**Jo ˜ao Ferreira**

Joao P. Ferreira achieved his BSc degree in Electrical Engineering in 1999, Master in Industrial ˜ Automation in 2002, and PhD in Instrumentation and Control in 2010 at the University of Coimbra. Currently, he is a Coordinator Professor of the Electrical Engineering Department at the Superior Institute of Engineering of Coimbra, Coordinator of the specialization course of Industrial Automation, Robotics and Maintenance, and Researcher at the Institute of Systems and Robotics of the University of Coimbra. He has coordinated and participated in several funding projects in the area of humanoid and medical rehabilitation robotics, with more than 100 scientific publications in international journals/conferences, over 300 participations as a reviewer of scientific manuscripts, and he also holds a national patent (nº. 108143). His research interests include robotics, humanoid robots, human gait, rehabilitation robotics, artificial intelligence, and their applications.
