Pedro Inácio

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Pedro Ricardo Morais Inácio is an associate professor of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Beira Interior (UBI), which he joined in 2010. Lectures subjects related with information assurance and (cyber)security to graduate and undergraduate courses, namely to the B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. programmes in Computer Science and Engineering. He is currently the Vice-Rector for the Digital Strategy, Information and Human Resources Management and the Data Protection Officer of UBI.

He was born in Covilhã, Portugal, in 1990. Holds a 5-year B.Sc. degree in Mathematics/Computer Science and a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science and Engineering, obtained from UBI, Portugal, in 2005 and 2009 respectively. The Ph.D. work was performed in the enterprise environment of Nokia Siemens Networks Portugal S.A., through a Ph.D. grant from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology.

He is an IEEE senior member, an ACM professional member and a researcher of the Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT). His main research topics are information assurance and security, computer based simulation, and network traffic monitoring, analysis and classification. He has 90+ publications in the form of book chapters and papers in international peer-reviewed books, conferences and journals. He frequently reviews papers for IEEE, Springer, Wiley and Elsevier journals. He is a member of the Technical Program Committees of flagship national and international workshops and conferences, such as ACM SAC, IEEE NCA, IFIPSEC or ARES. Currently serves as a Senior Editor for IEEE Access.

Scientific Achievements

Degrees

• PhD, Universidade da Beira Interior, 01-01-2009
• Licenciatura, Universidade da Beira Interior, 01-06-2005

Affiliations

• EURASIP - European Association for Signal Processing, 01-01-2024 - 31-12-2026, Member of the Biometrics, Data Forensics, and Security (BForSec) Technical Area Committee (TAC)
• Universidade da Beira Interior, 01-06-2021, Associate Professor
• ACM - Association for Computing Machinery, 01-12-2020, Professional Member
• IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 01-01-2015, Senior Member
• Universidade da Beira Interior, 01-01-2010 - 31-05-2021, Assistant Professor

Leadership Positions

5Leadership Positions

• Cloud Systems Research Line Coordinator, Universidade da Beira Interior, set-2020 - fev-2022
• Data Protection Officer, Universidade da Beira Interior, jul-2021 - jun-2025
• Head of Department, Universidade da Beira Interior, nov-2017 - nov-2021
• Pro-Rector for the Digital University, Universidade da Beira Interior, jun-2021 - jun-2025
• Vice-Rector for the Digital Strategy, Information and Human Resources Management, Universidade da Beira Interior, jun-2026 - jun-2029

Expertise Topics

• Network Security
• Monitoring and Analysis of Network Traffic
• Modelling and Simulation
• Criptography
• Cloud Security
• IoT Security

Academic Activities

6Lecture courses

• Computer Security, Universidade da Beira Interior, Computer Science and Engineering
• Information Assurance and Security in the Cloud, Universidade da Beira Interior, Computer Science and Engineering
• Secure Software Systems, Universidade da Beira Interior, Computer Science and Engineering
• Advanced Topics on Modelling and Simulation, Universidade da Beira Interior, Computer Science and Engineering
• Programming of Mobile Devices, Universidade da Beira Interior, Computer Science and Engineering
• Seminars, Universidade da Beira Interior, Web Informatics

5Supervision of PhD theses

As Supervisor

• Defense Mechanism for Adversarial Attacks in Computer Vision, PhD Student, Joana Cabral Amaral Nunes da Costa, Expected conclusion 09-2026
• Systematization of Security Engineering Process in the Cloud and Mobile Ecosystem, PhD Student, Francisco Tchissaquila Chimuco, Expected conclusion 03-2026
• Towards a Framework for System and Attack Modelling and Mapping of Requirements and Technology for the Internet of Things, PhD Student, João Bernardo Ferreira Sequeiros, Defended 09-2024
• Internet of Things Hardware Platform Security Advisor: A Framework for Facilitating Secure Design and Development of IoT Systems, PhD Student, Musa Gwani Samaila, Defended 04-2021

As Co-supervisor

• A Cross Layer Federated Learning Anomaly Detection framework for IoMT, PhD Student, Rui Pedro de Oliveira Pinto, Expected conclusion 09-2026

30Supervision of MSc theses

As Supervisor

• Definindo o Equilíbrio entre Usabilidade e Conformidade com Proteção de Dados em Ambientes Hospitalares, MSc Student, Tiago Lages, Expected conclusion 09-2027
• Analysis of the Capability and Training of Chatbots in the Generation of Rules for Firewall or Intrusion Detection Systems, MSc Student, Bernardo Amaral Louro, Concluded 03-2025
• Streamlining the Usage of Authorization or Digital Signature in Digital Processes, MSc Student, Rui Miguel Monteiro Raposo, Concluded 03-2023
• Applying and Testing Multi-Class and Multi-Output Algorithms in the Mapping of Security Requirements with Technologies and Best Practices, MSc Student, Pedro Miguel Marques Batista, Concluded 07-2022
• Improvement and Evaluation of a System for Dynamic Management of Users and Retrieval of Posts from Twitter, MSc Student, Mónica Sofia Amoroso Rodrigues, Concluded 11-2021
• Multi-Factor and Continuous Verification of Identity during Remote Assessments and Individual Personalized Interactions, MSc Student, Pedro Miguel Ferreira de Oliveira, Concluded 11-2021
• Semi-Automatic Generation of Tests for Assessing Correct Integration of Security Mechanisms in the Internet of Things, MSc Student, Carolina Lopes, Concluded 10-2021
• Modeling Attacks in IoT to Assist the Engineering Process, MSc Student, Luís Carlos Mendes Rodrigues, Concluded 11-2020
• Devising Flows and Guides for a Text based Tool Assisting Security Engineering, MSc Student, Édi Marques Aires, Concluded 01-2020
• Blockchain-based Decentralized Application for Electronic Voting using an Electronic ID, MSc Student, José Diogo Soares Albergaria Serejo Monteiro, Concluded 12-2019
• Implementing and Evaluating Nonsingular Matrices Generators for the Hill Cipher, MSc Student, Moisés Alfredo da Cunha Ferreira, Concluded 11-2018
• Mapping Security Requirements with Technology in the Internet of Things, MSc Student, Moser Zeferino Vicente José, Concluded 11-2018
• Improvement of TestH, a C Library for Generating Self-Similar Series and Estimating the Hurst Parameter, MSc Student, Cristiano Duarte Gonçalves Ramos, Concluded 11-2017
• Dynamic OSINT System Sourcing from Social Networks , MSc Student, Ivan Sousa Fernandes, Concluded 10-2016
• Forensic Box for Quick Network-Based Security Assessments, MSc Student, João Bernardo Ferreira Sequeiros, Concluded 10-2016
• Monitoring of Medication Boxes Using Wireless Sensors, MSc Student, Manuel Luís Gama Meruje, Concluded 10-2016
• Elliptic Curve Cryptography Services for Mobile Operating Systems, MSc Student, Ana R. C. Figueira, Concluded 11-2015
• Assessing and Addressing the Security of Persistant Data in the Android Operating System, MSc Student, Francisco Vigário, Concluded 11-2015
• Seamless and Strong Authentication on Mobile Devices Based on User Activity, MSc Student, Luís Paulo Lemos Perez, Concluded 11-2015
• Analysis of Network Attacks and Security Events using Modern Data Visualization Techniques, MSc Student, Paulo Macedo Pereira, Concluded 11-2015
• Password Habits and Cracking Toolkit, MSc Student, Ricardo X. P. Santos, Concluded 11-2015
• Dissection of Modern Malicious Software, MSc Student, Fábio José Sousa Rodrigues, Concluded 11-2014
• A Framework for Creating Applications for Different Mobile Operating Systems, MSc Student, Pedro Tavares, Concluded 11-2014
• Auditing the Quality of Cryptographic Material in Virtual Machines, MSc Student, Diogo A. B. Fernandes, Concluded 12-2013
• Secure Authentication Mechanisms for the Management Interface in Cloud Computing Environments, MSc Student, Liliana F. B. Soares, Concluded 12-2013
• Traffic Classification Based on Statistical Tests for Matching Empirical Distributions of Internet Protocol Packet Lenghts, MSc Student, Miguel Ângelo Silva Neto, Concluded 07-2013
• Intrusion Detection Based on Behavioral Rules for the Bytes of the Headers of the Data Units in IP Networks, MSc Student, Pedro Miguel Pinto e Pinho, Concluded 11-2012

As Co-supervisor

• Threat Modeling Solution for Internet of Things in a Web-based Security Framework., MSc Student, Joana Cabral Amaral Nunes da Costa, Concluded 07-2021
• Performance Evaluation of the Use of Blockchain on Mobile Health data, MSc Student, João Amaral Santos, Concluded 09-2019
• Game for Cyber Crime Prevention, MSc Student, Inês Gonçalves Fatelo Lopes, Concluded 11-2017

1Supervision of Research grants

As Supervisor

• Towards the assurance of SECURity by dESIGN of the Internet of Things – Specification, Integration and Testing of the Framework, Research Grant, Tiago Miguel Carrola Simões, Concluded 12-2019

Publications

9Books Chapters

• M. G. Samaila, J. Sequeiros, A. Correia, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, IoT Hardware Development Platforms: Past, Present, and Future, Chapter in, Internet of Things: Challenges, Advances, and Applications, Qusay F. Hassan, Atta ur Rehman Khan, Sajjad A. Madani, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 2018
• M. Meruje, M. G. Samaila, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, A Tutorial Introduction to IoT Design and Prototyping with Examples, Chapter in, Internet of Things A to Z: Technologies and Applications, Qusay F. Hassan, Wiley-IEEE Press, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2018
• M. R. M. Memarian, D. A. B. F. Fernandes, P. R. M. I. Inácio, V. L. Leppänen, MC Conti, Applications of Trusted Computing in Cloud Computing, Chapter in, Research Advances in Cloud Computing, Jordi Mongay Batalla, George Mastorakis, Constandinos Mavromoustakis, Evangelos Pallis, Springer International Publishing, Berlin, 2017
• M. G. Samaila, J. Sequeiros, A. Correia, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, A Quick Perspective on the Current State of IoT Security: A Survey, Chapter in, Networks of the Future: Architectures, Technologies, and Implementations, Mahmoud Elkhodr, Qusay F. Hassan, Seyed Shahrestani, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 2017
• M. G. Samaila, M. Neto, D. Fernandes, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Security Challenges of the Internet of Things, Chapter in, Beyond the Internet of Things: Everything Interconnected, Jordi Mongay Batalla, George Mastorakis, Constandinos X. Mavromoustakis, Evangelos Pallis, Springer International Publishing, New York, 2017
• D. A. B. F. Fernandes, L. F. B. Soares Soares, J. V. Gomes, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, A Quick Perspective on the Current State in Cybersecurity, Chapter in, Emerging Trends in Information and Communication Technologies Security, Babak Akhgar, Hamid R. Arabnia, Elsevier Science, 2014
• L. F. B. Soares Soares, D. A. B. F. Fernandes, J. V. Gomes, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Cloud Security: State of the Art, Chapter in, Security, Privacy and Trust in Cloud Systems, Surya Nepal, Mukaddim Pathan, Springer, 2014
• D. A. B. F. Fernandes, L. F. B. Soares Soares, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, On the Self-Similarity of Traffic Generated by Network Traffic Simulators, Chapter in, Modeling and Simulation of Computer Networks and Systems, Mohammad S. Obaidat, Petros Nicopolitidis, Faouzi Zarai, Morgan and Kaufmann, 2014
• J. V. Gomes, P. R. M. I. Inácio, M. Freire, M. Sousa, P. Monteiro, The Nature of Peer-to-Peer Traffic, Chapter in, The Handbook of Peer-to-Peer Networking, Xuemin Shen, Heather Yu, John Buford and Mursalin Akon, Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, 2010

35Papers in Journals

• L.. M. B. Barata, E. R. L. Lopes, P. R. M. I. Inácio, M. Freire, Classification of Anomalies in Microservices Using an XGBoost-Based Approach With Data Balancing and Hyperparameter Tuning, ieee open journal of the computer society, Vol. 6, No., pp. 1673 - 1685, October, 2025 | BibTex
• R. Pinto, B. Silva, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Federated learning for anomaly detection on Internet of Medical Things: A survey, Internet of Things, Vol. 33, No., pp. 101677 - 101677, September, 2025 | BibTex
• T. Roxo, J. Costa, P. R. M. I. Inácio, H. Proença, BIAS: A Body-Based Interpretable Active Speaker Approach, IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior, and Identity Science, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 410 - 421, July, 2025 | BibTex
• T. Roxo, J. Costa, P. R. M. I. Inácio, H. Proença, WASD: A Wilder Active Speaker Detection Dataset, IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior, and Identity Science, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 61 - 70, January, 2025 | BibTex
• F. Chimuco, J. Sequeiros, Tiago M. C. Simões, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Expediting the design and development of secure cloud-based mobile apps, International Journal of Information Security, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 3043 - 3064, July, 2024 | BibTex
• J. Costa, T. Roxo, H. Proença, P. R. M. I. Inácio, How Deep Learning Sees the World: A Survey on Adversarial Attacks & Defenses, IEEE Access, Vol. 12, No. 0, pp. 61113 - 61136, April, 2024 | BibTex
• M. Filho, C.C.M. Monteiro, P. R. M. I. Inácio, M. Freire, A Distributed Virtual-Machine Placement and Migration Approach Based on Modern Portfolio Theory, Journal of Network and Systems Management, Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 1 - 45, October, 2023,
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• F. Chimuco, J. Sequeiros, C. Lopes, Tiago M. C. Simões, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Secure cloud-based mobile apps: attack taxonomy, requirements, mechanisms, tests and automation, International Journal of Information Security, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 833 - 867, August, 2023,
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• J. Costa, T. Roxo, C. Lopes, J. Sequeiros, Tiago M. C. Simões, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Theoretical and practical assessments over SSH, Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, Vol. 18, No. 0, pp. 0 - 30, January, 2023,
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• V. Cunha, A. Zavala, D. Magoni, P. R. M. I. Inácio, M. Freire, A Complete Review on the Application of Statistical Methods for Evaluating Internet Traffic Usage, IEEE Access, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 128433 - 128455, December, 2022,
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• Gupta, P. R. M. I. Inácio, M. Freire, Improving software maintenance with improved bug triaging, Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences, Vol. 34, No. 10, part A, pp. 8757 - 8764, November, 2022,
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• R. Pinto, B. Silva, P. R. M. I. Inácio, A System for the Promotion of Traceability and Ownership of Health Data Using Blockchain, IEEE Access, Vol. 10, No. --, pp. 92760 - 92773, August, 2022 | BibTex
• V. Rios, P. R. M. I. Inácio, D. Magoni, M. Freire, Detection and Mitigation of Low-Rate Denial-of-Service Attacks: A Survey, IEEE Access, Vol. 10, No. 10, pp. 76648 - 76668, July, 2022,
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• J. Costa, T. Roxo, J. Sequeiros, H. Proença, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Predicting CVSS Metric via Description Interpretation, IEEE Access, Vol. 10, No. 0, pp. 59125 - 59134, June, 2022,
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• E. Assunção, P. D. G. Gaspar, R. Mesquita, M. Simões, A. Ramos, H. Proença, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Peaches Detection Using a Deep Learning Technique—A Contribution to Yield Estimation, Resources Management, and Circular Economy, Climate, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 11 - 11, January, 2022 | BibTex
• P. Ferreira, Gupta, P. R. M. I. Inácio, M. Freire, Behaviour-based Malware Detection in Mobile Android Platforms Using Machine Learning Algorithms, Journal of Wireless Mobile Networks, Ubiquitous Computing, and Dependable Applications, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 62 - 88, December, 2021,
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• M. G. Samaila, C. Lopes, É. Aires, J. Sequeiros, Tiago M. C. Simões, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Performance Evaluation of the SRE and SBPG Components of the IoT Hardware Platform Security Advisor Framework, Computer Networks, Vol. 199, No. 108496, pp. 1 - 25, September, 2021 | Full text (PDF 14 MBs) | BibTex
• V. Rios, P. R. M. I. Inácio, D. Magoni, M. Freire, Detection of reduction-of-quality DDoS attacks using Fuzzy Logic and machine learning algorithms, Computer Networks, Vol. 186, No. 107792, pp. 1 - 18, February, 2021,
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• J. Santos, P. R. M. I. Inácio, B. Silva, Towards the Use of Blockchain in Mobile Health Services and Applications, Journal of Medical Systems, Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 1 - 10, January, 2021,
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• J. Sequeiros, F. Chimuco, M. G. Samaila, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Attack and System Modeling Applied to IoT, Cloud, and Mobile Ecosystems, ACM Computing Surveys, Vol. 53, No. 2, pp. 1 - 32, March, 2020,
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• M. G. Samaila, J. Sequeiros, Tiago M. C. Simões, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, IoT-HarPSecA: A Framework and Roadmap for Secure Design and Development of Devices and Applications in the IoT Space, IEEE Access, Vol. 8, No. 0, pp. 16462 - 16494, January, 2020,
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• P. Fazendeiro, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Assessing Access Control Risk for mHealth: A Delphi Study to Categorize Security of Health Data and Provide Risk Assessment for Mobile Apps, Journal of Healthcare Engineering, Vol. 2020, No. 1, pp. 1 - 14, January, 2020 | BibTex
• S. Hosseinzadeh Hosseinzadeh, J. Sequeiros, P. R. M. I. Inácio, V. L. Leppänen, Recent trends in applying TPM to cloud computing, Security and Privacy Journal, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. e93 - e117, November, 2019,
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• P. Almeida, P. Fazendeiro, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Societal risks of the end of physical cash, Futures, Vol. 104, No. 104, pp. 47 - 60, December, 2018,
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• M. G. Samaila, M. Neto,, D. Fernandes, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Challenges of securing Internet of Things devices: A survey, Security and Privacy Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 1 - 32, May, 2018,
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• . ., C.C.M. Monteiro, P. R. M. I. Inácio, M. Freire, Approaches for Optimizing Virtual Machine Placement and Migration in Cloud Environments: A survey, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Vol. 111, No. ., pp. 222 - 250, September, 2017 | BibTex
• D. A. B. F. Fernandes, P. R. M. I. Inácio, M. Freire, P. Fazendeiro, Applications of artificial immune systems to computer security: A survey, Journal of Information Security and Applications, Vol. 35, No. ., pp. 138 - 159, August, 2017,
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• D. A. B. F. Fernandes, L. F. B. Soares Soares, J. V. Gomes, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Security Issues in Cloud Environments - A Survey, International Journal of Information Security, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 113 - 170, April, 2014 | BibTex
• J. V. Gomes, P. R. M. I. Inácio, M. Sousa, M. Freire, P. Monteiro, Detection and classification of peer-to-peer traffic: A survey, ACM Computing Surveys, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 1 - 40, June, 2013,
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• J. V. Gomes, P. R. M. I. Inácio, M. Sousa, M. Freire, P. Monteiro, Identification of peer-to-peer VoIP sessions using entropy and codec properties, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Vol. 0, No. 0, pp. 0 - 0, June, 2013,
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• J. V. Gomes, P. R. M. I. Inácio, M. Sousa, M. Freire, P. Monteiro, Exploring Behavioral Patterns Through Entropy in Multimedia Peer-to-Peer Traffic, Computer Journal, Vol. 55, No. 6, pp. 740 - 755, June, 2012,
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• P. R. M. I. Inácio, M. Freire, M. Sousa, P. Monteiro, Fast Synthesis of Persistent Fractional Brownian Motion, ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 1 - 22, April, 2012 | BibTex
• J. V. Gomes, P. R. M. I. Inácio, B. Lakic, M. Freire, H. A. Silva, P. Monteiro, Source Traffic Analysis, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 1 - 23, August, 2010,
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• P. R. M. I. Inácio, B. Lakic, M. Freire, M. Sousa, P. Monteiro, The Design and Evaluation of the Simple Self-Similar Sequences Generator, Information Sciences, Vol. 179, No. 23, pp. 4029 - 4045, November, 2009 | BibTex
• M.H. Hajduczenia, P. R. M. I. Inácio, H. A. Silva, M. Freire, P. Monteiro, On EPON security issues, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 68 - 83, April, 2007 | BibTex

34Papers in Conferences

• F. Chimuco, J. Sequeiros, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Framework and Roadmap for Secure Design and Development of Applications in the Cloud and Mobile Ecosystem, European Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Conference EICC, Rennes, France, Vol., pp. -, June, 2025,
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• J. Sequeiros, B. Louro, R. Abreu, J. Costa, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Analysis of the Capability and Training of Chat Bots in the Generation of Rules for Firewall or Intrusion Detection Systems, ACM International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security ARES, Viena, Austria, Vol., pp. -, July, 2024,
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• J. Sequeiros, F. Chimuco, Tiago M. C. Simões, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, An Approach to Attack Modeling for the IoT: Creating Attack Trees from System Descriptions, International Conf. on Advanced Information Networking and Applications - AINA, Kitakyushu, Japan, Vol., pp. -, April, 2024,
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• J. Sequeiros, F. Chimuco, Tiago M. C. Simões, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Secure Design and Development of Applications in the Cloud and Mobile Ecosystem, Inforum - Simpósio de Informática, Porto, Portugal, September, 2023,
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• C. Lopes, J. Costa, J. Sequeiros, Tiago M. C. Simões, P. R. M. I. Inácio, M. Freire, Machine Learning Applied to Security Requirements Elicitation: Learning From Experience, Inforum - Simpósio de Informática, Lisbon, Portugal, September, 2021 | BibTex
• M. G. Samaila, C. Lopes, É. Aires, J. Sequeiros, Tiago M. C. Simões, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, A Preliminary Evaluation of the SRE and SBPG Components of the IoT-HarPSecA Framework, Global Internet of Things Summit, Endorsed by IEEE Global IoT Summit GIoTS, Dublin, Ireland, June, 2020,
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• J. D. S. A. S. M. Monteiro, P. R. M. I. Inácio, J. Sequeiros, M. Freire, Blockchain-based Decentralized Application for Electronic Voting Using an Electronic ID, Inforum - Simpósio de Informática, Braga, Portugal, Vol. 11, pp. 1 - 12, September, 2019 | BibTex
• M. G. Samaila, M. Z. V. J. José, J. Sequeiros, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, IoT-HarPSecA: A Framework for Facilitating the Design and Development of Secure IoT Devices, ACM International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security ARES, Canterbury, United Kingdom, August, 2019,
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• M. G. Samaila, J. Sequeiros, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Security Threats and Possible Countermeasures in IoT Applications Covering Different Industry Domains, ACM International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security ARES, Hamburg, Germany, August, 2018,
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• I. L. Lopes, Y. M. Morenets, P. R. M. I. Inácio, F. Silva, Cyber-Detective – A game for cyber crime prevention, Play2Learn, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol., pp. 175 - 191, April, 2018 | BibTex
• M. Filho, Oliveira, C.C.M. Monteiro, P. R. M. I. Inácio, M. Freire, CloudSim Plus: a Cloud Computing Simulation Framework Pursuing Software Engineering Principles for Improved Modularity, Extensibility and Correctness, IFIP/IEEE International Symp. on Integrated Network Management - IFIP/IEEE IM, Lisbon, Portugal, May, 2017 | BibTex
• R. X. P. S. Santos, D. A. B. F. Fernandes, P. T. Tavares, P. R. M. I. Inácio, M. Freire, PassCrackGUI — A Graphical User Interface for Password Cracking Tools, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 10, pp. 0 - 4, September, 2015,
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• F. V. Vigário, D. F. Fonseca, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Assessment of the Susceptibility to Data Manipulation of Android Games with In-app Purchases, International Conf. on ICT Systems Security and Privacy Protection - IFIP SEC, Hamburg, Germany, Vol. 30, pp. 1 - 14, May, 2015,
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• D. A. B. F. Fernandes, L. F. B. Soares Soares, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, A Tool for Estimating the Hurst Parameter and for Generating Self-Similar Sequences, The Society for Modeling and simulation International Summer Computer Simulation Conf. - SCSC, Monterey, United States, Vol. 46, pp. 0 - 8, July, 2014 | BibTex
• D. A. B. F. Fernandes, L. F. B. Soares Soares, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Randomness in Virtual Machines, IEEE/ACM Utility and Cloud Computing Conf. - UCC, Dresden, Germany, Vol. 6, pp. 1 - 4, December, 2013 | BibTex
• L. F. B. Soares Soares, D. A. B. F. Fernandes, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Secure User Authentication in Cloud Computing Management Interfaces, IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conf. - IPCCC, San Diego, United States, Vol. 32, pp. 6 - 8, December, 2013 | BibTex
• J. M. Mendes, F. V. Vigário, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Automatic Derivation Rules for Iptables, International Conf. on Engineering - ICEUBI, Covilhã, Portugal, Vol. 2, pp. 0 - 10, November, 2013 | BibTex
• J. V. Gomes, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Traffic Analysis and Classification Based on Statistical Tests, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Castelo Branco, Portugal, Vol. 9, pp. 387 - 390, May, 2013 | BibTex
• L. P. L. P. Perez, J. P. S. C. Costa, J. V. Gomes, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Strong Authentication with Quick Response Codes, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Castelo Branco, Portugal, Vol. 9, pp. 317 - 320, May, 2013 | BibTex
• J. V. Gomes, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Real-Time Traffic Classification Based on Statistical Tests for Matching Signatures with Packet Length Distributions, IEEE Workshop on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks - LANMAN, Brussels, Belgium, Vol. 19, pp. 1 - 6, April, 2013 | BibTex
• A. R. C. F. Figueira, J. V. Gomes, M. Sousa, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Mechanism and Daemon for Identification of Worms in Attacking Zombies, Conf. sobre Redes de Computadores - CRC, Coimbra, Portugal, Vol. 11, pp. 0 - 9, November, 2011 | BibTex
• L. F. B. Soares Soares, D. A. B. F. Fernandes, J. V. Gomes, M. Sousa, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, NetOdyssey: A Flexible Tool for Real-Time Statistical Analysis of Network Traffic Flows, Conf. sobre Redes de Computadores - CRC, Coimbra, Portugal, Vol. 11, pp. 0 - 9, November, 2011 | BibTex
• A. F. F. E. Esteves, P. R. M. I. Inácio, M. Sousa, M. Freire, On-Line Detection of Encrypted Traffic Generated by Mesh-Based Peer-to-Peer Live Streaming Applications: The Case of GoalBit, IEEE International Symp. on Network Computing and Applications - NCA 2009, Cambridge, United States, Vol. 1, pp. 223 - 228, August, 2011 | BibTex
• F. B. Beirão, J. V. Gomes, P. R. M. I. Inácio, M. Sousa, M. Freire, NetOdyssey – A New Tool for Real-Time Analysis of Network Traffic, IEEE International Symp. on Network Computing and Applications - NCA 2010, Cambridge, United States, Vol. 1, pp. 239 - 242, July, 2010 | BibTex
• S. Pato, J. M. Pedro, J. Santos, P. R. M. I. Inácio, P. Monteiro, On Building a Distributed Antenna System with Joint Signal Processing for Next Generation Wireless Access Networks: The FUTON Approach, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Sta Maria Feira, Portugal, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, May, 2009,
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• J. Santos, P. R. M. I. Inácio, J. V. Gomes, J. J. O. Pires, M. Freire, P. Monteiro, Improving the Upstream Channel Efficiency of Passive Optical Networks via Frame Aggregation and Compression, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, St. Maria da Feira, Portugal, Vol. --, pp. 371 - 374, May, 2009,
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• J. V. Gomes, P. R. M. I. Inácio, B. Lakic, M. Freire, H. A. Silva, P. Monteiro, Studies for Modeling Basic Aspects of Source Traffic, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. 327 - 330, May, 2009,
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• J. V. Gomes, P. R. M. I. Inácio, M. Freire, M. Sousa, P. Monteiro, Analysis of Peer-to-Peer Traffic Using a Behavioural Method Based on Entropy, IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conf. - IPCCC, Austin, United States, Vol. -, pp. 201 - 208, December, 2008,
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• P. R. M. I. Inácio, M. Freire, M. Sousa, P. Monteiro, A Evolução do Parâmetro de Hurst e a Destruição da Auto-Semelhança Durante um Ataque de Rede Intenso, Segurança Informática Nas Organizações - SINO, Coimbra, Portugal, Vol. 4, pp. 63 - 74, November, 2008 | BibTex
• P. R. M. I. Inácio, M. Freire, M. Sousa, P. Monteiro, Analysis of the Impact of Intensive Attacks on the Self-Similarity Degree of the Network Traffic, International Conf. on Emerging Security Information, Systems and Technologies - SECURWARE, Cap Esterel, France, Vol. 2, pp. 107 - 113, August, 2008 | BibTex
• P. R. M. I. Inácio, J. V. Gomes, M. Freire, M. Sousa, P. Monteiro, Zombie Identification Port, IARIA International Conf. on Internet Monitoring and Protection - ICIMP, Bucharest, Romania, Vol. 3, pp. 67 - 73, June, 2008 | BibTex
• M.H. Hajduczenia, P. R. M. I. Inácio, H. A. Silva, P. Monteiro, M. Freire, 10G EPON Standardization in IEEE 802.3av Project, OSA Optical Fiber Communications - OFC, San Francisco, United States, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 9, February, 2008,
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• P. R. M. I. Inácio, M.H. Hajduczenia, M. Freire, H. A. Silva, P. Monteiro, Preamble Encryption Mechanism for Enhanced Privacy in Ethernet Passive Optical Networks, Information Security 2006 - IS’06, Montpellier, France, Vol. 4277, pp. 404 - 414, November, 2006 | BibTex
• P. R. M. I. Inácio, M.H. Hajduczenia, M. Freire, H. A. Silva, P. Monteiro, Um Mecanismo de Cifragem Caótica para Redes Ópticas Passivas Ethernet, Segurança Informática Nas Organizações - SINO, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 2, pp. 100 - 110, October, 2006 | BibTex

Patents

5Patents

• P. R. M. I. Inácio, M.H. Hajduczenia, S. Pato, H. A. Silva, P. Monteiro, Failsafe Optical Splitter and Method to Isolate Faults in a Passive Optical Network, PCT/EP2008/062422, PCT, 21-09-2007
• M. Freire, M.H. Hajduczenia, P. Monteiro, P. R. M. I. Inácio, R. Meleiro, J. Santos, H. A. Silva, J. Castro, Automatic Topology Discovery for Passive Optical Networks, EP08104626, EPO, Granted, 03-07-2008
• M. Freire, J. V. Gomes, P. Monteiro, J. Santos, P. R. M. I. Inácio, J. J. O. Pires, Upstream Efficiency Improvement Method for Passive Optical Networks, PCT/EP2008/060020, PCT, 30-07-2008
• P. Monteiro, H. A. Silva, M.H. Hajduczenia, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, A method, communication system, central and peripheral communication unit for secure packet oriented transfer of information, PCT/EP2007/051573, PCT, 03-03-2006
• P. Monteiro, H. A. Silva, M.H. Hajduczenia, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, A method, communication system, central and peripheral communication unit for secure packet oriented transfer of information, EP06004417, EPO, Granted, 03-03-2006

Projects

Closed Projects3

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
QoEViS	Quality of Experience in Video Streaming	IT/LA	01-07-2014	01-08-2016
SECURIoTESIGN	Towards the assurance of SECURity by dESIGN ​ of​ the Internet of Things	FCT/COMPETE/FEDER	01-07-2018	01-06-2021
TRAMANET	TRAMANET – Traffic and Trust Management in Peer-to-Peer Networks	FCT/PTDC	01-01-2008	01-06-2011

Other Scientific Achievements

4Miscellaneous

• P. R. M. I. Inácio, A. P. D. Duarte, P. Fazendeiro, N. Pombo, 5th EAI International Conference on IoT Technologies for HealthCare, Editor of Conference Proceedings, 978-3-030-30335-8, 01-01-2020 | Link
• M Neto, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Android Security and Susceptibility to Data Exposure and Manipulation, Seminars, TechDays, 01-09-2015
• L. P. L. P. Perez, M Neto, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Authentication on Smartphones based on User Activity, Seminars, TechDays, 01-09-2015
• M Neto, M. Freire, P. R. M. I. Inácio, Traffic Classification in the Dark based on Packet Size Distribution, Seminars, Techdays, 01-09-2015

Other Contributions

6Conference Committees

• International Workshop on Information Security, Assurance and Reliability in the Cloud (WISARC) Pedro Ricardo Morais Inácio WISARC, Technical Programme Chairman, 2017
• International Workshop on Information Security, Assurance and Reliability in the Cloud (WISARC) Pedro Ricardo Morais Inácio WISARC, Technical Programme Chairman, 2016
• Inforum - Simpósio de Informática, Technical Programme Committee, 2016
• Inforum - Simpósio de Informática, Technical Programme Committee, 2015
• Inforum - Simpósio de Informática, Organizing Committee, 2014
• Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Organizing Committee, 2013

3Editorial Committees

• Senior Associate Editor, IEEE Access, 01-12-2023 - 01-12-2025
• Associate Editor, IEEE Access, 01-09-2020 - 01-10-2025
• Guest Editor, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 01-09-2018 - 01-08-2019

6Refereeing Journals

• IEEE Communications Magazine
  2013, 1 review(s);
• International Journal of Information Security
  2013, 1 review(s);
• IEEE Trans. on Emerging Topics in Computing
  2013, 1 review(s);
• IEEE Systems Journal
  2014, 1 review(s);
• Security and Communication Networks
  2014, 1 review(s);
• Journal of Network and Computer Applications
  2014, 1 review(s);

1Refereeing Conferences

• ACM Symp. on Appl. Computing
  2014, 1 review(s); 2013, 2 review(s);

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