Awards

  • M. Almeida, A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, Best paper award at Photoptics 2025, Best paper award with the paper titled “Slice Reconciliation in Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution using Discrete Modulation” received at at 13th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology (Photoptics) in February 2025., 01-02-2025
  • M. Almeida, A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, Best Communication Award, Best communication award with the work entitled "Optimization of CV-QKD Systems for Field Deployment" exploring the topic of PhD thesis, received in the Research Summit 2024, Aveiro, Portugal, July 2024, 01-07-2024
  • M. Almeida, A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, Best Communication Award, Best communication in Engineering award with the work entitled "Optimization of CV-QKD Systems for Field Deployment" exploring the topic of PhD thesis, received in the Research Summit 2024, Aveiro, Portugal, July 2024, 01-07-2024
  • M. Almeida, A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, Best Paper Award, Best paper award for the paper entitled "Modulation variance optimization in discrete modulated CV-QKD systems", presented at Emerging Imaging and Sensing Technologies for Security and Defense conference, part of SPIE Sensors + Imaging 2023 (Security + Defense), held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sept. 2023, 01-09-2023
  • M. Almeida, D. Pereira, N. J. Muga, M. Facão, A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, Best paper in Workshop, Best paper in the II Workshop de Comunicação e Computação Quântica with the paper entitled "CV-QKD Security Limits Using Higher-Order Probabilistic Shaped Regular M-APSK Constellations", received in the II Workshop de Comunicação e Computação Quântica (WQuantum) from XL Simpósio Brasileiro de Redes de Computadores e Sistemas Distribuídos, 23 May, Uberlândia, Brazil, 2022, 01-05-2022
  • M. J. Ferreira, D. Pereira, N. J. Muga, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Best paper in Workshop, Best paper in the Workshop de Comunicação e Computação Quântica – Time-interleaved quantum random number generation within a coherent classical communication channel, received in the 1st Communication and Quantum Computing Workshop (WQuantum), 16 August, Uberlândia, Brazil, 01-08-2021
  • N. J. Muga, OSA Senior Member, The Optical Society Board of Directors has approved my Senior Member designation request in 2021. (OSA was the former designation of currently OPTICA)., 01-06-2021
  • S. T. Mantey, M. F. Ramos, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Best Paper Award, Best Paper Award For the paper entitled Algorithm for State-Of-Polarization Generation in Polarization-Encoding Quantum Key Distribution, presented at the 2021 Telecoms Conference (ConfTELE), the 12th conference on telecommunications, held in Leiria Portugal, 11-12 February 2021., 01-02-2021
  • M. F. Ramos, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Best PhD oral communication, "Fast and Secure Multiparty Computation Enabled by Quantum Communication Technologies" presented at Research Summit 2019, held at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, July 3-5 2019. The award has been attributed for the scientific quality and organization of the work., 01-07-2019
  • D. Pereira, M. Facão, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Best PhD oral communication, Best PhD oral communication for the Symposium on Engineering Physics: Daniel Pereira – Quantum Key Distribution with Continuous Variables, received in the 2nd Doctoral Congress in Engineering, 8-9 June, Porto, Portugal, 01-06-2017
  • G. Fernandes, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Signal Processing Techniques for Transmissions Systems Based on Space-Division Multiplexing, Best Poster Award in Engineering -Research Day 2015, 01-05-2015
  • N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Best Student Paper Award, for the paper entitled ''Photon-Pair Generation in Chalcogenide Glass - Role of Waveguide Linear Absorption'' presented at the International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology (PHOTOPTICS), held in Lisbon - Portugal, 01-01-2014
  • A. Almeida, N. J. Muga, N. A. Silva, P.S André, A. N. Pinto, SEONS Best Student Paper, Best Student Paper on Optical Communication in the X SEONS, in Porto, 01-06-2012