Nuno Alexandre Peixoto Silva

Nuno Silva

Academic position:	Researcher
Joining date:	01-04-2007
Roles in IT:	Researcher
Thematic Line:	Optics and Photonics
Group:	Optical Quantum Communications and Technologies – Av

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Address: IT – Aveiro
Instituto de Telecomunicações
Campus Universitário de Santiago
P-3810-193 AVEIRO - PORTUGAL
Tel: +351 234 377 900
Fax: +351 234 377 901

https://www.orcid.org/0000-0002-6309-6818

18-02-2021

ConfTELE: Telecoms Conference 2021 goes virtual

IT’s flagship conference returned this year with its first-ever virtual edition, under the theme “Telecommunications Technologies Pursuing Enhanced Quality of Life in Urban Environments”.

14-12-2020

When quantum randomness meets cyber security

IT research teams are embracing the opportunities of quantum cyber security, as they work towards a network server that can deploy truly random numbers to all research groups at IT.

Scientific Achievements

Degrees

PhD, Universidade de Aveiro, 01-01-2013
MSc, Universidade de Aveiro, 01-01-2008
Licenciatura, Universidade do Minho,

Affiliations

University of Aveiro, 01-01-2014,

Expertise Topics

Quantum cryptography in optical fibers
Quantum effects in optical fibers
Nonlinear processes
Polarization effects

Academic Activities

1Lecture courses

Quantum Optics, Universidade de Aveiro, Physics

2Supervision of PhD theses

Publications

22Papers in Journals

N. J. Muga, M. F. Ramos, S. T. Mantey, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, FPGA-Assisted State-of-Polarization Generation for Polarization-Encoded Optical Communications, IET Optoelectronics, Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 350 - 355, December, 2020 | BibTex
M. Almeida, D. Pereira, M. Facão, A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, Impact of imperfect homodyne detection on measurements of vacuum states shot noise, Optical and Quantum Electronics, Vol. 52, No. 503, pp. 1 - 13, November, 2020,
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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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M. F. Ramos, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Reversal operator to compensate polarization random drifts in quantum communications, Optics Express, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 5035 - 5035, February, 2020,
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N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Optimizing the placement of spare amplifier cards to increase the achievable information rate resilience, Optical Fiber Technology, Vol. 45, No. 5, pp. 40 - 46, May, 2018,
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N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Role of Amplifiers Gain on the Achievable Information Rate of M-ary PSK and QAM Constellations, Optics Communications, Vol. 383, No. 1, pp. 215 - 222, January, 2017,
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A. Almeida, N. J. Muga, N. A. Silva, J. Prata, P.S André, A. N. Pinto, Continuous Control of Random Polarization Rotations for Quantum Communications, Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 34, No. 16, pp. 3914 - 3922, August, 2016,
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A. Almeida, A. Stojanovic, N. Paunkovic, R. Loura Loura, N. J. Muga, N. A. Silva, P. Mateus, P.S André, A. N. Pinto, Implementation of a two-state quantum bit commitment protocol in optical fibers, Journal of Optics, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 015202 - 015202, January, 2016,
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N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Comprehensive characterization of a heralded single photon source based on four-wave mixing in optical fibers, Optics Communications, Vol. 327, No. 9, pp. 31 - 38, September, 2014,
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L. P. Martins, A. Almeida, N. A. Silva, P.S André, A. N. Pinto, A different way to verify the violation of the WWZB inequality, European Physical Journal D, Vol. 68, No. 228, pp. 1 - 5, August, 2014 | BibTex
A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, A. Almeida, N. J. Muga, Using Quantum Technologies to Improve Fiber Optic Communication Systems, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 51, pp. 42 - 48, August, 2013,
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N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Effects of Losses and Nonlinearities on the Generation of Polarization Entangled Photons, Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 31, No. 8, pp. 1309 - 1317, April, 2013,
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N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Role of Absorption on the Generation of Quantum-Correlated Photon Pairs Through FWM, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, Vol. 48, No. 11, pp. 1380 - 1388, November, 2012,
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A. Almeida, N. A. Silva, P.S André, A. N. Pinto, Four-Wave Mixing: Photon Statistics and the Impact on a Co-Propagating Quantum Signal, Optics Communications, Vol. 285, No. 12, pp. 2956 - 2960, June, 2012,
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N. A. Silva, A. Almeida, A. N. Pinto, Interference in a Quantum Channel due to Classical Four-Wave Mixing in Optical Fibers, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, Vol. 48, No. 4, pp. 472 - 479, April, 2012,
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N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Evolution of first-order sidebands from multiple FWM processes in HiBi optical fibers, Optics Communications, Vol. 284, No. 13, pp. 3408 - 3415, April, 2011,
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A. Almeida, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Single-Photon Source Based on FWM With Adjustable Linear SOP, Revista do Departamento de Electrónica, Telecomunicações e Informática, Universidade de Aveiro, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 151 - 155, June, 2010,
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N. J. Muga, N. A. Silva, M. Ferreira, A. N. Pinto, Evolution of the Degree of Co-Polarization in High-Birefringence Fibers, Optics Communications, Vol. 283, No. 10, pp. 2125 - 2132, May, 2010,
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N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Effective Nonlinear Parameter Measurement Using FWM in Optical Fibers in a Low Power Regime, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 285 - 291, March, 2010,
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N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Influence of the Stimulated Raman Scattering on the Four-Wave Mixing Process in Birefringent Fibers, Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 27, No. 22, pp. 4979 - 4988, November, 2009,
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T. Stauber, Eduardo V. Castro, N. A. Silva, N. M. R. Peres, First-order ferromagnetic phase transition in the low electronic density regime of a biased graphene bilayer, Condensed Matter Physics, Vol. 20, No. 33, pp. 33520-1 - 33520-10, August, 2008,
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Eduardo V. Castro, N. M. R. Peres, T. Stauber, N. A. Silva, Low-Density Ferromagnetism in Biased Bilayer Graphene, Physical Review Letters, Vol. 100, No. 18, pp. 186803-1 - 186803-4, May, 2008,
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38Papers in Conferences

N. J. Muga, R. K. Patel, I. Alimi, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, DSP optimization for simplified coherent receivers, International Conference of Transparent Optical Network (ICTON), Bari, Italy, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, July, 2020,
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N. A. Silva, D. Pereira, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Practical Imperfections Affecting the Performance of CV-QKD Based on Coherent Detection, International Conf. on Transparent Optical Networks - ICTON, Bari, Italy, Vol., pp. 1 - 4, July, 2020,
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N. J. Muga, M. F. Ramos, S. T. Mantey, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Deterministic State-of-Polarization Generation for Polarization-Encoded Optical Communications, Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC) SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International IMOC, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, November, 2019,
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M. F. Ramos, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Fast Polarization Basis Alignment For Quantum Communications, OSA Frontiers in Optics, Washington DC, United States, Vol., pp. -, September, 2019,
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N. J. Muga, R. K. Patel, I. Alimi, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Self-coherent optical detection for access and metro networks, International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks ICTON, Angers, France, Vol. WeD2.5, pp. -, July, 2019 | BibTex
M. Facão, V.H.F. Ferreira, A. L. Marques, T. Freitas, N. A. Silva, Strategies of Legitimate Parties and an Eavesdropper for Discretely Modulated Continuous-Variables Quantum Key Distribution Protocols, International Conf. on Transparent Networks – ICTON, Angers, France, Vol. We.D5.2, pp. -, July, 2019,
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N. A. Silva, M. Almeida, D. Pereira, M. Facão, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Role of Device Imperfections on the Practical Performance of Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution Systems, International Conf. on Transparent Networks – ICTON, Angers, France, Vol. We.D5.3, pp. -, July, 2019,
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A. N. Pinto, M. F. Ramos, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, Generation and Distribution of Oblivious Keys through Quantum Communications (Invited), International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks ICTON, Bucareste, Romania, Vol., pp. -, July, 2018,
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A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. Almeida, D. Pereira, Quantum Communications: An Engineering Approach, International Conf. on Transparent Optical Networks - ICTON, Girona, Spain, Vol., pp. -, July, 2017 | BibTex
D. Pereira, M. Facão, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Quantum Key Distribution with Continuous Variables, Doctoral Congress in Engineering - Symposium on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Porto, Portugal, Vol., pp. 246 -, June, 2017,
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A. Almeida, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, P.S André, A. N. Pinto, Determining the Number of Bits Required for the Estimation of the QBER in Quantum Communication Systems, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 178 - 181, September, 2015,
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N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Heralded single photon source from spontaneous four-wave mixing process in lossy waveguides, SPIE Security + Defense, Toulouse, France, Vol. 9648, pp. 964814-1 - 964814-9, September, 2015,
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N. A. Silva, B. Tiburcio, D. Pereira, M. Facão, A. N. Pinto, Quantum communications based on continuous variables, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 413 - 416, September, 2015,
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A. Almeida, B. Tiburcio, N. J. Muga, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Comunicações Seguras Usando a Luz, Feira de Ciências À DESCOBERTA DA LUZ, Viana do Castelo, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, May, 2015 | BibTex
A. Almeida, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, P.S André, A. N. Pinto, Calculation of the number of bits required for the estimation of the bit error ratio, International Conf. on Applications of Optics and Photonics - AOP, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 6, May, 2014 | BibTex
A. Almeida, R. Loura Loura, N. Paunkovic, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, P. Mateus, P.S André, A. N. Pinto, A brief review on quantum bit commitment, International Conf. on Applications of Optics and Photonics - AOP, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 8, May, 2014 | BibTex
N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Photon-Pair Generation in Lossy Waveguides, International Conf. on Applications of Optics and Photonics - AOP, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 9286, pp. 92861E-1 - 92861E-7, May, 2014,
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A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, A. Almeida, N. J. Muga, Using Single Photons to Improve Fiber Optic Communication Systems, International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics - AOP2014, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 9286, pp. 92861B-1 - 92861B-10, May, 2014 | BibTex
N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Photon-Pair Generation in Chalcogenide Glass: Role of Waveguide Linear Absorption, INSTICC International Conf. on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - PHOTOPTICS, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 5 - 10, January, 2014,
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N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Characterization of a fiber based heralded single photon source at telecom wavelength, RIAO/OPTILAS, Porto, Portugal, Vol. 8785, pp. 8785F0-1 - 8785F0-5, July, 2013,
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A. Almeida, N. J. Muga, N. A. Silva, A. Stojanovic, P.S André, A. N. Pinto, J. M. Mora, J. C. Capmany, Enabling Quantum Communications through Accurate Photons Polarization Control, RIAO/OPTILAS, Porto, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 8, July, 2013,
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A. Almeida, D. J. Macedo, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, P.S André, A. N. Pinto, Quantum Communication Using Polarization-Encoded Photons in Optical Fibers, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Castelo Branco, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 205 - 208, May, 2013,
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A. Almeida, N. A. Silva, P.S André, A. N. Pinto, Four-wave mixing: Photon statistics and the impact on a co-propagating quantum signal, Conf. on Quantum Cryptography - QCRYPT, Singapore, Singapore, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 3, September, 2012,
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A. Almeida, N. A. Silva, P.S André, A. N. Pinto, Impact of FWM Process on the Statistics of a Co-Propagating Quantum Signal in a WDM Lightwave System, International Conf. on Transparent Optical Networks - ICTON, Coventry, United Kingdom, Vol. 1, pp. Tu.P.6-1 - Tu.P.6-4, July, 2012,
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A. Almeida, N. A. Silva, P.S André, A. N. Pinto, Experimental Characterization of the Photon Statistics of Four-Wave Mixing Photon Source, European Conf. on Networks and Optical Communications and Conf. on Optical Cabling and Infrastructure - NOC/OC, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain, Vol. 1, pp. 142 - 147, June, 2012,
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A. Almeida, N. J. Muga, N. A. Silva, P.S André, A. N. Pinto, Long-Term Time Evolution Measurements of Polarization Drift in Optical Fibers, Symp. on Enabling Optical Networks and Sensors - SEONS, Porto, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, June, 2012,
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A. N. Pinto, A. Almeida, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, L. M. Pinto, Engineering Quantum Communication Systems, SPIE Photonics Europe, Brussels, Belgium, Vol. 8440, pp. 84400B-1 - 84400B-13, April, 2012 | BibTex
A. Almeida, L. M. Pinto, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Correlated Photon-Pair Generation in a Highly Nonlinear Fiber Using Spontaneous FWM, Symp. on Enabling Optical Networks - SEON, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, July, 2011,
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A. N. Pinto, A. Almeida, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, L. M. Pinto, Optical Quantum Communications: An Experimental Approach, International Conf. on Applications of Optics and Photonics - AOP, Braga, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, May, 2011 | BibTex
A. Almeida, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Single-Photon Source Using Stimulated FWM in Optical Fibers for Quantum Communication, International Conf. on Applications of Optics and Photonics - AOP, Braga, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 7, May, 2011,
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A. Almeida, S. R. Carneiro, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Polarization-Entangled Photon Pairs Using Spontaneous Four-Wave Mixing in a Fiber Loop, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, April, 2011,
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N. A. Silva, A. Almeida, A. N. Pinto, Statistical Characterization of a Single-Photon Source Based on Stimulated FWM in Optical Fibers, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, April, 2011,
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N. J. Muga, N. A. Silva, M. Ferreira, A. N. Pinto, Relative State-of-Polarization in High-Birefringence Fibers, European Conf. on Networks and Optical Communications - NOC, Faro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 121 - 126, June, 2010,
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N. J. Muga, N. A. Silva, M. Ferreira, A. N. Pinto, Generalized Analysis of the Polarization Evolution in High-Birefringence Fibers, International Conf. on Transparent Networks – ICTON, Munich, Germany, Vol. 1, pp. MoP2 -, June, 2010,
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N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Measurement of the Effective Nonlinear Parameter Using FWM in Random Polarization Optical Fibers, European Conf. on Networks and Optical Communications - NOC, Faro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 185 - 190, June, 2010,
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A. Almeida, S. R. Carneiro, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Time Coincidence of Entangled Photon Pairs Using Spontaneous Four-Wave Mixing in a Fiber Loop, Symp. on Enabling Optical Networks - SEON, Porto, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 2, June, 2010,
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A. Almeida, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Fiber-Optical Communication System Using Polarization-encoding Photons, European Conf. on Networks and Optical Communications and Conf. on Optical Cabling and Infrastructure - NOC/OC, Faro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 127 - 132, June, 2010,
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N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Single-Photon Generation, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 35 - 38, May, 2009,
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Projects

Currently running projects8

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
DSPMetroNet	DSP Functions for Simplified Coherent Transceivers in Optical Metropolitan Networks	FCT/POCI	01-07-2018	31-12-2021
Q.DOT	SI I&DT Copromoção Nr. 039728 - Distributed Quantum Oblivious Transfer	P2020	17-07-2019	16-07-2021
QuantPrivNet	Quantum-Enabled Security and Privacy in Future Optical Communication Networks	FCT	01-01-2019	31-12-2021
QuantumMining	Quantum Primitives for Privacy Preserving Data Mining	FCT	01-09-2018	28-02-2022
QuantumPrime	Generation of Prime Numbers Enabled by Quantum Technologies for Cryptographic Applications	FCT	01-02-2021	31-01-2024
QUESTS	QUANTUM ENABLED SECURITY AND PRIVACY IN VEHICULAR NETWORKS	FCT	01-02-2020	31-01-2022
QuGENOME	Quantum Enabled Private Recognition of Composite Signals in Genome	EU	01-12-2020	30-09-2021
QuRunner	Development of a quantum random number generator network server	IT	01-02-2020	31-01-2022

Closed Projects5

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
CV-Quantum	Improving Security and Capacity Using Continuous Variables Quantum Communications	IT/LA	01-02-2014	01-06-2016
NG-COS	Next-Generation Coherent Optical Communication Systems	IT/LA	01-09-2011	01-08-2013
OSP-HNLF	OSP-HNLF - Optical Signal Processing Using Highly Nonlinear Fibers	FCT/PTDC	01-05-2010	01-04-2013
P-Quantum	Practical Quantum Communications	IT/LA	01-09-2011	01-08-2013
SoftTransceiver	Software Defined Transceiver for Flexible Optical Networks	IT	01-04-2016	01-12-2018

Other Scientific Achievements

5Awards

S. T. Mantey, M. F. Ramos, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Best Paper Award, Best Paper Award For the paper entitled Algorithm for State-Of-Polarization Generation in Polarization-Encoding Quantum Key Distribution, presented at the 2021 Telecoms Conference (ConfTELE), the 12th conference on telecommunications, held in Leiria Portugal, 11-12 February 2021., 01-02-2021
M. F. Ramos, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Best PhD oral communication, "Fast and Secure Multiparty Computation Enabled by Quantum Communication Technologies" presented at Research Summit 2019, held at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, July 3-5 2019. The award has been attributed for the scientific quality and organization of the work., 01-07-2019
D. Pereira, M. Facão, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Best PhD oral communication, Best PhD oral communication for the Symposium on Engineering Physics: Daniel Pereira – Quantum Key Distribution with Continuous Variables, received in the 2nd Doctoral Congress in Engineering, 8-9 June, Porto, Portugal, 01-06-2017
N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Best Student Paper Award, for the paper entitled ''Photon-Pair Generation in Chalcogenide Glass - Role of Waveguide Linear Absorption'' presented at the International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology (PHOTOPTICS), held in Lisbon - Portugal, 01-01-2014
A. Almeida, N. J. Muga, N. A. Silva, P.S André, A. N. Pinto, SEONS Best Student Paper, Best Student Paper on Optical Communication in the X SEONS, in Porto, 01-06-2012

Other Contributions

3Editorial Committees

Guest Editor, Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 04-02-2021 - 15-10-2021
Editorial Board, Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 12-01-2021 - 11-01-2023
Area Editor, Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 12-01-2021 - 11-01-2023

IT Member Profile

Nuno Silva

18-02-2021

ConfTELE: Telecoms Conference 2021 goes virtual

14-12-2020

When quantum randomness meets cyber security

Scientific Achievements

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As Supervisor

As Co-supervisor

As Supervisor

As Co-supervisor

As Supervisor

Currently running projects8

Closed Projects5