufacturing Systems ∑ Collaborative Networks.
- Formal member of various technical working groups of IFIP, IFAC and IEEE.
- Business consultant and ad-hoc advisor of several government agencies and industrial associations.
- ORCID ID: 0000-0002-5488-3692
Fields of expertise:
- Collaborative Networked Organizations and Virtual Enterprises.
- Industry 4.0 and Digital Transformation.
- Companies’ information, processes and systems integration & interoperation models.
- Digital business ecosystems, models for innovation processes, and maturity models.
- Service Oriented Architecture – SOA.
- Systems’ and industrial/business performance evaluation with simulation.
- Artificial Intelligence applied to Manufacturing, Softbots.
