CEOC has the following research pluriannual groups (POCI-2010/FCT) (old POCTI-FCT projects):

• Group of optimization, graph theory and combinatorics (OGTC)
• Group of computability and algorithms (CA)
• Control theory group (cotg)

International research projects in association with other foreign and national universities and applied projects with industrial organizations

Approximate Resolution of Geometric Optimization Problems (Acções Integradas Luso-Espanholas, 2009-2010)

• Optimization of Newtonian Resistance for non-convex bodies (FCT, 2007-2010)
  
• Optimal Splice Location Project - OPT-SLC (a partnership with Yazaki Porto Technical Centre, 2008-2009). (see also 2005)
  
• Cooperation with the Faculty of Computer Science of the Bialystok Technical University (UA-BTU)
  

Past Projects

• Problems of Illumination and Visibility in Computational Geometry (Acções Int. Luso-Espanholas, 2006-2007)
• Algebraic Methods in Graph Theory (Acções Int. Luso-Francesas, (2005-2006)
• Optimization of Diversity and Distribution of Cable Configuration (OPTDDCC) for Automobile Industry Project in co-operation with Yazaki Saltano de Portugal (2005).
• Analysis of Vibrations in Nonlinear Dynamical Systems (FCT, 2004-2007)
• Impedance Change and Calculus of Variations (Marie Curie Fellowship, 2005)
• Applications of Conservation Laws to Space Trajectography (CRUP, 2004)