08:30-18:30

Registration

› Escola do Mar dos Açores (EMA – expat’25 entrance)

9.00-09.30

Wed1 - Opening Session

› EMA – Room A.0.1

09:30-10:30

Wed2 - Plenary Session I

“Digital Twin Technologies for Smart and Sustainable Factories”
Erwin Rauch (Free University of Bolzano, Italy)
Chairs: Alexander Kist and Paulo Menezes
› EMA – Room A.0.1

10:30-11:00

Coffee-break

› EMA – Atrium

11:00-13:00

Wed3A - Parallel Session

“Systems for Health & Rehab”
Chairs: Wlodek J. Kulesza and Ricardo Vardasca
Papers: #18, #38, #48, #54, #74, #57
#18 – Pointwise Reliability Assessment
Cláudio Correia, Simão Paredes, Jorge Henriques, Teresa Rocha and Lino Gonçalves
#38 – Implementation of Collaborative Robots in Stroke Rehabilitation: a preliminary study on force and position/velocity control
Paulo Abreu, Maria Teresa Restivo and Helena Sousa
# 48 – Remote Breathing for Cardiac Coherence: A Pilot Study on Its Effects on Relaxation, Emotional Experience, and Interoception
Silvia Francesca Maria Pizzoli, Luana Amadini Genovese, Stefano Triberti and Giuseppe Riva
#54 – Integrating Heart Rate Metrics and Self-Reported Data in Lifestyle Research
Cristiana Azevedo, Daniela Rodrigues and Alberto Cardoso
#74 – Performance of the LLMs in the Diagnostic and Medical Treatment
Diogo Sousa, Guilherme Barbosa, Catarina Rocha and Dulce Oliveira
# 57 – Comparative Analysis of ExerGame Technologies for Balance Board Training: Game Mechanic/Dynamics, and Educational Applications
Oleksandr Blazhko, Asan Volkov and Stanislav Marulin
› EMA – Room A.0.1

11:00-13:00

Wed3B - Parallel Session

“AI-Powered Solutions for Smart and Green Urban Development” (AI-PSSGUD’25 Special Session)
Chairs: Manuel Rodrigues and Cidália Fonte
Papers: #25, #59, #60, #61, #62, #70
#25 – Enhancing Computer Science Education with Machine Learning
Omar Castrillon and Paulo Novais
#59 – Transforming Urban Management: Implementing a Data-Driven Smart City Platform – Guimarães PIUG
Ricardo Machado, Francisco S. Marcondes, Sérgio Gonçalves and Manuel Rodrigues
#60 – Intelligent Traffic Management using anonymized trajectory data for personal multimodal commuting recommendations
Clemens Westerkamp, Jona Gielians, Tim Seidel and Marco Schaarschmidt
#61 – Comparative Study of Object Detection Models for Automotive In-Vehicle Environments
Diana Ferreira, Cristiana Neto, Ana Santos, Carlos Ferreira, Duarte Fernandes and José Machado
#62 – Enhancing Shared Vehicle Management with AI: A Study on Interior Damage Detection Models
Sandra Dixe, Cátia Loureiro, Beatriz Miranda, Diana Ferreira, Tiago Aston, Duarte Fernandes and Hugo Peixoto
#70 – AI-Driven Exterior Damage Assessment for Shared Vehicle Systems: A Benchmarking Study of Segmentation and Detection Models
Cátia Loureiro, Sandra Dixe, Hugo Baptista, Cristiana Neto, Tiago Aston and Duarte Fernandes
› EMA – Room A.1.2

13:00-14:00

Lunch

› EMA – Atrium

14:00-15:40

Wed4A - Parallel Session

“Education 5.0”
Chairs: Horácio Fernandes and Diana Urbano
Papers: #80, #82, #88, #98, #101
#80 – Improving the curriculum of IT Foundations course for Estonian and International Non-IT Students at Tallinn University of Technology
Aleksandr Kormiltsyn and Olga Mironova
#82 – Can we help them better? Planning an Intervention with the Support of a Learning Analytics Dashboard
Jordi Cuadros, Vanessa Serrano, Unai Hernández-Jayo, Javier Garcia-Zubia, Laura Fernandez-Ruano and Judith Báguena
#88 – Augmented Reality as a Transformative Tool in Engineering Education: Analysing Its Impact on Learning and Engagement
Babatunde Agboluaje and James Uhomoibhi
#98 – A framework for assessing an authentic IoT project-based laboratory learning activity
Catherine Hills and Alexander Kist
#101 – Competency-Based Modular Higher Education: Key Features and Technological Integration
Catherine Hills, Justine Baillie and Alexander Kist
› EMA – Room A.0.1

14.00-15.40

Wed4B - Parallel Session

“Intelligent Systems”
Chairs: Katarina Zakova and João Carneiro
Papers: #12, #45, #69, #71, #73
#12 – A two-board design for interconnected intelligence in tiny IoT
Nil Llisterri Giménez, Felix Freitag, Leandro Navarro and Mennan Selimi
#45 – Land Use Mapping with OpenStreetMap: a Machine Learning approach
Joaquim Patriarca, Cidália Fonte and Alberto Cardoso
#69 – LLM-powered Social Robots for an Indoor Navigation Assistant
Gonçalo Carnaz, Paulo Menezes and Esmeralda Faria
#71 – Enabling Robot-Assisted Production Through Natural Language Input
Matthias Henzel, Marvin Böggemann, Erik Witte and Felix Daut
#73 – Active Replay for Continual Learning in Plant Species Biodiversity
Dinis Costa, Joana Costa, Bernardete Ribeiro, José Paulo Sousa, Rui Pedro Paiva, José Rafael Silva, Rui Lourenço and Catarina Silva
› EMA – Room A.1.2

14:00-15:40

Wed4C - Parallel Session

“Innovation in Forest Fire Risk Management” (IFFRM’25 Special Session I)
Chairs: Maria João Costa and Hélio Mendonça
Papers: #33, #36, #40, #42, #46
#33 – An early warning system for remote sensing of wildfires
Marta Oliveira, Luís Malarmey, Pedro Casau, Paulo Pedreiras, Sandra Millán Arias, Cristina Montesinos Barrios, João Barraca and Pedro Fonseca
#36 – Bench-scale evaluation of a novel sensing system based on gas/vapor microsensors for early wildfire detection and monitoring
Joel Perez i Poncelas, Murat Gunes, Ana Carmen de la Cruz, Mercedes Guijarro, Javier Madrigal and Stella Vallejos Vargas
#40 – A Cloud-Based Platform for Wildfire Risk Monitoring using Wireless Sensor Networks
João Cardoso, Leonardo Sousa, Pedro Salgueiro, Filipe Araújo, José Saias, Luís Rato, Vitor Nogueira, Teresa Gonçalves and Catarina Silva
#42 – On the applicability of low-cost air quality sensors for early stage forest fire detection
Lidia Abad, Sofía Aparicio, Raimundo Alfonso, Mercedes Guijarro, Javier Madrigal, Ana Carmen de la Cruz, Juan Luis Gómez-González , Eisharc Jaquet and Esther Hontañón
#46 – Multi-Agent Systems for Data-Driven Decision-Making in Forest Fire Management
Ali Asghar Bataleblu, Benyamin Ebrahimi, Marwa Ben Ali and Erwin Rauch
› EMA – Room A.1.1

15:40-16:10

Coffee-break

› EMA – Atrium

16:10-17:30

Wed5A - Parallel Session

“Underwater sensor platforms” (USP’25 Special Session)
Chairs: Astrid van Toor and  Fariba Moghaddam
Papers: #17, #26, #31
#17 – Low Energy, Real Time Passive Acoustic Detection of Dolphin Clicks and Whistles
Jeffrey Neasham, Richard Burnett, Gavin Lowes, Benjamin Sherlock, Per Berggren and Sarah Dickson
#26 – Experimental trials of energy saving control laws for variable buoyancy control
João Bravo Pinto, João Falcão Carneiro, Fernando Gomes de Almeida and Nuno Cruz
#31 – Marine Sensing Technologies: Applications for Monitoring Underwater Volcanic Activity, Geothermal Springs, and Ocean Exploration
Tiago Matos, Marcos Martins, Carlos Leite Faria, Luis Rocha, and Luis Goncalves
› EMA – Room A.1.2

16:10-17:30

Wed5B - Parallel Session

“Immersive Technologies: Training Future Engineers” (ITO-Train’25 Special Session I)
Chairs: Chiara Nezzi and Hugo Peixoto
Papers: #97, #9, #51, #41
#97 – Pedagogical Approach for Virtual Reality Tools at Universities of Applied Sciences
Margareth Gfrerer, Ephrem Tekle Yacob and Tomas Benz
#9 – The Glass Door Hybrid Remote Experiment for Programmable Devices
Javier Garcia Zubia, Giovanna Lani, Nora Gallastegi, Ander Herrero, Verónica Canivell and Luis Rodriguez-Gil
#51 – Female University Makerspaces: Conceptual Design for Sustainable and Tech-Integrated Learning
Marwa Ben Ali, Reda Makeda Fasil and Erwin Rauch
#41 – The Role of Virtual and Remote Learning Factories in Ambidextrous Manufacturing Innovation Management: A Vision for the Future
Caroline Colsman, Chiara Nezzi, Jan-Philipp Rammo and Erwin Rauch
› EMA – Room A.0.1

16:10-17:30

Wed5C - Parallel Session

“Innovation in Forest Fire Risk Management” (IFFRM’25 Special Session II)
Chairs: Teresa Gonçalves and Pedro Fonseca
Papers: #49, #50, #52, #86
#49 – Early Wildfire Detection with Metal Oxide Gas Sensors: A Smart Approach for Real-Time Monitoring
Cristina Brugera, Félix Meléndez, Angel López, Patricia Arroyo, Víctor González, José Ignacio Suárez, José Luis Herrero, José Manuel Perea and Jesus Lozano
#50 – Multisensor System for Early Fire Detection Using Gas and Particulate Sensors
Angel López, Patricia Arroyo, Alejandro Bernal, José Ignacio Suárez Marcelo, Mercedes Guijarro, Javier Madrigal, Ana Carmen De la Cruz, Eduardo Pinilla-Gil and Jesus Lozano
#52 – Evaluating Machine Learning Models for Wildfire Prediction Across Different Geographic Regions
José Silva, Jacinto Estima and Alberto Cardoso
#86 – A multimodal spatial and temporal features-based dataset for wildfire risk prediction
João Lopes, Catarina Silva, Cidália C. Fonte and Alberto Cardoso
› EMA – Room A.1.1

17:40-18:30

Wed6 - Invited Speech

“Innovative Technology and Higher Education: New Wine in Old Bottles?”
Susan Zvacek (CollegeTeachingCoach.com, USA)
Chairs: Catarina Silva and Javier Garcia Zubía
› EMA – Room A.0.1

19:30

Welcome reception

› Azoris Faial Garden – Resort Hotel, Horta

08:30-12:30

Registration

› EMA – expat’25 entrance

08:30-10:10

Thu1A - Parallel Workshop

“Building Inclusive Engineering Education with AI Technology”
Olga Dziabenko (University of Deusto, Spain), Diego López-de-Ipiña (University of Deusto, Spain), Javier García Zubía (University of Deusto, Spain)
› EMA – Room A.1.1

08:30-10:00

Thu1B - Parallel Workshop

“Experiential learning in robotic environments”
Igor Verner (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel), Alexander Kist (University of Southern Queensland, Australia), Catherine Hills (University of Southern Queensland, Australia)
› EMA – Room A.1.2

10:00-10:30

Coffee-break

› EMA – Atrium

10:30-12:30

Thu2

“Online Experimentation DEMOS Session”
Chairs: Nádia Medeiros, Olga Dziabenko and Paulo Abreu
Demos: #3, #5, #7, #10, #13, #20, #22, #23, #29, #30, #32, #35, #39, #53, #63, #67, #72, #75, #77, #79, #85, #96, #99, #102
#3 – Combining Physical and Remote Hardware for Teaching Hardware-Oriented Programming
Daniel Versick, Marcus Soll and Louis Kobras
#5 – Demonstration of a digital product passport system for second-hand electronic devices
Pedro Vilchez, Javier Cano, Cayo Puigdefabregas, Felix Freitag and Leandro Navarro
#7 – Demonstration of concurrent application provision with LoRaMesher
Joan Miquel Solé, Felix Freitag, Leandro Navarro and Mennan Selimi
#10 – Scilab-Based Online Simulation Engine for Online Virtual Laboratory
Jakub Matisak, Adrian Vrbovsky and Katarina Zakova
#13 – Hydrotwin: capturing the heartbeat of the ocean for better management of marine activities
Tiago Gomes, Alberto Santos, Joachim Vanneste, Astrid van Toor, Carolina Ramos, Daniele Aromatario, Rita Carriço, Erica Cruz and Guillherme Vaz
#20 – Dirac’s thought experiment: n-polarizers and quantum state superposition
Francisco Laranjo, Pedro Monteiro, André Nabais, Pedro Rossa, João Silva and Horácio Fernandes
#22 – EEG-triggered Awareness for a Collaborative Robot
Gustavo Assuncao, Bruno Ferreira, Paulo Menezes, Zohar Tal, Andrey Solovov, Aniana Cruz and Ana Pinto
#23 – Effortless FPGA Lab Deployment: Enabling Remote Experimentation with Next-Gen Tools
Ignacio Angulo, Javier García-Zubía , Unai Hernández-Jayo, Luis Rodríguez Gil, Javier Vicente and Javier Santamaría Pascual
#29 – Revolutionizing Exams: Competency-Oriented E-Exams with Digital Laboratories
Lukas Wojarski, Joana Eichhorn, Alexa Nebel, Julia Mergner, Tobias Oertelt and Luis Rodriguez-Gil
#30 – cWIDE—a CrossLab Compatible Web Integrated Development Environment for GOLDi Remote Labs
Pierre Helbing, Johannes Nau, Karsten Henke and Detlef Streitferdt
#32 – Client Side Experimenting with uDAQ28/LT
Katarina Zakova, Jakub Lengvarsky and Jakub Matisak
#35 – A Remote Robotics Laboratory for Hands-On Learning in ICT and Automation
Dmitrii Spivak and Fernando Santana Pacheco
#39 – Demo of an early warning system for remote sensing of wildfires
Marta Oliveira, João Paulo Barraca, Pedro Fonseca, Paulo Pedreiras, Luis Malarmey, Cristina Montesinos Barrios and Sandra Millán Arias
#53 – Biosignal Simulator for Lifestyle Research
Cristiana Azevedo, Matilde Ryon, Marta Cunha, Daniela Rodrigues and Alberto Cardoso
#63 – Exploring Plasma Physics Simulations with Virtual Reality
Alfredo Ferreira, Sofia Pinho, David Brás, Nuno Verdelho Trindade and João Madeiras Pereira
#67 – Industry 5.0 and Smart Scheduling: Operation concept of PlanARa
Bernardo Firme, Teresa Restivo, João Mc Sousa and Susana Vieira
#72 – A Compact, Low-cost Sensor Suite for Laboratory Experiments
Bernardo Carvalho and Mário Lino da Silva
#75 – Upgrade of elab’s electromagnetic cavity by adding a spectroscopy diagnostic
Manuel Santos, Pedro Rossa, Gonçalo Torres, João Nuno Silva and Horacio Fernandes
#77 – A MQTT-based infrastructure to support COIL activities through Real Remote Labs
Hélio Mendonça and José Alves
#79 – Interactive Digital Twin Experimentation for Control Engineering Education
Zhongcheng Lei, Hong Zhou and Wenshan Hu
#85 – Magnetic Levitation Pocket Lab: Modeling and Experimentation
Pavol Bistak and Mikulas Huba
#96 – Early Earthquake Warning System for commercial business
Arturo Montalvo and Antonio Noe Perez
#99 – Remote Debugger: a digital twin for Petri nets-based networked embedded controllers
Fernando Pereira, Anikó Costa, Filipe Moutinho, João-Paulo Barros, Rogério Campos-Rebelo and Luis Gomes
#102 – A Smart Packaging Solution based on the BLE-PAWR Protocol
Rúben Susano, Telmo Fernandes, Paulo Ventura, Sérgio Faria, Filipe Perdigoto, Nelson Figueiredo and Nuno Rodrigues
› EMA – Room A.0.1

12:30-14:30

Lunch & Departure to Capelinhos Volcano Interpretation Centre (CVIC)

› Departure by bus at EMA

14:30-15:30

Thu3 - Plenary Session II

“Ethics for a Rapidly Changing World: Navigating Technology, Sustainability, and Division”
Rachel Schroeder (USA/FR)
Chairs: Margareth Greffer and Susan Zvacek
› CVIC – Auditorium

15:30-16:30

Thu4 - Plenary Session III

“Chatbots that Teach, Algorithms that Explore: AI-Driven Innovation in Nursing Education and Obstetric Research”
Ricardo Cruz-Correia (University of Porto, Portugal)
Chairs: James Wolfer and José Machado
› CIVC – Auditorium

16:30-18:00

Thu5 - Technical Visit

Coffee-break followed by the visit to Capelinhos Volcano Interpretation Centre
› CVIC

18:00

Return to Horta

› Departure by bus at CVIC

20:00

Conference Dinner (subject to registration)

› Restaurant Sal & Pico, Pousada Forte da Horta, Horta

09:00-16:30

Registration

› EMA – expat’25 entrance

09:30-10:30

Fri1 - Plenary Session IV

“Cost-effective deep-sea biodiversity assessments with the Azor drift-cam informed conservation and sustainable management of deep-sea ecosystems”
Filipe Porteiro (University of the Azores, Portugal)
Chairs: Jeff Neasham and Gui Menezes
› EMA – Room A.0.1

10:30-11:00

Coffee-break

› EMA – Atrium

11:00-12:40

Fri2A - Parallel Session

“Remote and Virtual Labs”
Chairs: Catherine Hills and Jordi Cuadros
Papers: #6, #11, #19, #47, #76
#6 – Towards a Technical Infrastructure for a Remote Collaborative Robotics Laboratory
Louis Kobras, Pierre Helbing, Johannes Nau, Marcus Soll and Bernhard Meussen
#11 – Remote Photovoltaic Laboratories: Bridging Continents for Hands‑On Solar Module Characterization
Thomas Zimmer, Andrés Gamboa Baldi, Fabrice Mauvy, Alex Villazón and Omar Ormachea
#19 – 3D printed photonics remote-controlled laboratory with cascade polarisers
Francisco Laranjo, Pedro Monteiro, André Nabais, Pedro Rossa, João Silva and Horácio Fernandes
#47 – Comparing Face-to-Face and Remote Interactions: How Communication Modality Influences Teamwork
Giulia Magni, Luana Amadini Genovese, Silvia Maria Francesca Pizzoli, Daniele Di Lernia, Claudia Repetto and Giuseppe Riva
#76 – Real Remote Laboratory for Cooperative and Online Learning of Digital Systems
José Carlos Alves and Hélio Sousa Mendonça
› EMA – Room A.0.1

11:00-12:40

Fri2B - Parallel Session

“Collaborative Environment & Tools”
Chairs: Katarina Zakova and Marwa Ben Ali
Papers: #27, #64, #78, #100, #4
#27 – Learning platform with remote labs guided by an intelligent conversational agent
Unai Hernandez Jayo, Mikel Pintado, Javier Garcia-Zubia, Diego Lopez-de-Ipiña and Diego Casado
#64 – Implementing digital controllers in low-cost hardware for teaching labs on servomechanisms
João Carrilho and Jorge Ferreira
#78 – Easy-flowgorithm: a web-based tool towards STEM problem solving skills development
Ricardo Vardasca, Luis Beirante, Marco Tereso, Domingos Martinho, António Pratas and Fernando Bento
#100 – Embedded System Experimentation Powered by Petri nets-Driven Development and Rapid Prototyping
Luis Gomes, João-Paulo Barros, Anikó Costa, Filipe Moutinho and Fernando Pereira
#4 – Utilizing Augmented Reality to Create and Control a Digital Twin of a Collaborative Robot
Mohamed-Kamel Koumenji, Marcus Soll, Louis Kobras and Jan Haase
› EMA – Room A.1.1

11:00-12:40

Fri2C - Parallel Session

“AI and Education in Engineering, Computing, and Medicine, from Pedagogy to Application” (AIEDUMED’25 Special Session)
Chairs: Simão Paredes and Paulo Novais
Papers: #34, #43, #58, #65, #90
#34 – Coding with Intelligence: the Impact of AI tools on Mobile Programming Education
Álvaro Santos, José Marinho, Cristina Chuva Costa and Anabela Gomes
#43 – AI-powered Inclusive Learning: Use Cases at Deusto
Olga Dziabenko, Diego López-de-Ipiña, Javier Garcia-Zubia, Unai Hernandez Jayo, Maja Pušnik, Boštjan Šumak, Sérgio Duarte Correia, Tuncer Can and Darja Ivanuša Kline
#58 – The Role of Artificial Intelligence Literacy in Motivation towards Usage
Caterina Sapone, Stefano Triberti and Silvia Francesca Pizzoli
#65 – Locally Hosted DeepSeek and Llama3.2 Code Generation and Computer Science Pedagogy
James Wolfer
#90 – AI-Driven Tool Supporting Algorithmic Thinking in Programming Education
Grzegorz Madejski, Ryszard Madejski and Wlodek Kulesza
› EMA – Room A.1.2

13:00-14:00

Lunch

› EMA – Atrium

14:00-15:20

Fri3A - Parallel Session

“Remote Sensing”
Chairs: José Carlos Alves and Kartsten Henke
Papers: #2, #14, #44, #87
#2 – PLC-Based Remote Monitoring and Automation for Energy Applications
Fariba Moghaddam , Valérie Pompili, Léo Agrusti and Axel Bonvin
#14 – Urban Traffic Forecasting, Urban Data Platforms and Urban Foundations Models
Axel Schaffland and Julius Schöning
#44 – Comparison of buildings extracted from the collaborative project OpenStreetMap with the Microsoft Building Footprints dataset
Cidália Fonte and Joaquim Patriarca
#87 – AI-Driven Estimation of Aerosol Optical Thickness using Remote Sensing and Meteorological Data
David Marinho, Teresa Gonçalves and Maria João Costa
› EMA – Room A.1.2

14:00-15:20

Fri3B - Parallel Session

“Immersive Technologies: Training Future Engineers” (ITO-Train’25 Special Session II)
Chairs: Luís Gomes and Pavol Bistak
Papers: #68, #1, #84, #15
#68 – Impact of Augmented Reality Across Different Engineering Education and Training Levels
Bernardo Firme, Susana Vieira, Diana Urbano and Teresa Restivo
#1 – Evaluating Civil Engineering Master’s Programs: The Case for an International Joint Master’s in Pavement Engineering
Eshta Ranyal, Antonio Roberto, Davide Lo Presti, Elisabete Freitas, Girish Murgod and Wim Van den Bergh
#84 – The need for upskilling of academic staff of UASs in Ethiopia
Ephrem Tekle Yacob and Margareth Gfrerer
#15 – Collaborative VR simulation for familiarization and
training of astronauts to Mars and Moon missions
Mariano Guida, Bogdan Sikorski and Paolo Leoncini
› EMA – Room A.1.1

15:30-16:00

Fri4 - Closing Session

› EMA – Room A.0.1

16:00-16:30

Farewell Cocktail

› EMA

17:00-18:00

Visit to the Azorean Parliament Museum and Hemicycle Hall.

18:30

Mural painting registering the expat’25 in the host city of Horta.

08:00

Departure by ferry to the social program activity (Pico Island) HERE.

09:00

Departure by bus to the São Roque tour.

10:00-12:30

Visit to the Whaling Industry Museum. Includes free time with swimming opportunity at natural swimming pools or at the Ocean.

12:30-14:00

Lunch-break at S. Roque

14:00-14:30

Departure by bus to the Madalena tour.

14:30-17:30

Visits to the Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture Interpretation Centre and the Wine Museum. Includes free time with swimming opportunity at natural swimming pools or at the Ocean.

17:30

Departure by ferry to Faial Island HERE.