Academic position:
Assistant Professor
Joining date:
07-01-2004
Role in IT: Researcher Scientific Area: Networks and Multimedia
Group: Multimedia Signal Processing – Co
Degrees
- PhD, Universidade de Coimbra, 01-01-2010 - MSc, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, 19-06-2002 - Licenciatura, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, 11-09-1997
Affiliations
- IEEE Signal Processing Society, Member, 01-01-2010
- Dep. of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra, PT, Assistant Professor, 01-01-2010
- IEEE, Member, 01-01-2008
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Processamento de Sinal em Tempo Real, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Lic. Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores
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Sistemas de Microprocessadores, Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra, Lic. ou Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores
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Tecnologias dos Computadores, Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra, Lic. Engenharia Informática, Lic. Design e Multimédia
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Arquitectura de Computadores, Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra, Lic. Engenharia Informática
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Estruturas de Dados e Algoritmos, Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra, Lic. Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores
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Projecto de Sistemas Digitais, Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra, Lic. Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores
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Electrónica Digital, Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra, Lic. Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores
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Programação de Computadores, Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra, Lic. Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores
Supervision of theses
PhD
- Real-Time Urban 3D Modeling by Combining Stereo from Symmetry with General Purpose Programming in the Graphics Processing Unit (GPGPU), PhD, Rui Jorge Melo Teixeira , 11-2014, Universidade de Coimbra
MSc
- Endoscopic Image Segmentation using Parallel Computing on GPUs with CUDA, MSc, Marco Martins , 9-2012, Universidade de Coimbra
Licenciatura
- Implementation of a FEC system for DVB-S2 in Xilinx FPGAs, Licenciatura, Luís Filipe Carvalho Silva, 9-2007
- Implementation of a FEC system for DVB-S2 in Xilinx FPGAs, Licenciatura, Nuno Miguel Luís Amaral Marques, 9-2007
- DVB-S2 FEC Decoder on FPGA XLINX, Licenciatura, Vitor Hugo Silveira Ferreira, 9-2006
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Memory-Aware Parallel LDPC Decoding over GF(q) for Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Multicore Architectures, PhD, João Maria Duarte Andrade, 12-2014
Publications
Book Chapters [2]
- Falcão, G.; Silva, V.; L. Sousa; "Parallel LDPC Decoding" - Chapter in GPU Computing Gems, ed. Prof. Wen-mei W. Hwu, Morgan and Kaufmann, Burlington, MA, USA,
2011.
- Falcão, G.; Silva, V.; J. S. M. Marinho; L. Sousa; "LDPC Decoders for the WiMAX (IEEE 802.16e) based on Multicore Architectures" - Chapter in WIMAX, New Developments, Dr. Ms. Upena D. Dalal and Dr. Y. P. Kosta, In-Tech, ISBN 978-953-7619-53-4, Vienna, Austria,
2009.
Papers in Journals [9]
- Falcão, G.; "How fast can parallel programming be taught to undergraduate students?", IEEE Potentials Magazine, Vol. *, No. *, pp. * - *, December, 2012.
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- R. M. Melo; Falcão, G.; J. P. B. Barreto; "Real-time HD image distortion correction in heterogeneous parallel computing systems using efficient memory access patterns", Journal of Real-Time Image Processing, Vol. *, No. *, pp. * - *, November, 2012. Abstract
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- Falcão, G.; Silva, V.; L. Sousa; Andrade, J.; "Portable LDPC Decoding on Multicores Using OpenCL", IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 81 - 109, July, 2012.
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- R. M. Melo; J. P. B. Barreto; Falcão, G.; "A New Solution for Camera Calibration and Real-Time Image Distortion Correction in Medical Endoscopy - Initial Technical Evaluation", IEEE Trans. on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 59, No. 3, pp. 634 - 644, March, 2012.
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- Falcão, G.; Gomes, M.; Silva, V.; L. Sousa; J. A. Cacheira; "Configurable M-factor VLSI DVB-S2 LDPC decoder architecture with optimized memory tiling design", EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, Vol. *, No. 98, pp. * - *, March, 2012.
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- Falcão, G.; Andrade, J.; Silva, V.; L. Sousa; "GPU-based DVB-S2 LDPC decoder with high throughput and fast error floor detection", Electronics Letters, Vol. 47, No. 9 , pp. 542 - 543 , April, 2011.
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- Falcão, G.; L. Sousa; Silva, V.; "Massively LDPC Decoding on Multicore Architectures", IEEE Trans. on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 309 - 322, February, 2011. Abstract
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- Falcão, G.; S. Yamagiwa; Silva, V.; L. Sousa; "Parallel LDPC Decoding on GPUs using a Stream-based Computing Approach", Journal of Computer Science and Technology, Vol. 24, No. 5, pp. 913 - 924, September, 2009. Abstract
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- Falcão, G.; Silva, V.; L. Sousa; J. S. M. Marinho; "High coded data rate and multicodeword WiMAX LDPC decoding on the Cell/BE", Electronics Letters, Vol. 44, No. 24, pp. 1415 - 1416, November, 2008. Abstract
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Papers in Conference Proceedings [29]
- Andrade, J.; Falcão, G.; Silva, V.; V. Savin; "Near-LSPA Performance at MSA Complexity", Proc IEEE International Conf. on Communications - ICC, Budapest, Hungary, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 5, June, 2013.
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- M. M. Martins; Falcão, G.; I. Figueiredo; "Fast Aberrant Crypt Foci Segmentation on the GPU", Proc IEEE International Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing - ICASSP, Vancouver, Canada, Vol. *, pp. * - *, May, 2013.
Abstract
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- Andrade, J.; Falcão, G.; Silva, V.; K. Kasai; "FFT-SPA Non-Binary LDPC Decoding on GPU", Proc IEEE International Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing - ICASSP, Vancouver, Canada, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 5, May, 2013.
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- J. A. Amaro; Falcão, G.; B. Y. Y. Yiu; A. C. Y. Yu; "Portable Parallel Kernels for High-speed Beamforming in Synthetic Aperture Ultrasound Imaging", Proc IEEE International Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing - ICASSP, Vancouver, Canada, Vol. *, pp. * - *, May, 2013.
Abstract
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- Andrade, J.; Falcão, G.; Silva, V.; M- O. Owaida; C. D. A. Antonopoulos; N. B. Bellas; P. I. Ienne; "Towards High-Throughput with Low-Effort Programming: From General-Purpose Manycores to Dedicated Circuits", Proc Designing for Embedded Parallel Computing Platforms: Architectures, Design Tools, and Applications Workshop - DATE - DEPCP, Grenoble, France, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, March, 2013.
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- Falcão, G.; M- O. Owaida; D. N. Novo; M. P. Purnaprajna; N. B. Bellas; C. D. A. Antonopoulos; G. K. Karakonstantis; A. B. Burg; P. I. Ienne; "Shortening design time through multiplatform simulations with a portable OpenCL golden-model: the LDPC decoder case", Proc IEEE International Symp. on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines - FCCM, Toronto, Canada, Vol. *, pp. * - *, May, 2012.
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- A. Diavastos; P. Petrides; Falcão, G.; P. T. Trancoso; "LDPC Decoding on the Intel SCC", Proc Euromicro International Conf. on Parallel, Distributed and network-based Processing - PDP, Garching, Germany, Vol. *, pp. * - *, February, 2012.
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- A. Diavastos; P. Petrides; Falcão, G.; P. T. Trancoso; "Exploiting Scalability on the Intel SCC Processor", Proc Advanced Computer Architecture and Compilation for High-Performance and Embedded Systems - ACACES, Fiuggi, Italy, Vol. 1, pp. 253 - 256, July, 2011.
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- Andrade, J.; Falcão, G.; Silva, V.; "Memory-Hierarchy-Aware Decoding of Structured LDPC Codes on GPUs", Proc Advanced Computer Architecture and Compilation for High-Performance and Embedded Systems - ACACES, Fiuggi, Italy, Vol. 1, pp. 219 - 222, July, 2011.
Abstract
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- Falcão, G.; Andrade, J.; Silva, V.; L. Sousa; "REAL-TIME DVB-S2 LDPC DECODING ON MANY-CORE GPU ACCELERATORS", Proc IEEE International Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing - ICASSP, Prague, Czech Republic, Vol. , pp. - , May, 2011.
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- Falcão, G.; L. Sousa; Silva, V.; "Embedded Architectures for LDPC Decoding", Proc International Conf. on Embedded Computer Systems: Architectures, Modeling and Simulation - SAMOS, Samos, Greece, Vol. 1, pp. - , July, 2010.
Abstract
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- L. Sousa; Silva, V.; Falcão, G.; "MULTI-CORE PLATFORMS FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING: SOURCE AND CHANNEL CODING", Proc IEEE International Conf. on Multimedia and Expo - ICME, Cancun, Mexico, Vol. *, pp. * - *, July, 2009.
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- Falcão, G.; Silva, V.; L. Sousa; "How GPUs can outperform ASICs for fast LDPC decoding", Proc ACM International Conf. on Supercomputing - ICS, New York, United States, Vol. 1, pp. 390 - 399, June, 2009.
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- Falcão, G.; L. Sousa; Silva, V.; J. S. M. Marinho; "Parallel LDPC Decoding on the Cell/B.E. Processor", Proc International Conf. on High Performance and Embedded Architectures and Compilers - HiPEAC, Paphos, Cyprus, Vol. 1, pp. 389 - 403, January, 2009.
Abstract
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- Gomes, M.; Falcão, G.; Silva, V.; V. F. Ferreira; A. S. Sengo; Falcão; "Scalable and Parallel Codec Architectures for the DVB-S2 FEC System", Proc IEEE Asia Pacific Conf. on Circuits and Systems - APCCAS , Macau, China, Vol. *, pp. * - *, November, 2008.
Abstract
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- Falcão, G.; Gomes, M.; Silva, V.; L. C. S. Silva; N. A. M. Marques; Falcão; "Design of a Complete BCH Codec for DVB-S2 Applications", Proc Jornadas sobre Sistemas Reconfiguráveis - REC, Braga, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 75 - 80, February, 2008.
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- Falcão, G.; Silva, V.; Gomes, M.; L. Sousa; "Edge Stream Oriented LDPC Decoding", Proc Euromicro International Conf. on Parallel, Distributed and network-based Processing - PDP, Toulouse, France, Vol. 1, pp. 237 - 244, February, 2008.
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- Falcão, G.; L. Sousa; Silva, V.; "Massive Parallel LDPC Decoding on GPU", Proc ACM SIGPLAN Symp. on Principles and Practice of Parallel Programming - PPoPP, Salt Lake City, United States, Vol. 1, pp. 83 - 90, February, 2008.
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- Gomes, M.; Falcão, G.; Silva, V.; A. S. Sengo; V. F. Ferreira; Falcão; "High Throughput Encoder Architecture for DVB-S2 LDPC-IRA Codes", Proc IEEE International Conf. on Microelectronics - ICM, Cairo, Egypt, Vol. *, pp. * - *, December, 2007.
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- Gomes, M.; Falcão, G.; Silva, V.; V. F. Ferreira; A. S. Sengo; Falcão; "Flexible Parallel Architecture for DVB-S2 LDPC Decoders", Proc IEEE Global Telecommunications Conf. - GLOBECOM, Washington DC, United States, Vol. *, pp. * - *, November, 2007.
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- Falcão, G.; S. Yamagiwa; Silva, V.; L. Sousa; "Stream-Based LDPC Decoding on GPUs", Proc Workshop on General Purpose Processing on Graphics Processing Units - GPGPU, Boston, United States, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 7, October, 2007.
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- Gomes, M.; Falcão, G.; Silva, V.; V. F. Ferreira; A. S. Sengo; Falcão; "Factorizable modulo M parallel architecture for DVB-S2 LDPC decoding", Proc Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Peniche, Portugal, Vol. *, pp. 153 - 156, May, 2007.
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- Gomes, M.; Falcão, G.; Silva, V.; "HDL Library of Processing Units for Generic and DVB-S2 LDPC Decoding", Proc International Conf. on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications, Setúbal, Portugal, Vol. , pp. - , August, 2006.
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- Falcão, G.; Gomes, M.; Silva, V.; "HDL Library of Processing Units for an Automatic LDPC Decoder Design", Proc IEEE PhD. Research in Microelectronics and Electronics - PRIME, Otranto, Italy, Vol. 1, pp. 349 - 352, June, 2006.
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- Falcão, G.; Cruz, L. A; "E-Grading: Um Sistema Automático de Avaliação pela Web", Proc Conf. ELearning no Ensino Superior - ELES, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. , pp. - , October, 2004.
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- Falcão, G.; "Adaptive Room Equalization in the Frequency Domain", Proc Convenção da AES – Audio Engineering Society, Munich, Germany, Vol. , pp. - , May, 2004.
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- Falcão, G.; "Implementation of a Real-Time Audio Decoder: ASCdec", Proc Convenção da AES – Audio Engineering Society, New York, United States, Vol. , pp. - , September, 1999.
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- Falcão, G.; "Implementation of a New Method to Digital Audio Equalization", Proc Convenção da AES – Audio Engineering Society, Munich, Germany, Vol. , pp. - , May, 1999.
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- Falcão, G.; "Desmodulação Interferométrica Pseudo-Heterodina por Processamento Digital de Sinal", Proc Conf. Nacional de Fisica , Maia, Portugal, Vol. , pp. - , September, 1998.
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Theses
- G. Falcão; "Parallel Algorithms and Architectures for LDPC Decoding", University of Coimbra, December, 2010.
Other Scientific Achievements
Awards
- Falcão, G.;
"Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge 2010", Gabriel Falcão Fernandes has been awarded with the 2nd place in the Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge 2010, in the category of PhD theses, 01-10-2010.
