Pedro Nicolau Faria da Fonseca

Pedro Fonseca

Academic position:	Assistant Professor
Joining date:	01-02-2014
Roles in IT:	Researcher
Scientific Area:	Basic Sciences and Enabling Technologies
Group:	Integrated Circuits – Av

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Address: IT – Aveiro
Instituto de Telecomunicações
Campus Universitário de Santiago
P-3810-193 AVEIRO - PORTUGAL
Tel: +351 234 377 900
Fax: +351 234 377 901

https://www.orcid.org/0000-0002-7313-6959

SCOPUS

Scientific Achievements

Degrees

PhD, Universidade de Aveiro, 01-01-1999
Licenciatura, Universidade de Aveiro, 01-01-1988

Expertise Topics

Visible Light Communication
Visible Light Positioning
Intelligent Illumination Systems
Embedded Systems

Academic Activities

7Lecture courses

Embedded and Real-Time Systems, Universidade de Aveiro, Integrated Master in Eletronic Engineering and Telecommunicatiosn

Electronic Instrumentation Systems, Universidade de Aveiro, Integrated Master in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering

Industrial Project, Universidade de Aveiro, Integrated Masters on Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering

Transversal Competences for Engineering, Universidade de Aveiro, Integrated Masters on Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering

Project on Electronic Engineering, Universidade de Aveiro, Integrated Masters on Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering

Project in Electronic Engineering, Universidade de Aveiro, Integrated Masters on Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering

Supervision of theses

9MSc Student

Machine Learning for Visible Light Positioning of Mobile Agents, MSc Student, André Lopes Gradim, Expected conclusion 12-2019
Validação de Infra-Estruturas de rede para a Indústria 4.0, MSc Student, João Ricardo Mateus Bastos Simões, Expected conclusion 12-2019
Sistema de Telemetria para o Concurso MotoStudent, MSc Student, Luís Emanuel Ferreira Cristóvão, Expected conclusion 12-2019
Visible Light Positioning based on camera and sensor fusion, MSc Student, Miguel Lopes Rêgo, Expected conclusion 12-2019
Robotic Platform for Visible Light Positioning , MSc Student, Pedro Alexandre Tavares Rodrigues, Expected conclusion 12-2019
Automatização de Sistema de Limpeza Industrial utilizando NAVI 660 Cleanfix, MSc Student, Rúben Filipe Ribeiro Esteves, Concluded 12-2018
Sistemas embedded de muito baixo consumo para redes LPWAN, MSc Student, João Eduardo Terlica Lagoa, Concluded 12-2017
Wireless controls for Smart Buildings , MSc Student, Manuel Tiago Matos Ferreira da Silva, Concluded 06-2017
Robotic Platform using VLC based Position Estimation for Navigation, MSc Student, Miguel Castro Miguéis Vieira, Concluded 07-2016

Co-Supervision of theses

1MSc Student

Platforms for Mechatronic Experiments, MSc Student, Francisco José Simões Campos, Expected conclusion 12-2019

Publications

1Papers in Journals

P. Fonseca, P.P. Pedreiras, C. Cardeira, Monitorização e gestão da disponibilidade de sistemas de produção – Identificação de necessidades (1.ª parte), Robotica, Vol. 1, No. 96, pp. 4 - 6, June, 2014,
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11Papers in Conferences

ALG Gradim, P. Fonseca, L. Alves, R.E.M. Mohamed, On the Usage of Machine Learning Techniques to Improve Position Accuracy in Visible Light Positioning Systems, IEEE/IET International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing - CSNDSP, Budapest, Hungary, Vol., pp. -, July, 2018,
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P. Fonseca, ALG Gradim, L. Alves, On the Usage of Homogeneous Transformation Matrices for Visible Light Position Estimation Systems, West-Asian Coloquium on Optical Wireless Communications WACOWC, Isfahan, Iran, Vol., pp. -, April, 2018,
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P. Fonseca, P.P. Pedreiras, FS Silva, Mobile Robots as a Tool to Teach First Year Engineering Electronics, Iberian Robotics Conference - ROBOT, Sevilla, Spain, Vol., pp. -, November, 2017 | BibTex
P. Fonseca, P.P. Pedreiras, P. M. Cabral, B.C. Cunha, J. M. Matos, FS Silva, Motivating First Year Students for an Engineering Degree, CISPEE - International Conference of the Portuguese Society for Education in Engineering CISPEE, Bragança, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, October, 2016 | BibTex
P. Fonseca, R. Costa, C. M. Vieira, ACP Pereira, A Validation Framework for Visible Light Positioning in Mobile Robotics, IEEE International Conf. on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC) - ICARSC, Bragança, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. . - ., May, 2016 | BibTex
F. Rico, P. Fonseca, A. F. Sousa, A testbed for developing, simulating and experimenting multipath aggregation algorithms, IEEE International Conf. on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation - ETFA, Barcelona, Spain, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, September, 2014,
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P. Fonseca, S. Velastin, Um modelo de desenvolvimento de projetos em sistemas embedded, Congresso Luso Moçambicano de Engenharia - CLME, Inhambane, Mozambique, Vol. 1, pp. . - ., April, 2014,
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P. Fonseca, J. M. Matos, N.B.C. Carvalho, P.P. Pedreiras, Uma experiência na motivação de alunos do 1.º ano de Engenharia., Congresso Luso Moçambicano de Engenharia - CLME, Inhambane, Mozambique, Vol. 1, pp. . - ., April, 2014,
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S.I. Lopes, J. Vieira, C.A.C.B. Bastos, P. Fonseca, Ultrasound sensor array for robust location, International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics ICINCO, Angers, France, Vol. 1, pp. 84 - 93, March, 2007 | BibTex
S.I. Lopes, J. Vieira, C.A.C.B. Bastos, P. Fonseca, Sistema de localização utilizando ultra-sons, Festival Nacional de Robótica, Guimarães, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, April, 2006 | BibTex
S.I. Lopes, J. Vieira, C.A.C.B. Bastos, P. Fonseca, Sistema de localização mútua para robots utilizando ultra-sons, Jornadas de Engenharia Electrónica e Telecomunicações e de Computadores – JETC05, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, November, 2005 | BibTex

Projects

Closed Projects1

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
RTMGear	RealTime Monitoring Power Reduction Gearbox		01-09-2014	01-07-2016

Other Scientific Achievements

1Awards

P. Fonseca, P.P. Pedreiras, FS Silva, As Novas Fronteiras de Engenharia – Docentes de Engenharia, Os prémios "As Novas Fronteiras da Engenharia" são atribuídos por um Fundo com o mesmo nome, constituído em Março de 2011 com o saldo existente nas contas do ICEE 2007 – International Conference on Engineering Education, The Moving Frontiers of Engineering e pela contribuição, em igual montante, da Região Centro da Ordem dos Engenheiros. Anualmente são atribuídos dois prémios: Um prémio que distingue um artigo publicado em revista científica nacional ou internacional ou apresentado em congresso científico nacional ou internacional relativo ao Ensino da Engenharia, da autoria de um docente ou grupo de docentes do Ensino Superior, Universitário ou Politécnico, de uma Escola Superior de Engenharia, da Região Centro de Portugal (distritos de Coimbra, Aveiro, Leiria, Viseu, Guarda e Castelo Branco). O valor do prémio é de 2500 Euros. E um prémio, que distingue o melhor trabalho da autoria de um aluno ou grupo de alunos do Ensino Secundário ou do Ensino Básico, relativo a Engenharia ou Tecnologia, de Escolas localizadas na Região Centro (distritos de Coimbra, Aveiro, Leiria, Viseu, Guarda e Castelo Branco), individualmente ou em grupo com o máximo de três elementos. O valor deste prémio é de 2000 Euros., 01-09-2018

Other Contributions

4Conference Committees

INForum, Technical Programme Committee, 2018
IEEE/IET International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing - CSNDSP, Technical Programme Committee, 2018
TECH-EDU International Conference on Technology and Innovation in Learning, Teaching and Education, Technical Programme Committee, 2018
West-Asian Coloquium on Optical Wireless Communications WACOWC, Technical Programme Committee, 2018

1Refereeing Journals

IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies
2017, 1 review(s);

3Refereeing Conferences

IEEE/IET International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing - CSNDSP
2018, 1 review(s);
TECH-EDU International Conference on Technology and Innovation in Learning, Teaching and Education
2018, 1 review(s);
INForum
2018, 1 review(s);

IT Member Profile

Pedro Fonseca

Scientific Achievements

Supervision of theses

Co-Supervision of theses

Closed Projects1