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Awards

  • Z. Zhou, J. Feng, B. Gu, B Ai, S.M. Mumtaz, J. Rodriguez, . Guizani Guizani, When Mobile Crowd Sensing Meets UAV: Energy-Efficient Task Assignment and Route Planning, Best Paper Award:IEEE ComSoc Technical Committee on Communications Systems Integration and Modeling IEEE Transactions on Communication, 2018, 01-12-2019
  • M. Jordão, R. Correia, D. Belo, F. Pereira, IMS 2019 Backscatter Radio Student Design Competition, Second Place Award (MTT-24 RFID Technologies), 01-06-2019
  • H. Liao, Z. Zhou, X. Zhao, B Ai, S.M. Mumtaz, Task Offloading for Vehicular Fog Computing under Information Uncertainty: A Matching-Learning Approach, Best Paper Award: IEEE 15th International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCM), June, Tangier, Morocco , 2019, 01-06-2019
  • DACD Dinis, A. Oliveira, J. Vieira, Real-time Tunable Delta-Sigma Modulators for All-Digital RF Transmitters, Honorable Mention (2nd Award) in the Prémio Científico IBM (Scientific Prize IBM), 01-01-2019
  • S. A. Busari, K. Huq, S.M. Mumtaz, J. Rodriguez, Impact of 3D Channel Modeling for Ultra-High Speed Beyond-5G Networks, Best Paper Award in Ultra-High Speed, Low Latency and Massive Connectivity Communication for 5G/B5G Workshop in IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2018, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 01-12-2018
  • A. C. Jaime, I. Sousa, M.P. Queluz, A. J. Rodrigues, Best Paper Award, WPMC 2018 ('Planning a Smart City Sensor Network Based on LoRaWAN Technology'), 30-11-2018
  • S.M. Mumtaz, ACM Distinguished Speaker, https://speakers.acm.org/speakers/mumtaz_10523, 01-11-2018
  • C. Gouveia, Bio-Radar, Second Place Award Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge, with the master thesis named as "Bio-Radar", 01-10-2018
  • C. Gouveia, J. Vieira, P. Pinho, Motion Detection Method for Clutter Rejection in the Bio-Radar Signal Processing, Best Paper Award by the Program Committee as per the Conference Awards Scheme, in ICRST 2018 : International Conference on Radar Science and Technology, with the conference paper "Motion Detection Method for Clutter Rejection in the Bio-Radar Signal Processing", 01-08-2018
  • M. Jordão, D. Belo, N.B.C. Carvalho, Active Antenna Array Characterization for Massive MIMO 5G Scenarios, Best Interactive Forum Award, 91st ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference (ARFTG), Philadelphia, 01-06-2018
  • R. Correia, M. Jordão, D. Belo, F. Pereira, N.B.C. Carvalho, Backscatter Radio, IMS 2018 Backscatter Radio Student Design Competition, First Place Award (TC: 24 RFID Technologies), 01-06-2018
  • C. Gouveia, D. Malafaia, J. Vieira, P. Pinho, Bio-radar performance evaluation for different antenna design, First Place Award for Best Student Paper Award from 11th Congress of the Portuguese Committee of URSI with the paper "Bio-radar performance evaluation for different antenna design", 01-11-2017
  • C. Loss, P. Pinho, R. Salvado, THE FIBER SOCIETY GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION, 3rd Place at The Fiber Society Student Paper Competition with the paper “Influence of Some Structural Parameters of Textiles on Their Dielectric Behaviour”. Contest sponsored by Johnson & during the fall The Fiber Society meeting, held in Athens (GA-USA), November 2017., 01-11-2017
  • A. Radwan, IEEE Senior Member, Promotion to IEEE Senior Member level, 01-11-2017
  • C. Loss, R. Gonçalves, P. Pinho, R. Salvado, IEEE MTT-S STUDENT PAPER AWARD, Honourable mention in the Student Paper Award at the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on Advanced Materials and Processes (IMWS-AMP) 2017 Conference, with the paper “Influence of the Laminating Manufacturing Technique on the S11 Parameter of Printed Textile Antennas”. Conference promoted by IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) and the European Microwave Association (EuMA), held in Pavia (IT), September 2017., 01-09-2017
  • J. Rodriguez, A. Radwan, C. Barbosa, Best Paper Award, Paper: “SECRET - Secure Network Coding for Reduced Energy Next Generation Mobile Small cells - A European Training Network in Wireless Communications and Networking for 5G” Venue: 7th International Conference on Internet Technologies & Applications 2017: EERT 2017 – 5th International Workshop on Energy Efficient and Reconfigurable Transceivers (EERT), 01-09-2017
  • J. Rodriguez, S. A. Busari, S.M. Mumtaz, K. Huq, "X2-Handover Performance in LTE Ultra-Dense Networks using NS-3", Best Paper Award: "X2-Handover Performance in LTE Ultra-Dense Networks using NS-3" Venue:7th International Conference on Cognitive Radio (COCORA-2017), Venice, Italy., 01-07-2017
  • D. Belo, R. Correia, P. Pinho, N.B.C. Carvalho, University of Aveiro - Research Day 2017, Research Day 2017, 01-06-2017
  • F. Rosário, F. A. Monteiro, A. J. Rodrigues, Paper in the Most Downloaded Papers in the IEEE Signal Processing Letters in The Last Two Years, The 2016 paper in IEEE Signal Processing Letters (SPL) was showcased in the list of the 10 "Most Downloaded Papers from IEEE Xplore" for the SPL during the previous two years (2015-2016). The list was showcased in the May 2017 issue of the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine., 01-05-2017
  • A. Silva, Best Reviewer Award, "The Best Reviewer Award" is established by the Radioengineering Journal to thank reviewers providing high-quality reviews., 01-02-2017
  • DACD Dinis, A. Oliveira, J. Vieira, Designing Frequency Agile FPGA-based All-Digital RF Transmitters, Best Live Demo in the XIII Jornadas sobre Sistemas Reconfiguráveis (REC 2017) ., 01-01-2017
  • S.M. Mumtaz, Vice Chair, IEEE SA-P1932.1 (Standard for Licensed/Unlicensed Spectrum Interoperability in Wireless Mobile Networks), 01-01-2017
  • A. Almeida, Pedagogical Excellence, First prize attributed by the School of Technology and Architecture for pedagogical work selecting and applying techniques, and teaching the most appropriate methods to the objectives defined for self-assess performance, motivation, and to achieve the desired competence profile., 01-12-2016
  • M. Monteiro, P. Vieira, 1º place, Best Student Paper Award, 10º Congresso do Comité Português da URSI, • Monteiro M., Martins A, Vieira P, Rodrigues R, "Balanceamento de Carga em Redes de 4a Geração (LTE) Auto-Otimizadas", 10º Congresso do Comité Português da URSI, Lisboa, Portugal, Novembro de 2016, (1º lugar, Best Student Paper Award), 01-11-2016
  • M. Veríssimo, P. Vieira, 2nd place, Best Student Paper Award, 10º Congresso do Comité Português da URSI, Veríssimo M., Gonçalves S., Martins A., Vieira P., Rodrigues A., "Avaliação de Capacidade em Redes Multi-Serviço UMTS/HSPA Baseada em Estatísticas Reais de Desempenho", 10º Congresso do Comité Português da URSI, Lisboa, Portugal, Novembro de 2016, (2º lugar, Best Student Paper Award), 01-11-2016
  • R. Correia, N.B.C. Carvalho, 1st place ANACOM-URSI Portugal prize, 10º Congresso do Comité Português da URSI, 01-11-2016
  • R. Oliveira, Best Symposium Award, In appreciation for organizing the Best Symposium "Communications and Signal Processing" for the IWCMC conference, Paphos, Cyprus., 01-09-2016
  • M. Sousa, P. Vieira, Best Student Paper Award, WINSYS 2016, • Sousa M., Martins A., Vieira P., “Self-Diagnosing Low Coverage and High Interference in 3G/4G Radio Access Networks based on Automatic RF Measurement Extraction”, 13th International Conference on Wireless Networks and Mobile Systems (WINSYS 2016), Lisbon, Portugal, Julho de 2016(Best Student Paper Award)., 01-07-2016
  • R. Correia, N.B.C. Carvalho, 1st place Student Poster Competition, 6th Workshop WIPE (Wireless Power Transmission for Sustainable Electronics), 01-05-2016
  • J. S. Lemos, F. Rosário, F. A. Monteiro, A. J. Rodrigues, Luís Vidigal Prize 2015, Co-supervision of the two winners (ex aequo) of the Luís Vidigal Prize 2015 . This prize awards the Best MSc Thesis of the Year at IST in the fields of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Compute Science, and related fields, completed in 2015. Mr. Francisco Rosário and Mr. João Sande Lemos were both scholars under the L-DIMM-NetCod project in our group., 01-03-2016
  • F. A. Monteiro, Exemplary Reviewer Award 2015, From the the IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, a 1st-quartile journal co-sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society, the IEEE Signal Processing Society, and the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. The prize is awarded to the top 3% best reviewers nominated by the associate editors., 01-01-2016
  • J. Rodriguez, F. Saghezchi, 2015 Innovation Award - E2SG, The Innovation Award is given by the European Commission to reward the most innovative idea developed under the FP7 projects., 01-12-2015
  • C. Loss, P. Pinho, R. Salvado, 3 MINUTES, 1 SLIDE... YOUR THESIS CHALLENGE, 3rd Place at the 3M Thesis Challenge promoted by the Instituto Coordenador de Investigação (ICI – UBI) and Santander Totta, in November 2015., 01-11-2015
  • S.I. Lopes, J. Vieira, N.B.C. Carvalho, Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge 2015, 1st place in the Ph.D. Category, 01-10-2015
  • P. Carvalho, J. Guerreiro, R. Dinis, Best paper award, Best paper award at IEEE VTC’2015(Fall) for the paper “Optimum Performance and Spectral Characterization of CE-OFDM Signals”, by J. Guerreiro, R. Dinis, P. Carvalho, 01-09-2015
  • F. Nunes, Best paper award, The paper "Practical Simulation of GNSS Signals in the Presence of Ionospheric Scintillation" - F. Nunes, F. Sousa, received the best paper award (track B) in the conference IEEE/ION PLANS 2014, Monterey, CA, May 2014., 01-09-2015
  • J. Rodriguez, Fellow of the IET, Fellow of the IET - Fellow Degree of the Institute of Engineering and Technology, 01-07-2015
  • J. Rodriguez, J. B. Bastos, G. Mantas, 2015 CATRENE Innovation Award - NEWPASS, The Innovation Award recognizes projects which have demonstrated a high level of innovation, market impact, exploitation potential and overall benefits for Europe., 01-06-2015
  • TC Cunha, P. Vieira, A. Martins, Best Student Paper Award, RSI Atlantic Radio Science Conference - URSI AT-RASC, Energy Savings in 3G Using Dynamic Spectrum Access and Base Station Sleep Modes URSI Atlantic Radio Science Conference - URSI AT-RASC , Maspalomas , Spain , Maio de 2015 (2nd Place, Best Student Paper Contest), 01-05-2015
  • I. Sousa, Young Engineer Innovation Award 2014, 2nd prize (ex-aequo) given by the 'Ordem dos Engenheiros' (Portuguese Order of Engineers)., 01-05-2015
  • R. Correia, N.B.C. Carvalho, S. Kawasaki, 3rd place Student Paper Competition, IEEE WPTC (Wireless Power Transfer Conference), 01-05-2015
  • R. D. Fernandes, J. M. Matos, N.B.C. Carvalho, Wireless energy harvesting design competition at the International Microwave Symposium, Second place, 01-05-2015
  • F. A. Monteiro, Exemplary Reviewer Award 2014, From the IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, a 1st-quartile journal co-sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society, the IEEE Signal Processing Society, and the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. The prize is awarded to the top 3% reviewers who have performed reviews considered by the associate editors as being relevant and timely reviews, consistently for a number of papers over the year., 01-01-2015
  • D.R. Robalo, F. J. Velez, Enhanced Multi-band Scheduling for Carrier Aggregation in LTE-Advanced Scenarios, Awards at the 8th Congress of the Portuguese Committee of URSI 2014, 01-12-2014
  • L. Bernardo, IEEE Communications Letters 2014 Exemplary Reviewer, IEEE Communications Letters 2014 Exemplary Reviewer award, 01-12-2014
  • A. Rocha, P. Pinho, J. R. Pereira, IT Productivity Prize, Prize awarded due to a book published with Pedro Pinho and José Rocha Pereira, 01-12-2014
  • R. D. Fernandes, J. M. Matos, N.B.C. Carvalho, Research day 2014 at the University of Aveiro (poster session), Best poster award, 01-06-2014
  • F. Cercas, E. Cercas Cercas, P. Sebastião, New acelerated simulation method to obtain the performance of concatenated codes, Best Student Paper Award for this paper presented at Global Wireless Summit, Aalborg, Denmark., 01-05-2014
  • L. Bernardo, B. B. Branco, F. Ganhão, L.I. Irio, R. Dinis, R. Oliveira, P. Amaral, P. Pinto, SC-FDE Femtocell Energy Saving using IB-DFE Interference Cancellation Techniques, Second Best Paper Award at International Conf. on Telecomunications (ICT’14), Lisboa, Portugal, May 4-7, 2014., 01-05-2014
  • C. Loss, C. Lopes, R. Gonçalves, J T Tavares, N. Barroca, H S Saraiva, F. J. Velez, P. Pinho, R. Salvado, STS ITALIA 10 BEST PAPERS OF YOUNG RESEARCHERS, One of the ten best papers of young researchers on 5th STS Italia Conference – A Matter of Design: Making Society through Science and Technology, with the paper “Developing Sustainable Communication Interfaces Through Fashion Design”. Merit fellowship to participate on the conference, held in Milan (IT), May 2014., 01-05-2014
  • R. D. Fernandes, J. M. Matos, N.B.C. Carvalho, Wireless Power Transfer Conference 2014, Best paper award, 01-05-2014
  • M. Ribeiro, C. Duque, Best Non-Student Paper Award, Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference, Loughborough, United Kingdom, 01-11-2013
  • P. Vieira, N. Cota, A. Serrador Serrador, A.B. Beire, A. J. Rodrigues, Best Student Paper Award WPMC 2013, On the Use of Okumura-Hata Propagation Model on Railway Communications", 16th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC'13), Atlantic City, New Jersey, EUA, Junho de 2013 (Best Student Paper Award)., 01-06-2013
  • A.P. Prata, A. Oliveira, N.B.C. Carvalho, Undergraduate Student Design Competition for Software Defined Radio and Signal Processing, First prize award in Student Design Competition for Software Defined Radio and Signal Processing at International Microwave Symposium 2013, sponsored by IEEE MTT-S., 01-06-2013
  • D. Ribeiro, P.M. Cruz, N.B.C. Carvalho, Best Student Paper Award 2012 - URSI Portuguese Committee, Best Student Paper Award at the 6th Conference of URSI Portuguese Committee with the paper entitled "Evaluation of Comb Generator Performance for Nonlinear Measurements on Mixed-Domain Instrumentation"., 01-11-2012
  • N.V.S. Silva, A. Oliveira, N.B.C. Carvalho, MTT Software Defined Radio and Digital Signal Processing, Second place at the IMS2012 Software Defined Radio and Digital Signal Processing Student Design Competition, 01-06-2012
  • P.M. Cruz, N.B.C. Carvalho, M.E. Valkama, Best Student Presentation Award COST Action IC0803, Work: “Evaluation of Second-Order Bandpass Sampling Receivers for Software Defined Radio” Location: 8th MC Meeting and Workshop of COST IC0803, Belfast, United Kingdom, 01-05-2012
  • N.V.S. Silva, A. Oliveira, N.B.C. Carvalho, RWS Best Student Paper, Finalist at the IEEE Radio & Wireless Week Best Student Paper Contest, 01-01-2012
  • M. Carvalho, P. Vieira, Best Student Paper Award, 5.º Congresso do Comité Português da URSI, Um Algoritmo Avançado de Controlo de Oscilação de Handover em Redes LTE Auto-Geridas 5.º Congresso do Comité Português da URSI - ''Detecção e medição de sinais rádio no futuro das Rádio-comunicações'', 11 de Novembro de 2011, Lisboa, Portugal (Best Student Paper Award)., 01-11-2011
  • F. J. Velez, Prémio ANACOM URSI Portugal 2011, (Menção honrosa) com o trabalho “Fixed WIMAX Profit Maximisation with Energy Saving Through Relay Sleep Modes and Cell Zooming “, 01-10-2011
  • R. D. Fernandes, N.B.C. Carvalho, J. M. Matos, Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge 2011, Winner of the MSc category, 01-10-2011
  • F. Ganhão, L. Bernardo, M. Pereira, R. Dinis, R. Oliveira, P. Pinto, Runner up for best paper award in IEEE ICCCN 2011, Runner up for best paper award in IEEE ICCCN 2011 conference (http://icccn.org/icccn11/award.html), 01-08-2011
  • N.B Borges, A. Oliveira, P.M. Cruz, N.V.S. Silva, Prémio PLUG 2010 - Rádios Cognitivos, Atribuído pela APRITEL (Associação dos Operadores de Telecomunicações), 01-12-2010
  • A. Marchetti, N. Prasad, A. J. Rodrigues, R. Prasad, Adaptive counting rule for cooperative spectrum sensing under correlated environments, 13th International Symposium on Wireless Multimedia Communications (WPMC'10) - Best Paper Award, 01-10-2010
  • J. Reis, J. Sanguino, A. J. Rodrigues, Influence of baseline length in single-frequency real-time vehicle heading determination, 13th International Symposium on Wireless Multimedia Communications (WPMC'10) - Best Paper Award, 01-10-2010
  • A. Marchetti, N. Prasad, A. J. Rodrigues, R. Prasad, Capacity limits introduced by data fusion on cooperative spectrum sensing under correlated environments, 8th International Conference on Communications (COMM2010) - Best Student Paper Award, 01-06-2010
  • P. Vieira, Prémio Inovação Jovem Engenheiro 2008 - 2nd place, Maximização do Desempenho em Redes Macro-Celulares 4G Usando Técnicas de Multiplexagem Espacial Multi-Antena, 01-11-2009
  • M. Luís, R. Oliveira, L. Bernardo, P. Pinto, Controlo de Topologia de Redes ad hoc Veiculares em Cenários de Auto-estradas, Best Student Paper Award @ Conferência sobre Redes de Computadores 2009, 01-10-2009
  • P.M. Cruz, N.B.C. Carvalho, 3rd place GAAS Association Student Fellowship for EuMIC 2009, Third place in Gallium Arsenide Application Symposium Association Student Fellowship 2009 given at European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC) in Rome, Italy, 01-09-2009
  • A. Radwan, Best Paper Award, IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC) best paper award, 01-07-2009
  • A. M. O. D. Duarte, HP Innovations in Education grant 2009, HP Innovations in Education grants are targeted at key faculty responsible for undergraduate degree programs. The focus is on proposals that are enhancing degree programs in engineering, computer science, information systems, and information technology. HP Innovations in Education grants distinguish academics that are committed to exploring the innovations at the intersection of teaching, learning, and technology., 01-06-2009
  • I. Sousa, Best Student Award - Technical University of Lisbon, 01-12-2008
  • J.M. Ferro, F. J. Velez, Certificate of Merit, Certificate of Merit for the paper " Multi-Hop Simulator for Ad-Hoc IEEE 802.11e" given by The 2008 International Conference of Wireless Network, 01-07-2008
  • O. Cabral, A. S. Martinez, F. J. Velez, Implementation of IEEE 802.11e Block Acknowledgement Policies, Best Paper award in the conference International Association of Engineers (IAENG) World Congress on Engineering - WCE 2008, 01-07-2008
  • F. A. Monteiro, Senior College Scholar, awarded ''on the basis of first class work” by the Tutorial Committee of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, UK, 01-11-2007
  • F. A. Monteiro, Best Paper Award (Conference Prize) at the European Conference on Wireless Technology 2007, Prize given by the European Microwave Association during the European Microwave Week 2007, Munich, Germany, 01-10-2007
  • I. Sousa, Merit diploma - Instituto Superior Técnico, 01-05-2007
  • S.I. Lopes, ESPA Award, Excellence in Signal Processing Award given by Texas Instruments., 01-04-2007
  • P. Vieira, Prémio Inovação Jovem Engenheiro 2004 -1st place (ex-aequo), Aumento de Capacidade em Redes Móveis de 3ª Geração Usando Tecnologia MIMO, 01-10-2005
  • F. J. Velez, J. Ferreira, 3G 2004 - 5th IEE International Conference on 3G Mobile Communication Technologies, Best Paper Prize na 3G 2004 - 5th IEE International Conference on 3G Mobile Communication Technologies, London, UK, Oct. 2004, awarded, with the support of NOKIA, to the paper “Deployment Scenarios and Applications Characterisation for Enhanced UMTS Simulation” (http://conferences.iee.org/3G2004/)., 20-10-2004
  • F. A. Monteiro, Best Student Paper Award (Young Engineer Prize) at the European Conference on Wireless Technology 2004, Prize from the European Microwave Association (EuMA), delivered by it's president (Prof. R. Sorrentino) and by the conference chairman (Prof. R. Prasad) in Amsterdam, Netherlands, during the European Microwave Week, 12-10-2004
  • E. R. San José, F. J. Velez, Plan de Promoción Tecnológica del UMTS, "Premio al Mejor Artículo sobre tecnología UMTS", Awarded to Eva Reguera by Telefónica Móviles España S.A.U. for the paper: Eva R. San José and Fernando J. Velez, “Tele-traffic Engineering for Enhanced UMTS Multi-rate Applications”, in Proc. of EPMCC’ 2003 – 5th European Personal Mobile Communications Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, Apr. 2003., 26-11-2003
  • F. J. Velez, Prémio Inovação Jovem Engenheiro (1996), promovido pela Região Sul da Ordem dos Engenheiros, Com o trabalho "Planeamento Microcelular e Determinação da Capacidade em Sistemas de Comunicações Móveis em Ambiente Urbano na Banda da Ondas Milimétricas" (2º lugar)., 17-12-2002
  • F. A. Monteiro, Innovation Young Engineer Prize (3rd place), Project title: ''Complexity Reduction of CPM Receivers on Wireless Communications Systems'', prize from Ordem dos Engenheiros (Portuguese Engineers Institution) sponcered by the Luso-American Fundation for Development (FLAD), Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the Ministry for Science and Higher Education, 01-12-2002
  • N.B.C. Carvalho, J. C. Pedro, MTT Student Paper Contest (3rd Place), Third place at the Student Paper Contest in the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Symposium, Baltimore, USA, 20-06-1998
  • F. J. Velez, Prémio Inovação Jovem Engenheiro (1997), promovido pela Região Sul da Ordem dos Engenheiros, Com o trabalho "Critérios de Optimização para Sistema de Comunicações Móveis Celulares nas Bandas de 40 e 60 GHz" (premiado com 2º lugar)., 11-12-1997
  • F. J. Velez, COMUNICAÇÕES 96, promovido pelo Instituto de Comunicações de Portugal, Com a dissertação de Mestrado “Uma Ferramenta Interactiva de Planeamento Microcelular para Comunicações Móveis em Ambiente Urbano na Banda das Ondas Milimétricas” (publicada no livro do Concurso, obteve o 2º lugar)., 16-12-1996
  • N.B.C. Carvalho, Prémio Engº Ferreira Pinto Basto, Best student in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineer in the year 1994-1995 at Aveiro University, this prize was granted by ALCATEL Portugal., 07-10-1996
  • N.B.C. Carvalho, Best student in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineer at UA, Best student in Engineer in the year 1995 at Aveiro University, this prize was granted by Portuguese Engineers Association, 15-06-1996