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Fábio Ruben Silva Mendonça

Faculty of Exact Sciences and Engineering

Penteada University Campus , Floor 2, Office 2.58

fabioruben@staff.uma.pt

(+351) 291 705 290 / 5290

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"Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, it might also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid the risks." - Stephen Hawking.

Biographical Notes

Fábio Mendonça received the BS and MSc degrees in electrical and telecommunications engineering from University of Madeira, and the PhD degree in electrical and computer engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico - University of Lisbon in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University. He works at the University of Madeira and is a researcher with the Interactive Technologies Institute - LARSyS.

Publications

- A dataset of human and AI-generated rubric evaluations for formative programming assessment, Pedro Mendonça, Filipe Quintal, Karolina Baras, and Fabio Mendonça, Nature - Scientific Data, 2026

- A Hybrid Reasoning Framework for Artificial Intelligence Assessment Rubric Generation in Human and Automated Contexts: Evidence from an Undergraduate Programming Course, Pedro C. Mendonça, Filipe Quintal, Mário Figueiredo, Karolina Baras, and Fábio Mendonça, Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, 2026

- A Large-Scale LoRa Measurement Campaign for Path-Loss Modeling in Urban and Suburban Environments, Azevedo, A. and Mendonça, F., IEEE Access, 2026

- A low-latency deep learning framework for volcanic ash cloud nowcasting using geostationary satellite imagery, Alves, D., Radeta, M., Mendonça, F., Pereira, L., e Morgado-Dias, F., Nature Scientific Reports, 2026

- Analysis of Metaheuristic, Sampling-Based, Potential Field, and Predictive Control Methods for Path Planning in Simulated Underwater Settings, Rubina Castro, Bruno Silva, Luiz Guerreiro Lopes, Fábio Mendonça, Computers, Materials & Continua, 2026

- Atlas and Updated Rules for the Scoring of Cyclic Alternating Pattern (CAP) in Human Sleep. A Consensus Report by a Taskforce of the European Sleep Research Society, Parrino, L., Gretarsdottir, H., Thomas, R., Rosenzweig, I., Bruni, O., Senel, G., Mendonça, F., Ravelo-García, A., Arnardóttir, E. e Ferri, R., Journal of Sleep Research, 2026, 23

- Consensus Analysis for Banana Bunch Harvesting Between Experts Aided by Technology, Baglat, P., Mendonça, F., Mostafa, S., Hayat, A., Silva, F., Garcês, H., Sousa, R., Côrte, D., Freitas, G., Nóbrega, H., Carvalho, M., and Morgado-Dias, F., Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 2026

- Editorial: Revolutionizing sleep instability: advanced diagnosis and management of sleep disorders, Fábio Mendonça, Sheikh Mostafa, Antonio Ravelo-Garcia, and Fernando Morgado-Dias, Frontiers in Sleep, 2026

- Mapping Nocturnal Arousal Across Sleep and Pain Disorders, Biabani, N., Mendonça, F., Mutti, C., Drakatos, P., Morgado-Dias, F., Ravelo-García, A., Senel, G., Gretarsdottir, H., Goadsby, P., Thomas, R., Bruni, O., Ferri, R., Parrino, L., Rosenzweig, I., Nature Scientific Reports, 2026

- Real-time banana harvest readiness prediction using mobile SE-enhanced YOLO classification, Baglat, P., Mendonça, F., Mostafa, S., Gupta, S., Silva, F., Garcês, H., Sousa, R., Côrte, D., and Morgado-Dias, F., Journal of Agricultural Engineering, 2026

Academic Qualifications

- PhD in Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores, 2021, Universidade de Lisboa - Instituto Superior Técnico (Alameda) (após 2013/14)

- Master Degree in Engenharia Eletrotécnica - Telecomunicações, 2016, Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia

- Undergraduate Degree in Engenharia Electrónica e Telecomunicações, 2013, University of Madeira