André Nuno Carvalho Souto

André Souto

Academic position:	Researcher
Joining date:	31-12-2008
Roles in IT:	Researcher
Thematic Line:	Networks and Services
Group:	Security and Quantum Information - Lx

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Address: IT – Lisboa
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Scientific Achievements

Degrees

PhD, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 01-01-2011
MSc, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 01-01-2006
Licenciatura, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 01-01-2004

Expertise Topics

Academic Activities

1Supervision of PhD theses

As Co-supervisor

Quantum privacy, PhD Student, Preeti Yadav, Expected conclusion 12-2020

Publications

1Books Chapters

P. Mateus, N. Paunkovic, J. Rodrigues, A. Souto, Enhancing privacy with quantum networks, Chapter in, Proceedings of CMS 2014, Springer, Berlin, 2014

22Papers in Journals

M. Lemus, M. F. Ramos, P. Yadav, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. Souto, N. Paunkovic, P. Mateus, A. N. Pinto, Generation and Distribution of Quantum Oblivious Keys for Secure Multiparty Computation, Applied Sciences (Switzerland), Vol. 10, No. 12, pp. 4080 - 4080, June, 2020,
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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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M. Gama, P. Mateus, A. Souto, A Private Quantum Bit String Commitment, Entropy, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 272 - 272, February, 2020 | BibTex
P. Yadav, P. Mateus, N. Paunkovic, A. Souto, Quantum contract signing with entangled pairs., Entropy, Vol. 21, No. 9, pp. 821 - 821, August, 2019 | BibTex
C. V. Vlachou, W. Krawec, P. Mateus, N. Paunkovic, A. Souto, Quantum key distribution with quantum walks, Quantum Information Processing, Vol. 17, No., pp. 288 - 288, August, 2018 | BibTex
A. Souto, F. Casal, J. Rasga, Kolmogorov One-Way Functions Revisited, Designs, Codes, and Cryptography, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 9 - 9, April, 2018,
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J. Rodrigues, P. Mateus, N. Paunkovic, A. Souto, Oblivious transfer based on single-qubit rotations, Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, Vol. 50, No. 20, pp. 205301 - 205301, April, 2017 | BibTex
L. Antunes, B. Bauwens, A. Souto, A.T. Teixeira, Sophistication vs Logical Depth, Theory of Computing Systems, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 1 - 1, March, 2016,
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C. V. Vlachou, P. Mateus, J. Rodrigues, N. Paunkovic, A. Souto, Quantum walk public-key cryptographic system, International Journal of Quantum Information, Vol. 13, No. 6, pp. 1550050-1 - 1550050-10, December, 2015 | BibTex
P. Mateus, A. Souto, A. Sernadas, Universality of quantum Turing machines with deterministic control, Journal of Logic and Computation, Vol., No., pp. Online -, November, 2015 | BibTex
A. Souto, P. Mateus, P. Adão, N. Paunkovic, Reply to “Comment on ‘Bit-string oblivious transfer based on quantum state computational distinguishability’ ”, Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Vol. 92, No. 4, pp. 046302 - 046312, October, 2015,
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A. Souto, A.T. Teixeira, L. Antunes, H.B. Burhman, A.M. Matos, Distinguishing Two Probability Ensembles with One Sample from each Ensemble, Theory of Computing Systems, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 1 - 15, October, 2015,
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A. Souto, P. Mateus, P. Adão, N. Paunkovic, Bit-string oblivious transfer based on quantum state computational distinguishability, Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Vol. 91, No. 1, pp. 042306 - 042306, April, 2015,
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A. Souto, J. Ribeiro, P. Mateus, Quantum blind signature with an offline repository, International Journal of Quantum Information, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 1550016-1 - 1550016-21, April, 2015,
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A. Souto, A. Sernadas, P. Mateus, Universality of quantum Turing machines with deterministic control, Journal of Logic and Computation, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 1 - 1, February, 2015,
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A.T. Teixeira, L. Antunes, A. Matos, A. Pinto, A. Souto, One-way functions using Algorithmic and Classical Information Theories, Theory of Computing Systems, Vol. 52, No. 1, pp. 162 - 178, January, 2013,
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L. Antunes, L. Fortnow, A. Pinto, A. Souto, Low-Depth Witnesses are Easy to Find, Computational Complexity, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 479 - 497, July, 2012 | BibTex
L. Antunes, A. Matos, A. Souto, A.T. Teixeira, Entropy Measures vs. Kolmogorov Complexity, Entropy, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 595 - 611, March, 2011 | BibTex
C. C-S Costa-Santos, L. Antunes, A. Souto, J. B. Bernardes, Assessment of disagreement: a new information based approach., Annals of Epidemiology, Vol. 20, No. 7, pp. 555 - 561, July, 2010 | BibTex
A. Souto, L. Antunes, Information measures for infinite sequences, Theoretical Computer Science, Vol. 41, No. 26, pp. 2602 - 2611, June, 2010 | BibTex
A. Pinto, A. Souto, A. Matos, L. Antunes, Commitment and Authentication Systems, Designs, Codes, and Cryptography, Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 175 - 193, June, 2009 | BibTex
L. Antunes, A. Matos, A. Souto, P. Vitányi, Depth as Randomness deficiency, Theory of Computing Systems, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 724 - 739, January, 2009 | BibTex

14Papers in Conferences

N. Paunkovic, M. Lemus, P. Yadav, P. Mateus, A. Souto, On minimal assumptions to obtain a universally composable quantum bit commitment, International Conference of Transparent Optical Network (ICTON), Angers, France, Vol., pp. -, June, 2019 | BibTex
A. Souto, A.T. Teixeira, JNA Azevedo, JA Alves, O caso do DL N.º 198/2012 nos inventários declarados nas empresas da região centro de Portugal, International Conference of Applied Business and Management ICABM, Porto, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, July, 2016,
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A. Souto, JNA Azevedo, A.T. Teixeira, JA Alves, O IMPACTO DAS MEDIDAS GOVERNAMENTAIS DE COMBATE À FRAUDE E EVASÃO FISCAL NA PRESTAÇÃO DE CONTAS DAS EMPRESAS: O CASO DO DL N.º 198/2012 NOS INVENTÁRIOS DECLARADOS, Jornadas Luso-Espanholas, Idanha a nova, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 18, February, 2016,
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A. Souto, Traffic analysis based on compression, Conferência sobre Redes de Computadores - CRC, Évora, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 7, November, 2015,
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A.T. Teixeira, A. Souto, C. C-S Costa-Santos, JNA Azevedo, Análise de sobrevida aplicada às empresas em contexto de crise, SPE Congresso, Olhão, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, October, 2015,
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F. Mota, Scott Aaronson Aaronson, L. Antunes, A. Souto, Sophistication as Randomness Deciency, Workshop on Descriptional Complexity of Formal Systems - DCFS, London, Canada, Vol. ., pp. . - ., July, 2013,
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L. Antunes, A. Souto, A.T. Teixeira, Robustness of Logical Depth, Computability in Europe - CIE, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Vol. 7318, pp. 29 - 34, June, 2012 | BibTex
A.T. Teixeira, A. Matos, A. Souto, Distinguishing probability ensembles, Computability in Europe - CIE, Sofia, Bulgaria, Vol. 1, pp. 155 - 164, June, 2011 | BibTex
A. Souto, Kolmogorov Complexity cores, Computability in Europe - CIE, Ponta Delgada, Portugal, Vol. 6158, pp. 376 - 385, July, 2010 | BibTex
A. Souto, A.T. Teixeira, A. Pinto, One way functions using Kolmogorov Complexity, Computability in Europe - CIE, Ponta Delgada, Portugal, Vol. 0, pp. 0 - 0, July, 2010 | BibTex
A.T. Teixeira, A. Matos, A. Souto, On the largest monochromatic combinatorial rectangles with an application to communication complexity, Computability in Europe - CIE, Açores, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 10, July, 2010 | BibTex
A.T. Teixeira, A. Matos, A. Souto, L. Antunes, Entropy measures vs. Algorithmic information, IEEE International Symp. on Information Theory - ISIT, Austin, United States, Vol. 1, pp. 1413 - 1417, June, 2010 | BibTex
A. Souto, L. Antunes, A. T. Teixeira, A characterization of one-way functions based on time-bounded Komogorov complexity., Logical Approaches to Barriers in Computing and Complexity, Greifswald, Germany, Vol. 6/2010, pp. 3 - 5, February, 2010 | BibTex
A.T. Teixeira, A. Matos, A. Souto, Non-deterministic communication complexity and instance complexity, Computability in Europe - CIE, Siena, Italy, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 10, June, 2007 | BibTex

1Non-refereed Publications

A. Souto, Quantum bit-string oblivious transfer protocols, 2016,
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Projects

Currently running projects3

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
Q.DOT	SI I&DT Copromoção Nr. 039728 - Distributed Quantum Oblivious Transfer	P2020	17-07-2019	16-07-2021
QuantumMining	Quantum Primitives for Privacy Preserving Data Mining	FCT	01-09-2018	31-08-2021
QuRunner	Development of a quantum random number generator network server	IT	01-02-2020	31-01-2022

Other Scientific Achievements

2Short Courses and Seminars

A. Souto, Quantum oblivious transfer, Portugal, Aveiro, 07-2014
P. Adão, P. Mateus, A. Souto, A Quantum Digital Signature Scheme, Portugal, Lisboa, 05-2013

IT Member Profile

André Souto

Scientific Achievements

As Co-supervisor

Currently running projects3