Academic position: | Full Professor |
Joining date: | 01-01-1999 |
Roles in IT: |
Senior Researcher
Thematic Line Coordinator |
Thematic Line: | Networks and Services |
Group: | Telecommunications and Networking – Av |
Rui L. Aguiar received his degree in telecommunication engineering in 1990 and his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in 2001 from the University of Aveiro. He is currently a Full Professor at the University of Aveiro, responsible for the networking area, and has been previously an adjunct professor at the INI, Carnegie Mellon University. He was a Visiting Research Scholar at Universidade Federal de Uberlândia Brazil and served as advisor to the portuguese governement on 5G policies. He is coordinating a research line nationwide in Instituto de Telecomunicações, on the area of Networks and Services. During six years, he led the Technological Platform on Connected Communities, a regional cross-disciplinary industry-oriented activity on smart environments.
His current research interests are centred on the implementation of advanced wireless networks and systems, with special emphasis on 5G networks and the Future Internet. He has more than 500 published papers in those areas, including standardization contributions to IEEE and IETF. He has served as technical and general chair of several conferences, from IEEE, ACM and IFIP, and is regularly invited for keynotes on 5G and Future Internet networks. He sits on the TPC of most major IEEE ComSoc conferences. He has extensive participation in national and international projects, as well as in industry technology transfer actions.
He is currently associated with the 5G PPP Infrastructure Association and is the current Chair of the steering board of the Networld Europe ETP. He is senior member of IEEE, Portugal ComSoc Chapter Chair, and a member of ACM. He is associated editor of Wiley’s ETT, and Springers’ Wireless Networks and has helped on the launch of Elsevier’s ICT Express. He is a chartered engineer, has acted as a consultant to several major operators, as technology advisor to bootstrap several SMEs, and as an expert to several public bodies, both on the societal and on the judiciary branches. He currently sits on the Advisory Board of several EU-projects and research units.
Acronym | Name | Funding Agency | Start date | Ending date |
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6G-VERSUS | Experimentation of 6G Towards Promoting Sustainable Technology in Industry | EU/Horizon Europe | 01-01-2025 | 31-12-2027 |
EXIGENCE | Devise & explore a novel approach for energy consumption and carbon footprint reduction of ICT services in the era of next-generation mobile telecommunications (6G) | Horizon Europe | 01-01-2024 | 30-06-2026 |
NGM | A NextGen Mobility: Next generation of connected mobility and infrastructures | IAPMEI | 01-12-2022 | 30-09-2025 |
RIGOUROUS | Secure Design and Deployment of Trustworthy Continuum Computing 6G Services | EU | 01-01-2023 | 31-12-2026 |
Route25 | Route 25: Agenda for Autonomous, Intelligent, Interoperable and Inclusive Mobility | IAPMEI | 01-10-2022 | 30-09-2025 |
Acronym | Name | Funding Agency | Start date | Ending date |
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IPSphere Model | Deutsche Telekom | 01-03-2008 | 01-02-2009 | |
Distribuição Context Aware de Conteúdos em Redes Sociais | PT Inovação | 01-05-2010 | 01-05-2011 | |
Apollo | PT Inovação | 01-04-2011 | 01-03-2013 | |
4WARD | 4WARD | EU/FP7 | 01-01-2008 | 01-12-2010 |
5G | SI I&DT Copromoção Nr. 024539 - Componentes e serviços para redes 5G | P2020 | 01-01-2018 | 30-06-2021 |
5GAINer | 5GAINER - 5G+AI Networks Reliability Center | Huawei Technologies Portugal | 06-10-2020 | 05-10-2024 |
5GASP | 5GASP | EU/H2020 | 01-01-2021 | 31-12-2023 |
5GCONTACT | CONText-Aware Communications opTimization | FCT | 04-10-2018 | 03-02-2021 |
5GinFire | Evolving FIRE into a 5G-Oriented Experimental Playground for Vertical industries | EU/H2020 | 01-01-2017 | 01-12-2019 |
5Growth | 5G-enabled Growth in Vertical Industries | EU/H2020 | 01-06-2019 | 31-12-2021 |
AENEAS | Advanced European Network of E-infrastructures for Astronomy with the SKA | EU/H2020 | 01-01-2017 | 01-12-2019 |
Agora-5G | AGora-5G | (confidential) | 01-05-2018 | 01-03-2020 |
Akogrimo | Access to Knowledge through the Grid in a mobile World | EU/FP6 | 01-07-2004 | 01-11-2007 |
Apollo | Apollo | QREN | 01-10-2011 | 01-01-2014 |
CaaS | CaaS | ABBAN, S.A. | 01-01-2010 | 01-07-2011 |
CASSIOPEIA | Contextually-Appropriate Selective Sharing IoT Open-standard Permissioning Architectures | EU/H2020 | 01-11-2020 | 30-04-2021 |
C-CAST | Context Casting | EU/FP7 | 01-02-2008 | 01-09-2010 |
C-Mobile | Advanced MBMS for the future mobile world | EU/FP6 | 01-01-2006 | 01-03-2008 |
Daidalos | Designing Advanced Interfaces for the Delivery and Administration of Location independent Optimised personal Services | EU | 01-11-2003 | 01-04-2006 |
Daidalos II | Designing Advanced network Interfaces for the Delivery and Administration of Location independent, Optimised personal Services - II | EU | 01-01-2006 | 31-12-2008 |
DEVNF | DEVNF - Um ecossistema para funções virtualizadas de rede | FCT/CAPES | 01-03-2015 | 01-12-2017 |
EECCO | Energy EffiCient Current-mode techniques for free-space Optical front-end receivers | FCT/PTDC | 01-06-2008 | 01-06-2011 |
ENGAGE SKA | ENAbling Green E-science for SKA - Capacitation and Sustainability of Portuguese participation in the SKA with radioastronomy as an Innovation Open Living Lab | FCT/POCI, P2020 | 01-05-2017 | 29-04-2020 |
EyeInTheSky | Utilização de Balões de Alta-Altitude para Apoio à Decisão em Operações de Combate a Incêndios Rurais | FCT | 01-01-2020 | 31-12-2022 |
HAN-4G | Integration of Heterogeneous Access Networks in a 4G Architecture | IT/LA | 01-09-2005 | 31-08-2007 |
Hi-Fixx2 | Hi-Fixx2 | Infineon Technologies | 01-01-2005 | 12-01-2005 |
IMPCLOCK | Implementation of feedback-based clock distribution systems | FCT/POCTI | 01-07-2004 | 01-07-2006 |
LITES | Led-based intelligent street lighting for energy saving | EU/FP7 | 01-12-2009 | 01-05-2012 |
MEC | Mobile Edge Cloud | PT Inovação | 01-03-2016 | 01-12-2016 |
MEDIEVAL | MultimEDia transport for mobIlE Video AppLications | EU/FP7 | 01-07-2010 | 01-06-2013 |
Moby Dick | Moby Dick | PT Inovação | 01-01-2001 | 31-12-2003 |
Multipass | Multipass | PT Inovação | 01-03-2010 | 01-03-2011 |
Multipass-II | Multipass-II | PT Inovação | 01-09-2011 | 01-08-2012 |
NetEdge | SI I&DT Copromoção Nr. 069977 - NETEDGE - EDgE computing for end-users of optical Networks | P2020 | 01-12-2020 | 30-06-2023 |
OneLab2 | An Open Federated Laboratory Supporting Network Research for the Future Internet | EU/FP7 | 01-09-2008 | 01-12-2010 |
P2056 | Unified Standardisation Framework for Telecommunications Network Enablers | Eurescom | 01-01-2011 | 01-06-2011 |
PASMO | Plataforma aberta para o desenvolvimento e experimentação de soluções para a mobilidade | P2020 | 15-05-2017 | 14-05-2020 |
S2MUV | S2MUV | Altran Portugal | 01-04-2016 | 01-08-2017 |
SCALE | SI I&DT - Projetos em Copromoção Nr. 047210 - Scalable Centralized Grid Protection, Automation and Control | P2020 | 01-01-2021 | 30-06-2023 |
SDRT | SI I&DT Copromoção Nr. 070192 - SDRT Health - Software Defined Real-Time Health | P2020 | 04-04-2021 | 30-06-2023 |
SeLF-ICN | Selectively Accessing Light Field Faces over Information Centric Networking | IT | 01-07-2016 | 01-06-2018 |
Smart EnterCom | Núcleo de I&D em Copromoção Nr. 021949 - SmartEnterCom - Comunicações Empresariais Inteligentes | P2020 | 01-01-2017 | 31-12-2019 |
SNS-OPS | SNS-OPS – SUPPORTING THE SNS JU OPERATIONS | EU/Horizon Europe | 01-01-2023 | 31-03-2025 |
SooS | Service-oriented Operating Systems | EU/FP7 | 01-02-2010 | 01-01-2013 |
SuperMEC | SuperMEC | Altran Portugal | 01-02-2019 | 31-01-2021 |
sWAT | Next generation Smart Water Grids | IT/LA | 01-07-2014 | 01-07-2016 |
SWIFT | Secure Widespread Identities for Federated Telecommunications | EU/FP7 | 01-01-2008 | 01-06-2010 |
TWIN | SI I&DT Copromoção Nr. 069557 - Twin: Plataforma híbrida de aprovisionamento de serviços e comunicações orquestradas para aplicações stateful com requisitos de latência e jitter | P2020 | 31-01-2021 | 30-06-2023 |
VIDAS | VIsible light communications for advanced Driver Assistance Systems | FCT/PTDC | 01-09-2007 | 01-03-2010 |
WIP | An All-Wireless Mobile Network Architecture | EU | 01-01-2006 | 31-12-2008 |
Activities from this researcher fall under the following United Nations Strategic Development Goals (SDGs):