About
NEXUS is the largest scale innovation agenda for the port, multimodal and transport sector in Portugal. Headed by the Port of Sines Authority, NEXUS is focused on digital and green transition for the logistics chain.
- Mission: Promote the green and digital transition of transport and logistics, focusing on Sines multimodal corridors.
- Vision: Position Port of Sines as a reference hub for sustainable and digital innovation in logistics.
- Results: Develop 28 innovative products and services for a greener, more digital transport sector.
Our Prizes
- 2023 Best Paper Award: Brochado, Â. F., Rocha, E. M., & Costa, D. “A Modular IoT-based Architecture for Logistics Service Performance Assessment and Real-Time Scheduling towards a Synchromodal Transport System” received at the 17th International Congress on Logistics and SCM Systems, Seoul, South Korea and awarded by the International Federation of Logistics and Supply Chain Management Systems, (August 2023), Japan.
- 2023 Best Presentation Award: Brochado, Â. F. (August 2023) received at the 17th International Congress on Logistics and SCM Systems, Seoul, South Korea and awarded by the International Federation of Logistics and Supply Chain Management Systems, Japan.
- 2025 Best Presentation Award: Brochado, Â. F. (July 2025) received at the 2025 International Conference on Advanced Machine Learning and Data Science (AMLDS), Tokyo, Japan awarded by the IEEE Systems Man and Cybernetics Society, United States.
- 2025 Topic Session, Best Presentation Award: Brochado, Â. F. (July 2025) received at the 8th International Conference on Machine Learning and Machine Intelligence (MLMI), Kyoto, Japan awarded by the Ritsumeikan University, Japan.
- 2025 Topic Session, Best Presentation Award: Kazmi, S. (July 2025) received at the 8th International Conference on Machine Learning and Machine Intelligence (MLMI), Kyoto, Japan awarded by the Ritsumeikan University, Japan.
- 2025 1st Prize Doctoral Dissertation Competition: Brochado, Â. F. (July 2025), supervised by E Rocha and C. Pimentel, received at the 8th European Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM), Paris, France awarded by the Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Society, United States.
- 2025 Best Doctoral Thesis in the field of Quality and Organisational Excellence: Brochado, Â. F. (November 2025), supervised by E Rocha and C. Pimentel, awarded by the Portuguese Association for Quality, Portugal.
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