Petia Georgieva

Academic position:	Associate Professor
Joining date:	01-04-2019
Roles in IT:	Researcher
Thematic Line:	Basic Sciences and Enabling Technologies
Group:	Applied Mathematics - Av

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Address: IT – Aveiro
Instituto de Telecomunicações
Campus Universitário de Santiago
P-3810-193 AVEIRO - PORTUGAL
Tel: +351 234 377 900

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https://www.orcid.org/0000-0002-6424-6590

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Scientific Achievements

Degrees

Agregação, Universidade de Aveiro, 16-12-2022
PhD, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, 15-04-2003

Affiliations

European Commission, 17-06-2010, External Evaluator
Universidade de Aveiro, 01-09-2003, Assoc. Professor with habilitation

Expertise Topics

Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Data mining, Artificial Intelligence, Medical imaging, 5G networks

Academic Activities

3Supervision of PhD theses

Publications

1Books

A. P. Pinho, P. Georgieva, Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis, Springer, Cham, 2022,
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2Books Chapters

D.C. Canedo, P.F. Fonseca, P. Georgieva, A. J. R. N Neves, An Innovative Vision System for Floor-Cleaning Robots Based on YOLOv5, Chapter in, Iberian Conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis, Pinho, A.J., Georgieva, P., Teixeira, L.F., Sánchez, J.A, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Aveiro, 2022
P. Georgieva, A. Brandao, Automatic Log Analysis to Prevent Cyber Attacks, Chapter in, Advances in Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation, Springer, Cham, Springer, 2022

23Papers in Journals

F. D. L. C. Coutinho, L. S. Silva, H. Silva, P. Georgieva, A. Oliveira, Transfer Learning-Based Channel Estimation Supported by FPGA Dynamic Reconfiguration, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, Vol. 15, No., pp. 46 - 50, 2026 | BibTex
P. Georgieva, Prediction of Daily River Discharge to Estuaries Based on Meteorological Data, Water, Vol. 17, No. 17, pp. 2499 - 2499, August, 2025,
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P. Georgieva, Hypergeometric Functions as Activation Functions: The Particular Case of Bessel-Type Functions, Mathematics, Vol. 13, No. 14, pp. 2232 - 2232, July, 2025 | BibTex
P. Georgieva, Data-driven elastoplastic constitutive modelling with physics-informed RNNs using the Virtual Fields Method for indirect training, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 440, No., pp. 117935 - 117935, May, 2025,
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R. Lourenço, A. Tariq, P. Georgieva, A. Andrade-Campos, B. Deliktaş, On the use of physics-based constraints and validation KPI for data-driven elastoplastic constitutive modelling, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 437, No., pp. 117743 - 117743, March, 2025 | Full text (PDF 4 MBs) | BibTex
F. D. L. C. Coutinho, S. S. Pereira, H. Silva, P. Georgieva, A. Oliveira, A Quantization-Aware DL-Based Channel Estimation Algorithm for OFDM Systems, IEEE Access, Vol. 13, No., pp. 152608 - 152619, 2025 | BibTex
D.C. Canedo, J. Fonte, R. Dias, R. Pereiro, L. Gonçalves-Seco, M. Martínez Vázquez, P. Georgieva, A. Neves, Automated Detection of Hillforts in Remote Sensing Imagery With Deep Multimodal Segmentation, Archaeological Prospection, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. -, September, 2024 | BibTex
P. Georgieva, An indirect training approach for implicit constitutive modelling using recurrent neural networks and the virtual fields method, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 425, No. 425, pp. 116961 - 116961, May, 2024 | Full text (PDF 1 MB) | BibTex
P. Georgieva, The Synergy between Artificial Intelligence, Remote Sensing, and Archaeological Fieldwork Validation, Remote Sensing, Vol. 16, No. 11, pp. 1933 - 1933, May, 2024 | Full text (PDF 34 MBs) | BibTex
A. C. CAMPOS, P. Georgieva, M. Fernandes, P. Monteiro, G. Fernandes, F. P. Guiomar, Optical Beam Steering in FSO Systems Supported by Computer Vision, IEEE Access, Vol. 12, No. 12, pp. 73793 - 73809, May, 2024 | BibTex
P.S André, M.R. Ferreira, S Correia, L Fu, M. Antunes, P. Georgieva, Predicting the efficiency of luminescent solar concentrators for solar energy harvesting using machine learning, Scientific Reports, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 4160 - 4160, February, 2024 | BibTex
F. D. L. C. Coutinho, H. Silva, P. Georgieva, A. Oliveira, A Novel CNN-Based Channel Estimation Algorithm in the Presence of Phase Noise and CFO, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 193 - 197, January, 2024 | BibTex
M.R. Ferreira, S Correia, L Fu, P. Georgieva, M. Antunes, P.S André, A comprehensive dataset of photonic features on spectral converters for energy harvesting, Scientific data, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 1 - 13, January, 2024 | Full text (PDF 1 MB) | BibTex
L. Alexandrino, H. Olyaei, A. Albuquerque, P. Georgieva, M. V. Drummond, 3D Object Detection for Self-Driving Vehicles Enhanced by Object Velocity, IEEE Access, Vol. 12, No. 0, pp. 8220 - 8229, January, 2024 | Full text (PDF 1 MB) | BibTex
R. Almeida, P. Georgieva, N. Martins, Heating setpoint recommendation strategy for thermal comfort and energy consumption optimization, energy and buildings, Vol. 296, No., pp. 113406 - 113406, October, 2023 | BibTex
P. Georgieva, Editorial for special section ' IbPRIA22', Pattern Recognition Letters, Vol. 168, No., pp. 153 - 153, April, 2023 | BibTex
D.C. Canedo, J. Fonte, L. Seco, M. Martínez Vázquez, R. Dias, R. Pereiro, P. Georgieva, A. Neves, Uncovering Archaeological Sites in Airborne LiDAR Data With Data-Centric Artificial Intelligence, IEEE Access, Vol. 11, No., pp. 65608 - 65619, 2023 | BibTex
F. D. L. C. Coutinho, H. Silva, P. Georgieva, A. Oliveira, 5G cascaded channel estimation using convolutional neural networks, Digital Signal Processing, Vol. 126, No. 2022, pp. 103483 - 103483, February, 2022,
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D.C. Canedo, P.F. Fonseca, P. Georgieva, A. J. R. N Neves, A Deep Learning-Based Dirt Detection Computer Vision System for Floor-Cleaning Robots with Improved Data Collection, Technologies, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 1 - 1, December, 2021,
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D. Carneiro, F. Silva, P. Georgieva, Robot Anticipation Learning System for Ball Catching, robotics, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 113 - 113, October, 2021 | Full text (PDF 792 KBs) | BibTex
M. Fernandes, B. Brandão, P. Georgieva, P. Monteiro, F. P. Guiomar, Adaptive optical beam alignment and link protection switching for 5G-over-FSO, Optics Express, Vol. 29, No. 13, pp. 20136 - 20136, June, 2021,
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B. Lopes, L. Silva, I. Blanquet, P. Georgieva, C. Marques, Prediction of fish mortality based on a probabilistic anomaly detection approach for recirculating aquaculture system facilities, Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 92, No. 2, pp. -, February, 2021 | BibTex
P. Georgieva, Deep learning models for brain machine interfaces, Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, Vol. N/A, No. N/A, pp. N/A - N/A, October, 2019 | BibTex

22Papers in Conferences

P. Georgieva, Explainable AI for Intrusion Detection in Connected Vehicles, Principle and practice of data and Knowledge Acquisition Workshop, Wellington, New Zealand, November, 2025 | BibTex
R. Barbosa, M. Araújo, P. Georgieva, S. Sargento, Graph Convolutional Network-Based Approach for Dynamic Connectivity Prediction in 5G Networks, IEEE Conf. on Computer Communications - INFOCOM, Conference online, Vol., pp. -, May, 2025 | BibTex
F. Santana, J. Brito, P. Georgieva, Deep Learning for Multi-class Diagnosis of Thyroid Disorders using Selective Features, Artificial Intelligence: Methodology, Systems, and Applications AIMSA, Varna, Bulgaria, September, 2024 | BibTex
M. Neves, P. Loureiro, T. Slavov, P. Georgieva, End-to-End Learning System for Symbol Decoding in Optical Communication, IEEE 12th International Conference on Intelligent Systems IS, Varna, Bulgaria, August, 2024 | BibTex
J. António, L. Mihaylova, P. Georgieva, Efficient News Synopsis Generation with T5 Transformers, IEEE 12th International Conference on Intelligent Systems IS, Varna, Bulgaria, August, 2024 | BibTex
J. António, P. Georgieva, Iterative Stacking Regression for Materials Properties Prediction, IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks IJCNN, Yokohama, Japan, July, 2024 | BibTex
R. Barbosa, P. Georgieva, S. Sargento, P. Rito, M. Araújo, A. Goes, Forecasting and Improving Latency in 5G V2X Networks for Autonomous Driving Scenario, IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference - MELECON, Porto, Portugal, June, 2024 | Full text (PDF 503 KBs) | BibTex
B. Mesquita, B. Duarte, F. Silva, P. Georgieva, Predictive Analytics for Customer Behavior - Top Up Propensity and Account Balance Predictions in Prepaid Mobile Services, IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference - MELECON, Porto, Portugal, June, 2024 | BibTex
D. Correia, F. Pinto, S. Sargento, P. Georgieva, Cluster-Based Approach for Cellular Traffic Prediction with Machine Learning Methods, IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference - MELECON, Porto, Portugal, June, 2024 | BibTex
A. Gomes, R. Pascoal, D.C. Canedo, A. Neves, P. Georgieva, Archaeological site detection on remote-sensed images using U-net, International Conference Automatics, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, Sozopol, Bulgaria, June, 2024 | BibTex
F. D. L. C. Coutinho, H. Silva, P. Georgieva, A. Oliveira, On the Performance Analysis of DL-based Data Detection Algorithms in M-QAM Satellite Links, 28th IEEE Workshop on Signal and Power Integrity, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, May, 2024 | BibTex
F. D. L. C. Coutinho, H. Silva, P. Georgieva, A. Oliveira, CNN Architecture Design Impact in DL-Based Channel Estimation Algorithms, IEEE Workshop on Communication Networks and Power Systems IEEE WCNPS, Brasília, Brazil, November, 2023,
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B. Costa, P. Georgieva, Explainable Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Applications: A Systematic Review, International Scientific Conference on Computer Science COMSCI, Sozopol, Bulgaria, September, 2023 | BibTex
R. Lourenço, E. Cueto, P. Georgieva, A. Andrade-Campos, On the constraints and consistency in implicit constitutive modelling using ANNs and indirect training, 26 International Conference on Material Forming ESAFORM, Krakow, Poland, April, 2023 | BibTex
F. D. L. C. Coutinho, H. Silva, P. Georgieva, A. Oliveira, Quantization Effects in a CNN-based Channel Estimator, IEEE Radio and Wireless Symp. - RWS, Las Vegas, United States, January, 2023,
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F. D. L. C. Coutinho, H. Silva, P. Georgieva, A. Oliveira, CNN-based Algorithm for Joint Channel and Phase Noise Estimation in OFDM Relay Systems, IEEE Latin-American Conference on Communications, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December, 2022,
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F. D. L. C. Coutinho, H. Silva, P. Georgieva, A. Oliveira, A Flexible CNN Architecture for Real-Time FPGA Implementation, III International Conference on Machine Learning & Applied Network Technologies, Conference online, Vol., pp. -, December, 2022 | BibTex
P.S André, P. Georgieva, J. F. Pina, P. E. D. Cruz, R. Pousa, Machine Learning Approach for Online Monitoring of Quality of Transmission Performance Indicators in Optical Fiber Networks, European Conference on Optical Communication ECOC, Bordeux, France, Vol., pp. -, September, 2021 | BibTex
D.Gomes Gomes, R. Jesus, M. Antunes, P. Georgieva, R. Aguiar, Stream Generation: Markov Chains vs GANs, International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security IoTDBS, Crete, Greece, June, 2019,
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J. Sanson, P. M. Tomé, P. Georgieva, Enabling MIMO beaforming through compressed CSI feedback based on principal component analysis, Academia Militar - PORTUGUESE CONFERENCE ON PATTERN RECOGNITION - RECPAD, Lisboa, Portugal, October, 2017 | BibTex
D. Duarte, N. D. Oliveira Oliveira, P. Georgieva, R.N. Nogueira, L. Bilro, Wine classification and turbidity measurement by clustering and regression models, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 0, pp. 0 - 0, September, 2015,
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D. Duarte, S. Prats, J. J. Keizer, P. Georgieva, R.N. Nogueira, L. Bilro, Novel approach for simultaneous sediment classification and concentration determination of water turbidity, International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors 24th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors OFS24, Curitiba, Brazil, Vol. 9634, pp. 96342U-1 - 96342U-4, September, 2015,
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Patents

1Patents

M. V. Drummond, P. Georgieva, X. Santos, Geração semissintética de conjuntos de dados para deteção de objetos 3D, PT119028, National, Pending, 14-12-2021, Portugal,
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Projects

Currently running projects1

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
REVOLUTION	REVOLUTIONIZING RADAR THROUGH COMMUNICATIONS TOWARDS ENVIRONMENT SENSING	FCT/PTDC	01-03-2023	28-02-2026

Closed Projects3

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
Dior	Deep Intelligent Optical and Radio Communication Networks	EC	01-12-2021	30-11-2025
FreeCom-B5G	Ultra-high-capacity free-space optical communications for beyond 5G	IT	01-01-2020	31-12-2022
OptWire	Next-Generation Optical Wireless Communications Enabled by Artificial Intelligence	FCT	01-12-2021	30-11-2024

Other Scientific Achievements

1Awards

P. Georgieva, M. V. Drummond, 3D Object Detection for Self-Driving Vehicles Enhanced by Object Velocity, E Proof Received 7 December 2023, accepted 24 December 2023. Date of publication 00 xxxx 0000, date of current version 00 xxxx 0000. Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3353051 3D Object Detection for Self-Driving Vehicles Enhanced by Object Velocity LEANDRO ALEXANDRINO 1,2,3, HADI Z. OLYAEI3, ANDRÉ ALBUQUERQUE3, PETIA GEORGIEVA 1,2,4, (Senior Member, IEEE), AND MIGUEL V. DRUMMOND 1,2, (Member, IEEE) 1 AQ:2 Instituto de Telecomunicações, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal 2 AQ:3 Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal 3 AQ:4 Bosch Car Multimedia, 4705-820 Braga, Portugal 4 AQ:5 Institute of Electronics and Informatics Engineering of Aveiro (IEETA), University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal AQ:6 Corresponding author: Leandro Alexandrino (l.alexandrino@ua.pt) AQ:7 This work was supported in part by the European Union (EU)-NextGenerationEU through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, Bulgaria, under Project BG-RRP-2.004-0005; and in part by FCT/MCTES through the National Funds co-funded EU Funds under Project UIDB/50008/2020-UIDP/50008/2020. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ABSTRACT AQ:8 A large number of vision sensors has been proposed for enabling self-driving vehicles to perceive their surroundings. Among them, Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) presents the unique advantage of acquiring a high resolution 3D representation of the vehicle surroundings, in the form of point clouds, which enables accurate 3D object detection. The success of the fi rst (and current) generation LiDARs has motivated the development of a second generation of this sensor, now based on coherent detection. Second generation LiDARs thus enable not only estimating radial distance, but also radial velocity for each point of the point cloud. The objective of this work is to investigate which benefi ts can be obtained by considering such an additional information – radial velocity – in 3D object detection. Results show that considering object velocity is particularly helpful in objects represented by a small number of points., 30-11-2023

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