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... Pedro Miguel Alves Brandão

Researcher

Pedro Brandão

Academic position: Assistant Professor
Joining date: 01-01-2007
Roles in IT: Researcher
Thematic Line: Networks and Services
Group: Networked Systems – Po

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Address: IT Branch – Porto
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Scientific Achievements

  • PhD, University of Cambridge, 01-01-2012
  • MSc, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, 01-01-2002
  • Licenciatura, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, 01-01-1997
  • IEEE Computer Society, 01-01-2008, Member
  • Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 01-01-2006, Professional
  • IEEE Communications Society, 01-01-2005 - 01-10-2024, Member
  • Faculdade de Ciências da Univ. do Porto, 01-01-2001, Assistant Professor
  • Networks
  • Sensor Networks
  • Body Sensor Networks
  • eHealth
  • Network Security
52Supervision of MSc theses
As Supervisor
As Co-supervisor
3Supervision of BSc theses
As Supervisor
16Supervision of Research grants
As Supervisor
As Co-supervisor
4Books Chapters
  • D. Machado, V.S.C. Costa, P. Brandão, The Impact of Feature Selection on Balancing, Based on Diabetes Data, Chapter in, Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, Ana Moita, Katja Bühler, Hesham Ali, Ning Deng, Ioanna Chouvarda, Federico Cabitza, Ana Fred, Hugo Gamboa, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, NA, 2024
  • D. Machado, R. Carvalho, P. Brandão, Gamification: Improving Patient Adherence in mHealth for Diabetes Management, Chapter in, Handbook of Research on Solving Modern Healthcare Challenges With Gamification, IGI Global, Porto, 2021
  • J. Cunha, S. Rodrigues, D. Dias, P. Brandão, A. Aguiar, I.C.O. Oliveira, J. M. F. Fernandes, C. Maia, A. T. Tedim, A. Barros, O. Azuaje, E. S. Soares, F. Torre, Towards a Wearable Wireless Platform for Vitals and Body-Area Environment Monitoring of First Response Teams, Chapter in, Wearable Technologies and Wireless Body Sensor Networks for Healthcare, Fernando José Velez & Fardin Derogarian Miyandoab, IET, NA, 2018
  • A. Ferreira, L. Barreto, P. Brandão, R. Correia, S. Sargento, L. Antunes, Accessing an existing virtual electronic patient record with a secure wireless architecture, Chapter in, Mobile Health Solutions for Biomedical Applications, Professor Joseph Tan and Professor Phillip Olla, IGI global, Medical Information Science Reference, 2009
3Papers in Journals
48Papers in Conferences
  • P. Grümer, P. Brandão, Computing an Automotive Cybersecurity Maturity Level Assessment Programme, ACM ACM Computer Science in Cars Symposium ACM CSCS, Darmstadt, Germany, Vol., pp. -, December, 2023,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • P. Grümer, P. Brandão, An Automotive Cybersecurity Maturity Level Assessment Programme, International Conf. on Dependable Systems and Networks - DSN, Coimbra, Portugal, Vol., pp. 84 - 91, June, 2023,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • D. Machado, V.S.C. Costa, P. Brandão, Using balancing methods to improve glycaemia-based data mining, INSTICC International Conf. on Health Informatics - Healthinf, Lisbon, Portugal, February, 2023,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • D. Machado, V.S.C. Costa, P. Brandão, Impact of the glycaemic sampling method in diabetes data mining, IEEE International Symp. on Computers and Communications - ISCC, Rhodes, Greece, June, 2022,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • J. Barros, P. Brandão, End-Stage Renal Disease Self-Management: Mobile App Development, IEEE workshop on ICT Solutions for eHealth ICTS4sHealth, Athens, Greece, August, 2021,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • R. Carvalho, D. Machado, P. Brandão, Gamification, mHealth and user adherence, ICTS4eHealth, Rennes, France, July, 2020 | BibTex
  • E. S. Soares, P. Brandão, R. Prior, Analysis of Timekeeping in Experimentation, 12th IEEE/IET International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing CSNDSP, Porto, Portugal, July, 2020,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • D. Machado, P. Brandão, V.S.C. Costa, C. N. Neves, C. E. Esteves, C. Arteiro, D. C. Carvalho, M. Pereira, J.N. Neves, Auxílio na Gestão da Diabetes: Avaliação e Compensação Correta de Refeições, Congresso Português de Diabetes, Quarteira, Portugal, March, 2020 | BibTex
  • D. Machado, V.S.C. Costa, I. Dutra, P. Brandão, Diabetes management guidance by a logical unit supported by datamining in a mobile application, Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing MEDICON, Coimbra, Portugal, September, 2019,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • L.P Pinto, E. S. Soares, P. Santos, A. Aguiar, P. Brandão, Poster: VoIP System for Bicycle Platoons, IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference VNC, taipei, Taiwan, November, 2018 | Full text (PDF 7 MBs) | BibTex
  • E. S. Soares, A. Aguiar, P. Brandão, R. Prior, Service for MANET node self-configuration and communication, IFIP Wireless and Mobile Networking Conference 2018 IFIP WMNC 2018, Prague, Czech Republic, September, 2018,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • R. Gonçalves, E.Correia Correia, P. Brandão, A flexible framework for Rogue Access Point detection, International Conf. on Security and Cryptography - SECRYPT, Porto, Portugal, Vol., pp. 466 - 471, July, 2018,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • J. R. Fernandes Rodrigues, P. A. Sousa, P. Brandão, Factors that influence the decision on how and when to use an "health kiosk", IP Leiria IPLeiria International Health Congress IPL Health Cong, Leiria, Portugal, May, 2018 | BibTex
  • T. Sousa, P. Brandão, P. A. Sousa, Tele-Enfermeiro Evolution (poster), IP Leiria IPLeiria International Health Congress IPL Health Cong, Leiria, Portugal, May, 2018 | BibTex
  • D. Machado, R. Parra, P. Brandão, C. N. Neves, C. E. Esteves, D. C. Carvalho, Gamification to Incentivize Mhealth Diabetes Management, Kenes International International Conf. on Advanced Technologies and Treatments for Diabetes - ATTD, Vienna, Austria, February, 2018 | BibTex
  • JPGS Silva, P. Brandão, R. Prior, Usability Assessment of a Health Kiosk, IEEE workshop on ICT Solutions for eHealth ICTS4sHealth, Heraklion, Greece, July, 2017 | BibTex
  • D. Machado, T.P. Paiva, I. Dutra, V.S.C. Costa, P. Brandão, Managing Diabetes: Pattern Discovery and Counselling supported by user data in a mobile platform, IEEE workshop on ICT Solutions for eHealth ICTS4sHealth, Heraklion, Greece, Vol., pp. 296 - 299, July, 2017 | Full text (PDF 101 KBs) | BibTex
  • D. Machado, I. Dutra, P. Brandão, V.S.C. Costa, Managing Diabetes: counselling supported by user data in a mobile platform, RuleML+RR: International Joint Conference on Rules and Reasoning, London, United Kingdom, Vol. 1875, pp. -, July, 2017,
    | Abstract     | Full text (PDF 700 KBs) | BibTex
  • D. Machado, T.P. Paiva, I. Dutra, P. Brandão, V.S.C. Costa, C. N. Neves, S. Oliveira, C. E. Esteves, C. Arteiro, M.P. Pereira, D. C. Carvalho, Auxílio na Gestão da Diabetes: Descoberta de padrões nos registos e aconselhamento numa aplicação móvel, Congresso Português de Diabetes, Albufeira, Portugal, Vol. NA, pp. NA - NA, March, 2017 | Full text (PDF 252 KBs) | BibTex
  • E. S. Soares, P. Brandão, R. Prior, A. Aguiar, Experimentation with MANETs of Smartphones, Wireless Days Conf., Porto, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. 155 - 158, March, 2017,
    | Abstract     | Full text (PDF 500 KBs) | BibTex
  • P. A. Sousa, J. R. Fernandes Rodrigues, P. Brandão, HEALTH KIOSK: What factors influence the decision on how and when to use it?, International Congress ACENDIO-AENTDE, Valencia, Spain, Vol. NA, pp. NA - NA, March, 2017 | BibTex
  • JPGS Silva, P. Brandão, R. Prior, Modular Health Kiosk based on Web Technologies, International Special Session on Smart Medical Devices - From Lab to Clinical Practice - SmartMedDev, Porto, Portugal, Vol. 5, pp. 517 - 525, February, 2017,
    | Abstract     | Full text (PDF 1 MB) | BibTex
  • P. Brandão, D. Machado, T.P. Paiva, I. Dutra, C. N. Neves, S. Oliveira, C. E. Esteves, C. Arteiro, D. C. Carvalho, Helping on diabetes management: showing patterns on records and providing advices on a smartphone app, Kenes International International Conf. on Advanced Technologies and Treatments for Diabetes - ATTD, Paris, France, February, 2017,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • E. S. Soares, C.O Oliveira, J.M. Maia, R.A. Almeida, P. Brandão, M. Coimbra, R. Prior, Modular Health Kiosk for Health Self-Assessment, IEEE workshop on ICT Solutions for eHealth ICTS4sHealth, Messina, Italy, Vol. NA, pp. NA - NA, June, 2016,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • E. S. Soares, I. Pereira, C.O Oliveira, F. Ramos, P. Brandão, R. Prior, C. Q. Queirós, O projeto HealthKiosk: um estudo exploratório sobre stress, burnout e tensão arterial, Congresso Nacional de Psicologia da Saúde, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. NA, pp. 100 - 100, January, 2016 | BibTex
  • E. Lima Lima, P. Brandão, O. Azuaje, A. Aguiar, Demo — DisToNet: Disconnection Tolerant Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, ACM MobiCom Workshop on Challenged Networks - CHANTS, Paris, France, Vol. NA, pp. NA - NA, September, 2015,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • D. Machado, V.S.C. Costa, P. Brandão, MyDiabetes - Rule Based Advice System, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. NA, pp. NA - NA, September, 2015,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • E. S. Soares, R.A. Almeida, C.O. Oliveira, J.M. Maia, R. Prior, M. Coimbra, P. Brandão, Usability of Health Kiosks for Health Self-Assessment, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. ?, pp. ? - ?, September, 2015 | BibTex
  • E. S. Soares, P. Brandão, R. Prior, Scalable Framework for Live Data Sharing through 802.11, Mediterranean Conference on Information & Communication Technologies MedICT, Saïdia, Morocco, Vol. 2, pp. 183 - 192, May, 2015,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • A. P. Pereira, E.Correia Correia, P. Brandão, Download the Latest Malware, Free of Charge, BlackHat Europe, Amesterdam, Netherlands, Vol. NA, pp. NA - NA, October, 2014 | BibTex
  • C. Pereira, S. Frade Frade, P. Brandão, R. Correia, A. Aguiar, Integrating Data and Network Standards into an Interoperable E-Health Solution, SSH: IEEE Workshop on Service Science for eHealth - SSH, Natal, Brazil, Vol., pp. 99 - 104, October, 2014,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • C. S. F. L. Leite, P. Brandão, Gestão Pessoal de Diabetes – Sistema de Aconselhamento (poster), Inforum - Simpósio de Informática, Porto, Portugal, Vol. NA, pp. NA - NA, September, 2014 | Full text (PDF 384 KBs) | BibTex
  • A. P. Pereira, E.Correia Correia, P. Brandão, USB connection vulnerabilities on Android smartphones: default and vendors’ customizations, IFIP TC6 and TC11 Joint IFIP TC6 and TC11 Conf. on Communications and Multimedia Security - CMS, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. NA, pp. NA - NA, September, 2014,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • A. Aguiar, E. S. Soares, P. Brandão, T.M. Magalhães, J. M. F. Fernandes, I. O. Oliveira, Demo: Wireless IP mesh on Android for fire-fighter monitoring, ACM MobiCom Workshop on Challenged Networks - CHANTS, Maui, United States, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, September, 2014,
    | Abstract     | Full text (PDF 215 KBs) | BibTex
  • J. G. Graça, P. Brandão, C. N. Neves, C. E. Esteves, M.P. Pereira, S. B. Belo, Z. S. Sousa, D. C. Carvalho, Diabetes Management on smartphones, Kenes International International Conf. on Advanced Technologies and Treatments for Diabetes - ATTD, Vienna, Austria, Vol. A-113, pp. 16 - 16, February, 2014 | BibTex
  • J. G. Graça, P. Brandão, C. N. Neves, C. E. Esteves, S. B. Belo, Z. S. Sousa, D. C. Carvalho, Gestão de Diabetes em Smartphones, Congresso Português de Endocrinologia, Vilamoura, Portugal, Vol. NA, pp. NA - NA, February, 2014 | BibTex
  • P. V. Vilares, P. Brandão, Adaptive Time Synchronization Protocol for BANs, International Conf. on Body Area Networks - BodyNets, Oslo, Norway, Vol., pp. 1 - 1, September, 2012,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • P. Brandão, Modelling correlations for Body Sensor Network information, International Conf. on Body Area Networks - BodyNets, Oslo, Norway, Vol., pp. 1 - 1, September, 2012,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • J. Singh, P. Brandão, J. Bacon, Context-aware disclosure of health sensor data, ICST International Conf. on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, Munchen, Germany, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, March, 2010,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • P. Brandão, J. Bacon, Body Sensor Networks: Can we use them?, ACM/IFIP/USENIX International Workshop on Middleware for Pervasive Mobile and Embedded Computing - M-MPAC, Urbana Champaign, Illinois, United States, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, December, 2009,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • P. Brandão, J. Bacon, BSN Middleware: Abstracting Resources to Human Models, INSTICC International Conf. on Health Informatics - Healthinf, Porto, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, January, 2009,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • S.B. Bessa, E.Correia Correia, P. Brandão, Storage and retrieval on P2P networks: A DHT based protocol, IEEE Symp. on Computers and Communications (ISCC), Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, July, 2007,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • S. Sargento, P. Brandão, A secure wireless architecture to access a virtual electronic patient record, Workshop on Applications and Services in Wireless Networks, 1, Hungary, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, November, 2006 | BibTex
  • A. Ferreira, L. Barreto, P. Brandão, R. Correia, S. Sargento, L. Antunes, A secure wireless architecture to access a virtualelectronic patient record, ICST Security and Privacy in Mobile Health Care Workshop - PMHCS, Innsbruck, Austria, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, November, 2006,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • B.W. Weyl, P. Brandão, et. al., Protecting Privacy of Identities in Federated OperatorEnvironments, IST Mobile and Wireless Communications Summit, Dresden, Germany, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, June, 2005,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • A.O. Olivereau, A.S. Skarmeta, R.M.L. Lopez, B.W. Weyl, P. Brandão, P.M. Mishra, An Advanced Authorization Framework for IP-based B3G Systems, IST Mobile and Wireless Communications Summit, Dresden, Germany, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, June, 2005 | BibTex
  • S. Sargento, P. Brandão, SRBQ and RESVPAGG: A Comparative Study, International Conf. on Telecommunications - ICT, Fortaleza, Brazil, Vol. N/A, pp. N/A - N/A, August, 2004 | BibTex
  • S. Crisóstomo, S. Sargento, P. Brandão, R. Prior, Improving AODV with preemptive local route repair, International Workshop on Wireless Ad-hoc Networks - IWWAN, Oulu, Finland, Vol., pp. 223 - 227, June, 2004,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
1Non-refereed Publications
  • A. Celesti, A. Bagula, I. F. Falco, P. Brandão, G. S. Sannino, Emerging Networked Computer Applications for Telemedicine (editorial), January 2019,
    | Other Resources

Closed Projects7

Acronym Name Funding Agency Start date Ending date
DiaPreReApp DM1 Predict and Reason about Hypoglycaemia in an App FCT 15-06-2020 15-06-2021
MobiWise MobiWise: from mobile sensing to mobility advising P2020 01-01-2017 09-01-2021
NanoSTIMA NanoSTIMA – Macro-to-Nano Human Sensing: Towards Integrated Multimodal Health Monitoring and Analytics Norte2020 - Programa Operacional Regional do Norte 01-07-2015 01-12-2018
S-DiaSelMan Smart Diabetes Self-Management Care FCT 01-04-2014 01-05-2016
SmartHeart Smarter Cardiac Sensing via Integrated Signal Processing IT 01-01-2017 01-03-2018
VR2 VitalResponder 2.0: Intelligent management of critical events of stress, fatigue and smoke intoxication in forest firefighting FCT 01-07-2013 01-12-2015
VR2MARKET Desenvolvimento dum Produto para Monitorização Móvel e Vestível da Saúde de Profissionais de Primeira Resposta e de outras Profissões de Risco FCT/ CMU 01-07-2014 30-06-2019
1Awards
  • JPGS Silva, P. Brandão, R. Prior, Best Paper award on SmartMedDev, BIOSTEC, 2017, "Modular Health Kiosk based on Web Technologies", International Special Session on Smart Medical Devices - From Lab to Clinical Practice - SmartMedDev, Porto, Portugal, 01-02-2017
4Miscellaneous
  • P. Brandão, The need to make sense of all the data, Invited Talks, ICHI-2013, 01-11-2013
  • P. Brandão, Monitorização Vital e Ambiental com recurso a Redes de Sensores sem Fios, MSc Thesis Jury, 01-07-2013
  • et. al., P. Brandão, Network Coding for Delay Constrained Wireless Systems with Feedback, PhD Thesis Jury, 01-12-2012
  • et. al., P. Brandão, Monitorização Remota Aplicada ao Seguimento de Doentes com Dispositivos Electrónicos Cardiovasculares Implantáveis, MSc Thesis Jury, Mestrado de Inf. Médica, 01-03-2011
7Short Courses and Seminars
3Prototypes
16Conference Committees
  • Conference on Smart Information & Communication Technologies SmartICT, Technical Programme Committee, 2019
  • IEEE International Young Engineers Forum on Electrical and Computer Engineering YEF-ECE, Technical Programme Committee, 2019
  • IEEE Inter. Conf. on Recent Advances in Signal Processing, Telecommunications & Computing (SigTelCom) SigTelCom, Technical Programme Committee, 2019
  • International Conference on Future Intelligent Vehicular Technologies - Future 5V, Technical Programme Chairman, 2018
  • Inforum - Simpósio de Informática, Technical Programme Committee, 2018
  • IEEE International Symp. on Wireless Communication Systems - ISWCS, Technical Programme Committee, 2018
  • IEEE workshop on ICT Solutions for eHealth ICTS4sHealth, Conference co-chair, 2018
  • Inforum - Simpósio de Informática, Technical Programme Committee, 2017
  • IEEE workshop on ICT Solutions for eHealth ICTS4sHealth, Conference co-chair, 2017
  • Inforum - Simpósio de Informática, Technical Programme Committee, 2016
  • IFIP Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop - Med-Hoc-Net, Technical Programme Committee, 2016
  • International Special Session on Smart Medical Devices - From Lab to Clinical Practice - SmartMedDev, Technical Programme Committee, 2016
  • Inforum - Simpósio de Informática, Technical Programme Committee, 2015
  • IEEE International Conference on Mobile Services IEEE MS, Technical Programme Committee, 2015
  • IFIP Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop - Med-Hoc-Net, Technical Programme Committee, 2015
  • International Special Session on Smart Medical Devices - From Lab to Clinical Practice - SmartMedDev, Technical Programme Committee, 2014
1Editorial Committees
  • Guest Editor, Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 31-10-2017 - 09-03-2018
8Refereeing Journals
  • International Journal of Medical Informatics
    2018, 2 review(s); 2017, 1 review(s); 2016, 3 review(s); 2015, 3 review(s); 2014, 3 review(s); 2013, 4 review(s); 2012, 1 review(s); 2011, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE Communications Letters
    2016, 1 review(s);
  • Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks
    2016, 1 review(s);

  • 2016, 1 review(s);
  • Sensors
    2017, 1 review(s);
  • Sustainability
    2017, 2 review(s);
  • Wireless Networks
    2017, 2 review(s);
  • Computer Communications
    2013, 1 review(s); 2012, 1 review(s); 2010, 1 review(s); 2009, 1 review(s); 2008, 1 review(s);
10Refereeing Conferences
  • IEEE International Symp. on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Commun - PIMRC
    2007, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE Global Communications Conference - GLOBECOM
    2009, 1 review(s); 2008, 1 review(s);
  • ICC Wireless Communications
    2008, 1 review(s);
  • International Conf. on E-Health Networking, Applications and Services - HealthCom
    2013, 1 review(s);
  • IFIP Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop - Med-Hoc-Net
    2017, 1 review(s); 2016, 2 review(s); 2015, 2 review(s);
  • IEEE International Conference on Mobile Services IEEE MS
    2015, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE International Conference on Advanced Networks and Telecommunications Systems ANTS
    2016, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE International Symp. on Computers and Communications - ISCC
    2017, 3 review(s);
  • IEEE International Symp. on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks - WoWMoM
    2018, 1 review(s);
  • International Conf. on ICT Systems Security and Privacy Protection - IFIP SEC
    2019, 1 review(s);

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