Bruno Miguel Correia da Silva

Bruno Silva

Academic position:	Associate Professor
Joining date:	01-11-2011
Roles in IT:	Researcher
Thematic Line:	Networks and Services
Group:	Network Applications and Services - Cv

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Address: IT Branch – Covilhã
Faculdade de Engenharia
Covilhã
6201-001
Tel: 275329953

http://www.cienciavitae.pt/A710-2809-AB40

https://www.orcid.org/0000-0002-5939-8370

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09-10-2025

NAS Group from Covilhã Showcased Innovation at ACM SIGCOMM in Coimbra

Coimbra hosted the ACM SIGCOMM Conference from September 8 to 10 for the first time in Portugal. Now in its 39th edition, SIGCOMM is one of the most prestigious international forums on computer networks and data communication.

16-02-2024

NEWS@IT - Latest issue

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01-02-2024

RuralTHINGS featured in RTP

Bruno Silva, our researcher, from the Covilhã branch (UBI), and principal researcher of RuralTHINGS, was interviewed by RTP.

11-10-2023

RuralTHINGS project is one of the winners of the fifth PROMOVE Program competition

IT-UBI team project is one of the winners of the fifth PROMOVE Program competition, funded by “la Caixa” Foundation, in partnership with the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).

Scientific Achievements

Degrees

PhD, Universidade da Beira Interior, 28-02-2015

Leadership Positions

2Leadership Positions

Expertise Topics

Performance Evaluation of Cooperation Mechanisms for Mobile Health Aplications

Academic Activities

4Supervision of PhD theses

As Supervisor

Performance Evaluation of Low Power devices on Internet of Things Networks applied to Rural and Remote Scenarios, PhD Student, Seyed Nooreddin Jafari, Expected conclusion 09-2026
A Cross Layer Federated Learning Anomaly Detection framework for IoMT, PhD Student, Rui Pedro de Oliveira Pinto, Expected conclusion 09-2026
A Novel Proposal of Cooperation and Reputation Mechanisms for Internet of Things-based Challenged Networks, PhD Student, Geraldo Ernesto Miguel Cangondo, Expected conclusion 12-2025
SOPHIA – A Web Ecosystem for Fake or Malicious Text Reporting and Detection , PhD Student, Rita Correia, Expected conclusion 09-2024

22Supervision of MSc theses

As Supervisor

Implementação de Sistemas IoT na Indústria para Otimização e Controlo de Tanques de Água Contaminada, MSc Student, Pedro Neves, Concluded 07-2025
A Machine Learning-based Decision Support System for IoT Monitoring Solutions, MSc Student, Edgar Ladeira, Concluded 12-2024
Implementation and Evaluation of QUIC protocol on Internet of Things Monitoring Solutions, MSc Student, Luis Almeida, Concluded 12-2024
Eyescape: The Lazy Eye Odyssey Desenvolvimento e avaliação de um jogo para tratamento de Ambliopia em crianças na primeira infância, MSc Student, Alexandre Baía Janeiro, Concluded 11-2024
O Big Five como ferramenta de detecção de personalidade dos jogadores, MSc Student, Gabriel Teixeira Galam, Concluded 11-2024
Investigação e desenvolvimento de sistema para planeamento e otimização de produção no chão de fábrica da COFICAB., MSc Student, João Salvado, Concluded 08-2024
Estudo e aplicação de mecanismos de aprendizagem automática na analise e planeamento do treino desportivo, MSc Student, Luisa Fanado Gonçalves, Concluded 08-2024
UBI Journey: Promovendo a Socialização Estudantil e a Exploração da Covilhã, MSc Student, João Braga Santos, Concluded 01-2024
Video Action Recognition for Indoor Sports, MSc Student, Guilherme Poeta Fernandes, Concluded 11-2023
LudVISION – An Interoperable Web Platform with Machine learning for Control of Exotic Invasive Aquatic Floral Species, MSc Student, FRANCISCO JOSÉ MOREIRA MESQUITA CASTANHEIRA JERÓNIMO, Concluded 09-2023
Programação Visual em Desenvolvimento e Design de Jogos Digitais, MSc Student, Lucas, Concluded 07-2023
Study and analysis of behaviour decision methods of non-player characters in first-person shooters, MSc Student, André Miguel Mana Pereira, Concluded 12-2022
An Internet of Things (IoT) Solution for Predictive Analysis of Stress and Mood Disorders Based on Contextual and External Behaviors, MSc Student, Matheus Guilherme Rohde, Concluded 09-2022
A System for The Promotion of Traceabilityand Ownership of Health Data UsingBlockchain, MSc Student, Rui Pedro de Oliveira Pinto, Concluded 08-2022
Sistema IoT para gestão inteligente de extit{Smart Lockers} em ambientes remotos ou rurais, MSc Student, Daniel Pereira Reis, Concluded 04-2022
Platform for Micro-interaction for Online Text, MSc Student, Rita Correia, Concluded 12-2021
DEFINING DIGITAL JOY-OF-USE CRITERIA FOR SENIORS, MSc Student, Michel Bauer, Concluded 12-2020
Logo Generation Through Artificial Intelligence, MSc Student, Angela Filipa Oliveira Duarte, Concluded 11-2020
Performance Evaluation of a Mobile Health Predictive System to Empower Healthcare in Rural and Remote Locations, MSc Student, André Filipe Santos Ramos, Concluded 09-2020
An Internet of Things (IoT) Network for Predictive, Detection and Removal of Radon Gas, MSc Student, Sergio Moreira Ferreira, Concluded 09-2020
Jogos Híbridos: Um problema novo em design visual, MSc Student, Cassio Siquara Rocha, Concluded 09-2019
Performance Evaluation of the Use of Blockchain on Mobile Health data, MSc Student, João Amaral Santos, Concluded 09-2019

Publications

5Books Chapters

B. Silva, Logo Generation through Artificial Intelligence, Chapter in, Design, Visual Communication and Branding, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge, 2022
B. Silva, À procura do Portugal tecnológico: uma reflexão sobre a evolução, actualidade e futuro da tecnologia em Portugal, Chapter in, Portugal: 1974-2019 - 45 anos de democracia, Edições Almedina, S.A., Lisboa, 2019
B. Silva, J. R. Rodrigues, S. S. Sendra, I. Torre-Díez, Chapter 7: Mobile Health Technologies and Applications, Chapter in, e-Health Systems – Theory, Advances and Technical Applications, Elsevier Science, London, 2016
B. Silva, J. R. Rodrigues, S. S. Sendra, I. Torre-Díez, Chapter 12: Security and privacy in e-Health applications over the cloud, Chapter in, e-Health Systems – Theory, Advances and Technical Applications, ISTE Press and Elsevier, London, 2016
B. Silva, J. R. Rodrigues, I. Lopes, Pervasive and Mobile Healthcare Applications, Chapter in, Ambient Assisted Living, CRC Press, London, 2015

18Papers in Journals

S. Jafari, B. Silva, Non-Contact Photodiode-Based Sensing Architecture for Alpha Particle Detection in Radon Monitoring IoT Systems, IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 25, No. 19, pp. 36013 - 36021, 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
B. Silva, A Machine Learning-Based Platform for Monitoring and Prediction of Hazardous Gases in Rural and Remote Areas, IEEE Access, Vol. 13, No., pp. 20297 - 20315, 2025,
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S. Jafari, B. Silva, A Survey on Real-Time Data Transfer and Energy Consumption Strategies for Rural and Remote IoT Technologies, ieee open journal of the computer society, Vol. 6, No., pp. 1686 - 1702, 2025 | BibTex
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
B. Silva, Adaptive virtual reality horror games based on Machine learning and player modeling, Entertainment Computing, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 100515 - 100515, August, 2022 | BibTex
B. Silva, DM Melo, N. Pombo, L. Xu, Internet of Things Assisted Monitoring based on a Ultrasound-based Gesture Recognition Contactless System, IEEE Access, Vol. 0, No. 0, pp. 1 - 1, June, 2021 | BibTex
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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N. Pombo, B. Silva, A. Pinho, N. M. Garcia, Classifier Precision Analysis for Sleep Apnea Detection using ECG Signals, IEEE Access, Vol. 8/2020, No. 0, pp. 200477 - 200485, November, 2020 | BibTex
A. Pinho, N. Pombo, B. Silva, K. B. Bousson, N. M. Garcia, Towards an accurate sleep apnea detection based on ECG signal: The quintessential of a wise feature selection, Applied Soft Computing Journal, Vol. 0, No. 0, pp. 105568 - 105568, June, 2019 | BibTex
B. Silva, J. R. Rodrigues, F. C. Canelo, I. L. Lopes, J. L. Lloret, Towards a cooperative security system for mobile-health applications, Electronic Commerce Research, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 629 - 654, March, 2019 | BibTex
B. Silva, J. R. Rodrigues, N. K. Kumar, G. H. Han, Cooperative Strategies for Challenged Networks and Applications: A Survey, IEEE Systems Journal, Vol. 4, No. 11, pp. 1 - 12, December, 2017,
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J. S. Santos, J. R. Rodrigues, B. Silva, J. C. Casal, K. S. Saleem, V. D. Denisov, An IoT-based mobile gateway for intelligent personal assistants on mobile health environments, Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Vol. 71, No. 1, pp. 194 - 204, August, 2016,
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B. Silva, J. R. Rodrigues, N. K. Kumar, Mário L. Proença Junior Júnior, G. H. Han, MobiCoop: An Incentive-Based Cooperation Solution for Mobile Applications, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 49:1 - 49:23, August, 2016,
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S. C. Costa, J. R. Rodrigues, B. Silva, J. I. Isento, J. C. Corchado, Integration of Wearable Solutions in AAL Environments with Mobility Support, Journal of Medical Systems, Vol. 39, No. 12, pp. 1 - 8, December, 2015,
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B. Silva, J. R. Rodrigues, I. T. de la Torre, M. L. López-Coronado, K. S. Saleem, Mobile-health: A review of current state in 2015, Journal of Biomedical Informatics, Vol. 56, No. ., pp. 265 - 272, August, 2015,
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J. R. Rodrigues, I. L. Lopes, B. Silva, I. T. de la Torre, A New Mobile Ubiquitous Computing Application to Control Obesity: SapoFit, Informatics for Health and Social Care, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 37 - 53, January, 2013,
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João A. F. F. Dias Dias, J. I. Isento, B. Silva, V. N. G. J. S. Soares, J. R. Rodrigues, Performance assessment of IP over vehicular delay-tolerant networks through the VDTN@Lab testbed, Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, Vol. 2012, No. 13, pp. 1 - 12, February, 2012,
| Abstract | Full text (PDF 2 MBs) | BibTex

5Papers in Conferences

G. Cangondo, B. Silva, N. Pombo, A Novel Proposal of Cooperation and Reputation Mechanisms for IoT-based Tourism Solutions, IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things and Intelligence Systems iotais, Rome, Italy, September, 2022,
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G. Cangondo, N. Pombo, L. Pereira, B. Silva, Computer Science Education in Angola: The Key Challenges, EDUCON – IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference EDUCON, Algeria, Algeria, March, 2022 | BibTex
B. Silva, M. Mendonça, T. Jerónimo, M. Julião, J. Santos, N. Pombo, An IoT-Based Healthcare Ecosystem for Home Intelligent Assistant Services in Smart Homes, EAI International Conference on IoT Technologies for HealthCare, Braga, Portugal, April, 2020 | BibTex
Tiago M. C. Simões, B. Silva, J. R. Rodrigues, S. S. Sendra, J. L. Lloret, An ambient assisted living framework for mobile environments, IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics, Valencia, Spain, Vol., pp. 448 - 451, June, 2014,
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João A. F. F. Dias Dias, J. I. Isento, M. Pereira, B. Silva, V. N. G. J. S. Soares, J. R. Rodrigues, P. P. Pereira, A. Casaca, C. C. P. Pastor, J. G. Gallego, WWW@VDTN – A Web Browsing Application for Vehicular Delay-Tolerant Networks, IEEE Workshop on Computer-Aided Modeling, Analysis and Design of Communication Links and Networks - CAMAD, Kyoto, Japan, Vol. -, pp. 11 - 15, June, 2011 | BibTex

Other Scientific Achievements

1Awards

J. R. Rodrigues, B. Silva, I. L. Lopes, T. M. Machado, L. Z. Zhou, 2013 Best Paper Award on eHealth - IEEE Communications Society, The paper Bruno M. C. Silva, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, Ivo M. C. Lopes, Tiago M. F. Machado, and Liang Zhou, “A Novel Cooperation Strategy for Mobile Health Applications”, in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), Special Issue on Emerging Technologies in Communications - eHealth, IEEE Communications Society, ISSN: 0733-8716, Vol. 31, Issue 9, September 2013, pp. 28-36, DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2013.SUP.0513003, received the 2013 Best Paper Award as the best paper published among journals and conferences of the IEEE Communications Society, in 2013., 01-06-2014

Other Contributions

4Conference Committees

International Conference on Internet of things, Data and Cloud Computing, Technical Programme Committee, 2021
International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health, Technical Programme Committee, 2021
European Alliance for Innovation International Conference on IoT Technologies for HealthCare HealthyIoT, Conference co-chair, 2020
European Alliance for Innovation International Conference on IoT Technologies for HealthCare HealthyIoT, Technical Programme Committee, 2019

1Editorial Committees

Editorial Board, International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications, 01-01-2017 - 01-01-2022

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IT Member Profile

Bruno Silva

09-10-2025

NAS Group from Covilhã Showcased Innovation at ACM SIGCOMM in Coimbra

16-02-2024

NEWS@IT - Latest issue

01-02-2024

RuralTHINGS featured in RTP

11-10-2023

RuralTHINGS project is one of the winners of the fifth PROMOVE Program competition

Scientific Achievements

As Supervisor

As Supervisor