João Bernardo Ferreira Sequeiros

João Sequeiros

Academic position:	Assistant Professor
Joining date:	01-09-2015
Roles in IT:	Researcher
Thematic Line:	Networks and Services
Group:	Network Applications and Services - Cv

IT Branch – Covilhã
Faculdade de Engenharia
Covilhã
6201-001
Tel: 275329953
Email: Send Email

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https://www.orcid.org/0000-0001-7206-7771

http://www.cienciavitae.pt/1F1D-2389-FA3B

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05-03-2025

NEWS@IT - Latest Issue

In this issue 120, we highlight the latest issues of our researchers.

14-12-2021

90 Segundos de Ciência: Bernardo Sequeiros explains the project SECUREIoTESIGN

Bernardo Sequeiros explained to 90 Segundos de Ciência the project he is involved in focused to protect the new systems developed for the Internet of Things.

25-01-2021

Project Snapshot | "Security by design" in the new era of IoT innovations

IT researcher Pedro Inácio, from Covilhã, tells us what his team has achieved with the SECURIoTESIGN project, which is now reaching its final stage.

Scientific Achievements

Degrees

PhD, Universidade da Beira Interior, 04-09-2024

Academic Activities

5Supervision of MSc theses

As Supervisor

Encryption Algorithms for Devices with Limited Resources Applied to the Aviation Sector, MSc Student, Rui Miguel Santos Simões, Concluded 07-2026
Blockchain-Based Decentralized Physical Asset Traceability Platform, MSc Student, Tiago Lopes Ribeiro, Concluded 07-2026

As Co-supervisor

Bishop: An Agentic Cloud-Based AI for Classroom Student Support, MSc Student, Erick Andrés Burgos López, Concluded 07-2026
Certificação da Cadeia de Fornecimento das IES no contexto da NIS 2, MSc Student, João Nuno da Silva Luís, Concluded 12-2025
Analysis of the Capability and Training of Chatbots in the Generation of Rules for Firewall or Intrusion Detection Systems, MSc Student, Bernardo Amaral Louro, Concluded 03-2025

Publications

1Books

F.M.C. Clemente, J. Sequeiros, A. Correia, F. Silva, F. Martins, Computational Metrics and Its Applications on the Analysis of Soccer: Connecting the dots, Springer International Publishing, Singapore, 2017,
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3Books Chapters

M. L. G. M. Meruje, M. G. Samaila, J. Sequeiros, V. Franqueira, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, A Tutorial Introduction to IoT Design and Prototyping with Examples, Chapter in, Internet of Things A to Z: Technologies and Applications, Second Edition, Qusay F. Hassan, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2025
M. G. Samaila, J. Sequeiros, A. Correia, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, IoT Hardware Development Platforms: Past, Present, and Future, Chapter in, Internet of Things: Challenges, Advances, and Applications, Qusay F. Hassan, Atta ur Rehman Khan, Sajjad A. Madani, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 2018
M. G. Samaila, J. Sequeiros, A. Correia, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, A Quick Perspective on the Current State of IoT Security: A Survey, Chapter in, Networks of the Future: Architectures, Technologies, and Implementations, Mahmoud Elkhodr, Qusay F. Hassan, Seyed Shahrestani, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 2017

10Papers in Journals

F. Chimuco, J. Sequeiros, Tiago M. C. Simões, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Expediting the design and development of secure cloud-based mobile apps, International Journal of Information Security, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 3043 - 3064, July, 2024 | BibTex
F. Chimuco, J. Sequeiros, C. Lopes, Tiago M. C. Simões, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Secure cloud-based mobile apps: attack taxonomy, requirements, mechanisms, tests and automation, International Journal of Information Security, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 833 - 867, August, 2023,
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J. Costa, T. Roxo, C. Lopes, J. Sequeiros, Tiago M. C. Simões, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Theoretical and practical assessments over SSH, Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, Vol. 18, No. 0, pp. 0 - 30, January, 2023,
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J. Costa, T. Roxo, J. Sequeiros, H. Proença, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Predicting CVSS Metric via Description Interpretation, IEEE Access, Vol. 10, No. 0, pp. 59125 - 59134, June, 2022,
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M. G. Samaila, C. Lopes, É. Aires, J. Sequeiros, Tiago M. C. Simões, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Performance Evaluation of the SRE and SBPG Components of the IoT Hardware Platform Security Advisor Framework, Computer Networks, Vol. 199, No. 108496, pp. 1 - 25, September, 2021 | Full text (PDF 14 MBs) | BibTex
J. Sequeiros, F. Chimuco, M. G. Samaila, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Attack and System Modeling Applied to IoT, Cloud, and Mobile Ecosystems, ACM Computing Surveys, Vol. 53, No. 2, pp. 1 - 32, March, 2020,
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M. G. Samaila, J. Sequeiros, Tiago M. C. Simões, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, IoT-HarPSecA: A Framework and Roadmap for Secure Design and Development of Devices and Applications in the IoT Space, IEEE Access, Vol. 8, No. 0, pp. 16462 - 16494, January, 2020,
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S. Hosseinzadeh Hosseinzadeh, J. Sequeiros, P. R. M. I. Inácio, V. L. Leppänen, Recent trends in applying TPM to cloud computing, Security and Privacy Journal, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. e93 - e117, November, 2019,
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F.M.C. Clemente, A. Owen, J. Sierra-Olivares, A. Correia, J. Sequeiros, F. Silva, F. Martins, The effects of large-sided soccer training games and pitch size manipulation on time-motion profile, spatial exploration and surface area: tactical opportunities, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part P: Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology, Vol. 232, No. 2, pp. 1 - 20, June, 2018,
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F.M.C. Clemente, J. Sequeiros, A. Correia, J. Sierra-Olivares, S. G. V. González-Víllora, F. Silva, F. Martins, How dots behave in different playing scenarios? Analysis of tactical behavior based on position data in two soccer field sizes, RICYDE. Revista internacional de ciencias del deporte, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 1 - 13, January, 2018,
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13Papers in Conferences

M. I. R. G. Gomes, J. Sequeiros, T. Roxo, P. R. M. I. Inácio, An Initial Assessment of Chatbot Reliability in the Generation of Cybersecurity-Related Commands, Instructions, and Code, Inforum - Simpósio de Informática, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. 17, pp. 0 - 14, September, 2026,
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F. Chimuco, J. Sequeiros, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Framework and Roadmap for Secure Design and Development of Applications in the Cloud and Mobile Ecosystem, European Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Conference EICC, Rennes, France, Vol., pp. -, June, 2025,
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J. Sequeiros, B. Louro, R. Abreu, J. Costa, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Analysis of the Capability and Training of Chat Bots in the Generation of Rules for Firewall or Intrusion Detection Systems, ACM International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security ARES, Viena, Austria, Vol., pp. -, July, 2024,
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J. Sequeiros, F. Chimuco, Tiago M. C. Simões, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, An Approach to Attack Modeling for the IoT: Creating Attack Trees from System Descriptions, International Conf. on Advanced Information Networking and Applications - AINA, Kitakyushu, Japan, Vol., pp. -, April, 2024,
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J. Sequeiros, F. Chimuco, Tiago M. C. Simões, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Secure Design and Development of Applications in the Cloud and Mobile Ecosystem, Inforum - Simpósio de Informática, Porto, Portugal, September, 2023,
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C. Lopes, J. Costa, J. Sequeiros, Tiago M. C. Simões, P. R. M. I. Inácio, M. Freire, Machine Learning Applied to Security Requirements Elicitation: Learning From Experience, Inforum - Simpósio de Informática, Lisbon, Portugal, September, 2021 | BibTex
M. G. Samaila, C. Lopes, É. Aires, J. Sequeiros, Tiago M. C. Simões, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, A Preliminary Evaluation of the SRE and SBPG Components of the IoT-HarPSecA Framework, Global Internet of Things Summit, Endorsed by IEEE Global IoT Summit GIoTS, Dublin, Ireland, June, 2020,
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J. D. S. A. S. M. Monteiro, P. R. M. I. Inácio, J. Sequeiros, M. Freire, Blockchain-based Decentralized Application for Electronic Voting Using an Electronic ID, Inforum - Simpósio de Informática, Braga, Portugal, Vol. 11, pp. 1 - 12, September, 2019 | BibTex
M. G. Samaila, M. Z. V. J. José, J. Sequeiros, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, IoT-HarPSecA: A Framework for Facilitating the Design and Development of Secure IoT Devices, ACM International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security ARES, Canterbury, United Kingdom, August, 2019,
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M. G. Samaila, J. Sequeiros, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Security Threats and Possible Countermeasures in IoT Applications Covering Different Industry Domains, ACM International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security ARES, Hamburg, Germany, August, 2018,
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F.M.C. Clemente, A. Correia, J. Sequeiros, F. Martins, F. Silva, Efeitos da dimensão do campo na variabilidade posicional de futebolistas: seguindo os pontos com o uPATO, Congresso Internacional de Jogos Desportivos, Porto, Portugal, July, 2017,
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F.M.C. Clemente, J. Sequeiros, A. Correia, F. Silva, F. Martins, Seguindo a variabilidade da trajetória de futebolistas ao longo de um jogo condicionado: estudo com recurso ao uPATO, Congresso Internacional de Jogos Desportivos, Porto, Portugal, July, 2017,
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F.M.C. Clemente, J. Sequeiros, A. Correia, F. Martins, F. Silva, Motion variability during small-sided games: using the dots to assessing the tactical behaviour, World Conference on Science & Soccer - WCSS, Rennes, France, Vol., pp. 119 - 120, June, 2017,
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Projects

Currently running projects1

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
CoolEnergy	CoolEnergy: Plataforma Colaborativa de Negociação de Energia	CENTRO2030	02-03-2026	28-02-2029

Closed Projects1

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
SECURIoTESIGN	Towards the assurance of SECURity by dESIGN of the Internet of Things	FCT/COMPETE/FEDER	01-07-2018	01-06-2021

Other Contributions

1Editorial Committees

Associate Editor, IEEE Access, 23-09-2024 - 16-09-2029

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