Creating and sharing knowledge for telecommunications
... Luís Eduardo de Pinho Ducla Soares

Senior Researcher

Luís Soares

Academic position: Associate Professor
Joining date: 10-01-1997
Roles in IT: Senior Researcher
Thematic Line: Information and Data Sciences
Group: Multimedia Signal Processing – Lx

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Address: IT – Lisboa
Instituto Superior Técnico - Torre Norte - Piso 10
Av. Rovisco Pais, 1
1049 - 001 Lisboa
Tel: +351 21 841 84 54
Fax: +351 21 841 84 72

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Scientific Achievements

  • Agregação, ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, 22-07-2020
  • PhD, Instituto Superior Técnico, 20-04-2004
  • Licenciatura, Instituto Superior Técnico, 19-06-1996
  • ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, 24-01-2020, Associate Professor
  • Sociedade Portuguesa para a Educação em Engenharia, 01-01-2010, Sócio Fundador
  • ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, 01-06-2004 - 23-01-2020, Assistant Professor
  • Ordem dos Engenheiros, 01-01-2001, Membro Sénior Especialista
  • ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, 16-10-2000 - 31-05-2004, Teaching Assistant
  • IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 01-01-1998, Senior Member
  • error resilience in video coding
As Supervisor
As Co-supervisor
As Supervisor
As Co-supervisor
  • S.M.M. Faria, M. Domański, T. Grajek, C. Conti, J Debono, P. T. Kovács, L. Lucas, P. Nunes, C. Perra, Nuno M. M. Rodrigues, M. Sjöström, L. D. Soares, O. Stankiewicz, Emerging Imaging Technologies: Trends and Challenges, Chapter in, 3D Visual Content Creation, Coding and Delivery, Pedro Assunção and Atanas Gotchev, Springer International Publishing AG Springer Nature, New York, 2019
  • C. Conti, L. D. Soares, P. Nunes, C. Perra, P.A. Assunção, M. Sjöström, Y. Li, R. Olsson, U. Jennehag, Light Field Image Compression, Chapter in, 3D Visual Content Creation, Coding and Delivery, Pedro Assunção and Atanas Gotchev, Springer International Publishing AG Springer Nature, New York, 2019
  • C. Conti, P. Nunes, L. D. Soares, Impact of Packet Losses in Scalable Light Field Video Coding, Chapter in, 3D Visual Content Creation, Coding and Delivery, Pedro Assunção and Atanas Gotchev, Springer International Publishing AG Springer Nature, New York, 2019
  • C. Conti, L. D. Soares, P. Nunes, 3D Holoscopic Video Representation and Coding Technology, Chapter in, Novel 3D Media Technologies, Ahmet Kondoz and Tasos Dagiuklas, Springer, New York, 2015
  • L. D. Soares, P. Nunes, Network-Aware Error Resilient Video Coding, Chapter in, Advanced Video Communications over Wireless Networks, Ce Zhu, Yuenan Li, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA, 2013
  • P. Nunes, L. D. Soares, Rate Control and Error Resilience for Object-Based Video Coding, Chapter in, Intelligent Multimedia Communication: Techniques and Applications, Chang Wen Chen, Zhu Li, and Shiguo Lian, Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, 2010

Closed Projects12

Acronym Name Funding Agency Start date Ending date
3D VIVANT Live Immerse Video-Audio Interactive Multimedia EU/FP7 01-03-2010 01-05-2013
3D-SERVICIS Scalable Error Resilient 3D Holoscopic Video Coding for Immersive Systems FCT 01-06-2014 01-05-2016
BIONSE Biometrics with Enhanced Security using Distributed Source Coding IT/LA 01-01-2009 01-01-2011
BioSec Secure Multimodal Biometric Recognition System using Distributed Source Coding FCT/PTDC 01-03-2010 01-02-2013
COST 2101 Biometrics for Identity Documents and Smart Cards EU/COST 01-12-2009 01-03-2011
COST IC 1106 Integrating Biometrics and Forensics for the Digital Age EU/COST 01-03-2012 01-03-2016
LIMESA Light Field Processing for Immersive Media Streaming Applications FCT 01-03-2021 29-02-2024
MOG-QC on the GO MOG-QC on the GO - Desenvolvimento de um sistema integrado de controlo da qualidade de conteúdos audiovisuais FEDER/QREN 01-07-2013 01-06-2015
MPEG ISO MPEG standardization IT/LA 01-07-1993 01-12-2007
PAIRUE Fusion of Palmprint and Iris Recognition in Uncontrolled Environments IT/LA 01-07-2011 01-12-2013
QUIS-CAMPI QUIS-CAMPI: Biometric Recognition in Surveillance Environments IT/LA 01-03-2014 01-02-2015
VISNET II Networked audiovisual media technologies II EU 01-07-2006 01-06-2009
  • C. Conti, P. Nunes, L. D. Soares, Scientific Awards ISCTE-IUL 2016, Awarded for the paper entitled "HEVC-based 3D holoscopic video coding using self-similarity compensated prediction", Lisbon, Portugal, 01-06-2017
  • C. Conti, L. D. Soares, P. Nunes, Best Poster Award COST Interaction 2014, Budapest, Awarded at the Best Poster competition of COST training school on Rich 3D Content: Creation, Perception and Interaction for the poster entitled ''Display Scalable 3D Holoscopic Video Coding'', Budapest, Hungary, 01-07-2014
  • C. Conti, P. Nunes, L. D. Soares, Scientific Awards ISCTE-IUL 2014, Awarded for the paper entitled ''Inter-Layer Prediction Scheme for Scalable 3-D Holoscopic Video Coding'', Lisbon, Portugal, 01-06-2014
  • L. D. Soares, Alcatel - Prof. Carvalho Fernandes Award, Best Telecommunications Student graduating in 1996, 17-07-1996
  • European Signal Processing Conference EUSIPCO, Organizing Committee, 2014
  • International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics - IWBF, Organizing Committee, 2013
  • European Workshop on Biometrics and Identity Management - BioID, Technical Programme Committee, 2011
  • Mobile WiMAX - Towards Ubiquitous Internet, Organizing Committee, 2007
  • Picture Coding Symp., Special Sessions Chairman, 2007
  • Editorial Board, Signal Processing, 01-02-2018 - 31-12-2020
  • Guest Editor, IET Biometrics, 01-05-2013 - 01-05-2014
  • IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
    2023, 3 review(s); 2022, 1 review(s); 2021, 3 review(s); 2019, 2 review(s); 2018, 1 review(s); 2017, 3 review(s); 2015, 2 review(s); 2011, 2 review(s); 2009, 1 review(s); 2007, 1 review(s); 2006, 3 review(s); 2004, 1 review(s); 2003, 1 review(s); 2002, 3 review(s);
  • Symmetry
    2015, 1 review(s);
  • Sensors
    2015, 1 review(s);
  • Signal Processing: Image Communication
    2022, 2 review(s); 2021, 1 review(s); 2020, 2 review(s); 2019, 1 review(s); 2016, 1 review(s); 2014, 1 review(s); 2013, 1 review(s); 2012, 2 review(s); 2011, 2 review(s); 2010, 2 review(s); 2009, 2 review(s); 2008, 2 review(s); 2006, 3 review(s); 1997, 1 review(s);
  • IET Biometrics
    2018, 1 review(s); 2017, 1 review(s); 2016, 2 review(s); 2014, 6 review(s); 2012, 2 review(s);
  • IEEE Transactions on Multimedia
    2020, 1 review(s); 2019, 2 review(s); 2018, 1 review(s); 2013, 2 review(s); 2012, 1 review(s); 2011, 2 review(s); 2010, 1 review(s);
  • Complexity
    2018, 1 review(s);
  • International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence
    2018, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica
    2018, 1 review(s);
  • Image and Vision Computing
    2019, 1 review(s);
  • Artificial Intelligence Review
    2021, 1 review(s); 2020, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior, and Identity Science
    2024, 4 review(s); 2023, 1 review(s); 2022, 2 review(s);
  • IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing
    2022, 1 review(s);
  • IET Image Processing
    2013, 1 review(s); 2011, 1 review(s); 2009, 2 review(s); 2008, 1 review(s); 2007, 2 review(s);
  • ETRI Journal
    2007, 1 review(s);
  • Eurasip Journal on Image and Video Processing
    2014, 1 review(s); 2013, 3 review(s); 2012, 6 review(s); 2011, 1 review(s); 2010, 1 review(s); 2008, 2 review(s);
  • IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology
    2015, 1 review(s); 2010, 1 review(s); 2008, 1 review(s); 1997, 1 review(s);
  • European Trans. on Telecommunications
    2011, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting
    2011, 1 review(s);
  • Wireless Personal Communications
    2012, 1 review(s);
  • Pattern Recognition Letters
    2014, 2 review(s); 2012, 2 review(s);
  • Eurasip Journal on Advances in Signal Processing
    2012, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
    2014, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE Multimedia
    2014, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE Signal Processing Letters
    2007, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems - Part II: Analog Digital Signal Processing
    1998, 1 review(s);
  • Signal Processing
    2006, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE International Conf. on Image Processing - ICIP
    2018, 1 review(s); 2017, 1 review(s); 2016, 1 review(s); 2015, 1 review(s); 2014, 1 review(s); 2013, 1 review(s); 2012, 1 review(s); 2011, 1 review(s); 2010, 1 review(s); 2009, 1 review(s); 2008, 1 review(s); 2007, 1 review(s); 2006, 1 review(s); 2005, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE International Conf. on Multimedia and Expo - ICME
    2021, 1 review(s); 2020, 1 review(s); 2019, 1 review(s); 2018, 1 review(s); 2017, 1 review(s); 2016, 1 review(s); 2015, 1 review(s); 2014, 1 review(s); 2013, 1 review(s); 2012, 1 review(s); 2009, 1 review(s); 2008, 1 review(s); 2007, 1 review(s);
  • Picture Coding Symp.
    2024, 1 review(s); 2021, 1 review(s); 2019, 1 review(s); 2018, 1 review(s); 2015, 1 review(s); 2009, 1 review(s); 2007, 1 review(s);
  • International Workshop on Packet Video
    2007, 1 review(s);
  • European Signal Processing Conference EUSIPCO
    2013, 1 review(s); 2012, 1 review(s); 2011, 1 review(s); 2010, 1 review(s); 2008, 1 review(s); 2006, 1 review(s); 2004, 1 review(s);

  • 2011, 1 review(s); 2009, 1 review(s); 2008, 1 review(s);
  • International Conf. on Telecommunications - ICT
    2009, 1 review(s); 2006, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE EUSIPCO 3DTV-Conf.: The True Vision - Capture, Transmission and Display of 3D Video - 3DTV
    2012, 1 review(s); 2011, 1 review(s); 2010, 1 review(s); 2009, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference - MELECON
    2010, 1 review(s);
  • International Symp. on Visual Computing - IVC
    2010, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE International Symp. on Circuits and Systems - ISCAS
    2012, 1 review(s); 2011, 1 review(s); 2010, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE Symp. on Computers and Communications (ISCC)
    2011, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE International Workshop on Quality of Multimedia Experience - QoMEX
    2011, 1 review(s);
  • International Workshop on Systems, Signals and Image Processing
    2011, 1 review(s);
  • International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics - IWBF
    2020, 1 review(s); 2019, 1 review(s); 2018, 1 review(s); 2017, 1 review(s); 2015, 1 review(s); 2014, 1 review(s); 2013, 1 review(s);
  • Future Network and Mobile Summit
    2013, 1 review(s);
  • International Conf. of the Biometrics Special Interest Group - BIOSIG
    2022, 1 review(s); 2021, 1 review(s); 2020, 1 review(s); 2019, 1 review(s); 2018, 1 review(s); 2017, 1 review(s); 2016, 1 review(s); 2015, 1 review(s); 2014, 1 review(s); 2013, 1 review(s);
  • International Workshop on 3D Multimedia for Mobile and Wireless Networks - 3D-MMWM
    2013, 1 review(s);
  • Visual Communications and Image Processing - VCIP
    2014, 1 review(s);
  • 3DTV Conf. - 3DTV-CON
    2018, 1 review(s); 2015, 1 review(s);
  • IAPR International Conf. on Biometrics - ICB
    2016, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE International Joint Conf. on Biometrics - IJCB
    2023, 1 review(s); 2020, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE International Conference on Image Processing ICIP
    2024, 1 review(s); 2023, 1 review(s); 2021, 1 review(s); 2020, 1 review(s);
  • Conference on Graphics, Patterns, and Images SIBGRAPI
    2021, 1 review(s);
  • ACM - Multimedia
    2022, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE European Workshop on Visual Information Processing - EUVIP
    2022, 1 review(s);
  • European Workshop on Visual Information Processing
    2023, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition FG
    2024, 1 review(s); 2023, 1 review(s);
  • Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele
    2007, 1 review(s); 2004, 1 review(s);
  • Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services WIAMIS
    2005, 1 review(s); 2004, 1 review(s);