UM Professor is invited to serve as Portugal’s science popularization consultant
澳大科技學院教授獲邀成為葡萄牙科普顧問
Dr. Rosalia Vargas, Ciencia Viva President – Portuguese Agency for Scientific and Tecnological Culture (left)
presents an invitation letter to Prof Tam Kam Weng as a member of the International Advisory Committee
葡萄牙國家科學暨技術文化推廣署主席 Rosalia Vargas博士(左)向譚錦榮教授授予國際諮詢委員會委員邀請函
Prof Tam Kam Weng from the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of Macau has been invited by the Portuguese Agency for the Promotion of Science and Technology Culture (Ciência Viva) to serve as a science popularization consultant in Portugal, making him the only representative from Asia. Prof Tam Kam Weng will assist the International Advisory Committee of the Portuguese Agency for the Promotion of Science and Technology Culture in providing a broader cultural and scientific perspective. Through cross-cultural and cross-regional cooperation and communication, he will further promote the development of science and technology and facilitate cooperation and dialogue between renowned experts in science popularization from Portugal, China, and other countries.
In the early 1990s, Prof Tam Kam Weng was involved in the research and industrialization of the European Union’s Maritime Satellite Navigation Project in Portugal. He particularly focused on the development of the Inmarsat-C/GPS/GIS (MONICAP) system and its commercial applications in Africa and Northern Europe, as well as the research on signal interference resistance for the automatic landing navigation system at Lisbon Airport. The MONICAP system he participated in the development of advanced fishery monitoring technology, which was later transformed into an innovative industry in Portugal and became one of the licensing conditions for offshore fishing operations in Portugal, receiving recognition from the President and Prime Minister of Portugal.
Prof Tam Kam Weng has conducted extensive research in the field of wireless communications and has gained international recognition in areas such as radio frequency identification technology and microwave sensors. Since 2014, he has been elected as a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and a Chartered Engineer in the United Kingdom. He has also served as a member of the Chartered Engineer Review Committee of the IET, Vice Chairman of the Radio Frequency Identification Technology Council of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), recipient of the EU Visiting Professor Scholarship, IEEE International Science Ambassador, IEEE MGA Achievement Award, International Automatic Identification and Mobility Technology Award, Natural Science Award, Technical Invention Award, and Technological Progress Award from the Macau Science and Technology Awards. He is the Chairman of the Technical Committee recognized by the Macau Special Administrative Region, research advisor on radio frequency radiation safety in the Macau Special Administrative Region, and a board member of the Macau Science Center. He has published more than 200 papers and holds five domestic and international invention patents.
The Portuguese Ministry of Science and Technology established a national project called “Ciência Viva” in 1996. Through this project, the Portuguese Agency for the Promotion of Science and Technology Culture was established as a national institution for science and technology culture. Currently, there are 22 centers nationwide. The purpose of this institution is to promote science and technology culture to the public in Portugal, especially targeting young students.
The International Advisory Committee established by the Portuguese Agency for the Promotion of Science and Technology Culture aims to provide advice and recommendations on strategic planning issues for the national institution of science and technology culture in Portugal. It consists of senior external experts with long-standing reputation and experience. Experts are invited based on their expertise, knowledge, experience, representativeness, and potential networking effect as advocates for the Portuguese Agency for the Promotion of Science and Technology Culture and its science centers. Currently, the members of the International Advisory Committee include Dr. Robert Firmhofer, co-founder and CEO of the Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw, Poland, and Professor Nuno Miguel dos Santos Ferrand de Almeida, Director of the Museum of Natural History and Science at the University of Porto, Portugal.
澳門大學科技學院電機及電腦工程系教授譚錦榮獲葡萄牙國家科學暨技術文化推廣署（Ciência Viva）邀請為葡萄牙科普顧問，成為亞洲區內唯一代表。譚錦榮將協助葡萄牙國家科學暨技術文化推廣署的國際諮詢委員會，提供更廣泛的文化和科學視角，透過跨文化及跨地域的合作與交流，進一步推動科學與技術的發展，並促進葡萄牙和中國乃至各國知名專家在科普領域的合作及對話。
譚錦榮九十代初曾參與葡萄牙的歐盟海事衛星導航項目的研發和產業化，特別是Inmarsat-C/GPS/GIS (MONICAP)系統的研發及其在非洲和北歐的商業應用、葡萄牙里斯本飛機場的自動降落導航系統信號對第二代流動通訊抗干擾安全研發等。其參加研發的MONICAP系統為先進捕魚監測技術及後轉化為葡萄牙創新產業，為現在葡萄牙遠洋捕魚作業牌照的其一牌照條件，獲時任葡萄牙總統及總理讚許。
譚錦榮深耕無線通訊領域的研究，並在射頻識別技術、微波感測器等領域享有國際聲譽。2014年起先後當選英國工程技術學會會士、英國特許工程師、英國工程技術學會特許工程師評審委員會委員、美國電機及電子工程師學會射頻識別技術議會副主席、歐盟訪問教授學者獎學金獲獎者、IEEE國際科普大使、IEEE MGA成就獎、國際自動識別與移動技術獎、澳門科學技術獎的自然科學獎、技術發明獎和科技進步獎三獎獲獎者、澳門特別行政區認可技術委員會主席、澳門特別行政區無線電輻射安全研究顧問、澳門科學館董事等。他發表論文200餘篇，國內外發明專利5項。
葡萄牙科學技術部於1996年創建了一個名為“Ciência Viva”的國家級項目。通過此同名項目成立了國家科技文化機構葡萄牙國家科學暨技術文化推廣署。現時全國已經有22個中心。該機構成立的目的是向大眾傳播科學和技術文化，特別是針對葡萄牙學生群體。
葡萄牙國家科學暨技術文化推廣署成立的國際諮詢委員會，旨在為葡萄牙國家科技文化機構的戰略規劃問題提供意見和建議。它由具有長期聲望和經驗的高級外部專家組成，對專家們在各自領域的專業知識、知識、經驗和代表性、及作為葡萄牙國家科學暨技術文化推廣署及其科學中心宣導者的潛在作用網路評估，邀請專家們加入。目前，該國際諮詢委員會成員包括波蘭華沙哥白尼科學中心的聯合創始人兼首席執行官Robert Firmhofer博士、葡萄牙波爾圖大學自然歷史和科學博物館館長Nuno Miguel dos Santos Ferrand de Almeida教授等。