Carlos Eduardo do Rego da Costa Salema

Carlos Salema

Academic position:	Professor Emeritus
Joining date:	10-04-2002
Roles in IT:	Senior Researcher President of IT
Thematic Line:	Wireless Technologies
Group:	Antennas and Propagation – Lx

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Address: IT – Lisboa
Instituto Superior Técnico - Torre Norte - Piso 10
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Tel: +351 21 841 84 54
Fax: +351 21 841 84 72

Alternative Personal Web Page

https://www.orcid.org/0000-0002-5659-5053

SCOPUS

16-11-2022

Dia do Instituto de Telecomunicações: Programa

O Instituto de Telecomunicações estará a celebrar os seus 30 anos no próximo dia 5 de dezembro 2022, no TagusPark S.A (Múcleo Central, Grande Auditório), com um programa que irá decorrer das 10h30 às 17h00, e com uma exposição do que melhor se faz no IT.

14-11-2022

Instituto de Telecomunicações: 30 years in science, 30 years of achievements in the field of TICE

O Instituto de Telecomunicações will be celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, on December 5th, at TagusPark S.A. Oeiras.

09-06-2022

Open call for IT Labs at “Ciência Viva no Laboratório - Criação Futuro 2022”

IT participates in the “Ciência Viva no Laboratório - Criação Futuro 2022” program, a scientific occupation for young students on vacation.

19-12-2021

IT researchers distinguished with the Research Award and the Best Student Paper Award URSI 2021

Researchers from IT were distinguished within the scope of the 15th Congress of the Portuguese Committee of URSI.

16-11-2021

Carlos Salema was awarded the Honoris Causa by Polytechnic of Leiria

The Polytechnic Institute of Leiria awarded the title Professor Honoris Causa to Carlos Salema at the opening ceremony of the academic year 2021/22.

03-07-2021

Carlos Salema Awarded the Medal of Scientific Merit

Carlos Salema was awarded the Medal of Scientific Merit from the Ministry of Science, Technology and High Education of Portugal.

04-03-2021

IT research teams showcase national biomedical work at XVI ENEEB

Researchers from IT will present several projects at the National Meeting of Biomedical Engineering Students, an annual non-profit event organized by students to promote networking within the field.

Scientific Achievements

Degrees

Agregação, Instituto Superior Técnico, 09-12-1978
PhD, Queen Mary College, 12-10-1972
Licenciatura, Instituto Superior Técnico, 31-07-1965

Affiliations

Academia Engenharia, 01-01-2010, Membro Efectivo
Instituto Superior Técnico, 01-01-2010, Professor Emérito
Ordem dos Enegenheiros, 01-01-2009, Conselheiro
Universidade da Beira Interior, 01-01-2009, Presidente
Academia Engenharia, 01-01-2007, Membro
Academia de Engenharia, 28-01-2003, Membro efectivo
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 01-01-2003,
Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 01-04-2002, Membro efectivo (2007)
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 01-01-1996, Senior Member
Associação Portuguesa para o Desenvolvimento das Comunicações, 01-10-1989, Membro
Instituto Superior Técnico, 17-10-1965, Professor Catedrático
Ordem dos Engenheiros, 01-01-1965, Adviser

Leadership Positions

2Leadership Positions

Academic Activities

2Lecture courses

Sistemas de Telecomunicações II, , Lic. Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores
Introdução à Programação em FORTRAN, , Lic. Eng. Ambiente, Lic. Eng. Civil, Lic. Física

2Supervision of PhD theses

As Supervisor

A new family of codes for simple receiver implementation, PhD Student, Francisco Antonio Bucho Cercas, Defended 12-1996
Variable bit rate video coding, PhD Student, Fernando Manuel Bernardo Pereira, Defended 07-1991

2Supervision of MSc theses

As Supervisor

Efeitos do desvanecimento em feixes hertzianos, MSc Student, António José Castelo Branco Rodrigues, Concluded 12-1989
Redução de redundância e resistência a erros em telecópia, MSc Student, Fernando Manuel Bernardo Pereira, Concluded 12-1988

Publications

5Books

C. Salema, Uma Introdução às TELECOMUNICAÇÕES com Mathematica, IST Press, Lisboa, 2009,
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C. Salema, Microwave Radio Links: From Theory to Design, , John Wiley & Sons, New Jersey, 2003,
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C. Salema, Feixes Hertzianos, 2nd edition, , IST Press, Lisboa, 2002,
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C. Salema, C. A. Fernandes, R. K. Jha, Solid Dielectric Horn Antennas, Artech House, Boston, 1998,
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C. Salema, Feixes Hertzianos, IST Press, Lisboa, 1998,
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9Books Chapters

C. Salema, Telecomunicações e Informática, Chapter in, Ética aplicada: Novas Tecnologias, Maria do Céu Patrão Lopes e Maria da Graça Carvalho, Edições Almedina, S.A., Lisboa, 2018
C. Salema, Instituto de Teleocmunicações — Unidade na Diversidade, Chapter in, 35 Anos do INESC, INESC, Lisboa, 2016
C. Salema, Gestão científica de uma unidade de I&D geograficamente distribuída: Instituto de Telecomunicações, Chapter in, 40 Anos de Políticas de Ciência e de Ensino Superior, Edições Almedina, S.A., Coimbra, 2015
C. Salema, A. Ferreira, Som, Luz e Cor, Chapter in, Comunicações Audiovisuais: Tecnologias, Normas e Aplicações, Fernando Pereira, IST Press, Lisboa, 2009
A. Ferreira, I. Trancoso, F. Pereira, C. Salema, Mecanismos Humanos de Produção e Percepção Audiovisual, Chapter in, Comunicações Audiovisuais: Tecnologias, Normas e Aplicações, Fernando Pereira, IST Press, Lisboa, 2009
C. Salema, Televisão Analógica, Chapter in, Comunicações Audiovisuais: Tecnologias, Normas e Aplicações, Fernando Pereira, IST Press, Lisboa, 2009
C. Salema, Comunicações Móveis: Passado, Presente e Futuro, Chapter in, Despertar para a Ciência. As Conferências de 2003, Fernando Ramôa Ribeiro e João Caraça, Gradiva, Lisboa, 2005
C. Salema, A Case Study on the Management of R&D in Telecommunications, Chapter in, Portugal - Strategic Options in a European Context, Fátima Fernandes, José Tavares, Miguel Glatzer and Ângelo Cardoso, Lexington Books, Lanham, 2003
C. Salema, Infra-estruturas de Telecomunicações, Chapter in, A Casa do Futuro Interactiva, , Fundação Portuguesa das Comunicações, Lisboa, 2003

11Papers in Journals

S. Faria, M. Vala, P. Coimbra, N. Leonor, J. M. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, C. Salema, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Measurement Trials and Modeling of Radio Propagation Through Small-scale Fire using Pinus Pinaster Fuel Bed, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 581 - 585, March, 2023,
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M. Vala, S. Faria, P. Coimbra, N. Leonor, J. M. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, C. Salema, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Effects of Fire Plumes from Pine Needles on Small-scale Fading in Radiowave Propagation, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 1 - 1, January, 2023,
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P. Branco, P. Mateus, C. Salema, A. Souto, Using Low-Density Parity-Check codes to improve the McEliece cryptosystem, Information Sciences, Vol. 510, No. -, pp. 243 - 255, February, 2020,
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C. Salema, A numerically efficient algorithm to compute radiation patterns of large aperture antennas, Microwave and Optical Tech. Letters, Vol., No., pp. -, July, 1989 | BibTex
C. Salema, J. Figanier, C. A. Fernandes, Estimation of ground scattering in microwave links, IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 128, No. 5, pp. -, October, 1981 | BibTex
P.J.B. Clarricoats, C. Salema, Antennas employing conical dielectric horns. Part 1 - Propagation and radiation characteristics of dielectric cones, IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 120, No. 7, pp. -, July, 1973 | BibTex
P.J.B. Clarricoats, C. Salema, Antennas employing conical dielectric horns. Part 2 - The Cassegrain antenna, IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 120, No. 7, pp. -, July, 1973 | BibTex
P.J.B. Clarricoats, C. Salema, Design of Cassegrain antennas employing dielectric cone feeds, Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation, Vol. 8, No. 15, pp. 384 - 385, August, 1972 | BibTex
P.J.B. Clarricoats, C. Salema, Radiation characteristics of dielectric cones, Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation, Vol. 8, No. 16, pp. -, August, 1972 | BibTex
P.J.B. Clarricoats, C. Salema, Influence of launching horn on the radiation characteristics of a dielectric cone feed, Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation, Vol. 8, No. 8, pp. 200 - 202, April, 1972 | BibTex
P.J.B. Clarricoats, C. Salema, Propagation and radiation characteristics of low permittivity dielectric cones, Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation, Vol. 7, No. 17, pp. 483 - 485, August, 1971 | BibTex

26Papers in Conferences

S. Heleno, C. A. Fernandes, J. M. Felício, C. Salema, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, N. Leonor, Development of TETRA Radio Backhaul Network Redundancy Plan for Disaster Recovery in Mission Critical Communications, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Florence, Italy, March, 2023,
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S. Faria, M. Vala, N. Leonor, J. M. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, C. Salema, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Modelling of Radiowave Propagation Through Small-scale Forest Fire, URSI Atlantic Radio Science Meeting AT-AP-RASC, Gran Canaria, Spain, May, 2022,
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S. Faria, M. Vala, N. Leonor, J. M. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, C. Salema, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Measurement Trials of Radiowave Propagation Through Pinus Pinaster Fuel Bed Under Fire, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Madrid, Spain, March, 2022,
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M. Vala, S. Faria, N. Leonor, J. M. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, C. Salema, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Complex Permittivity Study of a Pinus Pinaster Needle Bed on Fire, ANACOM URSI 15.º Congresso do Comité Português da URSI ''Sustentabilidade ambiental no uso do espectro radioelétrico, Leiria, Portugal, November, 2021,
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S. Faria, M. Vala, N. Leonor, J. M. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, C. Salema, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Electromagnetic study of complex permittivity on a medium-scale flat terrain fire scenario, Simposium Nacional de la Unión Científica Internacional de Radio, Vigo, Spain, September, 2021,
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S. Faria, M. Vala, P. Coimbra, J. M. Felício, N. Leonor, C. A. Fernandes, C. Salema, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Analytical Studies of Refractive Index Variation in Pine Needles Media under Wildfire Conditions, The European Conference on Antennas and Propagation - EuCAP, Düsseldorf, Germany, March, 2021,
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S. Faria, M. Vala, P. Coimbra, N. Leonor, J. M. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, C. Salema, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Radiowave Propagation Modelling of Dual Wildfire Front Spreading over Hilly Terrain at 700 MHz, Telecoms Conference ConfTELE, Leiria, Portugal, February, 2021,
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P. Coimbra, S. Faria, M. Vala, J. M. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, N. Leonor, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, C. Salema, Experimental Setup for Radio Characterization of Fire at Microwave Frequencies, Telecoms Conference ConfTELE, Leiria, Portugal, February, 2021,
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S. Faria, M. Vala, P. Coimbra, J. M. Felício, N. Leonor, C. A. Fernandes, C. Salema, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Comparative Study of Computational Electromagnetics Applied to Radiowave Propagation in Wildfires, URSI International Union of Radio Science General Assembly & Scientific Symposium URSI GASS, Rome, Italy, September, 2020,
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S. Faria, N. Leonor, C. A. Fernandes, J. M. Felício, C. Salema, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Radiowave Propagation Modelling in the Presence of Wildfires: Initial Results, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Copenhagen, Denmark, March, 2020,
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N. Leonor, C. A. Fernandes, C. Salema, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, A Framework for the Analysis of Wildfire Effects in Emergency Communication Systems, IEEE Computing, Electromagnetics, and Machine Intelligence Workshop CEMi, Stellenbosch, South Africa, November, 2018,
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C. Salema, Microwave Radio Links - from theory to design, IEEE II Conf. on Telecommunications - CONATEL 2011, Arequipa, Peru, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, May, 2011 | BibTex
C. Salema, Radiation Pattern of Plane Aperture Antennas with Large Phase Errors, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 157 - 160, June, 2003 | BibTex
C. Salema, C. A. Fernandes, TV Interference from Wind Turbines, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Figueira da Foz, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 47 - 51, April, 2001,
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C. Salema, C. A. Fernandes, Radiation Patterns of Shielded Dielectric Horns: Analytical Versus Simulation Approaches, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Figueira da Foz, Portugal, Vol., pp. 38 - 41, April, 2001 | BibTex
C. A. Fernandes, C. Salema, M. G. Silveirinha, WIPL-D Compared with Theory and Experiment, Appl. Computational Electromagnetics Society Conf. - ACES, Monterey, United States, Vol. 1, pp. 277 - 284, March, 2001 | BibTex
C. Salema, C. A. Fernandes, Similarities Between Circular and Square Dielectric Waveguides, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Sesimbra, Portugal, Vol., pp. 471 - 475, April, 1999 | BibTex
C. Salema, C. A. Fernandes, Co-Siting Criteria for Wind Turbine Generators and Transmitter Antennas, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Sesimbra, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 466 - 470, April, 1999,
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C. Salema, F. Pereira, Scene change analysis for digital HDTV using the MPEG-2 framework, International Workshop on HDTV and the Evolution of Television, Taipe, Taiwan, Vol. -, pp. - - -, November, 1995 | BibTex
S. Battista, F. Pereira, C. Salema, MPEG picture coding standards: an evolution towards computer image applications, International Conf. on Computational Graphics and Visualization Techniques - COMPUGRAPHICS, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, December, 1992 | BibTex
F. Pereira, C. Salema, A videophone segmentation algorithm for selective image coding, Portuguese Conf. on Pattern Recognition - RecPad, Coimbra, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, March, 1992 | BibTex
F. Pereira, C. Salema, Cell loss resilience for B-ISDN video communications, Workshop on Broadband Communications, Estoril, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, January, 1992 | BibTex
J. Afonso, F. Pereira, C. Salema, Efficient ordering of block transform coefficients for image compression, Simposium Nacional de la URSI, Caceres, Spain, Vol. -, pp. - - -, September, 1991 | BibTex
J. Afonso, F. Pereira, C. Salema, Codificação eficiente de imagens utilizando técnicas híbridas de transformada, Workshop Computação Gráfica Muktimédia Ensino, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, May, 1991 | BibTex
F. Pereira, C. Salema, Error sensitivity of the Modified Huffman Code, IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference - MELECON, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 1989 | BibTex
P.J.B. Clarricoats, C. Salema, Design of dielectric cone feeds for microwave antennas, European Microwave Conf. - EMC, Stockolm, Sweden, August, 1971 | BibTex

Projects

Closed Projects21

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
AQSAI	Quality of Service Evaluation in the Internet Broadband Access: ADSL, Cable and 3G Mobile Networks (Avaliação da qualidade de Serviço de Acesso à Internet de Banda Larga: ADSL, Cabo e Rede Móvel 3G)	ANACOM	01-10-2006	01-11-2006
ART	ART - Cooperation with AR Telecom in Propagation and Radio Communications	AR Telecom	01-03-2007	01-06-2008
Bridge	BRIDGE - Análise de informação multimedia para descoberta de cancro em ambientes de gastrenterologia	FCT/ CMU	01-01-2015	01-01-2016
CodeStream	CodeStream - Codificação em Rede para Distribuição de Conteúdos em Tempo Real	FCT	01-05-2013	01-04-2015
CO-SITE	Co-siting of Wind Turbine Generators and Communication Antennas	ICP-ANACOM	01-01-2000	31-12-2000
DielHorn	Excitation of shielded dielectric horns	FCT/PRAXIS	03-05-1999	04-07-2001
HORA	Disseminação horária	IPQ	11-08-2004	30-01-2005
ILASH	Integrated Lens Antenna Shaping	ESA-ESTEC	01-09-2003	01-09-2007
IMP	IMP - Instituto Marítimo Portuário	EID	03-04-2002	19-04-2002
Incentivo/EEI/LA0008/2013	Incentivo 2013	FCT	01-01-2013	01-12-2013
Incentivo/EEI/LA0008/2014	Incentivo 2014	FCT	01-01-2014	01-03-2015
NQuN	NQuN – The Nature of Quantum Networks	John Templeton Foundation	01-01-2017	30-09-2019
Pest-OE/EEI/LA0008/2011	IT Laboratório Associado	FCT	01-01-2011	01-12-2012
Pest-OE/EEI/LA0008/2013	IT Laboratório Associado	FCT	01-01-2013	01-03-2015
Programa IST	Programa IST	ICCTI	01-02-2000	31-01-2003
ProQuNet	ProQuNet - Probing Quantum Networks with Quantum Walks	FCT, Slovak Academy of Sciences bilateral project	01-01-2016	01-12-2017
RadioAire	Estudo de Viabilidade do Centro de Radiocomunicações de Serra d'Aire	ICP-ANACOM	01-10-1995	24-04-1997
RESCuE-TOOL	Radio coverage for emergency communication systems to operate under critical wildfire environments TOOL	FCT	31-12-2018	27-02-2023
TeleTimor	Telecommunications Infrastructure for East Timor	Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros	01-05-2001	31-07-2001
UID/EEA/50008/2013	UID/EEA/50008/2013	FCT	01-04-2015	01-03-2018
VTINT	VTINT - Vias Físicas de Tráfego Internacionais e Nacionais	ANACOM	01-06-2008	01-06-2010

Other Scientific Achievements

5Awards

M. Vala, S. Faria, N. Leonor, J. M. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, C. Salema, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Complex Permittivity Study of a Pinus Pinaster Needle Bed on Fire, Best Student Paper Award - 1st Place at ANACOM: 15.º Congresso do Comité Português da URSI, 01-11-2021
S. Faria, M. Vala, P. Coimbra, N. Leonor, J. M. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, C. Salema, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Radiowave Propagation Modelling of Dual Wildfire Front Spreading Over Hilly Terrain at 700 MHz, ConfTELE 2021 Top 10% Best Paper Award. Seven papers (10%) were nominated for consideration for this award by the Reviewers and the Technical Program Committee., 01-02-2021
C. Salema, Doctorem Honoris Causa, Doctor Honoris Causa Universidade da Beira Interior, 01-04-2013
C. Salema, URSI - Prémio de Carreira, Prémio atribuído pelo ICP-ANACOM em nome da URSI, 01-05-2009
C. Salema, Marconi Prize, Awarded by the Institute of Electrical Engineers (UK) for the article published in the Proceedings of the IEE in July, 1973, 01-07-1974

9Miscellaneous

F. J. Velez, A. Gomes, C. Salema, Workshop 20 Years of Instituto de Telecomunicações (10th Anniversary of IT-Covilhã), Seminars, Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI), Maio 2012, 01-05-2012 | Link
C. Salema, Comissão Permanente de Contrapartidas, Member of Technical Committee, 01-06-2010
C. Salema, Concurso para a atribuição de licença para a Televisão Digital Terrestre, Member of Technical Committee, 01-01-2008
J. J. Júdice, C. Salema, C. A. Fernandes, Mathematical Techniques and Problems in Telecommunications, Editor of Conference Proceedings, 08-09-2003
C. Salema, Chairman of the College of Electrical Engineers of Ordem dos Engenheiros, National Delegate, 31-12-2002
C. Salema, National delegate to the IST Management Committee, National Delegate, 31-12-2002
C. Salema, Member of the FUP evaluation board for University Degrees in Informatics, Member of Technical Committee, 31-07-2002
C. Salema, Member of FUP evaluation board for University Degrees in Electrical Engineering, Member of Technical Committee, 31-12-2000
C. Salema, Comissão de Avaliação de Candidaturas a Bolsas da FCT, Member of Technical Committee, Engenharia Electrotécnica e Informática, 01-01-2000

1Short Courses and Seminars

J.M. Ferro, A. J. Rodrigues, A. Gameiro, C. Salema, F. J. Velez, Luis M. Borges, O. Cabral, R. Costa, R. R. P. Paulo, D.R. Robalo, Final Workshop of Crossnet - Pervasive Broadband Wireless Access Towards Long Term Evolution, Portugal, Lisbon, 02-2008

Other Contributions

7Conference Committees

DSP 2001 7th International Workshop on Digital Signal Processing Techniques for Space Communications, Organizing Committee, 2003
III Conference on Telecommunications, Conference Chairman, 2001
5º Encontro Nacional do Colégio de Engenharia Electrotécnica, Conference Chairman, 2001
4º Encontro Nacional do Colégio de Engenharia Electrotécnica, Conference Chairman, 1999
II Conference on Telecommunications, Conference Chairman, 1999
Matemática em telecomunicações: que problemas ?, Organizing Committee, 1998
I Conference on Telecommunications, Conference Chairman, 1997

IT Member Profile

Carlos Salema

16-11-2022

Dia do Instituto de Telecomunicações: Programa

14-11-2022

Instituto de Telecomunicações: 30 years in science, 30 years of achievements in the field of TICE

09-06-2022

Open call for IT Labs at “Ciência Viva no Laboratório - Criação Futuro 2022”

19-12-2021

IT researchers distinguished with the Research Award and the Best Student Paper Award URSI 2021

16-11-2021

Carlos Salema was awarded the Honoris Causa by Polytechnic of Leiria

03-07-2021

Carlos Salema Awarded the Medal of Scientific Merit

04-03-2021

IT research teams showcase national biomedical work at XVI ENEEB

Scientific Achievements

As Supervisor

As Supervisor

Closed Projects21