Fausto Ferreira

Dr. Fausto Ferreira is an Assistant Professor at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing. His research activities are conducted within the Laboratory for Underwater Systems and Technologies (LABUST).

He has been involved in 15 EU Projects (FP6, FP7, H2020, Horizon Europe, INTERREG, Erasmus+) and 2 Office of Naval Research Global (ONRG) projects (including a Visiting Scientist Program grant). He is the Coordinator of the Erasmus+ project Marine Robots for better Sea Knowledge awareness (MASK). He has been the Deputy Technical Director of 6 Robotics competitions (SAUC-E 2014, euRathlon 2014, euRathlon Grand Challenge 2015, ERL Emergency 2017-2019) and Technical Director of 1 robotics competition (SAUC-E 2016). He has also been PI and co-PI of two U.S. Office of Naval Research Global funded projects and is currently PI of two EU funded projects.

Dr. Ferreira is a senior member of IEEE and the Vice-President for Workshops and Symposia of the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (OES). He serves as an Associate Editor and in the Board of Directors of Earthzine, an IEEE OES publication. He has been a member of many conference organizing committees (including Technical Co-chair of OCEANS 2021 San Diego – Porto). He holds over 60 peer-reviewed papers including a patent and two book chapters and has reviewed for over 20 international journals. His research interests include underwater computer vision, sonar processing, marine law for unmanned marine vehicles, robotics competitions, and educational robotics.

He holds a PhD in Robotics, an Integrated Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a Bachelor in Political Science with a thesis on regulatory aspects of autonomous surface vessels.