Curriculum Vitae 2016

Curriculum Vitae 2016.

Curriculum Vitae 2016

Curriculum Vitae 2016 .

2016 CURRICULUM VITAE

Senior Prof. Dr. Eng. Cybernetics (retired)

1-GENERAL DATA
Name: Pedro Roberto Medina Martins (Inglês in papers appears sometimes the Pedro Medina-Martins)
Place and Date of Birth: Lisbon, the 13n August 1941
Nationality: Portuguese
Present Institutional Address:
Technical University of Lisbon
Private Address:
R. Color. Marques Leitão, 27-1º esq, Lisbon 1700-124
Private Phone Number: 00351218401962 /
E-mail: 0162435101@netcabo.pt
p.medinamartins@netcabo.pt

2-ACADEMIC DEGREES
– PhD in Cybernetics, Brunel University, London, UK, 1987.
– Electronic Eng., Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Lisbon, 1967.

3-PRESENT POSITION
-Senior Professor of the Technical University of Lisbon (Retired)
Independent Researcher

4-ESTIMATED WORK TIME ALLOCATION
100% in Research.

5-PREVIOUS POSITIONS
General
Senior Professor of the Independent University (between October 2000 and March 2005).
Senior Professor of the Modern University (between October 1994 and October 2000).
Full Professor of IST between 1972 and 1995.
Retired from IST in March 1995.
Detailed
Member of the Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC) between October 1966 and July 1974. Head of the Instrumentation Division of the Hydraulic Department (HD) in the same period.
Assistant Professor of Servomechanisms, IST (1972).
In 1974 receives a NATO Grant to get his PhD in the United Kingdom (UK). He works in full time with Prof. Gordon Pask in the UK and Prof. Heinz von Foesrter in the USA between 1974-1980 and in Portugal/UK/USA between 1980 and 1986. His Doctoral Thesis entitled “Science as a Growing System”, has a predictable duration of 8-10 years.
Got his PhD in April 1987. The Thesis (with 1200 pp.) was classified as the Best Doctoral Thesis presented and discussed since 1977.
Beyond his activity as Professor, has continued his research work with Profs. Gordon Pask and Heinz von Foerster (until their deaths), Humberto Maturana, Gerard de Zeeuw, George Klir, Robert Valée, Brian Clement, Daniel Dubois and members of CHAOS (see &11) as well as with the Universities of Amsterdam, Ghent, Liege, Vienna and the New York State University (amongst others). In Lisbon, together with the Independent University, is presently working with the Jubilated Prof. Antonio Gouvea Portela (Mathematical Department of IST), with the Informatics Department of Faculdade de Ciencias (namely with Prof. Dr. Helder Coelho), with Faculdade de Letras – roughly translated as “Humanistic Faculty” – (in the Psycho-Linguistic Department, collaborating with the Head of Department, Prof. Dr. Isabel Hub Faria) and with the Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada (ISPA) – where he has given Lectures on the application of Fuzzy Logics and Neural Nets to Cognitive Sciences.
Head of the Computer and Electronic Departments of the Independent University (Lisbon) between July 2000 and July 2001.

6-MAIN SCIENTIFIC AREAS OF RESEARCH
Cybernetics, Fuzzy Subsets Theory, Neural Nets and Neuro-Psychoanalysis. Since 2000 that is devoting his attention to the construction of Conscious Machines.

7-RESEARCH ACTIVITY: MAIN SPECIALIZED AREAS
Robotic emulation of those physiological and mental processes belonging to the realm of the so-called “depth psychology” and particularly related to Artificial Consciousness. Commonly, conscious mental and bodily ‘mechanisms’, essentially linked to conscious/unconscious phenomena albeit regarded from a neuro-psychoanalytic perspective.
“Autonomy” and “self-reference” – particularly in the way by means of which artificial systems are able of emulating affections and wishes, setting up the distinction between what is “in” and “out” to them, self acquiring will, purposiveness and intentionality as well as the emergence of conditionals “if… then” and the capability of self programming, etc. – are especially striking areas. The final goal of my Research Project consists in knowing how a non-natural system can be endowed with a primary consciousness (“being aware of”), secondary consciousness (“being aware of being aware”) and (moral) conscience by means of the interaction with an affectively significant human being (a ‘mother’) just like it seems to happen with human babies.

8-NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS
See detailed enumeration in &12.

9-TEACHING ACTIVITY (until March 2005)

-Senior Professor of Fuzzy Control in the Electronic Department of the Independent University (until March 2005).
-Senior Professor of Linear Control Theory in the Electronic Department of the Independent University.
-Responsible by the practical lectures given by my Assistants on Automation and Robotics as well as on Linear Control.
-Senior Professor of Robotics in the Department of Informatics (Independent University).
-Responsible by the Final Graduate Projects of the students belonging to the Departments of Electronics and Informatics (equivalent to their Bs Eng Theses)

10-PREVIOUS TEACHING ACTIVITY
In IST:
Responsible between 1988 and 1995 by the 5th year Lectures of the Mechanical Engineering Course on
Introduction to Cybernetics
Fuzzy Linguistic Control
Fuzzy Automata (MSc on the Mechanical Engineering Course).
Responsible between 1980 and 1985 by the 3th year Lectures of the Mechanical Engineering Course on Electronics and Instrumentation.
Responsible between 1980 and 1985 by the 4th year Lectures of the Mechanical Engineering Course on Linear Control Theory.
Assistant Professor of Servo-Mechanisms between 1972 and 1974.
Outside IST:
Invited Professor of the Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa (1990-1991) where he gave Lectures on “Models of Mental Simulation using Fuzzy Sets and Neural Nets”, Post- Graduate Course on Psycho-Linguistics.
Invited Professor of the Instituto Superior e Psicologia Aplicada (ISPA) – between 1992 and 1993 – where he gave Lectures on “Cognitive Models of Mental Simulation using Fuzzy Sets and Neural Nets”, Post- Graduate Course on Applied Psychology.
11-SOME MAIN MEMBERSHIPS
President of the Portuguese Society for Cybernetics (since 1987).
Member of the American Society for Cybernetics (since 1988).
Member of the Portuguese Psychosomatic Society (1992).
Member of the Research Team “FORMA” (since 1993) – Gulbenkian Foundation – (with Prof. Dr. Antonio Portela, Prof. Dr. João Caraça, Prof. Dr. Helder Coelho, and Prof. Dr. A. Carvalho Rodrigues amongst others)
Member of the New York Academy of Sciences (between 1994 and 1996).
Member of EURON (since 2002).
Member of the Neuro-Psychoanalytic Society (2004).
Permanent Member of CHAOS -Centre for Hypercursion and Anticipation in Ordered Systems, University of Liege, since 1997.
Member of the International Scientific, Administrative and Organizing Committees of CASYS including (amongst others) Nikitas Assimakopoulos (Greece), Jerry Chandler (USA), Daniel M. Dubois (Belgium), Yasushi Endow (Japan), George L. Farre (USA), Thierry Grisar (Belgium), Stig Holmberg (Sweden), Loet Leydesdorff (the Netherlands), Peter J. Marcer (United Kingdom), Koichiro Matsuno (Japan), Ion I. Mirità (Romania), Erik Noldus (Belgium), Robert Vallée (France), Gertrudis Van de Vijver (Belgium) as well as Mark Burke (Ireland), Zdzislaw Bubnicki (Poland), Marco Ceccarelli (Italy), John Collier (Australia), Peter A. Corning (USA), John G. Cramer (USA), Rodolfo Faglia (Italy), John Fogelholm (Finland), Jean-Paul Frachet (France), Walter Freeman (USA), Yukio-Pegio Gunji (Japan), Pere Julià (Spain), Tadeusz Kaczorek (Poland), Louis H. Kauffman (USA), George J. Klir (USA), Michele Malatesta (Italy), Gianfranco Minati (Italy), Edgar D. Mitchell (USA), Karl Pribram (USA), Salvatore Santoli (Italy), Walter Schempp (Germany), Eric Schwarz (Switzerland), José Luis Simões da Fonseca (Portugal), Pawel Siwak (Poland), Martin C. B. Smith (United Kingdom), Alexander A. Sytnik (Russia), Ernst von Glasenrsfeld (USA), Karl Erich Wolff (Germany), Lotfi A. Zadeh (USA)
For more details see LINKEDIN.

12- PROJECTS
12/1-INTERNATIONAL
1-Leading Responsible and Team Coordinator of a 4 years PRAXIS Project entitled “BABY I” that already entailed many of the subjects presently mooted. Proposed to FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology, Lisbon), 1998.
The Project was not approved “due to the non-existence of available funds”.
2-Leading Responsible and Team Coordinator of a 4 years International NATO Project on Learning Systems, NATO Scientific Exchange Program.
3-Proposed by Prof. Quintino Rogado (Mining Department, IST) as Leading Responsible in the area of Fuzzy Control of the ESPRIT Project PARCON-TRO (ADIST 1992).
4 -Leading Responsible by the Fuzzy area in the Project Acquisition, Understanding and Production of the Portuguese Language in the European Space included in the Programme ∏Enhancement of Social and Humanistic Sciences, Junta Nacional de Investigação Cientifica e Tecnológica, Psycholinguistic Laboratory, Lisbon Faculty of Humanistic Sciences (1991).
5-Ex-Collaborator of the Project “Principia Cibernetica”, leaded by Prof. Dr Francis Heylighen, Brussels Free University, Belgium (1989).
6-Collaborator between 1987 and 1995 of the Project “Support, Science and Culture”. Leaded by Prof. Gerard de Zeew and Prof. Gordon Pask, University of Amsterdam.
7 Coordinator in Portugal of the Project ESPRIT (Basic Research Actions) “Cognition and Competence in the Context of Enhanced Intelligence” Prof. Gerard de Zeew and Prof. Gordon Pask, University of Amsterdam, (1988-1990).
8-(Between 1969 and 1971) Leading Responsible and Designer of the System Controlling the Gates of Huelva’s Harbour (LNEC, Portuguese and Spanish Governments).
9-(Between 1971 and 1974) co-responsible by the Project concerning the “Long-Term Oscillations in the Balancing Columns of Cahora-Bassa’s Dam”, LNEC, Portuguese Government and the International ZAMCO Consortium.

12/2-SOME NATIONAL PROJECTS
(All the Projects use Fuzzy Sets and/or some type of Neural Nets)
1-“Simulation of Fuzzy Learning Processes” – IST, 1987.
2-“Fuzzy Knowledge Bases”, IST, 1987.
3- “Fuzzy Data Bases and Fuzzification of Conversation Theory”, IST, 1988.
4-“User’s Manual of a Fuzzy Controller”, IST, 1988.
5–“Sliding-Mode Control of an Electric Machine using a Fuzzy Inference Engine”, IST, 1989.
6-“Project of a Homeostat with a High Number of Elements”, IST, 1990
7-“Self-Organizing Fuzzy Systems: Application to the Level Control of a Two Coupled Water Tanks”, IST, 1990.
8-“Application of Fuzzy Control to a Column Flotation Process”, IST, 1990-1992.
9-.Approximate Reasoning : a Fuzzy Approach”, IST, 1991.
10-“Teaching/Learning Systems Using Fuzzy Knowledge Bases and Inferential Approximate Reasoning”, IST, 1993.
11-“Affective Relationships between Machines and Human Beings: a Fuzzy Approach“, IST, 1994.
12-“Predictive Control of an Autonomous Vehicle using Linguistic Control”, IST, 1994.
13-“Design and Construction of an Autonomous Blind Robot that Explores a 3-D World using a Fuzzy Controlled Tactile Arm-Hand System”, IST, 1994.
14-“Computational Simulation of a Robot Gripper Control using Fuzzy Logics”, Modern University, 1995.
15-“Computational Simulation of the Mars Rover Vehicle using Fuzzy Logics”, Modern University, 1995.
16-“Computational Simulation of a Space Telescope pointing a Control Tracking System using Fuzzy Logics ∑ – Modern University, 1996.
17 –“ Fuzzy Control of a Nitrogen Propelled Manned Maneuvering Unit “ – Modern University, 1997.
18- “Fuzzy Control of a Photovoltaic Cell Array Tracking the Sun‘s Path“ – Modern University, 1998.
19- “Fuzzy Design of a Simple Robotic Replication Facility“ – Modern University, 1999.
20- “Fuzzy Control of the leg of a 6-Legged Vehicle”- Independent University, 2000.
21-“Project of an actual 6 Legged System fitted with two Eyes”, able to decide whether or not its dimensions allow the crossing of the interval between several barriers.
The disposition of the barriers was changeable from experiment to experiment with a single exception. The vehicle (a giant “Spider”) has to learn (using a neural net) that after having taken several (fuzzy) decisions, one remains invariant. This will be the chosen path- Independent University, 2001/2002.
22-“3D actual Hearing System, modulated by Attention, able to react (whether attentive to its ‘outer world’) when someone comes into a room and utters a sentence. The Project seeks also the setting up of the distinction between human language and some extraneous noise”-Independent University, 2003/2004.
23-“Fuzzy Control of an actual Crane of Lisbon’s Harbour”, Independent University, 2003/2004 (Presentation in January 05)
24-“Comparing the responses given by 3 artificial muscular∂ systems:-a micro pneumatic system,
-a muscular system based on Flexinol,
-a muscular system using Nano-Muscles.
The Project seeks the substitution of the conventional motors used in the arms, hands and fingers of traditional robots by lighter systems with an architecture similar to that of human beings. Collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon, Independent University, 2004/2005.
25-“Artificial Human Hand – similar to Dexter’s hand, actuated by the selected system of Project 24”.Collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon”, Independent University, 2004/2005.
26-“Artificial Arm/Forearm/Hand/Fingers” based on Projects 24 and 25. Collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon”, Independent University, 2004/2005.
27-“Conjoint Vision-Tactile (conventional) System able to grasp objects ”, Independent University, 2004/2005
28-“Visual System able of learning, identifying and memorizing a particular human face insofar as its ‘inner’ homeostatic disturbances are periodically activated and appeased by that face”.
The system should react like a baby e.g., if the face did not obey some innate Gestalt formed by the nose, forehead and eyes, then the baby had to be initially unable of identifying it”, Independent University, 2004/2005.
29-“Project similar to Project 28 but extended in order to include audition and attention ”, Independent University, 2004/2005.
30-“Project on Vision seeking to set up the (robotic) distinction between “looking” and “seeing”, Independent University, 2004/2005.

13-RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS
(Note: All papers or publications with the symbol * have required a selection jury).
“Science as a Growing System”, Doctoral Thesis, Brunel University, (UK), 1986
“Science as a Growing System” – Proceedings of the Xth International Meeting on Cybernetics, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 1987 (*)
“Towards Historical Experimentation” – Proceedings of the IXth International Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research, Vienna, Austria, ‘Cybernetics and Systems 88′, Ed. R. Trappl, Kluwer Academic Publishers1988 (*)
“Between Epistemology and Psychopathology: Cybernetic Models of Mental Development” – Proceedings of the 1st International Congress on Communitary Mental Health, Lisbon, 1988
“Communication, Conversation and Cybernetics” – Proceedings of the 1st International Congress on Communication, Meaning and Knowledge, Lisbon, 1989 (*)
“On the Simulation of Depth Mental Processes” – Proceedings of the Xth International Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research, Vienna, Austria, ‘Cybernetics and Systems 90′, Ed. R. Trappl, World Scientific1990 (*)
“Support Sytems” – Chapter of the book “Adenda & Errata” edited by the Project “Support, Science and Culture”, University of Amsterdam, 1991
“The Mind-Body Problem: Cognitive Predicate Structuring at an Early Level of Language Acquisition” – (written in collaboration with Dr. Isabel Hub Faria), Proceedings of the International Congress on ‘Problems of…’, Amsterdam, 1991 (*)
“Cybernetics and Possibility Theory: The Limitations of the Classical Paradigm” – Técnica, 1991
“Linguistic Controllers: A Guide to Theory, Practice and Research” – Técnica, 1992
“The ‘In’ and the ‘Out’: An Evolutionary approach” (written in collaboration with Eng. Luis Rocha) – Proceedings of the XIth International Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research, Vienna, Austria, Cybernetics and Systems 92′, Ed. R. Trappl, World Scientific 1992 (*).
“The ‘In’ and the ‘Out’” (extended version) – Chapter of the book “Systems Complexity”, World Publishing Company, ed. 1993.
“CYBORGS: A Fuzzy Conversational System” – (written in collaboration with Daniel H. Martins, Luis J. Rocha, Luis M. Ferreira, Miguel M. Almeida e Pedro A. da Gama Augusto), Final Report of the Project on Learning Systems, NATO International Scientific Exchange Programmes (500 pp.), March 1993 (*).
“Applications of Fuzzy Control to a Column Flotation Process” (written in collaboration with Eng. Teresa Carvalho) – XXIV APCOM, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, Montreal, Canada, October 1993 (*).
“Metalogues: An Essay on Computer’s Psychology” (written in collaboration with Daniel H. Martins, João Sousa, José Novais, Luis J. Rocha, e Pedro Augusto) – Proceedings of the XIth International Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research, Vienna, Austria, Cybernetics and Systems 94′, Ed. R. Trappl, World Scientific 1994 (*).
“Metalogues: An Abridge of a Genetic Psychology of Non-Natural Systems”, CCAI, The Journal for the Integrated Study of Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science and Applied Epistemology, (Special number) January 1995 (*).
“Mystery Objects, Interpretations and Meanings”, 9th International Conference on Literature and Psychoanalysis, Lisbon, March, 1995.
“Mystery Objects, Interpretations and Meanings”, Chap. of the book “Antropologia Literária e Psicanalise”, ISPA, Lisbon, June, 1997.
“The ‘Ifs’ of History”, International Conference on New Techniques and Technologies for Statistics, Bonn, November 1995 (*).
“Objectal Relationships: A Fuzzy Approach”, Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores (SPA), 1994 (collaboration with A. Ramos, A. Rocha, S. Marques).
“Emergence, Diachronism and Machines: A Psychotronic Approach”, Conference held at the University of Paris as Special Invited Speaker of the Octavian Lectures, Sorbonne, Paris, October 1996 (*).
“Psychotronics: A Reflexion on the Limits of our Affective and Cognitive Knowledge”, University of Ghent, Belgium, October 1996.
“Emergence, Diachronism and Machines: A Psychotronic Approach”, Proceedings of the Octavian Lectures, Intellectica, Sorbonne, Paris, June, 1997. (*)
“Toys, Toddlers and the Times of Time”, CASYS 97, 1st International Congress on Computing Anticipatory Systems, Liege, Belgium, August97, American Publishing Company (*).
“What We Know and What We Do Not Know About the Times of Time”, Invited Speaker of the Plenary Session of the 1st International Congress on Computing Anticipatory Systems, Liege, Belgium, August 97.
“The Dynamics of Entailment-Meshes”, CASYS 98, 2nd International Congress on Computing Anticipatory Systems, Liege, Belgium, August 98, American Publishing Company (*).
“Play, Sam! Play ‘As Time Goes By!’ “, CASYS 99, Proceedings do 3d International Congress on Computing Anticipatory Systems, Liége, Belgium, August 99 (*).
“The Consciousness of Non-Natural Systems”, Proceedings of CASYS 2000, Liége, Belgium, August 2000 (*).
“The ‘Other’ and the ‘I’: an Abridge of the Origins of Consciousness in Natural and Non-Natural Systems”, 2001 World Congress in Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, July 2001, Orlando, USA (*).
“No Name, No History, No Time: An Abridge of a Theory of Subjective Times”, written in collaboration with Drª Teresa Salazar Leite, psychoanalyst, 6h International Congress on Computing Anticipatory Systems, Liége, Belgium, August 2003.
“The Quest for a New Holy Gray: Consciousness, Conscience and Affections in Non-Natural Systems”, Arrabida’s Lectures, Fundação Oriente, Fundação Gulbenkian, Draft version, July 2004(to be published as a book chapter by the Springer-Verlag) .
“Feeling Feelings”, Proceedings of the European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research, Vienna, Austria, 2006, Ed. R.Trapl.
“Betweeness”, Proceedings of the European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research, Vienna, Austria, 2008, Ed. R.Trapl.
“Esse Percipi, aut Percipere”:The Minimum Time Principle of Maximum Information Transfer 20h Proceedings of the European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research, Vienna, Austria, 2010, Ed. R.Trapl.
. “Why are we still here (for the time being)?, SocioCybernetic Congress, Faro,July, 2012.
“Esse Percipi, aut Percipere” (extended version) to be published by the NeuroPs¬ychoanalytic Society, 2013
“Why are we still here (for the time being)?”, SocioCybrernetic Congress , July 1-7, Faro, Portugal
The author is presently writing a book entitled “DESIGN FOR A BEING: On the Affective Relationships between Non-Natural Conscious Systems and Human Beings”. Expected Finishing Date: March 2015.

14-PATENTS
1) National Patent nº11116 P/01999/7101568 M, 1994/08/30 on a “SISTEMA DE CONTROLO VAGO (FUZZY) DE UM PROCESSO DE FLUTUAÇÃO EM COLUNA (in collaboration with Prof. Quintino Rogado and Engs. F. Durão, J. Sousa e T. Carvalho)
2) National software patent of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores (SPA) on “A COMPUTER MODEL OF THE EARLIEST AFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS BABY-MOTHER” (1994).
3) National Patent nº 39340 C/0598/318865V about PSYCHOTRONICS, October 1996
4) International Copyright from SPA on the content of all the papers published after 1999 about ‘ARTIFICIAL CONSCIOUSNESS’ (File Process D/**9974/2004)
5), 6), 7) Waiting for the official approval of three further patents:
(1)“Emulation of Survival Instinct in Non-Trivial Machines”;
(2) “The Emulation of Non-Reflexive Consciousness in Machines”,
(3)”The Emulation of Primary Affections in Non-Natural Conscious Systems”

15-INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
BEST PAPER AWARD in the Symposium “Mankind, Conceptualization and Mind’s Architecture”, Xth International Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research, Vienna, Austria, 1990
BEST PAPER AWARD in the Symposium “Mankind, Conceptualization and Mind’s Architecture”, XIth International Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research, Vienna, Austria, 1992 (together with Eng.Luis Rocha)
BEST PAPER AWARD in CASYS 97, 1st International Congress on Computing Anticipatory Systems, Liège, BeLgium, August 97
BEST PAPER AWARD in the 2001 World Congress in Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, July 2001, Orlando, Florida, USA.