Prof. Dr. Paulo de Carvalho (male) received his PhD in Informatics Engineering in 2002 from the University of Coimbra, where is an Associate Professor at DEI-FCTUC. His main research interests are adaptive computational techniques with application to bio-signals (particularly, cardiac bio-signals such as ECG, heart sounds, ICG, PPG and BP), Pattern Recognition, modelling and Clinical Informatics. His publications include several book chapters and over 170 papers in refereed national and international journals and conferences. He has been involved in several organization and program committees of international conferences. He has served as project workpackage coordinator and team leader in several national and EU projects such as MyHeart, HeartCycle, and HeartWays, Welcome. He is member of the IFMBE working group on Health Informatics. He is currently an elected member of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra and was the former director of the Informatics Engineering Department of the University of Coimbra a former vice-president of the Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar of the University of Coimbra.

Prof. Dr. Jorge Henriques (male) received his PhD in Informatics Engineering in 2001 from the University of Coimbra, where is a Professor at DEI-FCTUC. His main research interests are adaptive computing techniques with application to modelling, diagnosis and decision of complex, non-linear and uncertain systems, in particular within the clinical context. He is a senior researcher at the Adaptive Computation Group of DEI. His publications include 2 book chapters and over 180 papers in refereed international journals and conferences. He was also involved in program committees and organization of national and international conferences. He is a licensed Professional Engineer. He participated in European initiatives such COSY, Eunite, and international research projects such as MyHeart, HeartCycle, HeartWays and Welcome. He has served as project coordinator for several national research projects as well as team coordinator for several international research projects.

Prof. Dr. César Teixera (male) is an assistant professor at DEI-FCTUC, University of Coimbra, Portugal. He has a graduation (2003) in Systems and Computation Engineering and a PhD (2008) in Electronics Engineering and Informatics both from the University of the Algarve, Portugal. His expertise is on bio-signal processing, classification and modelling. More precisely on EEG-based epileptic seizure prediction and anaesthesia monitoring; and ultrasound-based non-invasive temperature estimation and image improvement. His publication record includes over 70 papers in refereed national and international journals and conferences. He participated in several national and international projects, namely in the FP7 projects EPILEPSIAE and Welcome.

Prof. Dr. Rui Pedro Paiva (male) received his PhD in Informatics Engineering in 2007 from the University of Coimbra, where he is a Professor at the Department of Informatics Engineering (DEIUCOMB). His main research interests are audio signal processing and machine learning techniques with application to bio-signals (particularly, cardiac bio-signals such as heart sounds, and ICG) and music signals. In 2004 and 2012, he won the Music Information Retrieval Evaluation eXchange (MIREX – the premier venue for music information retrieval evaluation), in tasks involving audio signal processing and automatic classification of musical signals. He is a senior researcher at the Cognitive and Media Systems Group and Adaptive Computation Group of the DEI. His publications include several papers in refereed national and international journals and conferences. He is also involved in the organization and program committees of international conferences. Recently, Rui Pedro participated in the European project HeartCycle and serves as a project coordinator for a national research project, besides participating in several others.

Prof. Dra. Maria da Graҫa Ruano (female) received her Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering from the University of Wales, United Kingdom in 1992. She started her professional activity in 1982 at the University of Aveiro, joining in 1992 the Department of Electronics Engineering and Informatics of the University of Algarve, where she holds currently a tenure associate professor position. Her research interests are in biomedical signal processing, particularly stochastic signals modelling and analysis; the main application areas of her research are diagnosis of cardiovascular disorders and tissue thermal therapy using ultrasound instrumentation. She published over 110 publications in refereed national and international journals and conferences. She participated in several international and national projects, some as coordinator. She is reviewer of several scientific journals and organized, as chairperson, national and international conferences.

Prof. Dra. Teresa Rocha (female) received the graduation in Informatics Engineering, the MSc in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Coimbra and the PhD in Informatics Engineering from the University of Coimbra, in 2013. She is an Assistant Professor of the Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, ISEC, since 1996. Her current research interests include Medical Informatics and personal health care systems including bio-signal processing and analysis, with application to modeling, diagnosis and decision, in particular within cardiovascular context. Her publications include over than 30 papers in refereed international journals and conferences.

Simão Paredes (male) received the graduation in Electrical Engineering from University of Coimbra in 1996, the MSc in Systems and Automation from University of Coimbra in 2002 and the PhD in Informatics Engineering from the University of Coimbra, in 2012. He is an Assistant Professor of the Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, ISEC. His current research interests include Medical Informatics and personal health care systems in what concerns modeling, diagnosis and decision, in particular within cardiovascular context. His publications include over than 30 papers in refereed international journals and conferences.