GECAD researcher Omid Abrishambaf, on 26th October 2020, defended his doctoral work at the University of Salamanca in Spain. The Doctoral Thesis is entitled “Implementation of Demand Response Programs in Intelligent Energy Management Systems Based on Distributed Control System” and received the maximum rating of Outstanding (“cum laude” – 30 out of 30). The work was supervised by Pedro Faria (GECAD-ISEP/IPP) and Juan Manuel Corchado (BISITE-USAL). During his doctorate, Omid Abrishambaf participated in 7 R&D projects and published 29 articles, including 13 in scientific journals