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Networks and Multimedia
Maria Manuela Areias da Costa Pereira de Sousa Academic position: Assistant Professor
Joining date: 11-01-2004
Role in IT: Researcher
Scientific Area: Networks and Multimedia
Group: Multimedia Signal Processing – Cv
 
Degrees 

- PhD, Universidade de Coimbra, 01-01-2005
 
Affiliations 

- Universidade da Beira Interior, Assistant Professor, 01-01-1997
 
Involvement in Projects 

- Currently running projects

Acronym Name Funding Agency Start date Ending date
ROCOP2P Robust Video Coding for Peer-to-Peer Media Streaming FCT 01-01-2012 01-12-2015


   
Academic Activities 

Supervision of theses

Undergraduate

- Restauro de Imagem ou ''Inpaiting'' , Undergraduate, Telma Estrela, 9-2009, Universidade da Beira Interior

- Plataforma para o processamento de vídeo e imagem e o seu ensino, Undergraduate, Rui Brás, 7-2008, Universidade da Beira Interior

- Improving Error Detection in JPEG2000, Undergraduate, Angelo Arrifano , 6-2008, Universidade da Beira Interior

Research Grant

- MDC based JPEG2000, Research Grant, Angelo Arrifano, 9-2009, Universidade da Beira Interior

PhD

- Multiple Description Coding with Side Information optimized for Wireless Sensors, PhD, Ângelo Arrifano, 11-2014, Universidade da Beira Interior

- Processamento e análise de imagens ultra-som 2D e 3D: aplicação à detecção automática do cancro da mama, PhD, Rui Brás, 9-2014, Universidade da Beira Interior

- Qualidade subjectiva e objectiva de imagens e vídeos, incluindo o caso 3D, PhD, Marco Bernardo , 9-2014, Universidade da Beira Interior

- Ultrasound Breast Image Analysis for Automated Detection of Breast Cancer, PhD, Elga Correira , 9-2014, Universidade da Beira Interior

- Research Topic: High Performance Computing for 3D and 4D Image Segmentation: Application to Automatic Detection of Breast Cancer, PhD, Przemyslaw Lenkiewicz , 12-2013, Universidade da Beira Interior

MSc

- Joint Source-Channel Robust Coding for Multimedia Communications, MSc, Ângelo Miguel Arrifano , 11-2010, Universidade da Beira Interior

- Caracterização, modelação e implementação de transformações cromáticas em imagens digitais para observadores com cromatopsia visual., MSc, Marco Bernardo, 9-2009, Universidade da Beira Interior

- Transmissão de Imagens e Vídeos com Codificação por Descritores Múltiplos em Canais de Redes de Fibra Óptica, MSc, Rui Brás, 9-2009, Universidade da Beira Interior

- Transmissão de Imagens e Vídeos com Codificação por Descritores Múltiplos em Redes Peer-to-Peer, MSc, Marisa Quaresma, 9-2009, Universidade da Beira Interior

Co - Supervision of Theses

MSc

- An Object-Oriented Architecture for Transmission Simulation of Image and Video with Multiple Description Coding Over High-Speed Optical Fibre Channels, MSc, Rui Pedro Quaresma Braz, 7-2010


 
Publications 

    Books  [4] 

- Sousa, M.; Freire, M.; Biomedical Diagnostics and Clinical Technologies: Applying High-Performance Cluster and Grid Computing, Idea-Group Inc., NY, 2011. | BibTex

- - Dongwan; Freire, M.; - Monteiro; Sousa, M.; Vazão Vasques; (eds.); Proceedings of the 2009 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, ACM Press, New York, 2009. | BibTex

- Freire, M.; Sousa, M.; Encyclopedia of Internet Technologies and Applications, Idea-Group Inc., Hershey, New York, 2008. | BibTex

- L. Wainwright; Freire, M.; Vazão Vasques; - Monteiro; Sousa, M.; (eds.); Volume III: Artificial Intelligence and Agents & Distributed Systems, Proceedings of the 2008 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, ACM Press, New York, 2008. | BibTex

    Book Chapters  [5] 

- Lenkiewicz, P.; Sousa, M.; Freire, M.; J.Fernandes Fernandes; "Techniques for Medical Image Segmentation: Review of the Most Popular Approaches" - Chapter in Biomedical Diagnostics and Clinical Technologies: Applying High-Performance Cluster and Grid Computing, IGI, Idea-Group Inc., , 2011.

- Sousa, M.; Soares , F.; Freire, M.; "The Role of Self-Similarity for Computer Aided Detection Based on Mammogram Analysis" - Chapter in Biomedical Diagnostics and Clinical Technologies: Applying High-Performance Cluster and Grid Computing, Idea-Group, Idea-Group Inc., Hershey, New York, 2011.

- Gomes, J. V.; Inácio , P.R.M.; Freire, M.; Sousa, M.; Monteiro, P.; "The Nature of Peer-to-Peer Traffic" - Chapter in The Handbook of Peer-to-Peer Networking, Xuemin Shen, Heather Yu, John Buford and Mursalin Akon, Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.

- Sousa, M.; "Peer-to-Peer Computing" - Chapter in Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, 2nd Edition (8 volumes), , Mehdi Khosrow-Pour (Ed.), Idea-Group Inc., , 2008.

- Sousa, M.; Freire, M.; "Proxy Caching Strategies for Internet Media Streaming" - Chapter in Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, 2nd Edition (8 volumes), , Mehdi Khosrow-Pour (Ed.), Idea-Group Inc., , 2008.

    Papers in Journals  [5] 

- Gomes, J. V.; Inácio , P.R.M.; Sousa, M.; Freire, M.; Monteiro, P.; "Identification of peer-to-peer VoIP sessions using entropy and codec properties", IEEE Trans. on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Vol. 0, No. 0, pp. 0 - 0, November, 2012.
Abstract | BibTex

- Gomes, J. V.; Inácio , P.R.M.; Sousa, M.; Freire, M.; Monteiro, P.; "Exploring Behavioral Patterns Through Entropy in Multimedia Peer-to-Peer Traffic", Computer Journal, Vol. 55, No. 6, pp. 740 - 755, June, 2012.
Abstract | BibTex

- Inácio , P.R.M.; Freire, M.; Sousa, M.; Monteiro, P.; "Fast Synthesis of Persistent Fractional Brownian Motion", ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation (TOMACS), Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 1 - 22, April, 2012.
| BibTex

- Gomes, J. V.; Inácio , P.R.M.; Sousa, M.; Freire, M.; Monteiro, P.; "Detection and classification of peer-to-peer traffic: A survey", ACM Computing Surveys , Vol. Accepted for publication, No. -, pp. - - -, January, 2012.
Abstract | BibTex

- Inácio , P.R.M.; B. Lakic; Freire, M.; Sousa, M.; Monteiro, P.; "The Design and Evaluation of the Simple Self-Similar Sequences Generator", Information Sciences, Vol. 179, No. 23, pp. 4029 - 4045, November, 2009.
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    Papers in Conference Proceedings  [26] 

- R. R. Rodrigues; AP Pinheiro; Braz, R.; Sousa, M.; J. M. Moutinho; "Towards Breast Ultrasound Image Segmentation Using Multi-Resolution Pixel Descriptors", Proc International Conf. on Pattern Recognition - ICPR, Tsukuba Science City, Japan, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 6, November, 2012.
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- MB Bernardo; AP Pinheiro; PF Fiadeiro; Sousa, M.; "A Study on the User Perception to Color Variations", Proc ACM - Multimedia, Napa, Japan, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, October, 2012.
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- A. R. C. F. Figueira; Gomes, J. V.; Sousa, M.; Freire, M.; Inácio , P.R.M.; "Mechanism and Daemon for Identification of Worms in Attacking Zombies", Proc Conf. sobre Redes de Computadores - CRC, Coimbra, Portugal, Vol. 11, pp. 0 - 9, November, 2011.
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- L. F. B. Soares Soares; D. A. B. F. Fernandes; Gomes, J. V.; Sousa, M.; Freire, M.; Inácio , P.R.M.; "NetOdyssey: A Flexible Tool for Real-Time Statistical Analysis of Network Traffic Flows", Proc Conf. sobre Redes de Computadores - CRC, Coimbra, Portugal, Vol. 11, pp. 0 - 9, November, 2011.
| BibTex

- L. F. B. Soares Soares; D. A. B. F. Fernandes; Gomes, J. V.; Sousa, M.; Freire, M.; "NetOdyssey: A Flexible Tool for Real-Time Statistical Analysis of Network Traffic Flows", Proc Conf. sobre Redes de Computadores - CRC, Coimbra, Portugal, Vol. 11, pp. - - -, November, 2011.
| BibTex

- Sousa, M.; Lenkiewicz, P.; Freire, M.; "Extended Whole Mesh Deformati on Model: Full 3D Processing", Proc IEEE International Conf. on Image Processing - ICIP, Brussels, Belgium, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, September, 2011.
| BibTex

- Sousa, M.; Arrifano, A.; Freire, M.; "Joint Source-Channel Decoding of Motion-Information Using Maximum-a-Posteriori", Proc IEEE International Conf. on Image Processing - ICIP, Brussels, Belgium, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, September, 2011.
| BibTex

- A. F. F. E. Esteves; Inácio , P.R.M.; Sousa, M.; Freire, M.; "On-Line Detection of Encrypted Traffic Generated by Mesh-Based Peer-to-Peer Live Streaming Applications: The Case of GoalBit", Proc IEEE International Symp. on Network Computing and Applications - NCA 2009, Cambridge, United States, Vol. 1, pp. 223 - 228, August, 2011.
| BibTex

- F. B. Beirão; Gomes, J. V.; Inácio , P.R.M.; Sousa, M.; Freire, M.; "NetOdyssey – A New Tool for Real-Time Analysis of Network Traffic", Proc IEEE International Symp. on Network Computing and Applications - NCA 2010, Cambridge, United States, Vol. 1, pp. 239 - 242, July, 2010.
| BibTex

- Sousa, M.; Arrifano, A.; Freire, M.; "Multiple-Description Video Coding Based on JPEG 2000 MQ-Coder Registers", Proc IEEE International Symp. on Circuits and Systems - ISCAS, Paris, France, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, June, 2010.
| BibTex

- Sousa, M.; Freire, M.; Soares , F.; "Self-similarity Classification of Breast Tumour Lesions on Dynamic Contrast-enhanced Magnetic Resonance Images", Proc International Congress and Exhibition on Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery - CARS, Geneva, Switzerland, Vol. 5, pp. 203 - 205, June, 2010.
| BibTex

- Sousa, M.; Freire, M.; "Robust Peer-to-Peer Video Streaming Based on Multiple Description Coding.", Proc IEEE International Symp. on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting - BTS, NY, United States, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 11, March, 2010.
| BibTex

- Sousa, M.; Lenkiewicz, P.; Freire, M.; "The Whole Mesh Deformation Model for 2D and 3D Image Segmentation", Proc IEEE International Conf. on Image Processing - ICIP, Cairo, Egypt, Vol. 1, pp. 7 - 11, November, 2009.
Abstract | BibTex

- David A. Carvalho Carvalho; Sousa, M.; Freire, M.; "Detection of Peer-to-Peer TV Traffic Through Deep Packet Inspection", Proc Conf. sobre Redes de Computadores - CRC, Oeiras, Portugal, Vol. , pp. 1 - 6, October, 2009.
| BibTex

- Sousa, M.; Lenkiewicz, P.; Freire, M.; "The Dynamic Topology Changes Model for Unsupervised Image Segmentation", Proc IEEE Workshop on MultiMedia Signal Processing - MMSP, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Vol. 1, pp. 5 - 7, October, 2009.
Abstract | BibTex

- Sousa, M.; Lenkiewicz, P.; Freire, M.; "A New 3D Image Segmentation Method for Parallel Architectures", Proc IEEE International Conf. on Multimedia and Expo - ICME, New York, United States, Vol. 1, pp. 1813 - 1816, June, 2009.
Abstract | BibTex

- Sousa, M.; Arrifano, A.; Freire, M.; "REGPROT: JPEG 2000 registry protection for lossy transmission channels ", Proc Visual Communications and Image Processing - VCIP, San Jose, United States, Vol. 7257, pp. 1 - 8, January, 2009.
Abstract | BibTex

- Gomes, J. V.; Inácio , P.R.M.; Freire, M.; Sousa, M.; Monteiro, P.; "Analysis of Peer-to-Peer Traffic Using a Behavioural Method Based on Entropy", Proc IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conf. - IPCCC, Austin, United States, Vol. -, pp. 201 - 208, December, 2008.
Abstract | BibTex

- Inácio , P.R.M.; Freire, M.; Sousa, M.; Monteiro, P.; "A Evolução do Parâmetro de Hurst e a Destruição da Auto-Semelhança Durante um Ataque de Rede Intenso", Proc Segurança Informática Nas Organizações - SINO , Coimbra, Portugal, Vol. 4, pp. 63 - 74, November, 2008.
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- Sousa, M.; Lenkiewicz, P.; Freire, M.; "Accelerating 3D Medical Image Segmentation with High Performance Computing ", Proc IEEE International Workshops on Image Processing Theory, Tools and Applications - IPT, Sousse, Tunisia, Vol. 1, pp. 120 - 130, November, 2008.
| BibTex

- Inácio , P.R.M.; Freire, M.; Sousa, M.; Monteiro, P.; "Analysis of the Impact of Intensive Attacks on the Self-Similarity Degree of the Network Traffic", Proc International Conf. on Emerging Security Information, Systems and Technologies - SECURWARE, Cap Esterel, France, Vol. 2, pp. 107 - 113, August, 2008.
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- Inácio , P.R.M.; Gomes, J. V.; Freire, M.; Sousa, M.; Monteiro, P.; "Zombie Identification Port", Proc IARIA International Conf. on Internet Monitoring and Protection - ICIMP, Bucharest, Romania, Vol. 3, pp. 67 - 73, June, 2008.
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- Sousa, M.; Freire, M.; "Advanced Querying Architecture for DICOM Systems ", Proc International Conf. on Systems and Networks Communications, Cap Esterel, France, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 6, August, 2007.
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- Sousa, M.; Freire, M.; "Performance of Optical Burst Switched Networks for Grid Applications", Proc International Conf. on Systems and Networks Communications, Cap Esterel, France, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 6, August, 2007.
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- Sousa, M.; Freire, M.; "Self-Similarity Analysis Applied to 2D Breast Cancer Imaging", Proc International Conf. on Systems and Networks Communications, Cap Esterel, France, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 6, August, 2007.
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- Alexandre, L.; Sousa, M.; S. Madeira; Cordeiro, J.; G. Dias; "Web Image Indexing: Combining Image Analysis with Text Processing", Proc Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services WIAMIS, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. CD, pp. 0 - 0, April, 2004.
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Other Contributions


Refereeing


    Journals


- Annales des Telecommunications-Annals of Telecommunications
2006, 1 review(s);

- IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing
2006, 1 review(s);

- IEEE Trans. on Mobile Computing
2007, 1 review(s);

- Journal of Information Technology
2007, 1 review(s);

    Conferences

- IARIA The Third International Conf. on Internet and Web Applications and Services - ICIW
2008;

- IEEE Consumer Communications
2007;

- IEEE International Conf. on Multimedia and Expo - ICME
2008;

- International Conf. on Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering - MUE09
2008;

- International Conf. on Wavelet Analysis and Pattern Recognition - ICWAPR
2008;


 
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