Best Paper (Excellence Award). International Conference on Future Networks. June 2013

IPR Contributor of the year 2009 – awarded on November 2010 by Nokia Siemens Networks for contributions to the company’s worldwide patent portfolio.

Nomination for Siemens SA R&D Awards – with the project  “Building a Center of Competence for Home Entertainment Solutions in Portugal” (03/2006)

Nomination for Siemens SA Strategic Awards – with the project “Totally  Integrated Home” (03/2006)

Innovation Award from COM Innovation Fair in Munich (09/2005).

IC Innovation Award from Siemens SA (11/2005)

Best Student Paper Award at the IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks - awarded by IEEE and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2004)

Nomination for Best Paper Award at the International FLAIRS conference (2004);

MIT Fellowships (1998-2004)

Rice-Cullimore Award by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers - awarded yearly to four students in the U.S.A. for outstanding academic achievements (1999)

PhD scholarship by PRAXIS  XXI – EC / Portuguese  Government (1998-2002)

Scholarship by Luso-American foundation for development (1998)

FULBRIGHT scholarship (1998/1999)

Grant from International conference committee IEEE IROS'98

Grant from International conference committee IEEE IROS’97

Masters Scholarship from PRAXIS XXI – European Community/Portuguese  Government (1995-1997)