Wallace Moreira Bessa
wallace.moreirabessa@utu.fi Työhuone: B6015 ORCID-tunniste: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0935-7730 |
Smart systems; Control theory; Robotics; Mechatronics; Machine intelligence
I am Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Turku, Finland, and Head of the Smart Systems Lab (https://sites.utu.fi/smartsystems/). Before taking up my position at the University of Turku, I was Associate Professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (2008-2021) and Assistant Professor at the Federal Center for Technological Education, Brazil (2004-2008). In 2014, I was awarded the prestigious Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers, which allowed me to be a visiting professor at the Hamburg University of Technology, Germany, from August 2015 to July 2017. I have more than 100 scientific publications on topics such as intelligent control, machine intelligence, nonlinear systems, robotics and mechatronics.
The main directions of my current research are related to:
- Intelligent control: Intelligent controllers play an essential role in the design of more precise and energy-efficient smart systems, resulting in more safety, productivity, and sustainability. Combining modern nonlinear control techniques (sliding modes, adaptive methods and feedback linearization) with soft computing and machine learning algorithms (artificial neural networks, fuzzy logic, reinforcement learning and Gaussian process regression), it is possible to design control strategies capable of dealing with the uncertainties and external disturbances inherent to the unstructured world in which we live.
- Autonomous systems: By interacting more closely with humans, smart systems will increasingly face unexpected situations that could not have been foreseen by their designers. In this way, autonomous systems must be able to make quick decisions and still respect the moral and ethical issues of our society. This exciting research area is at the fore front of technological development and also offers the possibility of dealing with a multidisciplinary scientific topic, ranging from biologically inspired questions to important philosophical aspects.
I am responsible for the Smart Systems track of the Master's Degree Programme in Mechanical Engineering.
In addition, I am also responsible for the following courses:
- KTEK0038 Intelligent Control
- KTEK0055 Machine Learning for Mechanical Engineering
- KTEK0065 Hands-on Smart Systems
- An Exploratory Analysis of Supply Chain Contract on Efficiency, Simulation, and Data analytics Augmentation Technologies (2024)
- Journal of Advanced Management Science
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1)) - Accurate trajectory tracking control with adaptive neural networks for omnidirectional mobile robots subject to unmodeled dynamics (2023)
- Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1)) - Fish and chips: Using machine learning to estimate the effects of basal cortisol on fish foraging behavior (2023)
- Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1)) - Intelligent control of cardiac rhythms using artificial neural networks (2023)
- Nonlinear Dynamics
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1)) - Optimizing Smart Factories: A Data-Driven Approach (2023)
- Global Journal of Research in Engineering G: Industrial Engineering
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1)) - Intelligent Control of Seizure-Like Activity in a Memristive Neuromorphic Circuit based on the Hodgkin-Huxley Model (2022)
- Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1)) - Intelligent Control with Artificial Neural Networks for Automated Insulin Delivery Systems (2022)
- Bioengineering
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1)) - Sliding Mode Control with Gaussian Process Regression for Underactuated Mechanical Systems (2022)
- IEEE Latin America Transactions
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1)) - Intelligent control of a single-link flexible manipulator using sliding modes and artificial neural networks (2021)
- Electronics Letters
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1)) - Intelligent Depth Control of Underwater Robots using Artificial Neural Networks and Reinforcement Learning (2020)
- Latin American Robotics Symposium
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4)) - Sliding Mode Control with Gaussian Process Regression for Underwater Robots (2020)
- Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1)) - An adaptive fuzzy sliding mode controller for uncertain underactuated mechanical systems (2019)
- Journal of Vibration and Control
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1)) - Intelligent control for accurate position tracking of electrohydraulic actuators (2019)
- Electronics Letters
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1)) - A Biologically Inspired Framework for the Intelligent Control of Mechatronic Systems and Its Application to a Micro Diving Agent (2018)
- Mathematical Problems in Engineering
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1)) - Depth Control of Underwater Robots Using Sliding Modes and Gaussian Process Regression (2018)
- Latin American Robotics Symposium
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4)) - Reinforcement Learning of Depth Stabilization with a Micro Diving Agent (2018)
- IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4)) - Design and Adaptive Depth Control of a Micro Diving Agent (2017)
- IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1)) - Intelligent Sliding Mode Control of an Overhead Container Crane (2017) Proceedings of the 2017 Thematic Conference on Multibody Dynamics (ECCOMAS) Bessa Wallace M., Otto Svenja, Kreuzer Edwin, Seifried Robert
(Muu (O2)) - Chaos control using an adaptive fuzzy sliding mode controller with application to a nonlinear pendulum (2009)
- Chaos, Solitons and Fractals
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1)) - Some remarks on the boundedness and convergence properties of smooth sliding mode controllers (2009)
- International Journal of Automation and Computing
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))