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Senior Researcher

Maria Medeiros

Academic position: Associate Professor
Joining date: 01-03-2012
Roles in IT: Senior Researcher
Thematic Line: Optics and Photonics
Group: Optical Communication Systems and Networking – Co

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Address: IT – Coimbra
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Coimbra - Pole II
P-3030-290 COIMBRA
Tel: +351 239 796 236
Fax: +351 239 796 293



Scientific Achievements

  • PhD, University College of North Wales, 01-01-1993
  • MSc, University College of North Wales, 01-01-1989
  • Licenciatura, Universidade de Aveiro, 01-01-1988
  • Departamento de Eng. Electrotécnica e Computadores da Universidade de Coimbra, 01-01-2012, Associate
  • Optical Communication Networks and Systems (Redes e sistemas de comunicação ópticos)
As Supervisor
As Co-supervisor
  • D. Faulkner, M. C. R. Medeiros, R. Neat, A. N. Pinto, NOC/OC&I 2010 Proceedings - 15th European Conference on Networks and Optical Communications and 5th Conference on Optical Cabling and Infrastructure, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, 2010,
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  • V. Lopes Lopes, D. Bento Bento, P. Laurêncio, M. C. R. Medeiros, Optical Strategies for Generating and Transmitting Signals in OFDM-RoF Systems, Chapter in, Technological Innovation for the Internet of Things, Springer, Springer, 2013
  • R.A. Avó, P. Laurêncio, M. C. R. Medeiros, Transmission Performance of mm-Waves on Radio over Fiber Systems: Dispersion and Intermodulation Issues, Chapter in, Emerging Trends in Technological Innovation, L. Camarinha-Matos, P. Pereira, L. Ribeiro, Springer, 2010
  • A.L. Barradas, M. C. R. Medeiros, Simulation Model for OBS Contention Avoidance Routing Strategies, Chapter in, Emerging Trends in Technological Innovation, Springer, Springer, 2010
  • M. C. R. Medeiros, Generalized Multiprotocol Label switching: Survivability Mechanisms, Chapter in, Encyclopedia of Internet Technologies and Applications, Mário Freire and Manuela Pereira, Idea-Group Inc., New York, 2008
  • N.S.C. Correia, M. C. R. Medeiros, Optical Network Survivability, Chapter in, Encyclopedia of Internet Technologies and Applications, Mário Freire, Idea-Group Inc., New York, 2008
  • B. M. Oliveira, F. P. Guiomar, M. C. R. Medeiros, P. Monteiro, On the Enhancement of Unamplified Optical Coherent Systems, 13th IEEE/IET International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing CSNDSP, Porto, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, July, 2022,
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  • F. Sampaio, T. Ferreira, L. Neto, A. Barbero, M. C. R. Medeiros, V. Silva, Performance of MMSE-LE in 2 Gbaud/s Single Carrier Visible Light Communication using PAM-2, 13th IEEE/IET International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing CSNDSP, Porto, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, July, 2022,
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  • B. M. Oliveira, M. S. Neves, F. P. Guiomar, M. C. R. Medeiros, P. Monteiro, Autoencoder-Optimized Geometric Constellation Shaping for Unamplified Coherent Optical Links, Conf. on Lasers and Electro-optic - CLEO, San Jose, United States, Vol., pp. 1 - 2, May, 2022,
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  • H.L. Gomes, M. C. R. Medeiros, Electro-Optical Techniques to Measure Traps in Organic-Based Devices: Why the Methods Originally Developed for Silicon-Based Devices Must be Modified, Electrochemical Society ECS Meeting Abstracts Electrochemical Society ECS ECS, Chicago, United States, Vol. MA2021-01 1045, pp. -, May, 2021,
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  • A. R.C. Santos, M. C. R. Medeiros, Residual Beam Squint Effect of a Photonic Supported Beam Steering Scheme Based on Continuously Tuneable Mach-Zehnder Interferometers, 12th IEEE/IET International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing CSNDSP, Porto, Portugal, July, 2020 | BibTex
  • M. C. R. Medeiros, A. R.C. Santos, Evaluation of Beam Squint Effects on Beam Forming Supported by Mach-Zehnder Interferometer, International Conf. on Transparent Networks – ICTON, Conference online, July, 2020 | BibTex
  • A. Lorences-Riesgo, F. P. Guiomar, B. M. Oliveira, M. C. R. Medeiros, P. Monteiro, Joint Optimization of Coding, Shaping and Clipping for Amplifier-Less Coherent Optical Systems, OSA Optical Fiber Communications - OFC, San Diego, United States, March, 2020 | BibTex
  • F. P. Guiomar, A. Lorences-Riesgo, D. ALBERGARIA, F. Rocco, A. Sousa, A. Carena Carena, A. Teixeira, M. C. R. Medeiros, P. Monteiro, High-Capacity and Rain-Resilient Free-Space Optics Link Enabled by Time-Adaptive Probabilistic Shaping, European Conference on Optical Communication ECOC, Dublin, Ireland, September, 2019 | BibTex
  • M. C. R. Medeiros, P. Laurêncio, P. Monteiro, Optically Generated Millimeter Wave Reflectometry Signals: Approach Followed in the RETIOT Project, International Conf. on Transparent Networks – ICTON, Angers, France, July, 2019,
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  • B. M. Oliveira, A. Lorences-Riesgo, F. P. Guiomar, M. C. R. Medeiros, P. Monteiro, Transmission Range of High-Capacity 100-QAM with Probabilistic Constellation Shaping, Conference on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Lisbon, Portugal, June, 2019 | Full text (PDF 1 MB) | BibTex
  • J. A. Reis, M. C. R. Medeiros, H.L. Gomes, Nano and micro-structured electrophysiological sensing electrodes: The effects of the geometry on signal quality, IEEE IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology IEEE Nano, Cork, Ireland, July, 2018 | BibTex
  • M. C. R. Medeiros, B. M. Oliveira, P. Almeida, P. Laurêncio, P. Monteiro, Semiconductor laser models suitability to assess laser noise effects on optically generated millimeter wave signals, International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks ICTON, Bucharest, Romania, July, 2018,
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  • M. C. R. Medeiros, B. M. Oliveira, A. Lorences-Riesgo, P. Monteiro, Mitigation of Nonlinear Distortions in a mm Wave OFDM Photonic Link Employing Digital Signal Pre-Processing, International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks ICTON, Bucharest, Romania, July, 2018 | BibTex
  • B. M. Oliveira, A. Lorences-Riesgo, P. Monteiro, M. C. R. Medeiros, Mitigation of Nonlinear Distortions in a mm Wave OFDM Photonic Link Employing Digital Signal Pre-Processing, International Conference of Transparent Optical Network (ICTON), Bucharest, Romania, July, 2018,
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  • M. C. R. Medeiros, P. Almeida, bb O, P. Monteiro, Fiber wireless-optical transceiver architectures for 60 GHz systems, International Conf. on Transparent Networks – ICTON, Girona, Spain, Vol., pp. 1 - 4, July, 2017,
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  • B. M. Oliveira, M. C. R. Medeiros, P. Almeida, P. Laurêncio, P. Monteiro, Fiber wireless-optical transceiver architectures for 60 GHz LANs, International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks ICTON, Girona, Spain, July, 2017 | BibTex
  • M. C. R. Medeiros, bb O, H. A. Silva, P. Almeida, P. Monteiro, Ultra High Bit Rate mm-Wave Photonic-Wireless Links Employing Digital Equalization, III International Conference on Applications in Optics and Photonics (AOP 2017), Faro, Portugal, Vol., pp. 1 - 1, June, 2017 | BibTex
  • H.L. Gomes, P. Inácio, S. Asgarifar, M. C. R. Medeiros, Extracellular signal recordings using conducting polymer based electrodes: Driving down the detection limits to nanovolt range, European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) - Spring Meeting - E-MRS, Strasbourg, France, May, 2017,
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  • B. M. Oliveira, M. C. R. Medeiros, H. A. Silva, P. Monteiro, Ultra High Bit Rate mm-Wave Photonic-Wireless Links Employing Digital Equalization, III International Conference on Applications in Optics and Photonics (AOP 2017), Faro, Portugal, May, 2017 | BibTex
  • M. C. R. Medeiros, H.L. Gomes, et. al., Performance assessment of polymer based electrodes for in vitro electrophysiological sensing: the role of the electrode impedance, SPIE, San Diego, United States, Vol. 9944, pp. 1 - 8, September, 2016,
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  • M. C. R. Medeiros, et. al., A survey on network resiliency methodologies against weather-based disruptions, International Workshop on Resilient Networks Design and Modeling RNDM, Halmstad, Sweden, Vol. 1, pp. 23 - 34, September, 2016,
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  • A. F. Sousa, C. B. Lopes, P. Monteiro, M. C. R. Medeiros, Throughput assessment of TCP over distributed WiFi access networks supported by RoF, International Conf. on Transparent Optical Networks - ICTON, Trento, Italy, Vol. 1, pp. We.D2.1 - We.D2.1, July, 2016,
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  • M.P. Thakur, S. Mikroulis, M. C. R. Medeiros, J.E. Mitchel, Cost-Efficient DWDM-PON / Mm-Wave Wireless Integration using Coherent Radio-over-Fiber (CRoF), IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, Paphos, Cyprus, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, October, 2015 | BibTex
  • M. C. R. Medeiros, P. Monteiro, Nonlinearities mitigation in a RoF link based on OFDM signal transmission by a direct modulation of a VCSEL, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, September, 2015 | BibTex
  • M. C. R. Medeiros, H. A. Silva, P. Laurêncio, P. Monteiro, Cost Effective Hybrid Dynamic Radio Access supported by Radio over Fiber, International Conf. on Transparent Optical Networks - ICTON, Budapest, Hungary, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, July, 2015 | BibTex
  • M. C. R. Medeiros, L. Alcácer, H.L. Gomes, Ink-jet printed polymer electrodes to record extracellular calcium waves produced by neuronal cell populations in vitro, European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) - Spring Meeting - E-MRS, Lille, France, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 15, May, 2015 | BibTex
  • M. C. R. Medeiros, M.P. Thakur, J.E. Mitchel, Wavelength Shift Tolerance of a Heterodyne Detection Scheme for Cost-Efficient DWDM-PON / 60 GHz Wireless Integration, SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, United States, Vol., pp. 1 - 5, February, 2015,
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  • M. C. R. Medeiros, H.L. Gomes, et. al., Semiconducting polymer micro-electrodes and electrical noise based techniques as a tool to probe living cells in vitro, Materials Research Society Symp., Boston, United States, Vol., pp. 1 - 1, December, 2014 | BibTex
  • L.F. Henning, M. C. R. Medeiros, P. Monteiro, A. Pohl, Colourless ONU based on Self Seed Signal RSOA in a WDM-PON, International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium - networks, Madeira, Portugal, Vol., pp. 1 - 5, September, 2014 | BibTex
  • V. Lopes Lopes, P. Laurêncio, M. C. R. Medeiros, W-Band OFDM-RoF Systems Employing Optical Up-Conversion, International Conf. on Transparent Optical Networks - ICTON, Graz, Switzerland, Vol., pp. 1 - 4, July, 2014,
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  • V. Lopes Lopes, P. Laurêncio, M. C. R. Medeiros, 100 Gbit/s W-Band OFDM-RoF Systems Employing Optical Up-Conversion Strategies, International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics - AOP2014, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol., pp. 1 - 1, May, 2014 | BibTex
  • D. Bento Bento, V. Lopes Lopes, P. Laurêncio, M. C. R. Medeiros, Delivery of broadband 60 GHz signals over FTTH networks, International Conf. on Transparent Networks – ICTON, Cartagena, Spain, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, June, 2013 | BibTex
  • P. Almeida, H. A. Silva, M. C. R. Medeiros, Transmission of LTE Signals for Femtocells over Long-reach FTTH networks, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Castelo Branco, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 277 - 280, May, 2013,
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  • D. Bento Bento, M. C. R. Medeiros, P. Laurêncio, Performance Comparison between Single and Dual-arm MZM in 60GHz OFDM-RoF System with OSSB Modulation, International Conf. on Transparent Optical Networks - ICTON, Coventry, United Kingdom, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, July, 2012 | BibTex
  • M. C. R. Medeiros, M.P. Thakur, P. Laurêncio, J.E. Mitchel, Transmission limitations of WiMax over fibre transmission employing optical up-conversion schemes, International Conf. on Transparent Networks – ICTON, Warwick, United Kingdom, Vol. -, pp. - - -, July, 2012 | BibTex
  • M. C. R. Medeiros, T Ravach, R.A. Avó, Transmission Performance of Multiplexed OFDM Signals Over Optical Access Network Architectures Employing RSOAs, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conf. - WCNC, Paris, France, Vol. -, pp. - - -, May, 2012 | BibTex
  • M. C. R. Medeiros, I Tszydel, T Marszalek, et. al., H.L. Gomes, High operational stability of n-type organic transistors based on Naphthalene Bisimide, Materials Research Society Symp., San Francisco, United States, Vol. J.10, pp. - - -, April, 2012 | BibTex
  • M.P. Thakur, P. Laurêncio, M. C. R. Medeiros, J.E. Mitchel, Optical Frequency Tripling with Improved Suppression and Sideband Selection, European Conference on Optical Communication ECOC, Geneva, Switzerland, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 3, September, 2011 | BibTex
  • R. Avó, M. G. Guerreiro, M. C. R. Medeiros, Overlay services over WDM-PONs Employing Reflective Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers, European Conf. on Networks and Optical Communications and Conf. on Optical Cabling and Infrastructure - NOC/OC, Newcastle, United Kingdom, Vol., pp. 1 - 4, July, 2011 | BibTex
  • R.A. Avó, P. Laurêncio, M. C. R. Medeiros, Comparative Study of Optical Up-Conversion, International Conf. on Transparent Optical Networks - ICTON, Stockholm, Sweden, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, June, 2011 | BibTex
  • P. Laurêncio, M. C. R. Medeiros, Transmission Performance of 60 GHz Signals Generated by OSSB Upconversion, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, April, 2011 | BibTex
  • P. Laurêncio, H. Vargues, R. Avó, M. C. R. Medeiros, Generation and Transmission of Millimeter Wave Signals Employing Optical Frequency Quadrupling, International Conf. on Transparent Optical Networks - ICTON, Munich, Germany, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, June, 2010 | BibTex
  • R. Avó, P. Laurêncio, M. C. R. Medeiros, 60 GHz radio-over-fiber transmission impairments for broadband wireless signals, International Conf. on Transparent Networks – ICTON, Munich, Germany, Vol., pp. 1 - 4, June, 2010 | BibTex
  • I.F. Fortes, P. Laurêncio, M. C. R. Medeiros, Experimental transmission performance evaluation of IEEE 802.11g over a PON architecture using a RSOA, European Conf. on Networks and Optical Communications and Conf. on Optical Cabling and Infrastructure - NOC/OC, Faro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 239 - 244, June, 2010 | BibTex
  • P.R.F Rocha, I. Darwazeh, M. C. R. Medeiros, Receiver Design for radio over fiber networks employing subcarrier multiplexing techniques, European Conf. on Networks and Optical Communications and Conf. on Optical Cabling and Infrastructure - NOC/OC, Faro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 233 - 238, June, 2010 | BibTex
  • I.F. Fortes, P. Laurêncio, M. C. R. Medeiros, Study of optical up-conversion strategies based on OSSB modulation, European Conf. on Networks and Optical Communications and Conf. on Optical Cabling and Infrastructure - NOC/OC, Faro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 239 - 244, June, 2010 | BibTex
  • A. L. B. Barradas, M. C. R. Medeiros, The Streamline Effect Applied to a Pre-planned OBS Routing Strategy with Continuity Constraint, IARIA International Conf. on Networks - ICN, Menuires, France, Vol. 1, pp. 279 - 284, April, 2010 | BibTex
  • H. Vargues, P. Laurêncio, M. C. R. Medeiros, Simulation of mm-Wave over Fiber Systems Employing Up-Conversion Using External Modulators, International Conf. on Transparent Networks – ICTON, Ponta Delgada, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, June, 2009 | BibTex
  • M. C. R. Medeiros, P. Laurêncio, Simulation of mm-wave over fiber employing optical single sideband modulation combined with subcarrier multiplexing, International Conf. on Transparent Networks – Mediterranean Winter - ICTON MW, Marrakech, Morocco, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 5, December, 2008,
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  • M. G. Guerreiro, C. Pavan, A. L. B. Barradas, A. N. Pinto, M. C. R. Medeiros, Path Selection Strategy for Consumer Grid over OBS Networks, International Conf. on Transparent Networks – Mediterranean Winter - ICTON MW, Athens, Greece, Vol. 3, pp. 138 - 141, June, 2008,
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  • N.S.C. Correia, A.L. Barradas, M. C. R. Medeiros, J. O’Reilly, Routing weight functions for WDM networks using wavelength rerouting, World MultiConf. on Systemetics, Cibernetics and Informatics - SCI, Orlando, United States, Vol. 1, pp. 159 - 162, July, 2001 | BibTex
  • A.L. Barradas, N.S.C. Correia, M. C. R. Medeiros, Performance of a WDM MAC protocol under bursty traffic, World MultiConf. on Systemetics, Cibernetics and Informatics - SCI, Orlando, United States, Vol. 1, pp. 163 - 168, July, 2001 | BibTex
  • M. C. R. Medeiros, N.S.C. Correia, A Novel Wavelength Rerouting Algorithm for WDM Networks Based on Vertex Coloring Techniques, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Figueira da Foz, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 211 - 215, April, 2001 | BibTex
  • M. C. R. Medeiros, A.L. Barradas, A Lightpath Rerouting Algorithm for WDM Circuit-Switched Networks, European Conference on Optical Communication ECOC, Munich, Germany, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 3, September, 2000 | BibTex
  • L. Moura, M. C. R. Medeiros, I. Darwazeh, Receiver design for wavelength division multiplexed optical networks employing subcarrier multiplexing techniques, London Communication Symp. - LCS, London, United Kingdom, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, July, 2000 | BibTex
  • N.S.C. Correia, A.L. Barradas, M. C. R. Medeiros, A lightpath rerouting algorithm for WDM circuit-switched networks," London Communications Symposium, London Communication Symp. - LCS, London, United Kingdom, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, July, 2000 | BibTex
  • A.L. Barradas, N.S.C. Correia, M. C. R. Medeiros, Design and performance analysis of a MAC protocol for WDM single-hop networks, London Communication Symp. - LCS, London, United Kingdom, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, June, 1999 | BibTex
  • M. C. R. Medeiros, N.S.C. Correia, Optimization of WDM multihop logical topologies, IEEE Conf. on Electronics, Circuits and System, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. 2, pp. 91 - 94, September, 1998,
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Currently running projects2

Acronym Name Funding Agency Start date Ending date
OptWire Next-Generation Optical Wireless Communications Enabled by Artificial Intelligence FCT 01-12-2021 30-11-2024
ORCIP Optical Radio Convergence Infrastructure for Communications and Power Delivering PO Centro 01-05-2017 30-04-2029

Closed Projects11

Acronym Name Funding Agency Start date Ending date
EUIMWP European Network for High Performance Integrated Microwave Photonics ESF/COST 01-10-2017 01-10-2020
HYDRA-ROF Hybrid Dynamic Radio Access supported by Radio over Fiber IT/LA 01-02-2014 01-03-2016
ICS Intelligent Cell Surfaces (ICS) FCT 01-06-2011 01-06-2014
INNOVATE IMPLANTABLE ORGANIC DEVICES FOR ADVANCED THERAPIES FCT 01-07-2016 01-06-2019
I-One Implantable Organic Nano-Electronics EC/FP4 01-09-2011 01-08-2014
LandMark LandMark FCT/POCI 26-07-2018 25-07-2022
PhoTech-5G/60GHz Photonic Technologies to support 5G/60GHz WLANS IT 01-11-2016 01-10-2018
PURE-5GNET Cooperative Multi-band Access Strategies for 5G Ultra Dense Networks IT, FCT 01-04-2016 01-09-2018
RECODIS Resilient communication services protecting end-user applications from disaster-based failures ESF/COST 01-03-2016 01-02-2020
RETIOT Utilização de Tecnologias de Reflectometría no melhoramento do futuro Internet das Coisas e Sistemas Ciber-Físicos P2020 09-01-2017 30-06-2021
TDK4PE Technology & Design Kit for Printed Electronics (TDK4PE) EC/FP7 01-10-2012 01-09-2014
  • M. C. R. Medeiros, H.L. Gomes, L. Alcácer, Elsevier/Sensing & Bio-Sensing Research Award 2015, For research entitled ‘Ink-jet printed polymer electrodes to record extracellular calcium waves produced by neural cell populations in vitro’ presented on 13th May at the E-MRS symposium Materials and Biosensor Systems for in-vitro diagnostic applications, 01-05-2016
  • IEEE International Conference on Communications - ICC, 2015
  • IEEE International Conference on Communications - ICC, Technical Programme Committee, 2014
  • IEEE International Conference on Communications - ICC, Technical Programme Committee, 2013
  • International Conf. on Transparent Optical Networks - ICTON, Technical Programme Committee, 2013