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2026

1. Pinch

   JEPA-v0: a self-supervised audio encoder for real-time speech translation

   Carlos Bentes

   Feb 2026

   Bib HTML

   @misc{bentes2026jepa,
     title = {JEPA-v0: a self-supervised audio encoder for real-time speech translation},
     author = {Bentes, Carlos},
     year = {2026},
     month = feb,
     howpublished = {Pinch Research Blog},
   }

2025

1. M.Sc. Supervision

   Variance Reduction In Online Controlled Experiments

   Bazen Teklehaymanot Tadele

   University of Tartu, Institute of Computer Science, Feb 2025

   Supervisors: Carlos Bentes, Dr. Elena Sügis

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2024

1. Bolt

   CUPED for switchback tests

   Garret O’Connell, Carlos Bentes, and Kenil Cheng

   Sep 2024

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   @misc{oconnell2024cuped,
     title = {CUPED for switchback tests},
     author = {O'Connell, Garret and Bentes, Carlos and Cheng, Kenil},
     year = {2024},
     month = sep,
     howpublished = {Bolt Tech Blog},
   }

2022

1. Bolt

   Tips and considerations for switchback test designs

   Garret O’Connell and Carlos Bentes

   Nov 2022

   Bib HTML

   @misc{oconnell2022switchback,
     title = {Tips and considerations for switchback test designs},
     author = {O'Connell, Garret and Bentes, Carlos},
     year = {2022},
     month = nov,
     howpublished = {Bolt Labs, Medium},
   }

2019

1. CEAS

   Modelling ship detectability depending on TerraSAR-X-derived metocean parameters

   Björn Tings, Carlos Bentes, Domenico Velotto, and 1 more author

   CEAS Space Journal, Nov 2019

   Bib

   @article{tings2019modelling,
     title = {Modelling ship detectability depending on TerraSAR-X-derived metocean parameters},
     author = {Tings, Bj{\"o}rn and Bentes, Carlos and Velotto, Domenico and Voinov, Sergey},
     journal = {CEAS Space Journal},
     volume = {11},
     number = {1},
     pages = {81--94},
     year = {2019},
     publisher = {Springer}
   }

2. M.Sc. Supervision

   Jointly Tackling User and Item Cold-start with Sequential Content based Recommendations

   Maksym Semikin

   University of Tartu, Institute of Computer Science, Nov 2019

   Supervisors: Tambet Matiisen, Carlos Bentes

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2018

1. arXiv

   Automatic Playlist Continuation through a Composition of Collaborative Filters

   Irene Teinemaa, Niek Tax, and Carlos Bentes

   arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.04288, Nov 2018

   Bib

   @article{teinemaa2018automatic,
     title = {Automatic Playlist Continuation through a Composition of Collaborative Filters},
     author = {Teinemaa, Irene and Tax, Niek and Bentes, Carlos},
     journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.04288},
     year = {2018}
   }

2. Machine learning approaches to classify maritime objects from space radar

   Domenico Velotto, Björn Tings, Carlos Bentes, and 2 more authors

   Nov 2018

   Bib

   @article{velotto2018machine,
     title = {Machine learning approaches to classify maritime objects from space radar},
     author = {Velotto, Domenico and Tings, Bj{\"o}rn and Bentes, Carlos and Frost, Anja and Imber, James},
     year = {2018}
   }

2017

1. IEEE JOE

   Ship classification in TerraSAR-X images with convolutional neural networks

   Carlos Bentes, Domenico Velotto, and Björn Tings

   IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, Nov 2017

   DOI Bib HTML

   @article{bentes2017ship,
     title = {Ship classification in TerraSAR-X images with convolutional neural networks},
     author = {Bentes, Carlos and Velotto, Domenico and Tings, Bj{\"o}rn},
     journal = {IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering},
     volume = {43},
     number = {1},
     pages = {258--266},
     year = {2017},
     doi = {10.1109/JOE.2017.2767106},
     dimensions = {true},
     publisher = {IEEE}
   }

2. RTSI

   Comparison of ship detectability between TerraSAR-X and Sentinel-1

   Domenico Velotto, Björn Tings, and Carlos Bentes

   In 2017 IEEE 3rd International Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry (RTSI), Nov 2017

   Bib

   @inproceedings{velotto2017comparison,
     title = {Comparison of ship detectability between TerraSAR-X and Sentinel-1},
     author = {Velotto, Domenico and Tings, Bj{\"o}rn and Bentes, Carlos},
     booktitle = {2017 IEEE 3rd International Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry (RTSI)},
     pages = {1--5},
     year = {2017},
     organization = {IEEE}
   }

3. Direct comparison of single and multi-polarization SAR measurements for oil and ship observation exploiting TanDEM-X pursuit monostatic mode

   Domenico Velotto, Ferdinando Nunziata, Maurizio Migliaccio, and 1 more author

   Nov 2017

   Bib

   @article{velotto2017direct,
     title = {Direct comparison of single and multi-polarization SAR measurements for oil and ship observation exploiting TanDEM-X pursuit monostatic mode},
     author = {Velotto, Domenico and Nunziata, Ferdinando and Migliaccio, Maurizio and Bentes, Carlos},
     year = {2017}
   }

4. B.Sc. Supervision

   Item2Vec-based Approach to a Recommender System

   Vitali Kuzmin

   University of Tartu, Institute of Computer Science, Nov 2017

   Supervisors: Carlos Bentes, Dr. Mark Fišel

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2016

1. EUSAR

   Ship-iceberg discrimination with convolutional neural networks in high resolution SAR images

   Carlos Bentes, Anja Frost, Domenico Velotto, and 1 more author

   In Proceedings of EUSAR 2016: 11th European conference on synthetic aperture radar, Nov 2016

   Bib

   @inproceedings{bentes2016ship,
     title = {Ship-iceberg discrimination with convolutional neural networks in high resolution SAR images},
     author = {Bentes, Carlos and Frost, Anja and Velotto, Domenico and Tings, Bjoern},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of EUSAR 2016: 11th European conference on synthetic aperture radar},
     pages = {1--4},
     year = {2016},
     organization = {VDE}
   }

2. IEEE JOE

   First comparison of Sentinel-1 and TerraSAR-X data in the framework of maritime targets detection: South Italy case

   Domenico Velotto, Carlos Bentes, Björn Tings, and 1 more author

   IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, Nov 2016

   Bib

   @article{velotto2016first,
     title = {First comparison of Sentinel-1 and TerraSAR-X data in the framework of maritime targets detection: South Italy case},
     author = {Velotto, Domenico and Bentes, Carlos and Tings, Bj{\"o}rn and Lehner, Susanne},
     journal = {IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering},
     volume = {41},
     number = {4},
     pages = {993--1006},
     year = {2016},
     publisher = {IEEE}
   }

3. IJRS

   Dynamically adapted ship parameter estimation using TerraSAR-X images

   Björn Tings, Carlos Bentes, and Susanne Lehner

   International Journal of Remote Sensing, Nov 2016

   Bib

   @article{tings2016dynamically,
     title = {Dynamically adapted ship parameter estimation using TerraSAR-X images},
     author = {Tings, Bj{\"o}rn and Bentes, Carlos and Lehner, Susanne},
     journal = {International Journal of Remote Sensing},
     volume = {37},
     number = {9},
     pages = {1990--2015},
     year = {2016},
     publisher = {Taylor \& Francis}
   }

4. FuSec

   Ship classification in high and very high resolution satellite SAR imagery

   Virginia Fernandez Arguedas, Domenico Velotto, Björn Tings, and 2 more authors

   In Security Research Conference, 11th Future Security, Berlin, September 13-14, 2016, Proceedings, Nov 2016

   Bib

   @inproceedings{fernandez2016ship,
     title = {Ship classification in high and very high resolution satellite SAR imagery},
     author = {Fernandez Arguedas, Virginia and Velotto, Domenico and Tings, Bj{\"o}rn and Greidanus, Harm and Bentes, Carlos},
     booktitle = {Security Research Conference, 11th Future Security, Berlin, September 13-14, 2016, Proceedings},
     pages = {347--354},
     year = {2016},
     organization = {Fraunhofer Verlag}
   }

5. IGARSS

   Investigation of the experimental TanDEM-X pursuit monostatic mode for oil and ship detection

   Domenico Velotto, Ferdinando Nunziata, Carlos Bentes, and 2 more authors

   In 2016 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Nov 2016

   Bib

   @inproceedings{velotto2016investigation,
     title = {Investigation of the experimental TanDEM-X pursuit monostatic mode for oil and ship detection},
     author = {Velotto, Domenico and Nunziata, Ferdinando and Bentes, Carlos and Migliaccio, Maurizio and Lehner, Susanne},
     booktitle = {2016 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)},
     pages = {4023--4026},
     year = {2016},
     organization = {IEEE}
   }

6. Supporting National Maritime Safety and Security Using Multiple SAR Sensors

   Björn Tings, Domenico Velotto, Carlos Bentes, and 2 more authors

   Nov 2016

   Bib

   @article{tings2016supporting,
     title = {Supporting National Maritime Safety and Security Using Multiple SAR Sensors},
     author = {Tings, Bj{\"o}rn and Velotto, Domenico and Bentes, Carlos and Pleskachevsky, Andrey and Jacobsen, Sven},
     year = {2016}
   }

7. NRT Vessel detectability on TerraSAR-X and Sentinel-1dy

   Björn Tings, Carlos Bentes, Anja Frost, and 3 more authors

   Nov 2016

   Bib

   @article{tings2016nrt,
     title = {NRT Vessel detectability on TerraSAR-X and Sentinel-1dy},
     author = {Tings, Bj{\"o}rn and Bentes, Carlos and Frost, Anja and Velotto, Domenico and Voinov, Sergey and Wiehle, Stefan},
     year = {2016}
   }

8. Classification of maritime objects in TerraSAR-X imagery

   Domenico Velotto, Björn Tings, and Carlos Bentes

   Nov 2016

   Bib

   @article{velotto2016classification,
     title = {Classification of maritime objects in TerraSAR-X imagery},
     author = {Velotto, Domenico and Tings, Bj{\"o}rn and Bentes, Carlos},
     year = {2016}
   }

2015

1. IGARSS

   Target classification in oceanographic SAR images with deep neural networks: Architecture and initial results

   Carlos Bentes, Domenico Velotto, and Susanne Lehner

   In 2015 IEEE international geoscience and remote sensing symposium (IGARSS), Nov 2015

   Bib

   @inproceedings{bentes2015target,
     title = {Target classification in oceanographic SAR images with deep neural networks: Architecture and initial results},
     author = {Bentes, Carlos and Velotto, Domenico and Lehner, Susanne},
     booktitle = {2015 IEEE international geoscience and remote sensing symposium (IGARSS)},
     pages = {3703--3706},
     year = {2015},
     organization = {IEEE}
   }

2. Ships and Maritime targets observation campaigns using available C-and X-band SAR satellite

   Domenico Velotto, Carlos Bentes, and Susanne Lehner

   Proceedings of the POLINSAR 2015, Nov 2015
3. IGARSS

   Comparison of Sentinel-1 and TerraSAR-X for ship detection

   Domenico Velotto, Carlos Bentes, Björn Tings, and 1 more author

   In 2015 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Nov 2015

   Bib

   @inproceedings{velotto2015comparison,
     title = {Comparison of Sentinel-1 and TerraSAR-X for ship detection},
     author = {Velotto, Domenico and Bentes, Carlos and Tings, Bj{\"o}rn and Lehner, Susanne},
     booktitle = {2015 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)},
     pages = {3282--3285},
     year = {2015},
     organization = {IEEE}
   }

4. Oil field observation exploiting TanDEM-X pursuit monostatic acquisitions

   Domenico Velotto, Ferdinando Nunziata, Carlos Bentes, and 2 more authors

   Nov 2015

   Bib

   @article{velotto2015oil,
     title = {Oil field observation exploiting TanDEM-X pursuit monostatic acquisitions},
     author = {Velotto, Domenico and Nunziata, Ferdinando and Bentes, Carlos and Migliaccio, Maurizio and Lehner, Susanne},
     year = {2015}
   }

2014

1. IGARSS

   Analysis of ship size detectability over different TerraSAR-X modes

   Carlos Bentes, Domenico Velotto, and Susanne Lehner

   In 2014 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Nov 2014

   Bib

   @inproceedings{bentes2014analysis,
     title = {Analysis of ship size detectability over different TerraSAR-X modes},
     author = {Bentes, Carlos and Velotto, Domenico and Lehner, Susanne},
     booktitle = {2014 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium},
     pages = {5137--5140},
     year = {2014},
     organization = {IEEE}
   }

2. EUSAR

   Ship detection on wide scanSAR TerraSAR-X images

   Carlos Bentes, Bjoern Tings, and Susanne Lehner

   In EUSAR 2014; 10th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, Nov 2014

   Bib

   @inproceedings{bentes2014ship,
     title = {Ship detection on wide scanSAR TerraSAR-X images},
     author = {Bentes, Carlos and Tings, Bjoern and Lehner, Susanne},
     booktitle = {EUSAR 2014; 10th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar},
     pages = {1--4},
     year = {2014},
     organization = {VDE}
   }

2012

1. LARS/SBR

   Dynamic swarm formation with potential fields and A* path planning in 3D environment

   Carlos Bentes and Osamu Saotome

   In 2012 Brazilian Robotics Symposium and Latin American Robotics Symposium, Nov 2012

   Bib

   @inproceedings{bentes2012dynamic,
     title = {Dynamic swarm formation with potential fields and A* path planning in 3D environment},
     author = {Bentes, Carlos and Saotome, Osamu},
     booktitle = {2012 Brazilian Robotics Symposium and Latin American Robotics Symposium},
     pages = {74--78},
     year = {2012},
     organization = {IEEE}
   }

2. M.Sc. Thesis

   Dynamic Formation and UAV Swarm Navigation with Artificial Potential Fields

   Carlos Bentes

   Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, Nov 2012

   Original title: Formação dinâmica e navegação de frotas de VANTs por campos potenciais artificiais.
   Advisor: Prof. Dr. Osamu Saotome

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2007

1. B.Sc. Thesis

   Development of a Vector Co-processor in VHDL

   Carlos Bentes

   Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, Nov 2007

   Original title: Desenvolvimento de um Co-processador Vetorial em VHDL.
   Advisor: Prof. Dr. Osamu Saotome

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1. Ships and Maritime targets observation campaigns using available C-and X-band SAR satellite

   Domenico Velotto, Carlos Bentes, and Susanne Lehner

   Nov 2007

   Bib

   @article{velotto2015shipt,
     title = {Ships and Maritime targets observation campaigns using available C-and X-band SAR satellite},
     author = {Velotto, Domenico and Bentes, Carlos and Lehner, Susanne}
   }

2. Marvin, robô construtor para competição em robótica móvel.

   André Martin Narciso, Carlos Bentes, Jackson Paul Matsuura, and 1 more author

   Nov 2007

   Bib

   @article{narcisomarvin,
     title = {Marvin, rob{\^o} construtor para competi{\c{c}}{\~a}o em rob{\'o}tica m{\'o}vel.},
     author = {Narciso, Andr{\'e} Martin and Bentes, Carlos and Matsuura, Jackson Paul and da Silva Pereira, Renato Hugo}
   }