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Theses

Running PhD Theses: 6

Student Supervisor Co-Supervisor Title End date
Komalben Uttambhai Kukadiya Ivan Miguel Serrano Pires Paulo Coelho Resource-Efficient Quantum-Inspired Machine Learning on Edge Devices for Breast Cancer Imaging 12 / 2028
Hanna Vitaliyivna Denysyuk Nuno Manuel Garcia dos Santos Ivan Miguel Serrano Pires Empowering Cardio-Vascular patients' through wearables and smart devices: a 5P Medicine approach 12 / 2026
Raul Barbosa Susana Isabel Barreto Miranda Sargento Petia Georgieva AI-enabled mechanisms to automate 5G networks for mobility infrastructure 12 / 2026
Marianus Magno Seran Bria Ivan Miguel Serrano Pires Frederico Branco Designing a Blockchain-based Framework to Enhance Trust and Security in Marriage Dowry Transactions: A Contextual Study in Timor-Leste 12 / 2026
Rita Pires Soares Ivan Miguel Serrano Pires Frederico Branco Bridging the Digital Divide: A Study on the Feasibility of Smart and Sustainable University Integration in Timor-Leste 12 / 2026
Mojgan Ghanbari Pedro Nicolau Faria da Fonseca Amaro Fernandes de Sousa Cooperation strategies in dynamic wireless charging of mobile service robots for “always-on” operation 9 / 2026

Running MSc Theses: 3

Student Supervisor Co-Supervisor Title End date
Luis Pimenta Ivan Miguel Serrano Pires Frederico Branco Methods of Data Analysis for Y Balance Test Results 10 / 2026
Nuno André Parreira Honrado Ivan Miguel Serrano Pires Filipe Madeira Desenvolvimento de uma Plataforma para Predição de Lesões: Identificação Precoce de Fatores de Risco e Prevenção de lesões em Atletas 7 / 2026
João Luís Ribeiro Martins Ivan Miguel Serrano Pires Paulo Coelho Intelligent Segmentation of Skin Lesions for Early Melanoma Prediction 7 / 2026

Completed PhD Theses: 4

Student Supervisor Co-Supervisor Title End date
Fábio Daniel Lopes Coutinho Arnaldo da Silva Rodrigues de Oliveira Petia Georgieva Deep Learning-based Channel Estimation for the 5G+ Physical Layer 12 / 2024
Fábio Daniel Moreira Barbosa Amaro Fernandes de Sousa Agostinho Miguel Mendes Agra Disaster-resilient Network Design and Resource Management of Elastic Optical Networks 1 / 2022
Luís Miguel Lopes de Oliveira Joel José Puga Coelho Rodrigues Amaro Fernandes de Sousa Routing and Mobility on 6LoWPAN Wireless Sensor Networks 6 / 2018
Carlos Borges Lopes Amaro Fernandes de Sousa Dimensioning and Resource Management of Multi-Service Networks 11 / 2007

Completed MSc Theses: 30

Student Supervisor Co-Supervisor Title End date
António Oseas Pataca Ivan Miguel Serrano Pires Carlos Albuquerque Utilização de Machine Learning para Previsão de Episódios de Stress Baseado em Dados de Sensores Wearables 12 / 2025
Gonçalo Rodrigues Silva Petia Georgieva Skin Disease Diagnosis with Adversarial Training and Diffusion Models. 09/December/2025, Grade 18. 12 / 2025
Maykol Stephano da Silva dos Santos Ivan Miguel Serrano Pires Paulo Coelho Análise de movimento de membros inferiores em Ten Meter Walk de pacientes em Fisioterapia 12 / 2024
João Pedro da Silva Baiense Ivan Miguel Serrano Pires Fernando Jose da Silva Velez Development of a driving healthcare monitoring device 6 / 2024
A Fernando Pedro Pereira Guiomar Petia Georgieva Computer Vision for Automatic Optical Beam Steering in FSO Systems 12 / 2023
Diogo Emanuel Nascimento Mendonça Miguel Vidal Drummond Petia Georgieva Next-generation 3D object detection and tracking for self-driving vehicles using object velocity 12 / 2023
Miguel Quinteiro Ribeiro Rui Jorge Morais Tomaz Valadas Amaro Fernandes de Sousa Micro-Services Based Application for Data Center Dimensioning 11 / 2023
Leandro Miguel Ferreira Alexandrino Miguel Vidal Drummond Petia Georgieva 3D object detection for self-driving vehicles aided by object velocity 12 / 2022
Alípio Fernandes Arruda Paulo Sérgio de Brito André Petia Georgieva Awareness of optical network performance with machine learning methods 8 / 2022
Xavier Pinto Santos Miguel Vidal Drummond Petia Georgieva Evaluation of data augmentation techniques in 3D object detection for self-driving vehicles 12 / 2021
Pedro José Jorge Barata Nunes Amaro Fernandes de Sousa Upgrade Methods for Improving Availability and Disaster Resilience in Telecommunication Networks 7 / 2020
David António Sacadura de Melo Amaro Fernandes de Sousa Paulo Miguel Nepomuceno Pereira Monteiro Radio over Ethernet (RoE) based Fronthaul 12 / 2017
Tiago Ferreira Grade Dinis Trota Paulo Miguel Nepomuceno Pereira Monteiro Amaro Fernandes de Sousa Design and Optimization of Elastic Optical Networks 12 / 2013
Marco Ribeiro Paulo Miguel Nepomuceno Pereira Monteiro Amaro Fernandes de Sousa Optimization algorithms applied to Optical Transport Networks 12 / 2013
Anabela Sequeira Damas Amaro Fernandes de Sousa Anibal Manuel de Oliveira Duarte Fiber based Access Networks: Planning and Cost Optimization 12 / 2011
Jorge Miguel Saavedra dos Santos Oliveira Amaro Fernandes de Sousa Maximum Protection of Telecommunication Networks 12 / 2010
Nuno Gonçalo da Silva Lourenço Amaro Fernandes de Sousa Linux Solution for Backhaul of Mobile Networks using IP/MPLS 12 / 2010
Ana Francisca Carvalho de Almeida Sampaio e Melo Amaro Fernandes de Sousa Traffic Engineering of Ethernet Networks based on Spanning Trees 12 / 2009
João Carlos Cruz Borges Amaro Fernandes de Sousa Experimental Analysis of WiMAX and Meshed Wi-Fi Quality of Service 12 / 2009
Igor Alexandre Almeida Pais Amaro Fernandes de Sousa End User Behaviour and Performance Analysis in 3G Networks 12 / 2009
João Carlos Pereira Santos Amaro Fernandes de Sousa Resource Management of Telecommunication Networks based on Minimum Interference Routing 11 / 2009
Nuno Filipe Oliveira Novo Amaro Fernandes de Sousa Management of IP Multimedia Sessions using IM-SSF 6 / 2009
Pedro Miguel Rocha Matos Amaro Fernandes de Sousa Joaquim João Estrela Ribeiro Silvestre Madeira Traffic Engineering of Ethernet Networks based on PBB-TE 6 / 2009
Gonçalo Pereira Amaro Fernandes de Sousa Optimization Tool for Video on Demand Server Placement 12 / 2008
Lidia Elena da Costa dos Reis Paulo Jorge Salvador Serra Ferreira Amaro Fernandes de Sousa Medição e caracterização de tráfego tempo-real em redes IP 7 / 2008
Emanuel António Raimundo Moreira Amaro Fernandes de Sousa Survivable Routing on GMPLS over SDH Networks 11 / 2007
Daniel Correia Martins Amaro Fernandes de Sousa Anibal Manuel de Oliveira Duarte QoS Network Design: a Decision Supporting System 7 / 2007
António Manuel Nunes Carvalho Amaral Amaro Fernandes de Sousa Multicast Routing on IP Networks 3 / 2006
Luís Miguel Lopes de Oliveira Amaro Fernandes de Sousa Mobile IP on IPv4-IPv6 Transition Scenarios 7 / 2004
Jorge Patrão Amaro Fernandes de Sousa Dimensioning of MPLS Networks: Node and Link Optimization 12 / 2003