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Luis D. Pedrosa

Personal Information:

Full Name: Luís David Figueiredo Mascarenhas Moreira Pedrosa
Date of Birth: May 23, 1984
Place of Birth: Lisbon, Portugal
Citizenship: Portugal
E-Mail: luis.pedrosa@tagus.ist.utl.pt
Web Page: http://www.leme.org.pt/~lpedrosa/

Scholastic Training:

• Completed a M.Sc. program, in Communication Networks Engineering, at the Instituto Superior Técnico / Technical University of Lisbon, in 2007, with a grade point average of 18.48 out of 20.
• Completed a B.Sc. program, in Communication Networks Engineering, at the Instituto Superior Técnico / Technical University of Lisbon, in 2007, with a grade point average of 18.16 out of 20.
• Finished high school in the 2001 / 2002 school year, with a grade point average of 18.1 out of 20.
• Attended elementary school in the United States of America.

Previous Professional and/or Scientific Activities and Current Situation:

• Is currently a Member of IT – Instituto de Telecomunicações.
• Is currently a Member of GEMS – Group of Embedded Networked Systems and Heterogeneous Networks at LEMe – Laboratory of Excellence in Mobility.
• Session Chair at the First International Workshop on Security of Computer Communications and Networks (SoCCaN 2008), St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, August 4-7, 2008.
• Intern at Tecmic – Tecnologias de Microelectrónica, S.A., integrating Bluetooth Technology with the XTraN System, from November 2006 to February 2007.
• Intern at LEMe – Laboratory of Excellence in Mobility, developing a wireless sensor network technology demonstrator, in 2006.
• Founding Member of NEERCI-IST – Núcleo de Estudantes de Engenharia de Redes de Comunicação e de Informação do Instituto Superior Técnico where he was Vice-President from establishment (March 11, 2005) to December 2006.

Previous and Current Research Projects:

• Participates in NEWCOM++ – Network of Excellence in Wireless Communications, an IST – Information Society Technologies 7^th Framework Programme European Union Project.
• Participated in the CRUISE – CReating Ubiquitous Intelligent Sensing Environments Network of Excellence, an IST – Information Society Technologies 6^th Framework Programme European Union Project.

Scholarships, Honors, and Awards:

• Awarded a 2^nd Technical University of Lisbon / Santander Totta Prize "The Technical University of Lisbon's Best Students", in 2008, for merit achieved in the context of a global education, highlighting scientific, academic, cultural, and civic aspects.
• Professor Luís Vidigal Award 2006 / 2007, for the best M.Sc. Thesis within the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science scientific areas at the Instituto Superior Técnico / Technical University of Lisbon.
• Awarded the "Most Valuable Student" distinction, by Microsoft Portugal, in 2006.
• Received a grant from the Instituto Superior Técnico, to develop control software for a miniature train mock-up, from January to July, 2006.
• Merit Diploma from the Instituto Superior Técnico, in recognition of scholastic achievement for the 2005 / 2006 school year.
• Caixa Geral de Depósitos Award - Best Student in Communication Networks Engineering during the 2005 / 2006 school year.
• Awarded 2^nd place in the Integrated Teaching Contest 2005 / 2006 in Communication Networks Engineering, for his project in the Access Networks and Wireless Mobile Networks courses.
• Merit Diploma from the Instituto Superior Técnico, in recognition of scholastic achievement for the 2004 / 2005 school year.
• Caixa Geral de Depósitos Award - Best Student in Communication Networks Engineering during the 2004 / 2005 school year.
• Merit Diploma from the Instituto Superior Técnico, in recognition of scholastic achievement for the 2003 / 2004 school year.
• Merit Scholarship from the Technical University of Lisbon, for the 2003 / 2004 school year.
• Merit Diploma from the Instituto Superior Técnico, in recognition of scholastic achievement for the 2002 / 2003 school year.
• Merit Scholarship from the Technical University of Lisbon, for the 2002 / 2003 school year.
• Awarded a Bronze Medal during the VII Ibero-American Physics Olympiad, Guatemala, in 2002.
• Won the National Physics Olympiad B, in 2001.
• Won the Regional Physics Olympiad B, in 2001.

Languages:

• Fluent in written and spoken English.
• Fluent in written and spoken Portuguese.

Additional Experience:

• Has experience in developing software for embedded systems, specifically for ARM (e.g. Atmel AT91M55800A) and AVR (e.g. Atmel AT90S8515, ATmega16, ATmega128) processors.
• Has experience in using the ARM Developer Suite (ADS) and IAR Embedded Workbench integrated development environments.
• Has experience in designing printed circuit boards (PCBs) using Altium Designer.
• Has experience in developing software for wireless sensor networks (WSNs), specifically for Crossbow MICAz motes with the TinyOS operating system.

Publications:

Theses:

• Luis Pedrosa; "WMTP: Wireless Modular Transport Protocol", Master's Thesis, Instituto Superior Técnico / Technical University of Lisbon, November 2007.

Book Chapters:

• Tiago Camilo, Pedro Melo, André Rodrigues, Luís Pedrosa, Jorge Sá Silva, Rui Neves, Rui Rocha, Fernando Boavida; "Wireless Sensor Network Deployment: an Experimental Approach", Book Chapter, forthcoming in "Handbook of Wireless Mesh and Sensor Networking", G. Aggelou (ed.), McGraw-Hill International, New York

Papers:

• Pedro Melo, Luis D. Pedrosa, Rui M. Rocha; "Interconnecting WSNs with Fast Moving Nodes: Experiments in Real-World Scenarios", in Proc. of The Second International Workshop on Sensor Networks (SN 2009), San Francisco, California, United States of America, August 2009
• Luis D. Pedrosa, Pedro Melo, Rui M. Rocha, Rui Neves; "A Flexible Approach to WSN Development and Deployment", in The International Journal of Sensor Networks (IJSNet), Vol. 6, Nos. 3/4, pp. 199-211, 2009
• Luis D. Pedrosa, Rui M. Rocha; "WMTP - A Modular WSN Transport Protocol: The Fairness Module", in Proc. of NTMS'2008 workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks: theory and practice - WSN 2008, Tangier, Morocco, November 2008
• Carla Oliveira, Luís Pedrosa, Rui Rocha; "Characterizing On-Body Wireless Sensor Networks", in Proc. of NTMS'2008 workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks: theory and practice - WSN 2008, Tangier, Morocco, November 2008
• Luis D. Pedrosa, Pedro Melo, Rui M. Rocha, Rui Neves; "A Flexible Approach to WSN Deployment", in Proc. of The First International Workshop on Sensor Networks (SN 2008), St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, August 2008

Posters:

• Riccardo M. Scopigno, Rui Rocha, Luis Pedrosa, Andres Kassler, Anna Brunstrom, Francesco Fileppo, Maurizio Spirito, Mirko Franceschinis; "Test-beds for Opportunistic Communication Experiments", presented at the NEWCOM++ - ACoRN Joint Workshop (NAW09), March 2009

Technical Reports and Deliverables:

• Ramón Agüero, et al.; "Protocol comparison and new features", IST-027738/CRUISE Deliverable D220.1, CRUISE/WP220/D220.1/version 2.0/29.11.2006, November 2006
• Ramón Agüero, et al.; "Framework for networks and data-aggregation protocols in WSN", IST-027738/CRUISE Deliverable D220.2, CRUISE/WP220/D220.2/version 8.0/13.12.2007, December 2007

Additional Elements:

• Student representative of the Pedagogical Council to the Users Council of the Instituto Superior Técnico Computer Systems Center, for the school year of 2006 / 2007.
• Organized, through NEERCI-IST - Núcleo de Estudantes de Engenharia de Redes de Comunicação e de Informação do Instituto Superior Técnico, the 2^nd Annual National Meeting of Computer Science Students (ENEI 2006).
• Class President for the Class of 2007, during the 2006 / 2007 school year.
• Student Body President and Class President for the Class of 2007, during the 2005 / 2006 school year.
• Student Body President and Class President for the Class of 2007, during the 2004 / 2005 school year.
• Student Body Vice-President and Class Vice-President for the Class of 2007, during the 2003 / 2004 school year.
• Built the original CS5CEP – Centro Espacial Português web page (no longer available).
• Built the GEMS - Group of Embedded Networked Systems and Heterogeneous Networks web page.
• Built the original NEERCI-IST - Núcleo de Estudantes de Engenharia de Redes de Comunicação e de Informação do Instituto Superior Técnico web page (no longer available).
• Built the LERCI Portal web page.

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