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... Rui Manuel Rodrigues Rocha

Senior Researcher

Rui Rocha

Academic position: Associate Professor
Joining date: 01-01-1999
Roles in IT: Senior Researcher
Thematic Line: Networks and Services
Group: Network Architectures and Protocols – 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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Bio

Born in October 18, 1958 in Lisbon, Rui M. Rocha graduated in Electrical Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Technical University of Lisbon (now University of Lisbon) in 1981. Received the MSc and PhD degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the same Institute in 1987 and 1995, respectively.

Interleaved by a brief professional experience on a telecommunications company (Portugal Telecom), he joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of IST, in a first stage as an undergraduate Teaching Assistant of Electronics in 1980, and later in 1986 definitively to embrace an Academic career with the same Department of IST and occupying now a position of Associate Professor with Tenure. He has been involved in courses on computer architecture, broadband communications, wireless systems, embedded systems and sensor networks. In 2001 he launched the Information and Communication's Networks Engineering graduation programme at IST and coordinated it until 2006.

As a researcher, he worked at INESC (1982), having participated in a variety of projects. At National level he participated in the ELENA project, an Office Automation applications of networked distributed systems, and in the ATLANTIS project, a unique project to promote and develop ATM technology and services within the Portuguese Telecommunications Industry (in the mid 1990’s), with leading responsibilities. In this period, he also developed research work on European projects in different Framework Programmes, namely FP1 to FP3. As of 2001 he started his affiliation with the “Instituto de Telecomunicações” (IT) in Lisbon where he continued his participation in European projects, namely in the Information Society Technologies – framework programmes 5 and 6. His research interests were focused on the convergence of cyber-physical systems with heterogeneous networking, namely on self-organised sensing systems.

Lately, he has been involved in the Space arena as a result of the proposal and subsequent leadership of the ISTsat-1 CubeSat project. The ISTsat-1 is the first Portuguese CubeSat developed by a students’ team and supported by professors and radio amateurs at IST. The project is being developed in the framework of the 2nd edition of ESA’s educational programme – Fly Your Satellite!. The team’s main areas of expertise include real time embedded system design and testing, radio-frequency engineering (including antenna design and testing) and software engineering.

Throughout his career, he participated in several lectures, short courses and conferences at both national and international levels, having authored and co-authored dozens of papers and communications in international journals and conferences and three book chapters edited by Kluwer, McGraw-Hill and Springer, respectively. He has been awarded a 3M / TULisbon prize for co-authoring a work in the Wireless/Mobile Communications area and the ANACOM-URSI Portugal research prize, 2019 edition, together with the ISTsat-1 team for “a work of excellent scientific quality and rigour, clarity and transversality”.

Supervisor of many students at Graduation (final graduation project), MSc and PhD levels, he has also been involved in different conferences’ TPCs and organising committees and has served as a reviewer for several conferences and international journals, such as Computer Communications Journal and IEEE-JSAC.


Scientific Achievements

  • PhD, Instituto Superior Técnico, 04-07-1995
  • MSc, Instituto Superior Técnico, 28-07-1987
  • Licenciatura, Instituto Superior Técnico, 18-12-1981
  • Ordem dos Engenheiros, 05-06-1993, Membro Efectivo
  • IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 01-01-1988 - 01-01-2021, Senior Member
As Supervisor
As Co-supervisor
As Supervisor
As Co-supervisor
  • P. Fernandes, R. Rocha, TSD: Tiny Service Discovery, Chapter in, Lecture Notes in Computer Science-Information Networking. Towards Ubiquitous Networking and Services, Teresa Vazão, Mário M. Freire, Ilyoung Chong, Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg, 2008
  • T. A. Camilo, P. Melo, A. Rodrigues, L. Pedrosa, J. Silva, R. Neves, R. Rocha, F. B. Boavida, WM2Snet Deployment: An Experimental Approach, Chapter in, Wireless Mesh Networking with 802.16, 802.11 and ZigBEE, George Aggelou, McGraw Hill, New York, USA, 2008
  • R. Rocha, A. Casaca, Residential Oriented Customer Premises Network based on ATM principles, Chapter in, High-Speed Networking for Multimedia Applications, W. Effelsberg, O. Spaniol, A. Danthine, D. Ferrari, Kluwer Academic, Netherlands, 1996
Early Access
  • M.D. Reis, C. Almeida, R. Rocha, On the performance of surface electromyography-based onset detection methods with real data in assistive technologies, Multimedia Tools and Applications, Vol., No., pp. 1 - 30, July, 2017 | BibTex
Published
  • P. Mendes, G. T. Teixeira, D. P. Pinho, R. Rocha, P.S André, M. Niehus, R.F Faleiro, D. Rusca, E. Z. C. Cruzeiro, Optical payload design for downlink quantum key distribution and keyless communication using CubeSats, EPJ Quantum Technology, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. ? - ?, July, 2024,
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  • J. Monteiro, A. Cunha, A. Silva, C. A. Fernandes, D. Neves, F. Naf, G. Gomes, J. Freitas, J. D. Pinto, M. S. Piedade, N. Ramos, P. Gil, P. Macedo, R. Afonso, R. Encarnação, R. Ramos, T. Almeida, R. Rocha, ISTSat‐1, a space‐based Automatic Dependent Surveillance‐Broadcast demonstration CubeSat mission, International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 1 - 26, January, 2022,
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  • J. P. Monteiro, R. Rocha, A. S. Silva, R. Afonso, N. Ramos, Integration and Verification Approach of ISTSat-1 CubeSat, Aerospace, Vol. 6, No. 12, pp. 131 - 131, December, 2019 | BibTex
  • J. Teixeira, R. Rocha, M. S. Piedade, MoteIST: A Modular Low-Power Approach to Wireless Sensor Networks Nodes, International Journal of Adaptive, Resilient and Autonomic Systems, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 82 - 101, December, 2013 | BibTex
  • ALC Correia, J. Teixeira, M. S. Piedade, R. Rocha, Smart Ultra Low Power Energy Harvesting System, International Journal of Adaptive, Resilient and Autonomic Systems, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 102 - 118, December, 2013 | BibTex
  • A. C. S. Santos, L. Pedrosa, B.W.M. Kuipers, R. Rocha, Resource Description Language: A Unified Description Language for Network Embedded Resources, International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, Vol. 2012, No. 860864, pp. - - -, July, 2012,
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  • J. M. Soares, M. Franceschinis, R. Rocha, W. Zhang, M. A. Spirito, Opportunistic Data Collection in Sparse Wireless Sensor Networks, Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, Vol. 2011, No. 401802, pp. - - -, January, 2011,
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  • J. M. Soares, B. Gonçalves, R. Rocha, Practical Issues in the Development of a Minimalistic Power Management Solution for WSNs, International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, Vol. 8, No. 3/4, pp. 136 - 146, November, 2010,
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  • L. Pedrosa, P. Melo, R. Rocha, R. Neves, A Flexible Approach to WSN Development and Deployment, International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, Vol. 6, No. 3/4, pp. 199 - 211, October, 2009,
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  • N. Antunes, A. Pacheco, R. Rocha, A Markov Renewal Based Model for Wireless Networks, Queueing Systems, Vol. 40, No. 3, pp. 247 - 281, April, 2002,
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  • R. Rocha, A. Pacheco, N. Antunes, An Integrated Traffic Model for Multimedia Wireless Networks, Computer Networks & ISDN Systems, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 25 - 41, January, 2002 | BibTex
  • N. Antunes, R. Rocha, P. Pinto, A. Pacheco, Impact of Next-Generation Wireless Networks Requirements on Teletraffic Modeling, Interoperable Communication Networks Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2-4, pp. 706 - 715, July, 1998 | BibTex
  • J. P. Monteiro, P. Gil, R. Rocha, A Taxonomy for Model-Based Systems Engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference IDETC-CIE, Conference online, Vol. 2, pp. -, August, 2021,
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  • P. A. G. Gameiro, R. Rocha, Distributed Delay Tolerant Protocol, IEEE International Symp. on Wireless Communication Systems - ISWCS, Lisboa, Portugal, August, 2018,
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  • E. Neusa, F. Mira da Silva, R. Rocha, Crowdsensing Approach to Monitoring and Optimize Wi-Fi Networks in Adversarial Environments, IEEE International Conf. on Computer Communication and Networks - ICCCN, Hangzhou, China, July, 2018,
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  • R. Rocha, DAPhone - Data acquisition system for smartphones, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Aveiro, Portugal, September, 2015,
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  • BC Coelho, R. Rocha, LA6 - Local Aggregation in the Internet of Things, INSTICC 3rd International Conf. on Sensor Networks - SENSORNETS 2014, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. --, pp. 103 - 110, January, 2014,
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  • J.A. Ferreira, R. Rocha, ISTNanosat-1 - Digital Communications and Processing Subsystem (Heart), AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium, Guildford, London, United Kingdom, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, September, 2012,
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  • FP Costa, R. Rocha, SIN – Service-based Interconnected Networks, ICST Conf. on Mobile Networks and Management (MONAMI), Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, September, 2011,
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  • D. M. Barroso, R. Rocha, Service Augmented Resource Description Architecture, Conf. Nacional de Redes de Sensores - CNRS, Coimbra, Portugal, Vol. --, pp. 71 - 75, March, 2011,
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  • J. V. Vicente, R. Rocha, R. Neves, GolfSense: A Golf Course WSN Monitoring Application, IEEE International Conf. on Computer Engineering and Systems - ICCES, Cairo, Egypt, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 6, December, 2010,
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  • J. M. Soares, W. Zhang, M. Franceschinis, M. A. Spirito, R. Rocha, Experimental and Analytical Performance Evaluation of a Real Opportunistic Wireless Sensor Network, Future Network and Mobile Summit, Florence, Italy, Vol. -, pp. - - -, June, 2010,
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  • J. Teixeira, R. Rocha, M. S. Piedade, A Modular Architecture for Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks Nodes, International Conf. on Renewable Energies and Power Quality - ICREPQ, Granada, Spain, Vol., pp. 1 - 5, March, 2010 | BibTex
  • J. M. Soares, R. Rocha, CHARON: Routing in Low-Density Opportunistic Wireless Sensor Networks, IFIP Wireless Days 2009, Paris, France, Vol. -, pp. - - -, December, 2009,
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  • P. Melo, L. Pedrosa, R. Rocha, Interconnecting WSNs with Fast Moving Nodes: Experiments in Real-World Scenarios, International Workshop on Sensor Networks - SN, San Francisco, California, United States, Vol. -, pp. - - -, August, 2009,
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  • J. M. Soares, B. Gonçalves, R. Rocha, Power Management Extensions for Tagus-SensorNet, International Workshop on Sensor Networks - SN, San Francisco, United States, Vol. -, pp. - - -, August, 2009,
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  • N. Rodrigues, R. Rocha, WiMAX QoS - Dynamic Service Flow Management, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, May, 2009,
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  • R. A. Henriques, R. Rocha, Sensor Network Deployment based on Data Variability, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, May, 2009,
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  • L. Pedrosa, R. Rocha, WMTP - A Modular WSN Transport Protocol: The Fairness Module, IFIP International Conf. on New Technologies, Mobility and Security - Wireless Sensor Networks Workshop - NTMS, Tangier, Morocco, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, November, 2008,
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  • Oliveira,C. Oliveira, L. Pedrosa, R. Rocha, Characterizing On-Body Wireless Sensor Networks, IFIP International Conf. on New Technologies, Mobility and Security - Wireless Sensor Networks Workshop - NTMS, Tanger, Morocco, Vol. -, pp. - - -, November, 2008,
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  • JP Barraca, P. Fernandes, S. Sargento, R. Rocha, An Architecture for Community Mesh Networking, IEEE PIMRC 2008 Workshop, Cannes, France, Vol. 0, pp. 0 - 0, September, 2008 | BibTex
  • Aranha, R. Rocha, Real-Time Relative Positioning with WSN, International Conf. on Sensor Technologies and Applications, Cap Esterel, France, Vol. 1, pp. 10 - 16, August, 2008,
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  • L. Pedrosa, P. Melo, R. Rocha, R. Neves, A Flexible Approach to WSN Deployment, The International Workshop on Sensor Networks - SN, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, United States, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, August, 2008,
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  • L. S. Ferreira, R. Rocha, Multi-Channel Clustering Algorithm to Improve Performance of WSNs,, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Peniche, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, May, 2007 | BibTex
  • P. Fernandes, R. Rocha, Service Discovery in Wireless Mesh Networks: a Survey on Candidate Solutions, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Peniche, Portugal, May, 2007 | BibTex
  • P. Fernandes, R. Rocha, TSD: Tiny Service Discovery, IEEE International Conf. on Information Networking - ICOIN, Lisboa, Portugal, January, 2007 | BibTex
  • R. Rocha, D.F.T.A. Abreu, C. Almeida, Sistema e método de medição do tempo de voo e local de aterragem de saltos em trampolins, PT110345, National, Pending, 13-10-2017, Portugal,
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Closed Projects3

Acronym Name Funding Agency Start date Ending date
NEWCOM++ Network of Excellence in Wireless Communications ++ EU/FP7 01-12-2007 01-12-2010
QuantSat-PT QuantSat-PT -- Portuguese Quantum Communications Cube-Satellite: Development of the Quantum Payload and Preliminary Design of the Space Segment FCT 01-12-2020 30-11-2022
WIP An All-Wireless Mobile Network Architecture EU 01-01-2006 31-12-2008
  • R. Rocha, J. P. Monteiro, C. A. Fernandes, A. S. Silva, The ANACOM-URSI Portugal research prize - 2019 edition, The ANACOM-URSI Portugal research prize was awarded at the 2019 edition for the work "ISTSat-1 - The First Portuguese University CubeSat". It is a work of excellent scientific quality and rigour, clarity and transversality. The work was produced by the ISTnanosat team, of the Instituto Superior Técnico, comprising João Paulo Monteiro, Alexandre Silva, Carlos Fernandes and Rui M. Rocha of IST/IT, Fabian Naf, Rúben Afonso, Gonçalo Tavares, Moisés Piedade, of IST / INESC-ID and Nuno Ramos, Tomás Almeida, João Pinto, Diogo Neves, Renato Encarnação, José Freitas, of IST. The team developed a CubeSat to perform a space mission to demonstrate ADS-B technology for tracking aircraft in remote regions of the planet. For this mission, carried out since 2017 under ESA's "Fly Your Satellite!" programme, the team chose to develop almost all subsystems from scratch through various master’s theses. Having already designed, built and integrated all the ISTSat-1 subsystems, as well as having gone through several test campaigns, the team is now aiming for the final acceptance tests and the preparation for the launch in 2020. The prize sponsored by ANACOM, in the amount of four thousand euros, was awarded at the end of the 13th Congress of the Portuguese Committee of URSI by the Vice-Chairman of ANACOM, João Miguel Coelho, and by the Chairman of the Portuguese Committee of URSI, Luísa Mendes., 01-12-2019
  • N. Antunes, A. Pacheco, R. Rocha, An Integrated Traffic Model for Multimedia Wireless Networks, 3M /TULisbon Prize for inovation in the area of EE engineering, 01-06-2002
  • J. Teixeira, R. Rocha, MoteISTx5 Embedded plataform for Wireless Sensor Networks - RTCM2012, Seminars, 01-06-2012
  • R. Rocha, C. A. Fernandes, ISTSat-1
  • 6th IEEE International Conference on High Speed Networks and Multimedia Communications, Technical Programme Committee, 2003
  • 6th IEEE International Conference on High Speed Networks and Multimedia Communications, Organizing Committee, 2003
  • Conferência de Redes de Computadores (CRC’2002), Scientific Committee, 2002
  • 13th IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC’2002), Organizing Committee, 2002

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