Coordination of the following Centers, groups and projects and work packages:

1. Centre for Research on Opimization and Control (CEOC) between 2002 and the end of 2009, when CEOC and UIMA have merged for the creation of the Center for Research and Development in Mathematics and Applications (CIDMA):

   • New webpage of CIDMA

   • Old webpage of CIDMA

2. Reseach group on Optimization, Graph Theory and Combinatorics (OGTC) as a group of CEOC, between 2002 and 2009, and as a group of CIDMA, between January 2010 and October 2018.

   • Optimization, Graph Theory and Combinatorics (OGTC).

3. Work package WP3 of the CLOUD THINKING projet.

   • Work package WP3 - Cloud Gears.

4. Portuguese part of the project "Applications of Graph Spectra in Computer Science" with reference 6818 - Cooperação Bilateral e Particip. Organ. Internacionais CT  Portugal - Serbia (2013-2014).

5. Portuguese part of the project "Algebraic Methods in Graph Theory" suported by Acções Integradas Luso-Francesas (2005-2006)

   • Algebraic Methods in Graph Theory

6. Project "Optimization of Diversity and Distribution of Cable Configuration for Automobile Industry Project (OPT-DDCC)" a partnership between University of Aveiro (CEOC) and Yazaki Saltano de Portugal, C.E.A. Lda. (january 2005 - December 2005)

   Optimization of Diversity and Distribution of Cable Configuration for Automobile Industry Project (OPT-DDCC)

   This project was selected for the 3 projects short list for the Innovation Award APDC/SIEMENS 2006.

7. Project "Optimal Splice Location (OPT-SLC)" a partnership between University of Aveiro (CEOC) and Yazaki Saltano de Portugal, C.E.A. Lda. (March 2008 - December 2009)

   • Optimal Splice Location (OPT-SLC)

8. International project with reference PTDC/MAT/112276/2009 "Graph Spectra and Applications (GSA)", with FCT financial support (January 2011 - September 2013). The research team includes the following researchers:

   • Domingos M. Cardoso, Enide A. Martins, Maria Paula Carvalho and Paula Rama from Universidade de Aveiro (UA, Portugal).

   • Carla S. Oliveira, Claudia M. Justel, Maria A. Freitas, Nair M. Abreu and Renata R. Del-Vecchio from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ, Brasil).

   • Bernardo San Martin, Maria Robbiano, Oscar Rojo and Raul Jimenez from Universidad Catolica del Norte (UCN, Chile).

International collaboration

• International collaborator of the project "PROBLEMAS INVERSOS DE ESPECTRALES PARA MATRICES NO NEGATIVAS, Y PROBLEMAS ESPECTRALES EM GRAFOS" coordinated by Prof. rICARDO sOTO from Universidad Catolica del Norte (Antofagasta, Chile), supported by Fondo de desarrollo en Ciencia y Tecnología (FONDECYT) da Comisión Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología del Gobierno de Chile (CONICYT) with reference number FONDECYT REGULAR 1170313 (March 2017 - March 2020).

• International collaborator of the project "MATRICES ON A GRAPH: EIGENVALUES, ENERGIES, ORDERING AND CONJECTURES" coordinated by Prof. Oscar Rojo from Universidad Catolica del Norte (Antofagasta, Chile), supported by Fondo de desarrollo en Ciencia y Tecnología (FONDECYT) da Comisión Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología del Gobierno de Chile (CONICYT) with reference number FONDECYT REGULAR 1130135 (March 2013 - March 2016).

  International collaborator of the project "GRAPH EIGENVALUES, ORDERING TREES AND GRAPH ENERGIES" coordinated by Profs Oscar Rojo and Ricardo Soto from Universidad Catolica del Norte (Antofagasta, Chile), supported by Fondo de desarrollo en Ciencia y Tecnología (FONDECYT) da Comisión Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología del Gobierno de Chile (CONICYT) with reference number FONDECYT REGULAR 1100072 (March 2010 - March 2013).