Nuno Manuel Garcia dos Santos

Nuno Garcia

Academic position:	Assistant Professor
Joining date:	31-12-2008
Roles in IT:	Researcher
Scientific Area:	Networks and Multimedia
Group:	Network Architectures and Protocols – Cv

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Address: IT Branch – Covilhã
Faculdade de Engenharia
Covilhã
6201-001
Tel: 275329953
Fax: 275329972

https://www.orcid.org/0000-0002-3195-3168

Scientific Achievements

Degrees

PhD, Universidade da Beira Interior, 01-01-2008

Expertise Topics

Optical Burst Switching Networks
Biosignal algorithms
Ambient Assisted Living
Network traffic analysis

Affiliations

University of Beira Interior, 01-01-2010, Assistant Professor
Lusophone University of Humanities and Technologies, 01-01-2007, Invited Associate Professor

Academic Activities

Supervision of theses

7PhD Student

Platform for advanced network monitoring, PhD Student, Hugo Alexandre Carvalheira Veiga, Expected conclusion 09-2023
PhD on Ageing and 3rd Sector and Care, PhD Student, Pedro Miguel Mendes das Neves, Expected conclusion 05-2021
Context-aware algorithms for Diabetes or Prediabetes prediction and diagnosis support in Ambient Assisted Living, PhD Student, Virginie dos Santos Felizardo, Expected conclusion 12-2020
Automatic identification of human emotions, PhD Student, Dmytro Vasyanovych, Expected conclusion 11-2020
Predictive Algorithms for Cardiovascular diseases, PhD Student, Henriques Mateus Joaquim Zacarias, Expected conclusion 07-2020
Internet of Things Architectures for Enhanced Living Environments, PhD Student, Gonçalo Miguel Santos Marques, Defended 04-2020
Multi-sensor data fusion in mobile devices for the identification of Activities of Daily Living, PhD Student, Ivan Miguel Serrano Pires, Defended 11-2018

19MSc Student

Platform for Global Systems' Administration, MSc Student, Eduardo Rodrigues de Almeida, Expected conclusion 06-2021
Platform for the assessment of tremors for diagnostic support of neurodegenerative diseases, MSc Student, Maria Clara Queiroga Maluf, Expected conclusion 06-2021
Quality analysis for context models in Middleware, MSc Student, Diandre de Paula Cavalini, Expected conclusion 07-2020
ECG based Prediction Model for Cardiac-Related Diseases using Machine Learning Techniques, MSc Student, Igor Alexandre Almeida Matias, Concluded 06-2020
Algorithms for the assessment of tremors for diagnostic support of neurodegenerative diseases, MSc Student, João Miguel Vilelas Raposo, Concluded 06-2020
Road Event Mapping Method for Mobile Devices with Cloud Computing based Technologies , MSc Student, Yoann dos Santos Resende, Concluded 06-2020
Criação de uma infra-estrutura VoIP para hotelaria, MSc Student, Euclides Gaspar, Concluded 07-2018
Criação de uma estrutura de web-hosting para Angola, MSc Student, João Santos Motta, Concluded 07-2018
Audio fingerprinting, MSc Student, Rui Santos, Concluded 07-2017
Collection and analysis of biosignals in open environments, MSc Student, Celina Micaela Afonso Alexandre, Concluded 06-2016
Assessment of the conditions to the creation of a Cloud infrastructure in Angola, MSc Student, Cláudia Sambo, Concluded 06-2016
Validation of the TICE.Healthy diabetic foot image device, MSc Student, Hugo Rodrigues, Concluded 06-2016
Study of efficiency of IPv4 versus IPv6 communications within the Portuguese Academic Network RCTS, MSc Student, Nuno Galego, Concluded 06-2016
Detection of biosignals using Radar-on-a-Chip, MSc Student, Sérgio Nunes, Concluded 06-2016
Tracking platform using off-the-shelf components, MSc Student, Celina Micaela Afonso Alexandre, Concluded 07-2015
An off-the-shelf platform for automatic and interactive text messaging using Short-Message-Service, MSc Student, Daniel Sabugueiro Oliveira, Concluded 09-2014
Validação do questionário de processos de estudos revisto e do questionário de auto-eficácia académica geral. Impacto de um programa de intervenção por SMS numa amostra de estudantes do ensino superior., MSc Student, Diana Patrícia Sabugueiro Oliveira, Concluded 09-2014
Testes e qualidade de software, melhores práticas aplicadas à indústria de desenvolvimento de software, MSc Student, Ricardo Ferreira, Concluded 05-2011
Aquisition of physiological parameters to assess the caloric expenditure using an accelerometer, MSc Student, V, Concluded 10-2010

3Research Grant

Physiological Signals and heart beat detection algorithm for intelligent textiles” (Sinais fisiológicos e algoritmo de batimentos cardíacos em têxteis inteligentes), Research Grant, Pedro Tavares, Concluded 07-2012
Building lighting management” (Gestão da iluminação de um edifício), Research Grant, Samuel Alves, Concluded 07-2012
Desenvolvimento de uma aplicação para extração de meta-dados da estrutura de DNS, Research Grant, Arley Silveira, Concluded 06-2009

Co-Supervision of theses

1MSc Student

Aquisition of physiological parameters to assess the caloric expenditure using an accelerometer, MSc Student, V, Concluded 10-2010

Publications

5Books

I.M.P. Pires, N. M. Garcia, R. Goleva, IoT Technologies for HealthCare, Springer International Publishing, Braga, Portugal, 2020,
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I. Ganchev, N. M. Garcia, C. D. Dobre, C. M. Mavromoustakis, R. Goleva, Enhanced Living Environments - Algorithms, Architectures, Platforms, and Systems, Springer, Cham, 2019,
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N. M. Garcia, J. R. Rodrigues, Ambient Assisted Living, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA, 2015,
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A. Taludker, N. M. Garcia, Convergence through all IP Networks, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA, 2013,
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N. M. Garcia, Architectures, Algorithms and Protocols for IP Optical Burst Switching Networks, Scholars Press, Saarbrücken, Germany, 2013,
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16Books Chapters

I.M.P. Pires, G. Marques Marques, N. M. Garcia, N. Pombo, FR Florez-Revulta, E. Zdravevski, S.P. Spinsante, Recognition of Activities of Daily Living Based on a Mobile Data Source Framework, Chapter in, Bio-inspired Neurocomputing, Springer International Publishing, , 2020
I.M.P. Pires, G. Marques Marques, N. M. Garcia, N. Pombo, FR Florez-Revulta, E. Zdravevski, S.P. Spinsante, A Review on The Artificial Intelligence Algorithms for The Recognition of Activities of Daily Living Using Sensors in Mobile Devices, Chapter in, Handbook of Wireless Sensor Networks: Issues and Challenges in Current Scenario, Springer International Publishing, , 2020
I.M.P. Pires, G. Pereira, N. M. Garcia, E. Zdravevski, P. Lameski, FR Florez-Revulta, S.P. Spinsante, Mobile Applications dedicated for cardiac patients: Research of available resources, Chapter in, Internet of Things and Big Data Applications: Recent Advances and Challenges, Springer International Publishing, , 2020
E. Zdravevski, P. Lameski, V. Trajkovik, I.C. Chorbev, R. Goleva, N. Pombo, N. M. Garcia, Automation in Systematic, Scoping and Rapid Reviews by an NLP Toolkit: A Case Study in Enhanced Living Environments, Chapter in, nhanced Living Environments: Algorithms, Architectures, Platforms, and Systems, Springer International Publishing AG Springer Nature, Cham, 2019
N. Pombo, N. M. Garcia, RFID supporting IoT in health and well-being applications, Chapter in, Energy Efficient Computing: Devices, Circuits, and Systems, CRC Press, N/A, 2018
N. Pombo, N. M. Garcia, Computerized systems for remote pain monitoring: a case study of ambulatory post-operative patients, Chapter in, Introduction to Smart eHealth and eCare Technologies, CRC Press, New York, 2016
N. Pombo, N. M. Garcia, V. Felizardo, Towards interoperable enhanced living environments, Chapter in, Active and Assisted Living: Technologies and Applications, IET, London, 2016
N. Pombo, N. M. Garcia, A Survey on IoT: Architectures, Elements, Applications, QoS, Platforms and Security concepts, Chapter in, Advances in Mobile Cloud Computing and Big Data under the 5g Era, Springer, N/A, 2016
N. M. Garcia, J. R. Rodrigues, Ambient Assisted Living, Chapter in, Ambient Assisted Living, Nuno M. Garcia, Joel Rodrigues, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fl, USA, 2014
P. D. G. Gaspar, V. F. Felizardo, N. M. Garcia, Monitoring And Assisted Therapeutic Devices, Chapter in, Ambient Assisted Living, Nuno M. Garcia, Joel Rodrigues, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fl, USA, 2014
J. C. S. Silva, A. A. Arsénio, N. M. Garcia, Mobility and Multihoming Data Transmission Protocls, Chapter in, Ambient Assisted Living, Nuno M. Garcia, Joel Rodrigues, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fl, USA, 2014
V. F. Felizardo, P. S. Sousa, DO Oliveira, CA Alexandre, R. G. C. Couto, N. M. Garcia, I.M.P. Pires, E-Heatlh: Current status and future trends, Chapter in, Handbook of Research on Democratic Strategies and Citizen-Centered E-Government Services, Cemal Dolicanin, Ejub Kajan, Dragan Randjelovic, Boban Stojanovic, IGI global, Medical Information Science Reference, Hershey, PA, USA, 2014
N. Pombo, N. M. Garcia, K. B. Bousson, V. F. Felizardo, Machine Learning Approaches to Automated Medical Decision Support Systems, Chapter in, Handbook of Research on Artificial Intelligence Techniques and Algorithms, Pendiant Vasant, IGI global, Medical Information Science Reference, 2014
N. M. Garcia, N. R. C. G. Garcia, IP over Optical Fiber, Chapter in, Convergence through all IP Networks, Asoke Taludker, Nuno M. Garcia, G. M. Jayatheertha, Pan Stanford Publishing, Singapore, 2013
A. Taludker, N. M. Garcia, G. M. J. Jayatheertha, All IP Networks: Introduction, Chapter in, Convergence through all IP Networks, Asoke K Talukder, Nuno M. Garcia, G. M. Jayateertha, CRC Press, 2013
N. M. Garcia, P. S. Sousa, I. G. Trindade, R. A. L. M. Miguel, J. Lucas, Smart Clothing for Health Care, Chapter in, Telemedicine and E-Health Services, Policies and Applications, Joel Rodrigues, Isabel de la Torre Diez, Beatriz Sainz de Abajo, IGI global, Medical Information Science Reference, 2012

33Papers in Journals

L. Pereira, N. Pombo, S. Ouhbi, V. Felizardo, N. M. Garcia, Clinical Decision Support Systems for Chronic Diseases: A Systematic Literature Review, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Vol. 0, No. 0, pp. 105565 - 105565, May, 2020 | BibTex
M. Villasana, I.M.P. Pires, J. Sá, N. M. Garcia, E. Zdravevski, I.C. Chorbev, P. Lameski, FR Florez-Revulta, Promotion of Healthy Nutrition and Physical Activity Lifestyles for Teenagers: A Systematic Literature Review of The Current Methodologies, journal of personalized medicine, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 12 - 12, March, 2020 | BibTex
R. Faria, I. Lopes, I.M.P. Pires, G. Marques Marques, S. Fernandes, N. M. Garcia, J. Lucas, A. Jevremović, E. Zdravevski, V. Trajkovik, Circular Economy for Clothes Using Web and Mobile Technologies—A Systematic Review and a Taxonomy Proposal, Information (Switzerland), Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 161 - 161, March, 2020 | BibTex
I.M.P. Pires, G. Marques Marques, N. M. Garcia, FR Florez-Revulta, M.C.C.T. Canavarro Teixeira, E. Zdravevski, S.P. Spinsante, M. Coimbra, Pattern Recognition Techniques for the Identification of Activities of Daily Living Using a Mobile Device Accelerometer, Electronics (Switzerland), Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 509 - 509, March, 2020 | BibTex
V. Ponciano, I.M.P. Pires, F. Ribeiro, G. Marques Marques, N. M. Garcia, N. Pombo, S.P. Spinsante, E. Zdravevski, Is The Timed-Up and Go Test Feasible in Mobile Devices? A Systematic Review, Electronics (Switzerland), Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 528 - 528, March, 2020 | BibTex
I.M.P. Pires, G. Marques Marques, N. M. Garcia, FR Florez-Revulta, V. Ponciano, S. Oniani, A Research on the Classification and Applicability of the Mobile Health Applications, journal of personalized medicine, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 11 - 11, February, 2020 | BibTex
I.M.P. Pires, N. M. Garcia, Identification of Warning Situations in Road Using Cloud Computing Technologies and Sensors Available in Mobile Devices: A Systematic Review, Electronics (Switzerland), Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 416 - 416, February, 2020 | BibTex
J. Ferreira, I.M.P. Pires, G. Marques Marques, N. M. Garcia, E. Zdravevski, P. Lameski, FR Florez-Revulta, S.P. Spinsante, L. Xu, Activities of Daily Living and Environment Recognition Using Mobile Devices: A Comparative Study, Electronics (Switzerland), Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 180 - 180, January, 2020 | BibTex
J. Ferreira, I.M.P. Pires, G. Marques Marques, N. M. Garcia, E. Zdravevski, P. Lameski, FR Florez-Revulta, S.P. Spinsante, Identification of Daily Activites and Environments Based on the AdaBoost Method Using Mobile Device Data: A Systematic Review, Electronics (Switzerland), Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 192 - 192, January, 2020 | BibTex
I.M.P. Pires, G. Marques Marques, N. M. Garcia, N. Pombo, FR Florez-Revulta, S.P. Spinsante, M.C.C.T. Canavarro Teixeira, E. Zdravevski, Recognition of Activities of Daily Living and Environments Using Acoustic Sensors Embedded on Mobile Devices, Electronics (Switzerland), Vol. 8, No. 12, pp. 1499 - 1499, December, 2019 | BibTex
I. Ochôa, L. Silva, G. Mello, B. Silva, J. P. Paz, G. González, N. M. Garcia, V. L. Leithardt, PRICHAIN: A Partially Decentralized Implementation of UbiPri Middleware Using Blockchain, Sensors, Vol. 19, No. 20, pp. 4483 - 4483, October, 2019 | BibTex
M. Villasana, I.M.P. Pires, J. Sá, N. M. Garcia, E. Zdravevski, I.C. Chorbev, P. Lameski, FR Florez-Revulta, Mobile Applications for the Promotion and Support of Healthy Nutrition and Physical Activity Habits: A Systematic Review, Extraction of Features and Taxonomy Proposal, Open Bioinformatics Journal, Vol. 19, No. 1705, pp. 1 - 22, October, 2019 | BibTex
G. Marques Marques, R.P. Pitarma, N. M. Garcia, N. Pombo, Internet of Things Architectures, Technologies, Applications, Challenges, and Future Directions for Enhanced Living Environments and Healthcare Systems: A Review, Electronics (Switzerland), Vol. 8, No. 10, pp. 1 - 27, September, 2019 | Full text (PDF 1 MB) | BibTex
A. Pinho, N. Pombo, B. Silva, K. B. Bousson, N. M. Garcia, Towards an accurate sleep apnea detection based on ECG signal: The quintessential of a wise feature selection, Applied Soft Computing Journal, Vol. 0, No. 0, pp. 105568 - 105568, June, 2019 | BibTex
N. M. Garcia, T. Collins, S. Woolley, S. Oniani, I.M.P. Pires, S. Ledger, A. Pandyan, Version Reporting and Assessment Approaches for New and Updated Activity and Heart Rate Monitors, Sensors, Vol. 19, No. 1705, pp. 1 - 13, April, 2019 | Full text (PDF 2 MBs) | BibTex
N. Koceska, S. Koceski, P. Zobel, V. Trajkovik, N. M. Garcia, A Telemedicine Robot System for Assisted and Independent Living, Sensors, Vol. 19, No. 834, pp. 1 - 17, February, 2019,
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N. M. Garcia, N. Pombo, C. Y. Yahaya, R. Goleva, A. Matos, F. Gil, Keyed User Datagram Protocol: Concepts and Operation of an Almost Reliable Connectionless Transport Protocol, IEEE Access, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 18951 - 18963, February, 2019,
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I.M.P. Pires, V. Felizardo, N. Pombo, M. Drobics, N. M. Garcia, FR Florez-Revulta, Validation of a method for the estimation of energy expenditure during physical activity using a mobile device accelerometer, Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 315 - 326, August, 2018 | Full text (PDF 371 KBs) | BibTex
N. M. Garcia, I.M.P. Pires, M.C.C.T. Canavarro Teixeira, N. Pombo, FR Florez-Revulta, S.P. Spinsante, R. Goleva, E. Zdravevski, Android Library for Recognition of Activities of Daily Living: Implementation Considerations, Challenges, and Solutions, Open Bioinformatics Journal, Vol. 11, No. 2011, pp. 3 - 29, May, 2018 | Full text (PDF 1 MB) | BibTex
I.M.P. Pires, N. M. Garcia, N. Pombo, FR Florez-Revulta, S.P. Spinsante, M.C.C.T. Canavarro Teixeira, Identification of Activities of Daily Living through Data Fusion on Motion and Magnetic Sensors embedded on Mobile Devices, Pervasive and Mobile Computing, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 1 - 30, May, 2018 | Full text (PDF 1 MB) | BibTex
N. M. Garcia, I.M.P. Pires, N. Pombo, FR Florez-Revulta, S.P. Spinsante, Approach for the Development of a Framework for the Identification of Activities of Daily Living Using Sensors in Mobile Devices, Sensors, Vol. 18, No. 640, pp. 1 - 22, February, 2018 | Full text (PDF 698 KBs) | BibTex
N. M. Garcia, I.M.P. Pires, R. M. S. S. Santos, N. Pombo, FR Florez-Revulta, S.P. Spinsante, R. Goleva, E. Zdravevsky, Recognition of Activities of Daily Living Based on Environmental Analyses Using Audio Fingerprinting Techniques: A Systematic Review, Sensors, Vol. 2018, No. 18, pp. 1 - 23, January, 2018,
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N. M. Garcia, V. Albuquerque, R. Damasevicius, P. Pinheiro, P. Filho, Brain Computer Interface Systems for Neurorobotics: Methods and Applications, Biomed Research International, Vol. 2017, No. 2505493, pp. 1 - 2, October, 2017 | BibTex
N. Pombo, N. M. Garcia, K. B. Bousson, Classification techniques on computerized systems to predict and/or to detect Apnea: A systematic review, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Vol. 140, No. 0, pp. 265 - 274, March, 2017 | Full text (PDF 1 MB) | BibTex
E. Zdravevski, P. Lameski, V. Trajkovik, A. Kulakov, I.C. Chorbev, R. Goleva, N. Pombo, N. M. Garcia, Improving Activity Recognition Accuracy in Ambient Assisted Living Systems by Automated Feature Engineering, IEEE Access, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 1 - 17, March, 2017 | Full text (PDF 15 MBs) | BibTex
I.M.P. Pires, N. M. Garcia, N. Pombo, FR Florez-Revulta, N.R. Natalia Díaz Rodríguez, Validation Techniques for Sensor Data in Mobile Health Applications, Journal of Sensors, Vol. 2016, No. 2016, pp. 1 - 9, October, 2016,
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N. M. Garcia, N. Pombo, T. Braun, FR Florez-Revulta, I.C. Chorbev, S.P. Spinsante, D. Lamas, R. Goleva, Stepping into the Era of Personal Big Data: a Roadmap to the Design of a Personal Digital Life Coach, Journal of Medical Internet Research, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 1 - 17, October, 2016 | BibTex
N. Pombo, N. M. Garcia, K. B. Bousson, S.P. Spinsante, I.C. Chorbev, Pain Assessment–Can it be Done with a Computerised System? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 1 - 27, April, 2016 | BibTex
I.M.P. Pires, N. M. Garcia, N. Pombo, FR Florez-Revulta, From Data Acquisition to Data Fusion: a Comprehensive Review and a Roadmap for the Identification of Activities of Daily Living using Mobile Devices, Sensors, Vol. 0, No. 0, pp. 0 - 0, January, 2016 | BibTex
P. S. Sousa, V. F. Felizardo, DO Oliveira, R. G. C. Couto, N. M. Garcia, A review of thermal methods and technologies for diabetic foot assessment, Expert Review of Medical Devices, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 439 - 448, July, 2015,
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V. F. Felizardo, P. D. G. Gaspar, V. R. Reis, N. M. Garcia, Aquisition of multiple physiological parameters during physical exercise, International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 37 - 49, October, 2011 | BibTex
N. M. Garcia, M. Freire, P. Monteiro, J. M. Santos, P. Lenkiewicz, Common Control Channel Optical Burst Switching - a new architectural approach to the OBS paradigm, Optical Switching and Networking, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 173 - 188, June, 2007 | BibTex
N. M. Garcia, P. Monteiro, H. Castro, J. Castro, R.S. Luis, D. Fonseca, L. Pellegrino, M.H. Hajduczenia, S. Pato, CS Santiago, Optical Communications Research Activities at COM RD1 Siemens S.A., Fiber and Integrated Optics, Vol. 24, No. 3-4, pp. 395 - 410, August, 2005 | BibTex

62Papers in Conferences

N. M. Garcia, V. L. Leithardt, L. Salazar, A. Fernandes, R. Dazzi, J. Raduenz, Predição de Comparecimento às Consultas Médicas com Base em Aprendizagem de Máquina, CISTI - Conferência Ibérica de Sistemas e Tecnologias da Informação, Seville, Spain, Vol., pp. -, June, 2020 | BibTex
N. M. Garcia, V. L. Leithardt, J. Cesconetto, L. Silva, M. Cáceres, PRIPRO: Soluc ̧a ̃o para controle e gerenciamento de perfil de usua ́rio com base na privacidade de dados, CISTI - Conferência Ibérica de Sistemas e Tecnologias da Informação, Seville, Spain, Vol., pp. -, June, 2020 | BibTex
I.M.P. Pires, M. Villasana, M.C.C.T. Canavarro Teixeira, J. Sá, N. M. Garcia, Importance of the statistical validation of medical studies: a case study with CoviHealth Project, Person Centered Healthcare, Porto, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, October, 2019 | BibTex
I.M.P. Pires, E. Zdravevski, P. Lameski, I.C. Chorbev, R. Goleva, N. Pombo, N. M. Garcia, V. Trajkovik, Healthy aging at work: Trends in scientific publications, Innovations Conference ICT, Ohrid, R, Macedonia, FYOM, Vol., pp. -, October, 2019 | BibTex
I.M.P. Pires, P. Lameski, E. Zdravevski, I.C. Chorbev, R. Goleva, N. Pombo, N. M. Garcia, I.M.P. Pires, V. Trajkovik, Can deep learning contribute to healthy aging at work?, Innovations Conference ICT, Ohrid, Macedonia, FYOM, Vol., pp. -, October, 2019 | BibTex
I.M.P. Pires, M. Villasana, J. Sá, N. M. Garcia, N. Pombo, E. Zdravevski, I.C. Chorbev, CoviHealth: Novel approach of a mobile application for nutrition and physical activity management for teenagers, EAI International Conference on Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good, Valencia, Spain, Vol., pp. -, September, 2019 | BibTex
I.M.P. Pires, S. Oniani, N. M. Garcia, I. Mosashvili, N. Pombo, A review of frameworks on continuous data acquisition for e-Health and m-Health, EAI International Conference on Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good, Valencia, Spain, Vol., pp. -, September, 2019 | BibTex
I.M.P. Pires, V. Ponciano, F. Ribeiro, N. M. Garcia, N. Pombo, S.P. Spinsante, R.C. Crisóstomo, Smartphone-based automatic measurement of the results of the Timed-Up and Go test, EAI International Conference on Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good, Valencia, Spain, Vol., pp. -, September, 2019 | BibTex
I.M.P. Pires, L. Xu, N. Pombo, N. M. Garcia, Is the Overtting in a Neural Network a Reliable Model for the Recognition of Activities of Daily Living?, EAI International Conference on Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good, Valencia, Spain, Vol., pp. -, September, 2019 | BibTex
I.M.P. Pires, V. Ponciano, F. Ribeiro, N. M. Garcia, E. Zdravevski, Non-Invasive Measurement Of Results Of Timed Up And Go Test: Preliminary Results, AGEINGCONGRESS – Congresso Internacional sobre o Envelhecimento, Coimbra, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, May, 2019 | BibTex
I.M.P. Pires, T. Valente, N. M. Garcia, N. Pombo, J. Orvalho, Hydriney: A Mobile Application to Help in the Control of Kidney Stones Disease, SENSORDEVICES, Venice, Italy, Vol., pp. -, September, 2018 | BibTex
I.M.P. Pires, N. M. Garcia, N. Pombo, S. Oniani, I. Mosashvili, G. Souza, What Do We Mean about the Validation of the Activity Monitoring Devices?, SENSORDEVICES, Venice, Italy, Vol., pp. -, September, 2018 | BibTex
I.M.P. Pires, F. Hussain, M. Umair, M. Ehatisham-ul-Haq, T. Valente, N. M. Garcia, N. Pombo, An Efficient Machine Learning-based Elderly Fall Detection Algorithm, SENSORDEVICES, Venice, Italy, Vol., pp. -, September, 2018 | BibTex
I.M.P. Pires, S. Oniani, S. Woolley, N. M. Garcia, T. Collins, S. Ledger, A. Pandyan, Reliability Assessment of New and Updated Consumer-Grade Activity and Heart Rate Monitors, SENSORDEVICES, Venice, Italy, Vol., pp. -, September, 2018 | BibTex
N. Pombo, N. M. Garcia, Unobtrusive System for the Detection of Mental Focus Depletion, International Conference on e-Health, Madrid, Spain, Vol., pp. -, July, 2018 | BibTex
I.M.P. Pires, N. Pombo, N. M. Garcia, FR Florez-Revulta, Mobile Platform for the Recognition of Activities of Daily Living and their Environments based on Artificial Neural Networks, International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence and European Conference on Artificial Intelligence IJCAI-ECAI, Stockholm, Sweden, Vol., pp. -, July, 2018 | BibTex
I.M.P. Pires, N. M. Garcia, N. Pombo, FR Florez-Revulta, Framework for the Recognition of Activities of Daily Living and their Environments in the Development of a Personal Digital Life Coach, INSTICC Intl. Conf. on Data Science, Technology and Applications DATA, Porto, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, July, 2018 | BibTex
I.M.P. Pires, T. Valente, N. Pombo, N. M. Garcia, Conceptual Definition of a Platform for the Monitoring of the Subjects with Nephrolithiasis Based on the Energy Expenditure and the Activities of Daily Living Performed, International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, Toledo, Spain, Vol., pp. -, June, 2018 | BibTex
I.M.P. Pires, D. Marques, J. Farias, M. Barbosa, S. Alvarinhas, N. M. Garcia, MM Marques, Validation of a Method to Determine the Reaction Time in the 30-s Chair Stand Test in Elderly People, AGEINGCONGRESS – Congresso Internacional sobre o Envelhecimento, Coimbra, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, May, 2018 | BibTex
N. Pombo, N. M. Garcia, Scaffolding Students on Connecting STEM and Interaction Design, EDUCON – IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference EDUCON, Tenerife, Spain, Vol., pp. -, April, 2018,
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N. Pombo, N. M. Garcia, Towards a fully automated bracelet for health emergency solution, IoTBDS 2018, Funchal, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, March, 2018,
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I.M.P. Pires, N. M. Garcia, N. Pombo, FR Florez-Revulta, Limitations of the Use of Mobile Devices and Smart Environments for the Monitoring of Ageing People, International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation HPCS, Medeira, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, March, 2018 | BibTex
I.M.P. Pires, D. Marques, N. Pombo, N. M. Garcia, MM Marques, FR Florez-Revulta, Measurement of the Reaction Time in the 30-S Chair Stand Test using the Accelerometer Sensor Available in off-the-Shelf Mobile Devices, International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health, Madeira, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, March, 2018 | BibTex
I.M.P. Pires, V. Felizardo, N. Pombo, N. M. Garcia, Limitations of energy expenditure calculation based on a mobile phone accelerometer, International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation HPCS, Genova, Italy, Vol., pp. -, July, 2017 | BibTex
N. M. Garcia, M. Workineh, D. Midekso, Cloud Suitability Assessment Method for Application Software, INSTICC International Conf. on Cloud Computing and Services Science - CLOSER, Oporto, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, April, 2017 | BibTex
N. M. Garcia, S. Reis, V. F. Felizardo, N. Pombo, Elderly mobility analysis during Timed Up and Go test using biosignals, International Conference on Software Development and Technologies for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighting Info-exclusion, Vila Real, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 6, December, 2016 | BibTex
N. M. Garcia, I. Alexandre, V. F. Felizardo, N. Pombo, Contribution of Biosignals for Emotional Analysis on Image Perception, IET International Conference on Technologies for Active and Assisted Living, London, United Kingdom, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 7, October, 2016 | Full text (PDF 574 KBs) | BibTex
N. Pombo, N. M. Garcia, H. Silva, P. Fazendeiro, A. Pinto Pinto, G. Dias, V. F. Felizardo, Electrocardiography, Electromyography, and Accelerometry Signals Collected with BITalino While Swimming: Device Assembly and Preliminary Results, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Computer Communication and Processing, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Vol. 0, pp. 0 - 0, September, 2016,
| Abstract | Full text (PDF 539 KBs) | BibTex
N. M. Garcia, N. Pombo, A. Pinho, Sleep Apnea Detection Using a Feed-Forward Neural Network on ECG Signal, International Conf. on E-Health Networking, Applications and Services - HealthCom, Munich, Germany, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 6, September, 2016 | Full text (PDF 257 KBs) | BibTex
N. M. Garcia, V. F. Felizardo, Metabolic.Care: a novel solution based on a thermography for detection of diabetic foot, International Conference on Ambient Intelligence, Seville, Spain, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 8, June, 2016 | Full text (PDF 403 KBs) | BibTex
N. M. Garcia, V. F. Felizardo, Metabolic.Care: a novel solution based on a thermography for detection of diabetic foot, International Conference on Ambient Intelligence, Seville, Spain, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 8, June, 2016 | Full text (PDF 403 KBs) | BibTex
N. M. Garcia, I.M.P. Pires, N. Pombo, FR Florez-Revulta, Identification of Activities of Daily Living using Sensors Available in Off-the-shelf Mobile Devices: Research and Hypothesis, International Conference on Ambient Intelligence, Seville, Spain, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 6, June, 2016 | Full text (PDF 177 KBs) | BibTex
N. Pombo, N. M. Garcia, A Data Fusion Model to Evaluate Computerized Pain Diaries on Anxiety and Depression Assessment, IEEE BlackSea Conference on Communications and Networking, Varna, Bulgaria, Vol. 0, pp. 0 - 0, June, 2016,
| Abstract | Full text (PDF 420 KBs) | BibTex
C. Y. Yahaya, M. L. Latiff, M Umaru, N. M. Garcia, QoS Performance Analysis of Non-slotted and Slotted Optical Burst Switched Networks, IEEE Malaysia International Conference on Communications (MICC), Sarawak, Malaysia, Vol. 0, pp. 0 - 0, November, 2015 | BibTex
I.M.P. Pires, R.C. Crisóstomo, M.A. Andrade, N. M. Garcia, Functional App Tests, Congresso Nacional de Fisioterapeutas CNFt, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, November, 2015 | BibTex
N. Pombo, N. M. Garcia, Assistive Technologies for Homecare: Outcomes from Trial Experiences, Innovations Conference ICT, Ohrid, Macedonia, FYOM, Vol. 0, pp. 240 - 249, October, 2015 | BibTex
N. Pombo, N. M. Garcia, Differential image analysis using Shannon’s entropy: preliminary results, Innovations Conference ICT, Ohrid, Macedonia, FYOM, Vol. 0, pp. 260 - 269, October, 2015 | BibTex
N. M. Garcia, I.M.P. Pires, FR Florez-Revulta, Multi-sensor data fusion techniques for the identification of activities of daily living using mobile devices, European Conf. on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases - ECML/PKDD, Porto, Portugal, Vol. 0, pp. 0 - 0, September, 2015,
| Abstract | Full text (PDF 224 KBs) | BibTex
N. M. Garcia, I.M.P. Pires, FR Florez-Revulta, Multi-sensor data fusion techniques for the identification of activities of daily living using mobile devices,, ECMLPKDD - Doctoral Consortium, European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases, Porto, Portugal, Vol. 0, pp. 0 - 0, September, 2015 | BibTex
P. Crocker, N. M. Garcia, Security of SmartPhone Solutions for Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Communication, ACPI - European Conference on Cyber Warfare & Security ECCWS, Hatfield, United Kingdom, Vol. 14, pp. 241 - 248, July, 2015 | BibTex
I.M.P. Pires, M.A. Andrade, N. M. Garcia, R.C. Crisóstomo, FR Florez-Revulta, Measurement of Heel-Rise Test Results using a Mobile Device, INSTICC International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems PhyCS, Angers, France, Vol. 0, pp. 0 - 0, February, 2015 | Full text (PDF 563 KBs) | BibTex
I.M.P. Pires, N. M. Garcia, M.C.C.T. Canavarro Teixeira, Calculation of Jump Flight Time using a Mobile Device, INSTICC International Conference on Health Informatics HEALTHINF, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. 0, pp. 0 - 0, January, 2015 | Full text (PDF 911 KBs) | BibTex
I.M.P. Pires, N. M. Garcia, Wound Area Assessment using Mobile Application, INSTICC International Conference on Health Informatics HEALTHINF, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. 0, pp. 0 - 0, January, 2015 | Full text (PDF 338 KBs) | BibTex
DO Oliveira, DO Oliveira, N. M. Garcia, GE Esgalhado, An off-the-shelf platform for automatic and interactive text messaging using Short Message Service, International Conf. on Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management Applications - CISIM 2014, Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 6, October, 2014 | BibTex
S. Dias, AB Bessa, A.A.R. Baptista, N. M. Garcia, Web platforms for conference management, Conf. on Enterprise Information Systems - CENTERIS, Troia, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 7, October, 2014 | BibTex
N. Pombo, N. M. Garcia, K. B. Bousson, V. F. Felizardo, Big Data Reduction Using RBFNN: A Predictive Model for ECG Waveform for eHealth platform integration, International Conf. on E-Health Networking, Applications and Services - HealthCom, Natal, Brazil, Vol. 0, pp. 66 - 70, October, 2014 | BibTex
DO Oliveira, DO Oliveira, N. M. Garcia, GE Esgalhado, A validated multidisciplinary study on the assessment of SMS messages as a mean to improve self-efficacy in university students, International Conf. on Education, Technologies and Computers - ICETC 2014, Lodz, Poland, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 6, September, 2014 | BibTex
A. Espírito Santo, B. J. F. Ribeiro, N. M. Garcia, Development of a Low Power Wireless Network to Support Elderly People Based on Ez430-Chronos and Simpliciti, European DSP Education and Research Conf. - EDERC, Milan, Italy, Vol. -, pp. - - -, September, 2014 | BibTex
C. Y. Yahaya, M. L. Latiff, , , N. M. Garcia, Study on the performance of slotted and non-slotted Optical Burst Switching networks, IEEE International Conf. on Photonics - ICP, Melaka, Malaysia, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1-8, October, 2013 | BibTex
J. C. S. Silva, A. A. Arsénio, N. M. Garcia, Context-Awareness for Mobility Management: A Systems Survey for Healthcare Monitoring, International Conf. on Broadband and Biomedical Communications, Melbourne, Australia, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 6, November, 2011 | BibTex
N. M. Garcia, R. G. C. Couto, A. P. P. Pinheiro, Wearable wireless device for interface control, International Conf. on Engineering - ICEUBI, Covilha, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, November, 2011 | BibTex
M. L. Latiff, A. M. Muhammad, N. M. Garcia, The Effect of Time Slot Parameters on Slotted Optical Burst Switched Networks, Asia Pacific Comunication Conf., Sabah, Malaysia, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 6, October, 2011 | BibTex
N. M. Garcia, P. T. Tavares, Resilient Heart-Beat Detection Algorithm for Signals Captured by Smart Textiles, World Textile Conference - AUTEX, Mulhouse, France, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 5, June, 2011 | BibTex
A. S. Silveira, N. M. Garcia, Automated extraction and visualization of metadata from Domain Name Server records, International Conf. on Advances in Mesh Networks (MESH), Mestre, Italy, Vol. 0, pp. 0 - 6, July, 2010 | BibTex
I. G. Trindade, J. Lucas, R. A. L. M. Miguel, N. M. Garcia, Portable Systems for Health Care, International Conf. on E-Health Networking, Applications and Services - HealthCom, Lyon, France, Vol. 0, pp. 0 - 6, July, 2010 | BibTex
I. G. Trindade, J. Lucas, J. E. Araújo, N. M. Garcia, Piezoresistive Sensors for Medical applications, International Conf. on Surfaces Coatings and Nanostructured Materials - NanoSmat 2009, Rome, Italy, Vol. 0, pp. 1 - 1, December, 2009 | BibTex
N. M. Garcia, P. Lenkiewicz, M. Freire, P. Monteiro, A New Architecture for Optical Burst Switching Networks Based on Cooperative Control, IEEE International Symp. on Network Computing and Applications - NCA 2009, Boston, United States, Vol. 0, pp. 310 - 313, July, 2009 | BibTex
N. M. Garcia, P. Lenkiewicz, M. Freire, P. Monteiro, Performance Assessment of Optical Burst Switching Networks Based on a Common Control Channel with Distributed Control, IFIP International Conf. on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks - WOCN 2009, Cairo, Egypt, Vol. 0, pp. 1 - 5, April, 2009 | BibTex
N. M. Garcia, M. Freire, P. Monteiro, The Ethernet frame payload size and its effect on IPv4 and IPv6 traffic, IEEE International Conf. on Information Networking - ICOIN, Busan, Korea, South, Vol. 0, pp. 0 - 6, January, 2008 | BibTex
N. M. Garcia, M. Freire, P. Monteiro, On the Performance of Shortest Path Routing Algorithms for Modeling and Simulation of Static Source Routed Networks: an Extension to the Dijkstra Algorithm, International Conf. on Systems and Networks Communications, Cap Esterel, France, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, August, 2007 | BibTex
N. M. Garcia, J. R. Rodrigues, M. Freire, P. Monteiro, Enhanced Just-in-Time: A New Resource Reservation Protocol for Optical Burst Switching Networks, IEEE Symp. on Computers and Communications (ISCC), Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, July, 2007 | BibTex
N. M. Garcia, M. Pereira Pereira, M. Freire, P. Monteiro, P. Lenkiewicz, Performance of Optical Burst Switched Networks for Grid Applications, The International Workshop on GRID over Optical Burst Switching Networks, Athens, Greece, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, July, 2007 | BibTex

Patents

18Patents

N. M. Garcia, Gerador para transformação da energia cinética de um gás em energia eléctrica, Portugues Patent 105703, pending, -1, (status pending)
N. M. Garcia, P. S. Sousa, M. C. B. Castelo Branco, Máquina de avaliação do estado de saúde através dos métodos conjuntos de auto-semelhança e entropia, Portuguese Patent 105403, pending, -1, (status pending)
M. Freire, N. M. Garcia, P. Lenkiewicz, P. Monteiro, J. M. Santos, Method and Device for Processing Data in an Optical Network and Communication System Comprising Such Device, International Patent WO 2009/156409 A1, -1, (status pending)
N. M. Garcia, M. Freire, P. Monteiro, P. Lenkiewicz, J. M. Santos, Method and Device for Processing Data in an Optical Network and Communication System Comprising Such Device, International Patent WO/2009/156409, -1, (status pending)
M. Freire, N. M. Garcia, M.H. Hajduczenia, H. A. Silva, Method for Aggregating a Plurality of Data Packets Into a Unified Transport Data Packet and Machine for Performing Said Method, International Patent WO 2007/118594 A1, -1, (status pending)
N. M. Garcia, M.H. Hajduczenia, P. Monteiro, M. Freire, H. Silva, Method for Aggregating a Plurality of Data Packets with Different IP Formats and Machine for Performing Said Method, International Patent WO/2007/118594-A1, -1, (status pending)
N. M. Garcia, M. Freire, M.H. Hajduczenia, P. Monteiro, H. Silva, Method for Aggregating a Plurality of Data Packets with Different IP Formats and Machine for Performing Said Method, European Patent - EP/1848172-A1, -1, (status pending)
N. M. Garcia, M. Freire, M.H. Hajduczenia, P.R.M. Inácio, P. Monteiro, H. Silva, Method for detection of malign instrusions in a communication system and related detector, European Patent - EP/1983714-A1, -1, (status pending)
M. Freire, N. M. Garcia, P. Lenkiewicz, P. Monteiro, J. M. Santos, Method for the Transmission of Data Packets by Means of an Optical Burst Switching Network and Network Nodes for an Optical Burst Switching Network, International Patent WO 2006/072406 A1, -1, (status pending)
N. M. Garcia, J. M. Santos, M. Freire, P. Monteiro, Method for the Transmission of Data Packets by Means of an Optical Burst Switching Network and Network Nodes for an Optical Burst Switching Network, International Patent WO/2006/072406-A1, -1, (status pending)
N. M. Garcia, J. M. Santos, M. Freire, P. Monteiro, Method for the Transmission of Data Packets by Means of an Optical Burst Switching Network and Network Nodes for an Optical Burst Switching Network, US Patent US 7817919-B1, -1, (status pending)
P. Monteiro, P. Monteiro, P.R.M. Inácio, N. M. Garcia, M. Freire, H. Silva, Methods for estimating self-similarity degree and related estimator, International Patent EP1983687, -1, (status pending)
N. M. Garcia, J. R. Rodrigues, M. Freire, Método de melhoria do agendamento de reservas de recursos em redes com comutação óptica de agregados de pacotes baseados na melhoria do protocolo Just-In-Time, Portuguese patent PT/103881 A, -1, (status pending)
N. M. Garcia, P.R.M. Inácio, M.H. Hajduczenia, M. Freire, P. Monteiro, H. Silva, Método e dispositivo para avaliação da variação da auto-semelhança de um sinal fisiológico, Portuguese Patent 105404, pending, -1, (status pending)
N. M. Garcia, N. M. Garcia, P. Monteiro, M. Freire, H. Silva, Monitoring Method an Apparatus of Processing of a Data Stream with High Rate/Flow, European Patent EP/1780955-A1, -1, (status pending)
M. Freire, N. M. Garcia, M.H. Hajduczenia, P. Monteiro, H. A. Silva, Monitoring Method and Apparatus of Processing of a Data Stream with High Rate/Flow, European Patent EP 1780955 A1, -1, (status pending)
N. M. Garcia, R. G. C. Couto, A. P. P. Pinheiro, Sistema de Interação Mista Web+SMS para Monitorização e Treino de Estilos de Vida, Portuguese Patent 105903, pending, -1, (status pending)
N. M. Garcia, R. G. C. Couto, A. P. P. Pinheiro, Wearable device for interface control, Portuguese Patent 105404, pendin, -1, (status pending)

Projects

Closed Projects3

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
AAPELE	COST IC1303 AAPELE - Architectures, Algorithms and Platforms for Enhanced Living Environments	ESF/COST, EU/H2020	01-11-2013	01-11-2017
SmartHeart	Smarter Cardiac Sensing via Integrated Signal Processing	IT	01-01-2017	01-03-2018
TRAMANET	TRAMANET – Traffic and Trust Management in Peer-to-Peer Networks	FCT/PTDC	01-01-2008	01-06-2011

Other Scientific Achievements

6Awards

I.M.P. Pires, F. Hussain, M. Umair, M. Ehatisham-ul-Haq, N. M. Garcia, N. Pombo, T. Valente, - Awarded Paper in SENSORDEVICES 2018, With the paper "An Efficient Machine Learning-based Elderly Fall Detection Algorithm", 01-09-2018
I.M.P. Pires, M.A. Andrade, N. M. Garcia, R.C. Crisóstomo, 2nd place award Poliempreende by the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal, 2nd place award Poliempreende by the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal, 01-07-2014
N. M. Garcia, University of Beira Inteiror - Best Student Award, Best graduating student for the Mathematics and Informatics course in the year 2004, 01-04-2005
N. M. Garcia, Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia - Doctoral scholarship award, Doctoral scholarship awarded by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia and by Siemens SA / Nokia Siemens SA (grant number SFRH/BDE/15527/2004), 01-01-2005
N. M. Garcia, M. Freire, P. Monteiro, Best paper award, Best paper award for the paper in ICOIN 2008, intitled "The Ethernet frame payload size and its effect on IPv4 and IPv6 traffic",
N. M. Garcia, M.H. Hajduczenia, P. Monteiro, Siemens Innovation and Excelence Award, Siemens Innovation and Excelence R&D Award for their work on self-similiarity of data signals,

42Miscellaneous

N. M. Garcia, The IEEE EUROCON 2013, Member of Technical Committee, 01-07-2013
N. M. Garcia, 4th International Symposium in Ambient Intelligence (ISAmI 2013), Member of Technical Committee, 01-05-2013
N. M. Garcia, 2012 IEEE Colloquium on Humanities, Science and Engineering Research (CHUSER 2012), Member of Technical Committee, 01-12-2012
N. M. Garcia, 2012 IEEE CONFERENCE ON CONTROL, SYSTEMS & INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS (ICCSII 2012), Member of Technical Committee, 01-12-2012
N. M. Garcia, 2012 IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy (PECON 2012), Member of Technical Committee, 01-12-2012
N. M. Garcia, 2012 IEEE Student Conference on Research and Development (SCOReD 2012), Member of Technical Committee, 01-12-2012
N. M. Garcia, The Fourth International Conference on Networks & Communications (NETCOM-2012), Member of Technical Committee, 01-12-2012
N. M. Garcia, International Conference on Ultra Modern Communications (ICUMT 2012), Member of Technical Committee, 01-10-2012
N. M. Garcia, Internet Governance, Invited Talks, “Portuguese Internet Governance Forum”, Science and Technology Foundation of Portugal and Internet Society ISOC Portugal, 01-07-2012
N. M. Garcia, A. P. P. Pinheiro, T. Simões, Segurança na Internet, Invited Talks, 01-03-2012
N. M. Garcia, AAL 2012, Living Usability Lab Workshop on AAL latest solutions, trends and applications, Member of Technical Committee, 01-02-2012
N. M. Garcia, International Journal "Advances in Network and Communications", Associate Editor, ISSN: 2093-4734, 01-02-2012
N. M. Garcia, INMIC 2011, 2011 IEEE 14th International Multitopic Conference, Member of Technical Committee, 01-12-2011
N. M. Garcia, EMERGING 2011, The Third International Conference on Emerging Network Intelligence, Member of Technical Committee, 01-11-2011
N. M. Garcia, ICEUBI2011 - International Conference on Engineering UBI2011 - Innovation and Development, Member of Technical Committee, 01-11-2011
N. M. Garcia, International Conference on Ultra Modern Communications (ICUMT 2011), Member of Technical Committee, 01-10-2011
N. M. Garcia, Internet of the Future, Invited Talks, 01-10-2011
N. M. Garcia, The Fourth International Conference on Advances in Mesh Networks MESH 2011, Member of Technical Committee, 01-08-2011
N. M. Garcia, 11th ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing (SNPD 2010), Member of Technical Committee, 01-07-2011
R. G. C. Couto, N. M. Garcia, CE Marking - A synthesis of the conformance CE marking on medical devices, Technical Audit, 01-03-2011
N. M. Garcia, International Conference on Recent Advances in Technology, Engineering, Management and Science – ICRATEMS 2011, Member of Technical Committee, 01-03-2011
N. M. Garcia, Investigação em Ambientes Assistidos, Invited Talks, 01-02-2011
N. M. Garcia, Traffic Monitoring and Analysis, Invited Talks, 01-02-2011
N. M. Garcia, 1st International Living Usability Lab Workshop on AAL Latest Solutions, AAL 2011, Member of Technical Committee, 01-01-2011
N. M. Garcia, International Conference on Ultra Modern Communications (ICUMT 2010), Member of Technical Committee, 01-10-2010
N. M. Garcia, International Conference on Ultra Modern Communications (ICUMT 2010), Member of Technical Committee, 01-10-2010
N. M. Garcia, Seventh IEEE and IFIP International Conference on wireless and Optical communications Networks (WOCN2010), Member of Technical Committee, 01-09-2010
N. M. Garcia, Optical and Backbone Networks Track of the 19th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN 2010), Member of Technical Committee, 01-08-2010
N. M. Garcia, Mobile computing activities with wireless sensors at PLUX, Invited Talks, 01-12-2009
N. M. Garcia, SocialNet’09 (The 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Social Computing and Networking), Member of Technical Committee, 01-12-2009
N. M. Garcia, First Asian Himalayas International Conference on Internet (AH-ICI2009), Member of Technical Committee, 01-11-2009
N. M. Garcia, International Conference on Ultra Modern Communications (ICUMT 2009), Member of Technical Committee, 01-10-2009
N. M. Garcia, The Fifth European Conference on Universal Multiservice Networks (ECUMN 2009), Member of Technical Committee, 01-10-2009
N. M. Garcia, 2009 IEEE International Conference on Social Computing (SocialCom-09), Member of Technical Committee, 01-08-2009
N. M. Garcia, The 18th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN 2009), Member of Technical Committee, 01-08-2009
N. M. Garcia, CISTI 2009 - 4ª Conferência Ibérica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informação, Member of Technical Committee, 01-07-2009
N. M. Garcia, The Internet of the Future, Invited Talks, 01-06-2009
N. M. Garcia, The 1024 tricks to be a Computer Science Engineer, Invited Talks, University of Beira Interior, NINF conference, 01-03-2009
N. M. Garcia, Security in Internet: things to do and things to avoid today and in the future (Segurança na Internet: coisas a fazer e coisas a evitar hoje e no futuro), Invited Talks, 01-02-2009
N. M. Garcia, COST Action IC0703 “Data Traffic Monitoring and Analysis (TMA): theory, techniques, tools and applications for the future networks”, National Delegate, COST IC0703, 01-01-2009
N. M. Garcia, Future Scenary for Video over IP Transport Networks, Invited Talks, 01-01-2009
N. M. Garcia, Architectures and Algorithms for IPv4/IPv6-compliant Optical Burst Switching Networks, Invited Talks, 01-12-2008

2Prototypes

N. M. Garcia, R. G. C. Couto, A. P. P. Pinheiro, BioPLUX communication suite
R. G. C. Couto, A. A. A., N. M. Garcia, InventALLab

Leadership Positions

1Leadership Positions

Chair, COST - European Cooperation in Science and Technology, nov-2013 - nov-2017

Other Contributions

13Conference Committees

IFIP International Conf. on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks - WOCN 2009, Technical Programme Committee, 2010
International Conf. on Computer Communications and Networks - ICCCN 2009, Technical Programme Committee, 2010
International Conf. on Emerging Security Information, Systems and Technologies - SECURWARE, Technical Programme Committee, 2010
International Conf. on Ultra Modern Telecommunications - ICUMT, Technical Programme Committee, 2010
Conf. Ibérica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informação - CISTI, Technical Programme Committee, 2009
European Conf. on Universal Multiservice Networks - ECUMN, Technical Programme Committee, 2009
First Asian Himalayas International Conf. on Internet - AH-ICI, Technical Programme Committee, 2009
IEEE International Conf. on Social Computing - SocialCom-09, Technical Programme Committee, 2009
IEEE International Symp. on Social Computing and Networking - SocialNet 2009, Technical Programme Committee, 2009
IFIP International Conf. on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks - WOCN 2009, Sessions Chairman, 2009
International Conf. on Computer Communications and Networks - ICCCN 2009, Technical Programme Committee, 2009
International Conf. on Ultra Modern Telecommunications - ICUMT, Technical Programme Committee, 2009
International Workshop on Traffic Monitoring and Analysis - TMA 2009, Technical Programme Committee, 2009

2Editorial Committees

Reviewer, Computing Reviews, 01-01-2008 - 01-12-2012
Editorial committee, Elearning Europa, 01-01-2008 - 01-12-2012

4Refereeing Journals

IET Communications
2010, 1 review(s); 2009, 1 review(s);
Journal of Optical Networking
2010, 1 review(s); 2009, 1 review(s);
IEEE Communications Magazine
2010, 1 review(s); 2009, 1 review(s);
Optical Switching and Networking
2010, 1 review(s);

IT Member Profile

Nuno Garcia

Scientific Achievements

Supervision of theses

Co-Supervision of theses

Closed Projects3