Academic position:
Associate Professor
Joining date:
01-01-2002
Role in IT: Researcher Scientific Area: Networks and Multimedia
Group: Network Architecture and Protocols – Lx
Degrees
- PhD, Instituto Superior Técnico, 04-07-1995 - MSc, Instituto Superior Técnico, 28-07-1987 - Licenciatura, Instituto Superior Técnico, 18-12-1981
Affiliations
- Ordem dos Engenheiros, , 05-06-1993
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, , 01-01-1988
- IEEE Communication Society, , 01-01-1988
Academic Activities
Supervision of theses
PhD
- Flexible and Adaptive Architecture for Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks, PhD, José Catela , 6-2014, Instituto Superior Técnico
- Modeling and Analysis of Wireless Networks, PhD, Nelson Antunes, 12-2001
MSc
- Social sensing application for Smartphone, MSc, Roberto José Gomes Silva, 11-2013, Instituto Superior Técnico
- Tagus Mesh Network - Rede experimental para avaliação de arquitecturas e protocolos de redes em malha, MSc, João Rui Almeida Eusébio da Silva Rosa , 11-2013, Instituto Superior Técnico
- High Power Processor - Placa de processamento do ISTnanosat, MSc, Tiago Alexandre Vicente dos Santos Carvalho , 10-2013, Instituto Superior Técnico
- LA6 - Local Aggregation in the Internet of Things, MSc, Bruno Coelho , 5-2013, Instituto Superior Técnico
- PEPEonBOARD, MSc, Pedro Diogo, 5-2013, Instituto Superior Técnico
- Sense Companion - Controlling home sensors with smartphone, MSc, Eduardo Bettencourt , 5-2013, Instituto Superior Técnico
- ISTNanosat-1 - Heart - Processing and Digital Communications unit, MSc, João André H. Ferreira, 11-2012, Instituto Superior Técnico
- Over Board - Expansion Module for Actuation on WSN devices, MSc, Sérgio Teixeira , 5-2012, Instituto Superior Técnico
- Phone Sensing - Smartphone-based application for distributed sensing in human networks, MSc, Nadir Türkman , 5-2012, Instituto Superior Técnico
- PowerEmb - Power Aware System for Small Embedded Systems, MSc, João Gonçalves , 12-2011, Instituto Superior Técnico
- Domo Zonse - Integrating Sensor Networks into Home Networking Architectures, MSc, Carlos Rodrigues, 11-2011, Instituto Superior Técnico
- Home Sense - Smartphone-based monitoring and control in Home Environments, MSc, Hugues Silva, 11-2011, Instituto Superior Técnico
- Smart Power - Power Consumption Optimization through WSN-based control and monitoring, MSc, David Possidónio, 11-2011, Instituto Superior Técnico
- SIN: Service-based Interconnected Networks, MSc, Filipe Perdigão da Costa, 3-2011, Instituto Superior Técnico
- Sistema de Recuperação de Energia do Ambiente para Redes de Sensores, MSc, Alexandre Lima Correia, 12-2010, Instituto Superior Técnico
- iDASH - An enhanced middleware for an ad-hoc service-oriented smart home, MSc, Bruno José Furtado Gonçalves , 11-2010, Instituto Superior Técnico
- SARDA: Service Augmented Resource Description Architecture, MSc, Miguel Duarte de Mora Barroso, 11-2010, Instituto Superior Técnico
- TTSP - Tagus Time Synchronization Protocol, MSc, Hugo Miguel Pinho Freire , 11-2010, Instituto Superior Técnico
- P2P over Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks, MSc, António José Ribeiro da Silva Marques, 12-2009, Instituto Superior Técnico
- Context Guide: Context and Location-Awareness for an Indoor Mobile Guide, MSc, Lara Alexandra dos Santos Carvalho Leite, 11-2009, Instituto Superior Técnico
- Intelligent Home Networking, MSc, Pedro Rebelo , 11-2009, Instituto Superior Técnico
- MoteIST++ - A Hardware Platform for Wireless Sensor Networks, MSc, José Miguel de Carvalho Catela Teixeira , 11-2009, Instituto Superior Técnico
- CHARON: Convergent Hybrid-Replication Approach to Routing in Opportunistic Networks, MSc, Jorge Miguel Dias de Almeida Rodrigues Soares, 10-2009, Instituto Superior Técnico
- GolfSense - WSN-based monitoring system for golf courses, MSc, João Vicente, 6-2009, Instituto Superior Técnico
- Sensopolitan - Monitoring vibrations in subway tunnels using WSN, MSc, Pedro Melo, 3-2009
- WiMAX QoS - QoS dynamic management system based on WiMAX service flows, MSc, Nuno Rodrigues, 12-2008, Instituto Superior Técnico
- WiMAXMeter - Test and measurement bench for WiMAX systems, MSc, João Matos, 12-2008
- WiNe-SD: Sevice Discovery for heterogeneous Wireless Networks, MSc, Pedro Fernandes, 1-2008
- Admission Control Function for Telecommunication Networks, MSc, Ricardo Bandeira, 11-2007, Instituto Superior Técnico
- WMTP - Modular Transport Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks, MSc, Luis David Pedrosa, 11-2007
- Mobility Management in Multi Access Environments , MSc, Hélder António Tomé Vidal , 11-2005
- QoS support for 802.11b wireless LANs (in portuguese), MSc, Maria Luísa Caeiro, 10-2003
Licenciatura
- Wireless Sensor Network for an Immersive Room Application (in portuguese), Licenciatura, Pedro Filipe, 12-2006
- NIPoS - NanoIP over Sensors, Licenciatura, Anna Crema and Andrea Carradore (Erasmus Students), 4-2006
- Sadhoc – Mobile Ad-hoc Networks based on Services (in protuguese), Licenciatura, Pedro Fernandes and Vasco Aleluia, 9-2005
- IPv6 mobility on 802.11b WLANs (in portuguese), Licenciatura, Jorge Matias and João Saraiva, 11-2004
- QoS in IPv6 (in portuguese), Licenciatura, Pedro Correia and Ricardo Silva, 10-2004
- Bluetooth and IEEE802.11: internetworking scenarios (in portuguese), Licenciatura, Luís Silva and Miguel Melo, 9-2003
- IST - WLAN: Site Survey and Project (in portuguese), Licenciatura, Tomaz Crespo and Francisco Contreiras, 9-2003
- Simulation Models for UMTS Networks (in portuguese), Licenciatura, Emanuel Guerreiro and Luís Gueifão, 9-2003
- Traffic Models for UMTS (in portuguese), Licenciatura, Miguel Magalhães and Nuno Martins, 9-2002
- Wireless Multimedia Networks using 802.11 hardware (in portuguese), Licenciatura, Bruno Ascenso and Bruno Santos, 3-2001
- Infrared WPAN (in portuguese), Licenciatura, Dinis Rosário, Eurico Santos and Ricardo Costa, 9-2000
- Wireless ATM over 802.11 links (in portuguese), Licenciatura, Carlos Palminha, Fernando Alves and Luís Duarte, 9-1999
- MAC for Wireless ATM systems (in portuguese), Licenciatura, José Cardoso and Rui Pinto, 9-1998
- Wireless Local Area Networks based on IEEE802.11 standard (in portuguese), Licenciatura, João Pagaime and Paulo Clemente, 9-1998
- Application for generating/testing ATM patterns (in portuguese), Licenciatura, Pedro Lourenço and Dinis Dias da Silva, 9-1997
- Wireless ATM (in portuguese), Licenciatura, Jorge Veiga and Pedro Nunes, 9-1997
Co - Supervision of Theses
MSc
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PowerEmb - Power Aware System for Small Embedded Systems, MSc, João Gonçalves , 12-2011
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Sistema de Recuperação de Energia do Ambiente para Redes de Sensores, MSc, Alexandre Lima Correia, 12-2010
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Context Guide: Context and Location-Awareness for an Indoor Mobile Guide, MSc, Lara Alexandra dos Santos Carvalho Leite, 11-2009
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P2P over Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks, MSc, António José Ribeiro da Silva Marques, 12-2009
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Sistema de pontuação de Taekwondo , MSc, Micael Jose Goncalves Soares , 11-2010
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Aplicações em tecnologia RFID para a realização de inventários de objectos em escritórios , MSc, Ricardo Sousa , 11-2009
Publications
Book Chapters [3]
- P. Fernandes; Rocha, R. M.; "TSD: Tiny Service Discovery" - Chapter in Lecture Notes in Computer Science-Information Networking. Towards Ubiquitous Networking and Services, Teresa Vazão, Mário M. Freire, Ilyoung Chong, Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg,
2008.
- T. A. Camilo; P. Melo; A. Rodrigues; Pedrosa , L.; J. Silva; Neves, R.; Rocha, R. M.; F. B. Boavida; "WM2Snet Deployment: An Experimental Approach" - Chapter in Wireless Mesh Networking with 802.16, 802.11 and ZigBEE, George Aggelou, McGraw Hill, New York, USA,
2008.
- Rocha, R. M.; A. Casaca; "Residential Oriented Customer Premises Network based on ATM principles" - Chapter in High-Speed Networking for Multimedia Applications, W. Effelsberg, O. Spaniol, A. Danthine, D. Ferrari, Kluwer Academic, Netherlands,
1996.
Papers in Journals [7]
- A. C. S. Santos; Pedrosa , L.; B.W.M. Kuipers; Rocha, R. M.; "Resource Description Language: A Unified Description Language for Network Embedded Resources", Intrnl. Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, Vol. 2012, No. 860864, pp. - - -, July, 2012. Abstract
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- J. M. Soares; M. Franceschinis; Rocha, R. M.; W. Zhang; M. A. Spirito; "Opportunistic Data Collection in Sparse Wireless Sensor Networks", EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, Vol. 2011, No. 401802, pp. - - -, January, 2011. Abstract
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- J. M. Soares; B. Gonçalves; Rocha, R. M.; "Practical Issues in the Development of a Minimalistic Power Management Solution for WSNs", Intrnl. Journal of Sensor Networks, Vol. 8, No. 3/4, pp. 136 - 146, November, 2010. Abstract
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- Pedrosa , L.; P. Melo; Rocha, R. M.; Neves, R.; "A Flexible Approach to WSN Development and Deployment", Intrnl. Journal of Sensor Networks, Vol. 6, No. 3/4, pp. 199 - 211, October, 2009. Abstract
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- N. Antunes; A. Pacheco; Rocha, R. M.; "A Markov Renewal Based Model for Wireless Networks", Queueing Systems, Vol. 40, No. 3, pp. 247 - 281, April, 2002. Abstract
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- Rocha, R. M.; A. Pacheco; N. Antunes; "An Integrated Traffic Model for Multimedia Wireless Networks", Computer Networks & ISDN Systems, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 25 - 41, January, 2002.
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- N. Antunes; Rocha, R. M.; P. Pinto; A. Pacheco; "Impact of Next-Generation Wireless Networks Requirements on Teletraffic Modeling", Interoperable Communication Networks Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2-4, pp. 706 - 715, July, 1998.
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Papers in Conference Proceedings [19]
- J.A. Ferreira; Rocha, R. M.; "ISTNanosat-1 - Digital Communications and Processing Subsystem (Heart)", Proc AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium, Guildford, London, United Kingdom, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, September, 2012. Abstract | Full text (PDF 42KB) | BibTex
- FP Costa; Rocha, R. M.; "SIN – Service-based Interconnected Networks", Proc ICST Conf. on Mobile Networks and Management (MONAMI), Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, September, 2011. Abstract | Full text (PDF 643KB) | BibTex
- D. M. Barroso; Rocha, R. M.; "Service Augmented Resource Description Architecture", Proc Conf. Nacional de Redes de Sensores - CNRS, Coimbra, Portugal, Vol. --, pp. 71 - 75, March, 2011. Abstract | Full text (PDF 187KB) | BibTex
- J. V. Vicente; Rocha, R. M.; Neves, R.; "GolfSense: A Golf Course WSN Monitoring Application", Proc IEEE International Conf. on Computer Engineering and Systems - ICCES, Cairo, Egypt, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 6, December, 2010. Abstract | Full text (PDF 1155KB) | BibTex
- J. M. Soares; W. Zhang; M. Franceschinis; M. A. Spirito; Rocha, R. M.; "Experimental and Analytical Performance Evaluation of a Real Opportunistic Wireless Sensor Network", Proc Future Network and Mobile Summit, Florence, Italy, Vol. -, pp. - - -, June, 2010.
Abstract
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- Teixeira, J.; Rocha, R. M.; M. S. Piedade; "A Modular Architecture for Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks Nodes", Proc International Conf. on Renewable Energies and Power Quality - ICREPQ, Granada, Spain, Vol. , pp. 1 - 5, March, 2010.
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- J. M. Soares; Rocha, R. M.; "CHARON: Routing in Low-Density Opportunistic Wireless Sensor Networks", Proc IFIP Wireless Days 2009, Paris, France, Vol. -, pp. - - -, December, 2009.
Abstract
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- P. Melo; Pedrosa , L.; Rocha, R. M.; "Interconnecting WSNs with Fast Moving Nodes: Experiments in Real-World Scenarios", Proc The Second International Workshop on Sensor Networks - SN 2009, San Francisco, California, United States, Vol. -, pp. - - -, August, 2009. Abstract | Full text (PDF 618KB) | BibTex
- J. M. Soares; B. Gonçalves; Rocha, R. M.; "Power Management Extensions for Tagus-SensorNet", Proc The Second International Workshop on Sensor Networks - SN 2009, San Francisco, United States, Vol. -, pp. - - -, August, 2009. Abstract | Full text (PDF 248KB) | BibTex
- R. A. Henriques; Rocha, R. M.; "Sensor Network Deployment based on Data Variability", Proc Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, May, 2009. Abstract | Full text (PDF 221KB) | BibTex
- N. Rodrigues; Rocha, R. M.; "WiMAX QoS - Dynamic Service Flow Management", Proc Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, May, 2009. Abstract | Full text (PDF 349KB) | BibTex
- Oliveira, C.; Pedrosa , L.; Rocha, R. M.; "Characterizing On-Body Wireless Sensor Networks", Proc IFIP International Conf. on New Technologies, Mobility and Security - Wireless Sensor Networks Workshop - NTMS, Tanger, Morocco, Vol. -, pp. - - -, November, 2008. Abstract | Full text (PDF 181KB) | BibTex
- Pedrosa , L.; Rocha, R. M.; "WMTP - A Modular WSN Transport Protocol: The Fairness Module", Proc IFIP International Conf. on New Technologies, Mobility and Security - Wireless Sensor Networks Workshop - NTMS, Tangier, Morocco, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, November, 2008. Abstract | Full text (PDF 262KB) | BibTex
- Barraca, J.P.B.; P. Fernandes; Sargento, S.; Rocha, R. M.; "An Architecture for Community Mesh Networking", Proc IEEE PIMRC 2008 Workshop, Cannes, France, Vol. 0, pp. 0 - 0, September, 2008.
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- Pedrosa , L.; P. Melo; Rocha, R. M.; Neves, R.; "A Flexible Approach to WSN Deployment", Proc The First International Workshop on Sensor Networks - SN 2008, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, United States, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, August, 2008. Abstract | Full text (PDF 408KB) | BibTex
- Aranha; Rocha, R. M.; "Real-Time Relative Positioning with WSN", Proc International Conf. on Sensor Technologies and Applications, Cap Esterel, France, Vol. 1, pp. 10 - 16, August, 2008. Abstract | Full text (PDF 284KB) | BibTex
- Ferreira, L. S.; Rocha, R. M.; "Multi-Channel Clustering Algorithm to Improve Performance of WSNs,", Proc Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Peniche, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, May, 2007.
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- P. Fernandes; Rocha, R. M.; "Service Discovery in Wireless Mesh Networks: a Survey on Candidate Solutions", Proc Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Peniche, Portugal, Vol. , pp. - , May, 2007.
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- P. Fernandes; Rocha, R. M.; "TSD: Tiny Service Discovery", Proc IEEE International Conf. on Information Networking - ICOIN, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. , pp. - , January, 2007.
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Other Scientific Achievements
Awards
- Rocha, R. M.; N. Antunes; A. Pacheco;
"An Integrated Traffic Model for Multimedia Wireless Networks", 3M /TULisbon Prize for inovation in the area of EE engineering, 06-06-2002.
Miscellaneous
- Teixeira, J.; Rocha, R. M.; "Seminars", MoteISTx5 Embedded plataform for Wireless Sensor Networks - RTCM2012", , 01-06-2012.
Other Contributions
Conference Committees
- 6th IEEE International Conference on High Speed Networks and Multimedia Communications, Organizing Committee, Rui Manuel Rodrigues Rocha, 2003.
- 6th IEEE International Conference on High Speed Networks and Multimedia Communications, Technical Programme Committee, Rui Manuel Rodrigues Rocha, 2003.
- Conferência de Redes de Computadores (CRC’2002), Scientific Committee, Rui Manuel Rodrigues Rocha, 2002.
- 13th IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC’2002) , Organizing Committee, Rui Manuel Rodrigues Rocha, 2002.
