Academic position:
Coordinator Professor
Joining date:
01-01-1999
Role in IT: Researcher Scientific Area: Networks and Multimedia
Group: Multimedia Signal Processing – Co
Degrees
- PhD, University of Essex, 03-04-2003 - MSc, Universidade de Coimbra, 03-04-1995 - Licenciatura, Universidade de Coimbra, 07-12-1989
Expertise Topics
- Motion Compensation for Video Coding - Video Coding - Digital Television - Signal Processing - Communications in Automation and Energy Systems
Affiliations
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Member, 01-01-2003
- Telecommunications Institute, Researcher, 01-01-1999
- Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra - ISEC, Professor, 01-01-1992
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Data Communications, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, BSc. Electrical Engineering
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Project/Thesis/Internship, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, MSc. Building Services Engineering
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Telecommunication Systems, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Lic. Electrical Engineering
Supervision of theses
Undergraduate
- Development of a Power Meter for DTT Signals, Undergraduate, Freddy Carrancho, José Mendes , 9-2012, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra
- Multiband and Ultra Wideband Antennas, Undergraduate, Helder Gomes, Joaquim Castro Caldas , 9-2012, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra
- Digital Video Broadcast: Simulation and Measurements, Undergraduate, Pedro Simões, 11-2007
- A Solar Tracking System for a Parabolic Concentrator, Undergraduate, Rudolfo Neto, Sérgio Neves, 9-2007
- An Interface and Control for a Bi-axial Antenna Rotor, Undergraduate, Ricardo Raposo, Pedro Torres Silva, 9-2005
- Wireless Camera Room Monotoring System, Undergraduate, André Cabete, Carlos Figueiredo, 9-2005
MSc
- Calculation of Electrical Conduits – Internship at Exsepi, MSc, Carla Costa, 7-2012, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra
- Development and Integration of Sensors for Process Monitoring in Agroindustrial Wine Fermentation Systems, MSc, Joaquim Varandas , 7-2012, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra
- Electrical and Telecommunications Installations – Internship at PrintG, MSc, Vera Bento , 7-2012, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra
- Electrical Planning, Monitoring and Inspection in Construction Works - Internship at Exsepi, MSc, António Fernandes, 7-2012, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra
- Analysis of the Non-linear Distortion in OFDM Multicarrier Systems with Applications to Amplifiers in Installations for DVB-T Signal Reception, MSc, Bruno Carmo , 5-2012, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra
- Building Automation and Control Systems – Central Management of a Hotel Building and its Effects in the Building Energy Performance, MSc, Júlio Sandro Neves Serrazina da Silva , 5-2012, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra
- Project and Implementation of a Linux-based Real-Time Embedded System, MSc, Adriano Campos , 3-2012, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra
- Technical Process Optimizations in Paper Machines, MSc, António Bonifácio , 3-2012, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra
- Automation of a Plasma Cutting Robotic Cell, MSc, Carlos Tavares , 12-2011, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra
- Development of a Portable PV-FED Acquisition and Processing Device, MSc, Jérôme Nameche , 10-2011, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra
- Automation of Software Testing - Dashboard QMSanalyser, MSc, Márcio Carvalho, 5-2011, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra
- Renewal of Electrical and Telecommunications Infrastructures at IPC, MSc, Carlos Conceição, 4-2011, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra
- Network Integration of Video Surveillance Systems, MSc, Pedro Silva, 5-2010, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra
Licenciatura
- A Distributed System for Multicast LAN Video Streaming, Licenciatura, Gilberto Pascoal, Pedro Silva, 9-2007
- Integrated Control System for Building Access, Licenciatura, Victor Nunes, Paulo Simões, 7-2006
- Multicast DVB Streaming in a Local Area Network , Licenciatura, Bruno Andrade, Alberto Neves, 7-2006
- Tests for DVB-T transmission Evaluation, Licenciatura, Ricardo Lobo, 7-2006
- A Modular and Highly Configurable Signal Acquisition, Processing and Interfacing Platform, Licenciatura, Pedro Monteiro, Nuno Carlos, 7-2005
Publications
Book Chapters [1]
- Lopes, F.; I. Fonseca; "Networked Embedded Systems - Example Applications in the Educational Environment" - Chapter in Embedded Systems - High Performance Systems, Applications and Projects, Kiyofumi Tanaka, In-Tech, ,
2012.
Papers in Journals [4]
- Lopes, F.; "Electrical Engineering Curricula – An Example of a Post-Bologna Master Course", Electronics and Electrical Engineering , Vol. 106, No. 10, pp. 155 - 158, December, 2010. Abstract
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- Lopes, F.; "Texture driven quadrilateral matching motion estimation for video coding", Electronics Letters, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. * - *, January, 2000.
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- Lopes, F.; "Analysis of spatial transform motion estimation with overlapped compensation and fractional pixel accuracy", IEE Proceedings Part-I: Vision, Image and Signal Processing, Vol. 146, No. 6, pp. 339 - 344, December, 1999.
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- Lopes, F.; "Object-Based Motion Parameterization Using Shape Adaptive Bilinear Warping", Lectures Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 1629, No. *, pp. 97 - 107, May, 1999.
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Papers in Conference Proceedings [15]
- J.N. Nameche ; P.A. Amaro; M.S. Silva; F. Ferreira; Lopes, F.; "A Signal Acquisition and Processing Device to Assist Human Heart Sound-based Diagnosis", Proc Portuguese Conf. on Pattern Recognition - RecPad, Coimbra, Portugal, Vol. I, pp. 1 - 2, October, 2012.
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- Lopes, F.; V. Santos; Cruz, L. A; "A Combinatorial Analysis and a Closed-Form Analytical Expression for the Signal to Third-Order Distortion Ratio in OFDM Signals through Smooth Memoryless Nonlinearity", Proc International Conf. on Telecommunications and Signal Processing - TSP, Prague, Czech Republic, Vol. I, pp. 689 - 694, July, 2012.
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- Lopes, F.; "Reductions in the Pulp-and-Paper Industry by Upgrading Conventional Pumping Systems through the Installation of VFDs – A Case Study", Proc International Conf. on Renewable Energies and Power Quality - ICREPQ, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, March, 2012.
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- P.A. Amaro; V.V. Vasconcelos; I. Fonseca; Lopes, F.; "An Educational Application using High Level Industrial Machine Vision Software", Proc Portuguese Conf. on Pattern Recognition - RecPad, Porto, Portugal, Vol. I, pp. 1 - 2, October, 2011.
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- V. Santos; K.G. Garcia ; Lopes, F.; "Microstrip Antennas Experiments for Digital Television Reception", Proc Portuguese-Spanish Conf. in Electrical Engineering, Ponta Delgada, Portugal, Vol. I, pp. 1 - 4, June, 2011.
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- I. Fonseca; C.C. Coelho; Lopes, F.; "Sistema de Informação Integrado para a Gestão de Cursos de Especialização Tecnológica", Proc Conf. Ibérica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informação - CISTI , Chaves, Portugal, Vol. II, pp. 1 - 4, June, 2011.
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- I. Fonseca; Lopes, F.; "An Embedded System and an Architecture for Access Control and Access Management - An Application to the Educational Environment", Proc Conf. Ibérica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informação - CISTI , Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Vol. I, pp. 128 - 132, June, 2010.
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- Lopes, F.; "Electrical Engineering Curricula – An Example of a Post-Bologna Master Course", Proc European Association for Education in Electrical and Information Engineering EAEEIE Annual Conf. - EAEEIE, Palanga, Lithuania, Vol. I, pp. 1 - 4, June, 2010.
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- Lopes, F.; "Adequação a Bolonha – Exemplo de um Curso de Engenharia Electrotécnica", Proc Council of Researches in Education and Sciences - COPEC International Conf. on Engineering and Technology Education - INTERTECH, Ilhéus, Brazil, Vol. I, pp. 245 - 251, March, 2010.
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- Lopes, F.; "A Low-Cost System for Remote Fetal Cardiotocography", Proc International Conf. on Electrical Engineering, Coimbra, Portugal, Vol. I, pp. 63 - , October, 2005.
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- Lopes, F.; "A modular and Highly Configurable Signal Acquisition, Processing and Interfacing Platform", Proc International Conf. on Electrical Engineering, Coimbra, Portugal, Vol. I, pp. 146 - , October, 2005.
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- Lopes, F.; "Mesh-based motion compensation using three-dimensional overlapped warping prediction", Proc IEEE International Conf. on Image Processing - ICIP, Barcelona, Spain, Vol. II, pp. 395 - 398, September, 2003.
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- Lopes, F.; "Three-Dimensional Overlapped Spatial Transformations for Motion Compensation", Proc IEEE International Conf. on Image Processing - ICIP, Rochester, New York, United States, Vol. I, pp. 733 - 736, September, 2002.
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- Lopes, F.; "Quadrilateral matching motion estimation using velocity information extracted from texture analysis", Proc Picture Coding Symp., Portland, United States, Vol. *, pp. * - *, April, 1999.
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- Lopes, F.; "Hierarchical Motion Estimation with Spatial Transforms", Proc IEEE International Conf. on Image Processing - ICIP, Chicago, United States, Vol. *, pp. * - *, October, 1998.
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Theses
- F. Lopes; "Motion Estimation for Very Low Bitrate Video Coding", University of Essex, July, 2002 .
- F. Lopes; "Descodificador H.261 para Terminal Audiovisual", Universidade de Coimbra, April, 1995 .
Other Scientific Achievements
Miscellaneous
- Lopes, F.; "PhD Thesis Jury", Desenvolvimento de Soluções Algorítmicas para Predição Intra-Quadros Dedicadas à Codificação de Vídeo de Alta Resolução Segundo o Padrão HEVC", PhD Proposal Jury - FCTUC, 01-09-2012.
- Lopes, F.; "MSc Thesis Jury", Estágio no Departamento dos Sistemas Auxiliares SAX I 4 da PT Comunicações", ISEC-MSc-Jury-2012, 01-06-2012.
- Lopes, F.; "Invited Talks", Master in Automation and Communications in Energy Systems - An Example of a Post-Bologna Master Course", ISEC-Invited-2012, 01-03-2012.
- Lopes, F.; "MSc Thesis Jury", Adaptação do protocolo DCCP para tráfego VOIP", ESTG-IPL-2011, 01-12-2011.
- Lopes, F.; "MSc Thesis Jury", Gestão eficiente da fila DCCP em fontes de vídeo 3D baseada em informações de cross-layer", ESTG-IPL-2011, 01-12-2011.
- Lopes, F.; "MSc Thesis Jury", Processing of Visual Information for Multimedia Applications, MSc Thesis ", F.Econ-Univ. Coimbra-2004, 01-02-2004.
Other Contributions
Conference Committees
- Portuguese Conf. on Pattern Recognition - RecPad, Technical Programme Committee, Fernando José Pimentel Lopes , 2012.
- Portuguese Conf. on Pattern Recognition - RecPad, Scientific Committee, Fernando José Pimentel Lopes , 2012.
- Portuguese Conf. on Pattern Recognition - RecPad, Organizing Committee, Fernando José Pimentel Lopes , 2012.
- International Conf. on Multimedia, Signal Processing and Communication Technologies - IMPACT, Scientific Committee, Fernando José Pimentel Lopes , 2011.
- Conf. on Electronics, Telecommunications and Computers - CETC, Scientific Committee, Fernando José Pimentel Lopes , 2011.
- International Conf. on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications, Technical Programme Committee, Fernando José Pimentel Lopes , 2008.
- International Conf. on Electrical Engineering, Sessions Chairman , Fernando José Pimentel Lopes , 2007.
- International Conf. on Electrical Engineering, Scientific Committee, Fernando José Pimentel Lopes , 2007.
- International Conf. on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications, Technical Programme Committee, Fernando José Pimentel Lopes , 2007.
- International Conf. on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications, Technical Programme Committee, Fernando José Pimentel Lopes , 2006.
- International Conf. on Telecommunications - ICT, Technical Programme Committee, Fernando José Pimentel Lopes , 2006.
- International Conf. on Electrical Engineering, Sessions Chairman , Fernando José Pimentel Lopes , 2005.
- International Conf. on Electrical Engineering, Scientific Committee, Fernando José Pimentel Lopes , 2005.
