The Laboratory of Communications
and Telematics of the University of
Coimbra
University of Kelaniya
Marilia Curado
Laboratory of Communications and Telematics
University of Coimbra
23 June 2015
[email protected]
Coimbra and its University
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University of Coimbra
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University of Coimbra
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University of Coimbra
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•  Created in 1297
•  23000 students
•  10% of foreign students from
70 countries
•  Faculties of Medicine, Law,
Humanities, Psychology,
Sports, Pharmacy, Economy,
Science and Technology
Faculty of Science and Technology
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Architecture
Earth Sciences
Life Sciences
Civil Engineering
Electrical Engineering and Computers
Informatics Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Physics
Mathematics
Chemistry
Dep. of Informatics Engineering
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Where are we?
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University of Coimbra - UC
Faculty of Science and Technology of the University
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Department of Informatics Engineering - DEI
What else?
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Center for Informatics and Systems of the University
of Coimbra – CISUC
¤  Research
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Pedro Nunes Institute – IPN
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transfer
Our Ecosystem
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DEI - FCTUC
IPN
CISUC
Dept. Informatics Engineering
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People
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50 professors
600 undergraduate students
400 graduate students
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> 300 Masters students
> 100 PhD students
Degrees
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BSc and MSc in Informatics Engineering
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BSc and MSc in Design & Multimedia
Doctoral Program in Information Technologies
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Pedro Nunes Institute
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Knowledge transfer unit
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Applied R&D
Specialized services to industry
Consulting
Enterprise incubator
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Critical Software
Wit Software
FeedZai
One Source
IPN Enterprise Incubator
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Best Science Based Incubator Prize in 2009
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Survival rate: +80%
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Created over 1500 jobs
CISUC overview
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Six research groups:
¤  COGNITIVE AND MEDIA SYSTEMS (CMS)
¤  ADAPTIVE COMPUTATION (AC)
¤  SOFTWARE AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (SSE)
¤  COMMUNICATIONS AND TELEMATICS (LCT)
¤  INFORMATION SYSTEMS (IS)
¤  EVOLUTIONARY AND COMPLEX SYSTEMS (ECOS)
Researchers:
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Senior researchers ≈ 60
PhD students ≈ 60
MSc students: variable
Overall: over 170 researchers
LCT: group composition
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Senior researchers
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Marilia Curado (group coordinator)
Fernando Boavida
Edmundo Monteiro
Jorge Sá Silva
Paulo Simões
João Vilela
Tiago Cruz
Jorge Granjal
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LCT: group composition
(2/3)
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PhD students
André Gomes
André Riker
Bruno Dalmazo
David Abreu
David Nunes
Elisabete Reis
Jorge Proença
José Marinho
Karima Velasquez
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Konstantia Barbatsalou
Luís Cordeiro
Luís Santos
Luís Conceição
Manuel Pedro
Roger Immich
Vasco Pereira
Vitor Bernardo
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Former PhD students
Adriano Fiorese
Alexandre Fonte
André Rodrigues
António Pereira
Augusto Neto
Bruno Sousa
Carlos Rabadão
David Palma
Eduardo Cerqueira
Fernando Matos
Filipe Caldeira
Gonçalo Quadros
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Jorge Sá Silva
Marília Curado
Paulo Loureiro
Paulo Mendes
Pedro Pinheiro
Ricardo Silva
Silvia Farraposo
Thanh-Dien Tran
Tiago Cruz
Thomas Bohnert
Vinicius Borges
Vitor Rolla
LCT Core Research Areas
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Networking technologies and protocols
¨  Adhoc and mesh networks
¨  Wireless sensor and actuator networks
¨  Mobility and multi-homing
¨  Quality of service / quality of experience
¨  Networks and systems management
¨  Cloud computing
¨  Security and privacy
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The Laboratory of Communications
and Telematics of the University of
Coimbra
University of Kelaniya
Marilia Curado
Laboratory of Communications and Telematics
University of Coimbra
23 June 2015
[email protected]