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Networks and Multimedia
Ana Cristina Costa Aguiar Academic position: Assistant Professor
Joining date: 01-04-2010
Role in IT: Researcher
Scientific Area: Networks and Multimedia
Group: Networked Systems – Po
 
Degrees 

- PhD, Technical University Berlin , 01-01-2008
- Licenciatura, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, 01-01-1998
 
Expertise Topics 

- Redes veículares, comunicação em redes sem fios, medições e modelos de canal e de tráfego, integração de sistemas
 
Affiliations 

- Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP), Professor, 01-01-2009
 
Involvement in Projects 

- Currently running projects

Acronym Name Funding Agency Start date Ending date
COHERENT Coding and Communications over Heterogeneous Technologies IT 01-07-2011 01-07-2013
SHOWNet Soft HandOver for Wi-fi networks IT 01-07-2011 01-07-2013
VOCE Voice Coach for Reduced Stress FCT/PTDC 01-03-2012 01-02-2015


   
Academic Activities 

Lecture courses

- Distributed Systems and Networking, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, MSc Information Engineering

- Network Services and Architectures, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, MAP-Tele Doctoral Program

- Serviços de Comunicações, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Eng. Electrotécnica e de Computadores

- Numeric Methods, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Eng. Electrotécnica e de Computadores

- Circuitos, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Electrical and Computer Engineering


Supervision of theses

Undergraduate

- Feasibility of the use of Android phones for ad-hoc networking, Undergraduate, Fábio Almeida , 7-2011, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Research Grant

- Characterisation of VANET Jamming, Research Grant, Carlos Miguel Couto Pereira , 12-2012, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

- Data Mining Mobile Phone Sensors for Activity Recognition, Research Grant, João Prudêncio, 12-2012, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

- Optimising WiFi Connectivity for Moving Devices, Research Grant, Boris Tomas, 12-2012, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

- Vital Responder, Research Grant, Vítor Pinheiro , 9-2012, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

- Vital Responder: wireless mesh for data collection and visualisation prototype v1, Research Grant, João Prudêncio, 9-2012, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

- MyDrivingDroid: Improving Driving Emission Awareness, Research Grant, Vítor Ribeiro , 5-2012, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

- Distributed Application Using a Machine-to-Machine Architecture, Research Grant, João Prudêncio , 1-2012, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

- Network connectivity from mobility traces in forest scenario, Research Grant, João Luís Granja , 1-2012, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

- Processing of WiFi and mobility data collection traces in forest scenario, Research Grant, Hugo Miguel Cruz , 1-2012, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

- Vital Responder: team data collection and visualisation prototype v0, Research Grant, Tiago Borba , 1-2012, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

- Machine-to-machine architecture modules, Research Grant, Ricardo Morgado , 12-2011, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

- Development of a mobile application for mobility data collection, Research Grant, Jorge Mateus , 5-2011, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

PhD

- Architectural and Networking Aspects of Sensing Applications on Vehicular Networks, PhD, Mohammad Nozari , 1-2015, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

MSc

- Mining Geographic Data for Fuel Consumption Estimation, MSc, Vítor Ribeiro, 2-2013, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

- Data Mining Espacial para Suporte de Mobilidade, MSc, Tiago Silva , 7-2012, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

- Large-scale Data Gathering and Tagging of Speech Samples, MSc, Tiago Borba , 7-2012, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

- Platform for Open Offline Location-Based Services, MSc, Rui Gonçalves , 7-2012, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

- Remote M2M Healthcare: Applications and Algorithms, MSc, João Prudêncio , 7-2012, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

- REST vs XMPP for Machine-to-Machine Communications, MSc, Daniel Reis , 7-2012, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

- Successive Interference Cancellation in Vehicular Networks to Relieve the Negative Impact of the Hidden Node Problem, MSc, Carlos Pereira, 9-2011, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

- Data Paths in Urban Sensing Vehicular Networks, MSc, Filipe Reibeiro , 3-2011, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

- Open Location Based Services Application Platform, MSc, Pedro Coelho, 7-2010, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

- Optimisation of municipal solid waste collection routes based on the containers’ fill status data, MSc, Hugo Peixoto , 7-2010, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

- Low Cost Wireless Electricity Metering System with User-Friendly Interface, MSc, António Damião Neves Rodrigues , 2-2010, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Co - Supervision of Theses

MSc

- Monitoring First Responders with a Wireless Sensor Network Running IPv6, MSc, João Mesquita , 9-2013

- COMUNICAÇÃO EM LARGA-ESCALA EM REDES VEICULARES: DISTRIBUIÇÃO DE CONTEÚDOS, MSc, JOAO GILBERTO REIGOTA AFONSO, 7-2012

- Wireless Communication in Vehicular Networks, MSc, Filipe Andre Sampaio Ribeiro, 3-2011

Research Grant

- Heteregeneous data collection from wireless ad-hoc networks, Research Grant, Vítor Gil Vitorino Pinheiro, 7-2012


 
Publications 

    Book Chapters  [1] 

- A. Schmitz; M. Schinnenburg; J. Gross; Aguiar, A.; "Channel Modeling" - Chapter in Modeling and Tools for Network Simulation, K. Wehrle, M. Guenes, J. Gross, Springer, , 2010.

    Papers in Journals  [1] 

- Aguiar, A.; P.A. Silva; D. Elias; M.J.F. Silva; F. Nunes; "Leveraging Electronic Ticketing to Provide Personalised Navigation in a Public Transport Network", IEEE Trans. on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 213 - 220, March, 2012.
Abstract | Full text (PDF 176KB) | BibTex

    Papers in Conference Proceedings  [6] 

- M. Zarmehri; Aguiar, A.; "Supporting Sensing Application in Vehicular Networks", Proc ACM MobiCom Workshop on Challenged Networks - CHANTS, Istanbul, Turkey, Vol. 0, pp. 0 - 0, August, 2012.
Abstract | Full text (PDF 775KB) | BibTex

- O. Puñal; Aguiar, A.; J. Gross; "In VANETs we Trust? Characterizing RF Jamming in Vehicular Networks", Proc ACM International Workshop on Vehicular Internetworking, Systems and Applications - VANET 2012, Windermere, United Kingdom, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 10, June, 2012.
Abstract | Full text (PDF 608KB) | BibTex

- Aguiar, A.; Lucani, D. E.; "NETWORK-AWARE BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING: Loss Concealment or Loss Awareness", Proc INSTICC International Conf. on Health Informatics - Healthinf, Vila Moura, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, April, 2012.
Abstract | BibTex

- M. Zarmehri; Aguiar, A.; "Data Gathering for Sensing Applications in Vehicular Networks", Proc IEEE Vehicular Networking Conf. - VNC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Vol. 2011, pp. 139 - 146, November, 2011.
Abstract | Full text (PDF 2941KB) | BibTex

- Rodrigues, J.; Aguiar, A.; Vieira, F. V.; Barros, J.; J. P. C. Silva Cunha; "A Mobile Sensing Architecture for Massive Urban Scanning", Proc IEEE Conf. on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Washington D.C., United States, Vol. 6, pp. 1 - 6, October, 2011.
Abstract | BibTex

- Aguiar, A.; "OLBS: Offline Location Based Services", Proc IEEE International Conf. on Next Generation Mobile Applications, Services, and Technologies - NGMAST, Cardiff, United Kingdom, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, September, 2011.
Abstract | BibTex

    Theses

- A. Aguiar; "Multi-user Multi-flow Packet Scheduling for Wireless Channels", Technical University of Berlin, June, 2008.

 
Other Scientific Achievements


    Prototypes

- Aguiar, A.; Brandão, P.; "Wireless Ad-hoc Mesh Network on Android Smartphones", 3, August, 2012.


- Barros, J.; Aguiar, A.; Vieira, F. V.; M. Kaiseler; J. Rodrigues; "MISC", Portugal, June, 2011.

    Short Courses And Seminars

- M. Zarmehri; Aguiar, A.; " Supporting Sensing Application in Vehicular Networks ", Turkey ", Istanbul ", 8-2012 .
Abstract | Full text (PDF 775KB)

- Aguiar, A.; " Collaborative Mobile Sensing: Systems, Networking, Applications ", Portugal ", Guimarães ", 2-2012 .
Abstract

- Aguiar, A.; " Large Scale and Mobile Wireless Sensing ", Germany ", Aachen ", 7-2011 .
Abstract

- Aguiar, A.; " Large Scale and Mobile Wireless Sensing ", Germany ", Karlsruhe ", 7-2011 .
Abstract | Full text (PDF 16498KB)

- M. Zarmehri; Aguiar, A.; " Novel Data Gathering Protocol for Sensing Applications in Vehicular Networks ", Portugal ", Aveiro ", 5-2011 .
Abstract | Full text (PDF 1260KB)

 
Other Contributions


Refereeing


    Journals


- Computer Networks
2011, 1 review(s);

- Elsevier Ad-Hoc Networks
2012, 1 review(s);

- IEEE Communications Magazine
2012, 1 review(s);

- IEEE Trans. on Intelligent Transportation Systems
2012, 1 review(s);

- IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Tech.
2011, 1 review(s); 2010, 1 review(s);

- IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology
2012, 1 review(s);

- Journal of Network and Computer Applications
2011, 1 review(s);

- Wireless Networks Journal
2011, 1 review(s);

    Conferences

- IEEE Vehicular Technology Conf. - VTC-Fall
2008;

- IEEE Vehicular Technology Conf. - VTC-Spring
2012; 2004;

- IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conf. - WCNC
2012;


 
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