Francisco Antonio Bucho Cercas
Senior Researcher
| Academic position: | Full Professor |
| Joining date: | 01-01-1999 |
| Roles in IT: | Senior Researcher |
| Thematic Line: | Wireless Technologies |
| Group: | Radio Systems – Lx |
Francisco Cercas has more than 40 years of professional experience including teaching at High School and Industry as Research Engineer (CENTREL EID 1982-1983) before entering the academic career in 1984. He lectured at IST (Instituto Superior Técnico – Lisbon) for 15 years, then at ISCTE-IUL, where he is Full Professor since 2012. He is or was researcher at CAPS, INESC, Satellite Centre of the University of Plymouth (UK) and Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT), where he leads of the Radio Group IT-IUL. He is co-author of a new class of codes named TCH (Tomlinson, Cercas, Hughes) and more than 200 publications including one patent, 5 book chapters, 30 international journal papers, more than 150 conference papers and several international research reports. He supervised and co-supervised 8 PhD completed theses, as well as many MsCs and Final Year's Projects at both IST and ISCTE-IUL. He participated in several national and international projects and he was National Delegate of four COST European projects. He was President of the University’s Scientific Council (ISCTE-IUL 2015-2018), School Dean (ISTA 2010-2013) and President of his Department (DCTI 2007-2010). He is Senior Member of IEEE and the national Coordinator of Telecommunications at Ordem dos Engenheiros between 2014 and 2022. His research interests include satellite and mobile communications, coding theory, spread spectrum communications and related topics.
| Acronym | Name | Funding Agency | Start date | Ending date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-BONE | Broadcasting and Multicasting Over Enhanced UMTS Mobile Broadband Networks | EU | 01-02-2004 | 30-06-2006 |
| CelCop | Multicell Cooperation for Future Wireless Systems | IT/LA | 01-06-2011 | 01-10-2013 |
| FIVER | Fully-Converged Quintuple-Play Integrated Optical-Wireless Access Architectures | EU/FP7 | 01-01-2010 | 01-12-2012 |
| GLANCES | Generalized Linear Amplification with Nonlinear Components for Power and Spectral Efficient Broadband Wireless Systems | IT/LA | 01-04-2014 | 01-04-2016 |
| HICOPI | HiCoPI - High Accuracy GNSS-based Coordinated Positioning | IT/LA | 01-12-2008 | 01-01-2011 |
| MM5G | Multilayer Massive Multiple input Multiple output (MIMO) systems for the fifth generation (5G) wireless communications | FCT | 01-10-2016 | 01-11-2018 |
| MPSat | Multi-Packet Detection Techniques for Satellite Networks | FCT/PTDC | 01-03-2010 | 01-02-2013 |
| MPSat | Multi-Packet detection techniques for Satellite networks | FCT | 01-02-2010 | 01-08-2013 |
| NAGCPS | Navigation Algorithms for GNSS-based Coordinated Positioning Systems | FCT/PTDC | 01-01-2012 | 01-01-2014 |
| SAAS | Remote Piloted Semi-Autonomous Aerial Surveillance System Using Terrestrial Wireless Networks | IT/LA | 01-03-2012 | 01-04-2014 |
| SATSTATION | Satellite Ground Station for Study and Development of Radio Communications | FCT/REEQ | 01-01-2006 | 31-12-2006 |
| SEACORN | Simulation of Enhanced UMTS Access and Core Networks | EU | 01-03-2002 | 28-02-2004 |
| TeamUp5G | New RAN TEchniques for 5G UltrA-dense Mobile networks | EU/H2020 | 28-12-2018 | 30-06-2023 |
| U-BOAT | Ultra-Wide Band Transmission for Ad Hoc Networks | FCT/PTDC | 01-10-2007 | 01-09-2010 |