CURRICULUM VITAE
Name:
Mário Pedro Guerreiro Marques da Silva
ACADEMIC DEGREES
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2005 – PhD in Electrical and Computers Engineering (Telecommunications) – Thesis
entitled “Emergent Radio Systems” from Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon
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1999 – Master in Electrical and Computers Engineering (Telecommunications) – Thesis
entitled “Multi-User Detection for DS-CDMA Systems” from Instituto Superior Técnico,
University of Lisbon
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1992 – BSc in Electronics Engineering, by the Portuguese Naval Academy
OTHER TRAINING
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04FEB2014 - Cisco Certified CCNA Instructor
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MAR/JUL2010 –Naval War Complementary Course from the Portuguese Joint Superior
Military Studies College, with special focus on Balance Scorecard (BSC) as an important
management tool
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JAN/MAR2009 – Project Management Professional training obtained from PMO
Consultants (PMI representative in Portugal)
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05/06NOV2007 – Introduction to Tactical Data Links training course, obtained from
Lockheed Martin UK Integrated Systems & Solutions Ltd, Farnham, UK
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30AUG/01SEPT2006 – Project Management (Skills for Success) training course, obtained
from Learning Tree International Institute, London
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2003 – Naval War Course from the Portuguese Superior Naval War College
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1995 – Teaching techniques course, from the School of Technologies of Education and
Training
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1995/96 – frequency of 1st, 2nd and 3rd year of BSc in Engineering and Industrial
Management at Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon
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1993/94 – Specialization in Portuguese Submarines for Officers, in the area of Electrical
and Electronics Engineering, at Submarines Squadron
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ACTUAL FUNCTION
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From 01NOV2012 onwards - Director of the Department of Science and Technology at
Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa
Participation in the FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia) project GLANC
EXPL/EEI-TEL/1582/2013
Participation in the FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia) project PEstOE/EEI/LA0008/2013
From FEB2009 onwards – Associate Professor1 at Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa
(UAL), teaching the following disciplines:
 2nd semester of 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13 - Communications and
Networking - BSc
 2nd semester of 2011/12 - 1st semester of 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12 - High-Speed
Networks - BSc
 1st semester of 2009/10 - Mathematical Analysis - BSc
 1st semester of 2009/10 - Engineering of Communication Systems - MSc
 2nd semester of 2011/12 and 1st semester of 2012/13- Networks Engineering - BSc
 2nd semester of 2012/13 - Project Laborabory - BSc (supervision of end of course
projects)
 2nd semester of 2012/13 - Information Security - BSc
 Moreover, my job description includes the following activities:
 Instruct students in a wide variety of academic and vocational subjects beyond the
high school level
 Forming a lesson plan, presenting material to students, responding to students
learning needs, and evaluating students’ progress
 Prepare course materials such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
 Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers
 Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others
 Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with
colleagues, and participating in professional conferences
 Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records
 Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions
 Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students
 Select and obtain materials and supplies such as textbooks
 Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods
of instruction
 Prepare lectures and exams, as well as assigning final grades to students
 From 01OCT2013 onwards - invited member of the Scientific Council of Universidade
Autónoma de Lisboa
 From 01OCT2013 onwards - president of a commission for accreditation of
competencies in the area of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), to
give equivalences at Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa
Assistant professor between FEB2009 and SEPT2012.
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From May 2013 onwards - Researcher at CINAV - Naval Research Centre
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From 1998 onwards – Researcher at the Portuguese Institute for Telecommunications
http://www.it.pt/sciarea_membership_p.asp?id=1
PASSED FUNCTIONS
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From JAN2009/OCT2012 – professor at the Portuguese Naval Academy, with the following
functions:
 Course director of the BSc in weapons and electronics engineering
 Vice-chief of branch for the external evaluation of the Naval Academy
 Professor of the following disciplines:
 1st semester of 2009/10 and 2010/11 - Network Security - BSc
 1st semester of 2011/12 - Signal Analysis (digital signal processing) - BSc
 1st semester of 2011/12 - Electricity - BSc
 2nd semester of 2011/12 - Automatic Control Systems - BSC
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From JUN2010/OCT2012 – National (PRT) Member of the Information Systems
Technology (IST) Panel of Research and Technology Organization (RTO) – NATO
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From 25MAR2010/OCT2012 - National representative appointed by the Portuguese
Minister of Defence in the R&D Project entitled Military Tolerant Disruptive Networks
(MIDNET), in the scope of the European Defence Agency (European Union)
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From 15OCT2008/10SEPT2011 – Head of the Systems Engineering Office in the
Information Technologies and Communications Directorate (PO Navy), including the
following functions:
 Portfolio manager of Instituto Hidrográfico projects in DITIC
 DITIC Representative in the MoD (Ministry of Defense) Working Group entitled
Technological Challenges for Defence (R&D)
 Naval Representative in the NATO SATCOM Working Group (WG/2 – SC/6);
 DITIC Representative in the R&D NATO project entitled Defence Against
Terrorism
 Responsible and coordinator of the R&D project entitled MANET (submitted to
MoD/DGAED)
 DITIC Representative in Configuration and Control Group Automated Information
System
 Responsible for the development of the following noise studies in the transmitting
and receiving sites (Continent, Azores and Madeira islands):
 ERN Almirante Ramos Pereira (Apúlia)
 ERN Sagres
 JHQ Oeiras
 Sites Centro de Comunicações do Continente (Rx Site Fonte da Telha e Estação
Satélites Ibéria NATO F12)
 ERN Porto Santo
 ERN Horta
 DITIC Representative for the implementation of TETRA project in the Portuguese
Navy
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DITIC Representative in the working group for the modernization of the sailing
school ship Sagres (GP-MODSAGRES)
Responsible for the definition of the naval component in the Satellite
communications architecture in the Portuguese MoD
Responsible for the analysis and ratification of NATO Standards (STANAG) in the
field of Communications and Information Systems (CIS)
Head of the inspection team performed to the CIS of Esquadrilha de Navios
Patrulha, during the period 15-18MAR2010
MAR2011/JUL2011 - Participation in an audit team for evaluating the
effectiveness, duplication and interoperability of the Information Technologies in
the different organisms of the Portuguese Minister of Defence
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01OCT2005/30SEPT2008 – NATO International Staff as a Communications Manager on
Deployable component of the Air Command & Control System (ACCS) programme at
NATO Air Command and Control System Management Agency (NACMA), in Brussels –
Belgium. These functions include: project specifications, system design and development,
implementation, test and acceptance phases of deployable communication projects; support
of authorisation processes related to the deployable communications projects.
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01MAR2004/01MAR2005 – Participation in IST-2003-570607, European project B-BONE
– Broadcasting and Multicasting Over Enhanced UMTS Mobile Broadband Networks, in
the scope of the Information Society Technology (IST), as a telecommunications
research/scientist
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02JUL2001/26SEPT2005 – Head of the Systems Engineering Office in the Information
Technologies and Communications Directorate (PO Navy). The corresponding functions
includes, between other:
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JAN2000/OCT2004 – Coordinator appointed by the Portuguese Ministry of Defence /
Navy of the joint Research and Development (R&D) project between the Portuguese
MOD, EID company and Rohde & Schwarz, for the design and fabrication of
prototypes for the new MF/HF Transmitters and Receivers, entitled TR4000 radio by
EID,
and M3SR series 4400 radio by R&S (see article in page 29 of
http://www.marinha.pt/PT/noticiaseagenda/revistadaarmada/Documents/2004/RA_379_
SETOUT04.pdf). EID Company was responsible for the design of front-end,
synthesizer and MMI, while R&S was responsible for the remaining parts. The main
standard for this project was MIL STD 188-141B de 1999 – “Interoperability and
Performance Standards for Medium and High Frequency Radio Equipment
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APR2000/SEPT2005 – Member of the Broadcast and Ship Shore (BRASS) project
group for refitting the NATO and national shore radio stations. Operational and
functional specification and communications architecture definition
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SEPT2003/SEPT2005 – Member of the implementation of the “Global Maritime
Distress and Safety Systems” (GMDSS) project in Portugal. Operational and functional
specification and communications architecture definition
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JAN2001/JUL2004 – Participation in the project for the implementation of the
Differential Geographic Positioning System (DGPS). These functions include
telecommunications adaptations for integration within the naval infrastructures
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National member at NATO Beyond Line-Of-Sight Communications Ad Hoc Working
Group (BLOS Communications AHWG)
4/15
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01MAR2002/29FEB2004 – Participation in the IST-2001-34900, European project
SEACORN – Simulation of Enhanced UMTS Access and Core Networks, in the scope of the
Information Society Technology (IST), as a telecommunications expert.
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FEB2001/OCT2005 – National Member appointed by the Portuguese Minister of Defence
in the Information Systems Technology (IST) Panel of Research and Technology
Organization (RTO) – NATO.
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01MAR2001/02JUL2001 – Member of the Installation Commission for the Management of
Information and for the Information Technologies and Communications in the Portuguese
Navy.
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15SEPT2000/02JUL2001 – Head of wireless and electronics branch at the Infrastructure
Directorate, Portuguese Navy.
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06SEPT1999/14SEPT2000 – Working the in SINCOMAR project (Naval Integrated
System of Communications) at Infrastructure Directorate, Portuguese Navy.
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1994/1997 - Head of Department of Electronics and Electricity of the Submarine “Delfim”,
being in charge of the production and distribution of electrical power supply, electrical
propulsion, main batteries, internal and external communications equipments, radars,
sonars, radiopositioning equipments, air conditioning, air regenerators, automatic pilots,
telemeters, etc.
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1992/93 - Head of Department of Electronics and Electricity of the Corvete “Baptista de
Andrade”, being in charge of the production and distribution of electrical power supply,
maintenance of the internal and external communications equipments, radars, radio
positioning equipments, air conditioning, etc.
MAIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AREAS
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Block Transmission Techniques (e.g, OFDM and Single Carrier – Frequency Domain
Equalization)
Joint Detection and Channel Estimation Techniques
Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) Systems
Multi-User Detection for WCDMA Systems
Networking
Network Security
Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks
OTHERS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AREAS
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Satellite Communications
Cellular Terrestrial Communications
OSI Reference Model and TCP/IP networks
Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) Communications
HF and MF, namely Skywave and Groundwave Communications
Software Defined Radio
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PUBLISHED BOOKS
[1]
M. Marques da Silva, F. A. Monteiro, "MIMO Processing for 4G and Beyond:
Fundamentals and Evolution", CRC Press Auerbach Publications: ISBN:
9781466598072, FL, USA, June 2014
(http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781466598072)
[2]
M. Marques da Silva, A. Correia, R. Dinis, N. Souto, J. C. Silva, “Transmission
Techniques for 4G Systems”, CRC Press Auerbach Publications, ISBN:
9781466512337, FL, USA, 2012 (http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/
9781466512337)
[3]
M. Marques da Silva, “Multimedia Communications and Networking” CRC Press, 1st
edition, ISBN: 9781439874844, FL, USA, March 2012
(http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439874844)
[4]
M. Marques da Silva, A. Correia, R. Dinis, N. Souto, J. C. Silva, “Transmission
Techniques for Emergent Multicast and Broadcast Systems”, CRC Press Auerbach
Publications, ISBN: 9781439815939, FL, USA, May 2010
(http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439815939)
PATTENTS
[1]
M. Marques da Silva, R. Dinis, A. Correia, “Receptor no Domínio da Frequência para
Modulações SC-FDE com STBC”, Instituto Nacional de Propriedade Industrial, Patente
de invenção nacional n.º 105495, 24 April 2013
THESIS
[1]
M. Marques da Silva, “Emergent Radio Systems”, PhD Thesis, Instituto Superior
Técnico, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, 19th September 2005
[2]
M. Marques da Silva, “Multi-User Detection for DS-CDMA Systems”, MSc Thesis,
Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, 14th September 1999
PUBLISHED BOOK CHAPTERS
[1]
M. Marques da Silva, A. Correia, "MIMO Techniques and Applications", Chapter in
"MIMO Processing for 4G and Beyond: Fundamentals and Evolution", M. Marques da
Silva, F. A. Monteiro, CRC Press Auerbach Publications: ISBN: 9781466598072, FL,
USA, June 2014
[2]
P. Montezuma, M. Marques da Silva, R. Dinis, "Frequency-Domain Packet Combining
Techniques for UWB", Chapter in "MIMO Processing for 4G and Beyond:
Fundamentals and Evolution", M. Marques da Silva, F. A. Monteiro, CRC Press
Auerbach Publications: ISBN: 9781466598072, FL, USA, June 2014
6/15
[3]
A. Correia, M. Marques da Silva, "Link and System Level simulations for MIMO",
Chapter in "MIMO Processing for 4G and Beyond: Fundamentals and Evolution", M.
Marques da Silva, F. A. Monteiro, CRC Press Auerbach Publications: ISBN:
9781466598072, FL, USA, June 2014
PUBLISHED SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL AND MAGAZINE PAPERS
[1]
M. Marques da Silva, R. Dinis, P. Montezuma, “Iterative Frequency-Domain Packet
Combining Techniques for UWB Systems with Strong Interference Levels”, Wireless
Personal Communications, Springer Netherlands, DOI: 10.1007/s11277-012-0704-5
(http://www.springerlink.com/content/n7w822588khg683x), May 2013, Volume 70,
Issue 1, pp 501-517
[2]
M. Marques da Silva, A. Correia, N. Souto, J. Seguro, P. Gomes, R. Dinis, “On the
Multi-Resolution Techniques for LTE-Advanced”, Wireless Personal Communications,
Springer, Issue 4, Volume 66, Number 4, September, 2012, pp. 833-853, DOI:
10.1007/s11277-011-0366-8, http://www.springerlink.com/content/l32641uq3n643601/
[3]
M. Marques da Silva, R. Dinis, “Iterative Frequency-Domain Detection and Channel
Estimation for Space-Time Block Codes” European Transactions on
Telecommunications, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., DOI: 10.1002/ett.1484,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ett.1484, Vol. 22, Issue 7, November, 2011, pp. 339-351
[4]
M. Marques da Silva, R. Dinis, A. Correia, “Frequency-Domain Receivers for Rate-1
Space-Time Block Codes” – Journal of Communications, Network and System
Sciences (IJCNS), pp.845-861 Vol.2 No.9, 2009, DOI: 10.4236/ijcns.2009.29098,
www.scirp.org/journal/ijcns, December 2009
[5]
M. Marques da Silva, A. Correia, R. Dinis, “On transmission techniques for multiantenna
W-CDMA
systems”
European
Transactions
on
Telecommunications,
Volume
20
Issue
1
/
January
2009, Pages 107 – 121,
John
Wiley
&
Sons,
Ltd.,
DOI:
10.1002/ett.1252,
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ett.1252/abstract
[6]
M. Marques da Silva, A. M. C. Correia, R. Dinis, “Interference Suppression Consisting
of
Pre-Distortion
Filtering
and
Selective
Transmit
Diversity”
Wireless Personal Communications, Volume 47, Number 2 / October, 2008, Springer
Netherlands,
DOI:
10.1007/s11277-008-9456-7,
http://www.springerlink.com/content/a740h14g02155220/
[7]
M. Marques da Silva, A. Correia, “Joint Multi-User Detection and Intersymbol
Interference Cancellation for WCDMA Satellite UMTS” – International Journal of
Satellite Communications and Networking – Special Issue on Interference Cancellation
–
Wiley,
n.º
21
–
2003,
pp.93-117,
invited
paper,
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/102525904/ABSTRACT
PUBLISHED SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE PAPERS
7/15
[1]
M. Marques da Silva, A. Correia, R. Dinis, P. Montezuma, "On Coordinated MultiPoint Transmission for Cellular Environments", Progress In Electromagnetics Research
Symposium 2014 (PIERS 2014), Guangzhou, China, 25-28AUG 2014
[2]
P. Carvalho, M. Marques da Silva, R. Dinis "Multiple Input Multiple Output System
with Multi User Support Based on Directive Information Transmission", Progress In
Electromagnetics Research Symposium 2014 (PIERS 2014), Guangzhou, China, 2528AUG 2014
[3]
C. Reis, A. Correia, N. Souto, M. Marques da Silva, "Coordinated Multi-Point MIMO
Processing for 4G", Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium 2014 (PIERS
2014), Guangzhou, China, 25-28AUG 2014
[4]
C. Reis, A. Correia, N. Souto, M. Marques da Silva, "On Enhanced Multimedia
Broadcast Multicast Service for 4G", International Conference on Telecommunications
2014 (ICT 2014), Lisbon, Portugal, 4-7 May 2014
[5]
M. Marques da Silva, R. Dinis, A. Correia, "On Multi-Antenna Systems for Wireless
Transmission Mediums", Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium 2013
(PIERS 2013), Taipei, Taiwan, 25-28MAR 2013
[6]
C. Reis, A. Correia, N. Souto, M. Marques da Silva, "On the Multihop Relays with
Multiple Antennas for LTE-A", Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium
2013 (PIERS 2013), Taipei, Taiwan, 25-28MAR 2013
[7]
J. C. Silva, R. Dinis, N. Souto, M. Marques da Silva, "MIMO SC-FDE Transmission
Techniques with Channel Estimation and High-Order Modulations", Progress In
Electromagnetics Research Symposium 2013 (PIERS 2013), Taipei, Taiwan, 2528MAR 2013
[8]
M. Marques da Silva, R. Dinis, P. Montezuma, "Iterative FDE Receivers for UWB
Systems with Strong Interference Levels", 2012 Military Communications Conference
(MILCOM 2012), Orlando, USA, 29 Oct - 01 Nov 2012
[9]
M. Marques da Silva, R. Dinis, P. Montezuma, "Robust FDE Receiver for UWB
Systems with Strong Narrow-Band Interference", the eight International Conference on
Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing (WiCOM 2012),
Shanghai, China, 21-23 September 2012
[10]
M. Marques da Silva, R. Dinis, A. Correia, “Joint Detection and Channel Estimation for
SC-FDE with STBC” – 2009 Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC
2009), Shanghai, China, 8-10 October 2009
[11]
M. Marques da Silva, R. Dinis, A. Correia, “Iterative Frequency-Domain Receivers for
STBC Schemes” – 2009 IEEE 70th Vehicular Technology Conference 2009 (VTC2009
- Fall), Anchorage, USA, September 2009
[12]
M. Marques da Silva, A. Correia, R. Dinis, “On Pre-Processing for MIMO W-CDMA”
– 11th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications
(WPMC 2008), Lapland, Finland, September 2008
8/15
[13]
M. Marques da Silva, R. Dinis, A. Correia, “A New V-BLAST Detector approach for
W-CDMA signals with Frequency Selective Fading” – PIMRC 2005, Berlin, Germany,
September 2005
[14]
M. Marques da Silva, A. Correia, R. Dinis, “A Decorrelating MUD approach for the
Downlink of UMTS Considering a RAKE in the Receiver” – PIMRC 2005, Berlin,
Germany, September 2005
[15]
M. Marques da Silva, A. Correia, “A Pre-distortion Filtering for MAI Reduction with
Selective Transmit Diversity” - PIMRC 2004, Barcelona, Spain, September 2004
[16]
M. Marques da Silva, A. Correia, J. C. Silva, N. Souto “Joint MIMO and Parallel
Interference Cancellation for the HSDPA” - ISSSTA 2004, Sydney, Australia, 31Aug02Sept 2004
[17]
M. Marques da Silva, A. Correia, J. C. Silva, N. Souto “Interference Reduction
Consisting of Pre-Distortion Filtering with Selective Transmit Diversity” - ISSSTA
2004, Sydney, Australia, 31Aug-02Sept 2004
[18]
N. Souto, J. C. Silva, A. Correia, F. Cercas, M. M. Silva, A. Rodrigues, Adriano Santos,
“Multi-User Detector Schemes for the UMTS Uplink Transmission” - ISSSTA 2004,
Sydney, Australia, 31Aug-02Sept 2004
[19]
M. Marques da Silva, A. Correia, “Joint MIMO and MAI Suppression for the HSDPA”
- International Conference on Telecommunications 2004 (ICT’04), Fortaleza, Brazil,
August 2004
[20]
M. Marques da Silva, A. Correia, “A Combined Precoding scheme with Selective
Transmit Diversity” - International Conference on Telecommunications 2004 (ICT’04),
Fortaleza, Brazil, August 2004
[21]
M. Marques da Silva, A. Correia, “Interference Suppression Consisting of Predistortion Filtering and Beamforming with Joint Transmit Diversity” - International
Conference on Telecommunications 2004 (ICT’04), Fortaleza, Brazil, August 2004
[22]
M. Marques da Silva, A. Correia, N. Souto, J. C. Silva, F. Cercas, A. Rodrigues
“Interference Suppression consisting of Pre-Distortion Filtering and Beamforming with
joint Transmit Diversity” – SEACORN Workshop on Simulation of Enhanced UMTS
Access and Core Networks, Cambridge, UK, March 23, 2004
[23]
N. Souto, J. C. Silva, A. Correia, F. Cercas, A. Rodrigues, M. M. Silva, "HSDPA
Performance Results with Enhanced TX/RX Schemes" SEACORN Workshop on
Simulation of Enhanced UMTS Access and Core Networks, Cambridge, UK, March 23,
2004
[24]
J. C. Silva, N. Souto, F. Cercas, A. Correia, A. Rodrigues, M. M. Silva "Turbo TCH
Codes for application in CS-CDMA Schemes", SEACORN Workshop on Simulation of
Enhanced UMTS Access and Core Networks, March 23, 2004, Cambridge, UK
[25]
M. Marques da Silva, A. Correia, “Interference Cancellation with combined Predistortion filtering and Transmit Diversity”, 14th IEEE International Symposium on
Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, Beijing, China, 7-10 September
2003
9/15
[26]
M. Marques da Silva, A. Correia, “Interference Cancellation using joint Pre-distortion
filtering and Selective Transmit Diversity”, 4th Conference on Telecommunications,
Aveiro, Portugal, 18-20 June 2003
[27]
M. Marques da Silva, A. Correia, “Joint Beamforming and Transmit Diversity for
WCDMA” – Symposium on Smart Antennas – Information Systems Technology (IST)
Panel – Research and Technology Organization (RTO) – NATO, Chester – U.K., 07-08
April 2003
[28]
M. Marques da Silva, A. Correia, “Combined Transmit Diversity and Beamforming for
WCDMA” – IEEE – 5th European Personal Mobile Communications Conference –
EPMCC’03 (Glasgow – Scotland), 22-25 April 2003
[29]
M. Marques da Silva, A. Correia, “Space Time Block Coding for 4 antennas with
coding rate 1” – IEEE – International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and
Application – ISSSTA (Prague – Check Republic), 2-5 September 2002
[30]
M. Marques da Silva, A. Correia, “Space Time Diversity for the Downlink of
WCDMA” – IEEE – Wireless Personal and Mobile Communications – WPMC’01
(Aalborg - Denmark), 9-12 September 2001
[31]
M. Marques da Silva, A. Correia, “Parallel Interference Cancellation with Commutation
Signaling” – IEEE – International Conference on Communications – ICC2000 Spring
(New Orleans - USA), 18-22 June 2000
[32]
M. Marques da Silva, A. Correia, “MAI Cancellation with Commutation Signaling” –
IEEE – Vehicular Technology Conference – VTC2000 Spring (Tokyo - Japan), 15-18
May 2000
SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT COMMITTEMENTS
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Member of the Technical Program Committee and reviewer of IEEE Applied
Electromagnetic International Conference 2014 (APPEIC2014) (http://appeic.com/)
Member of the Technical Program Committee and reviewer of IEEE International
Conference on Computer Communications, and Control Technology 2015 (I4CT2015)
(http://i4ct.org/)
Chairman of the session entitled "SC4: MIMO Systems and Applications" in PIERS
2014 Symposium (http://piers.org/piers2014Guangzhou/session.php?session_id=S026)
in Guangzhou, China, 25-28 August, 2014
Member of the Technical Program Committee and reviewer of Renewable Energy and
Green Technology International Conference 2014 - REEGETECH'2014
(http://reegetech.com/)
Member of the Technical Program Committee and reviewer of Advancement in
Information Technology International Conference 2014 - ADVCIT'2014
(http://conference.researchbib.com/?action=viewEventDetails&eventid=36996&uid=rd
2051).
Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Electrical Engineering, David Publishing
Company, USA (http://www.davidpublishing.org/journals_info.asp?jId=1576).
Member of the the advisory committee of Online International Workshop on Writing
Research Paper, 7 June 2014
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Program Co-Chair and member of the Technical Program Committee of GS
International Conference on Computer Science 2015, Ireland, 24-26 April 2015
Member of the Technical Program Committee of 2014 International Workshop on
Mobile Applications (MobiApps 2014), Barcelona Spain, 27-29 August 2014
(http://www.themobiapps.org/)
Member of the Technical Program Committee of Conference Competition and
Exhibition 2014 (CCE 2014), Penang, Malaysia, 24-25 June 2014
(http://www.cce2014.com/)
Member of the Technical Program Committee of International Journal of Computing
and Digital Systems (IJCDS)
Member of the Technical Program Committee of GS International Conference on
Computer Science 2014: Wireless Networks in Control Systems track (WNCS 2014),
Dubai,
UAE,
7-9
November
2014
(http://www.gspublishers.com/conferences/gsMICST14/computerscience.html)
Member of the Technical Program Committee of 2014 IEEE 25th International
Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications: Fundamentals and
PHY Track (PIMRC'14), Washington, DC, USA, 2-5 September 2014
(http://www.ieee-pimrc.org/)
Member of the Technical Program Committee of the 2014 International Conference on
Computer, Communications, and Control Technology (I4CT 2014), Langkawi,
Malaysia,
September
02-04
2014,
(http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/conferencedetails/index.html?Co
nf_ID=33227)
Member of the Technical Program Committee of the 2014 International Workshop on
the Design and Performance of Networks on Chip (DPNoS 2014), Niagara Falls,
Ontario, Canada, August 17-20 2014, (cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/fnc-14/)
Member of the Technical Program Committee of GS Multi-Conference on Sciences and
Technology 2014 (GMICST 2014), Dubai, UAE, conference date: 01-03 Aug 2014
(http://www.gspublishers.com/conferences/gsMICST14/tcp.html)
Member of the Technical Program Committee of 2014 International Conference on
Electronic Publishing and Information Technology (ICEPIT 2014), Bahrain, UAE,
conference
date:
02-04
Mar
2014
(http://conference.researchbib.com/?action=viewEventDetails&eventid=27759&uid=rb
b1a0)
Member of the Technical Program Committee of 2014 International Symposium on
Technology Management and Emerging Technologies (ISTMET 2014), Bandung, West
Java, Indonesia conference date: 27-29 May 2014 (http://istmet.org/)
Member of the Technical Program Committee of International Conference on
Communication and Computer Engineering (ICOCOE'2014), Melaka, Malaysia,
conference date: 20-21 May 2014 (http://icocoe.com/)
Organizer of the session entitled "SC4: MIMO Systems and Applications" in PIERS
2014 Symposium (http://piers.org/piers2014Guangzhou/session.php?session_id=S026)
in Guangzhou, China, 25-28 August, 2014
Member of the Technical Program Committee of 2014 IEEE Symposium on Computer
Applications and Industrial Electronics (ISCAIE 2014), Penang, Malaysia, 07-08 March
2014 (http://myies.org/iscaie2014/)
Member of the Technical Program Committee of 2013 IEEE International RF and
Microwave Conference (RFM'13), Penang, Malaysia, 9-11 December 2013
(http://rfm2013.myapmttemc.org)
Member of the Technical Program Committee of 2013 IEEE 22nd International
Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications: Fundamentals and
PHY Track (PIMRC'13), London, UK, 8-11 September 2013
11/15
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Member of the Technical Program Committee of 2013 IEEE Conference on Wireless
Sensors (ICWiSe2013), Kuching, Sarawak , MALAYSIA, 27-29 November 2013
Chairman of the session entitled "MIMO Systems" in PIERS 2013 Symposium
(Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium) in Taipei, Taiwan, 25-28 March,
2013
Member of the Technical Program Committee of 2013 IEEE Symposium on Computers
& Informatics (ISCI 2013), Langkawi, Malaysia, 7-9 April 2013
Member of the Technical Program Committee of Future Network & Mobile Summit
(www.Futurenetworksummit.eu/2013) 2013, Lisbon, Portugal, 3 - 5 July 2013;
Member of the Technical Program Committee of 2012 IEEE Asia-Pacific conference on
Applied Electromagnetics (APACE2012), Melaka, Malaysia 11-13DEC2012;
Chairman of a workshop entitled "Space-Time Wireless Communications: Modern
Signal Processing with MIMO", 18DEC2012, ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon, Portugal
(http://jornal40.iscte-iul.pt/node/150)
Organizer of the session entitled "MIMO Systems" in PIERS 2013 Symposium
(Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium) in Taipei, Taiwan, 25-28 March,
2013
Member of the technical program committee of PIERS 2013 Symposium (Progress In
Electromagnetics Research Symposium) in Taipei, Taiwan, 25-28 March, 2013
Member of the Technical Program Committee of 2012 IEEE Symposium on Wireless
Telecommunications Applications (ISWTA2012), Indonesia 23-26SEPT2012;
Organizer of Workshop ”Future 4G Mobile Networks”, ISCTE-IUL/IT, Lisbon,
Portugal, 01OCT2010
Member of the Technical Program Committee of Workshop ”Future 4G Mobile
Networks”, ISCTE-IUL/IT, Lisbon, Portugal, 01OCT2010
Member of the Technical Program Committee of 5ª Conferencia Ibérica de Sistemas y
Tecnologías de Información - CISTI'2010, Santiago de Compustela (Spain), 1619JUN2010
Member of the Technical Program Committee of Signal, Image and Speech Processing
International Conference - SISPIC 2007, Petra, Jordan (AUG2006/MAR2007)
Organizer of the International Symposium on “Real-Time Intrusion Detection” (RTOIST – NATO) and Information Systems Technology (IST-NATO) Panel Business
Meeting, Estoril, Portugal, 29MAY-01JUN 2002
OTHER SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEMENTS
Regular reviewer of the following journal and magazines:
[38] Wireless Personal Communications, by Springer Publ.
[39] IEEE Transaction on Communications
[40] IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
[41] Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, EURASIP, by Hindawi Publ.
[42] Physical Communication by Elsevier
[43] IEEE Communications Letters
[44] International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems (IJCDS)
Reviewer of the following conferences:
[1]
2013 IEEE 22nd International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio
Communications: Fundamentals and PHY Track (PIMRC'13)
[2]
IEEE Vehicular Technology Conf.: VTC 2012 Spring
[3]
International Symp. on Computer and Informatics (ISCIS 2013)
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Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium 2013 (PIERS 2013)
12/15
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IEEE Symposium on Wireless Telecommunications Applications (ISWTA2012)
IEEE Globecom: 2001 Spring and 2012 Spring
IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC’96, ICC’06);
IT ConfTele 2005
IEEE Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications: PIMRC’2002 and
PIMRC’2005
IEEE International Symposium on Spread-Spectrum Techniques and Applications
(ISSSTA’2004)
Wireless Personal and Mobile Communications (WPMC’2001, WPMC’2004)
IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC’99-Fall)
POST-GRADUATION SUPERVISIONS AND BOARD MEMBER
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07JUL2014 - Board Chairman for discussion of MSc thesis in Informatics Engineering with
the title "Criptosistema para Sistema de Ficheiros de Grids para Armazenamento" (student
Francisco José Fialho Nunes), Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa
20JAN2014 - Board Chairman for discussion of MSc thesis in Informatics Engineering with
the title "Analysis of the ISO 27001 Implementation in the judicial police" (student Pedro
Miguel Leonardo Pires), Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa
2012/13 - Thesis Adviser of the MSc in Informatics Engineering entitled "A File Transfer
Architecture Optimized for Social Networks" (Student Marco André do Vale Pires Brotas),
Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa
2009/2011 - Supervisor of the MSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering (student
Ricardo Gonçalves), Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, U.S.A.
2000/02 - Supervisor of the MSc in Electrical Engineering (Telecommunications), with a
thesis entitled "Coding-Spreading Tradeoff in CDMA Systems" (student Eduardo Bolas),
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, U.S.A.
END OF COURSE (BSC) PROJECT SUPERVISIONS
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2014/15 - "You Got Mail", Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa
2013/14 - "House Remote Control", Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa
2013/14 - "Automatic Vehicle Location", Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa
2013/14 - "Development of a E-Commerce Platform", Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa
2013/14 - "Dimensioning a Bank Information System", Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa
2013/14 - "Virtualization of the Information Technologies at University", Universidade
Autónoma de Lisboa
PARTICIPATION IN OTHER INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIUMS
AND MEETINGS
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SMI Defence Conference on Mobile and Deployable Communications, Prague – Check
Republic, 30th to 31st January 2008
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International Symposium on “Military Information and Data Fusion” (RTO-IST – NATO),
in Prague – Check Republic, 20-21 October 2003 and IST Panel Business Meeting in the
same place, during the period 23-24 October 2003
13/15
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International Symposium on “Real-Time Intrusion Detection” (RTO-IST – NATO), 27-28
May 2002 and IST Panel Business Meeting, in the period 29th May until 1st June 2002, in
Estoril – Portugal
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International Symposium on “Military Communications” (RTO-IST – NATO), in Warsaw Poland, 8-9 October 2001 and IST Panel Business Meeting in the same place, in the period
11-12 October 2001
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Symposium International on “Information Management Challenges in Achieving Coalition
Interoperability” (Organized by the Research Technology Organization (RTO) – of the
Information Systems Technology (IST) panel, of NATO, in Quebec City – Canada, 28-30
May 2001 and participation in the IST Panel Business Meeting in the same place, in the
period from 31 May – 6 June 2001
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Conftele – Telecommunications Conference, Figueira da Foz - Portugal, 23-24 April 2001
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SMI Defence Conference on Software Radio, London – U.K., 4-5 April 2001
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Participation in many other low duration conferences, seminars and workshops.
SCIENTIFIC OR PROFESSIONAL AFFILLIATIONS
1. Researcher at the Portuguese Institute for Telecommunications
2. Member of the Portuguese Engineers Association
3. Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) – Communications
Society
4. Member of Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA)
SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE
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Matlab (programming) and Simulink
Microsoft Project
Enterprise Project Management
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint)
Microsoft Visio
Visual Basic (programming)
Orcad (electronic simulator)
Wireshark (packet snifer)
Packet Tracer (network simulator)
Microsoft SharePoint
Adobe Captivate (e-learning)
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY LEVELS
1. English:
 Level 4.1 from the British Council
 As curricular language of the Naval Academy
 As curricular language of the high school
14/15
2. French:
 2007/2008 – High intermediate level training course during scholar year
 2006/2007 – Medium intermediate level training course during scholar year
 2005/2006 – Low intermediate level training course during scholar year
 As curricular language of the high school
SPORTS
16. Swimming
17. Jogging
18. Yatchman's Licence - Costal Skipper
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