João Caldeira
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Contact by mailPersonal Information Full Name: João Manuel Leitão Pires Caldeira Gender: Male Nationality: Portuguese Date of Birth: July 19, 1977 E-mail: jcaldeira.innovtecsys@gmail.com, jcaldeira@ipcb.pt, jcaldeira@it.ubi.pt Education Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering, 2014, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal; Thesis: “Performance Assessment of Mobility Solutions for IPv6-based Healthcare Wireless Sensor Networks”; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues and Prof. Dr. Pascal Lorenz Master, Information Systems and Technologies, 2009, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal; Dissertation title: “Communication Tools With Intra-Body Sensors”; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues Five-year B.Sc. (Licentiate), Electrical and Computers Engineering, 2004, University of Coimbra, Portugal Additional Education and Training “Formação Pedagógica de Docentes – Perfil B / Trabalho Corporativo”, Intituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Portugal, March 2011. “LaTeX Workshop”, Núcleo Estudantil IEEE do Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Portugal, April 30 and May 7, 2008. “Systems maintenance”, Training Course for Technicians, ATEC (Academia de formação da Siemens, Volkswagen, Bosch e AHK), Portugal, from October 2004 to January 2005. Working Experience Co-founder of startup InspiringSci that focuses on the development of technological solutions for the agro-food sector, 2014. Assistant Lecturer with the Technical-Scientific Unit of Informatics at the Superior School of Technology of the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal (Escola Superior de Tecnologia do Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco - http://www.ipcb.pt/EST/), since April 2005. Supervised/co-supervised over 10 final year B.Sc. projects. Teaching or taught the following subjects to B.Sc. students: Informatics Engineering: Computational Systems Architecture (2012/13 to present), Operating Systems II (2008/09 to present), Operating Systems I (2006/07 to 2009/10), Mobile Informatics (2007/2008), Industrial Distributed Systems (2006/07 to 2007/08), Mathematics (2005/2006), Computer and Systems Architecture (2004/05 to 2005/06); Information Technologies and Multimedia: Computer Architecture (2005/06 to 2006/07 and 2010/11 to present), Operating Systems (2006/07 to present); Health Informatics: Operating Systems Administration (2006/07 to 2009/2010), Biostatistics (2008/09 to 2009/2010). Researcher at Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal (http://www.it.pt/). Member of the research group Next Generation Networks and Applications Group (NetGNA - http://netgna.it.ubi.pt/). Conducting research mainly on wireless sensor networks. Trainee of Maintenance Team at Siemens – Lisbon Oceanarium, S.A., from October 2004 to March 2005. Trainee of maintenance on the areas of electromechanical, water treatment, technical management, and air conditioning. Software developer at Institute of Systems and Robotics – University of Coimbra, Portugal (http://www.isr.uc.pt/), from January 2004 to September 2004. Construction of algorithms for detection and classification of obstacles in the range area of a 2D Laser Range Finder. Main Research Areas Wireless Sensor Networks Healthcare Wireless Sensor Networks Mobility support of Sensors in Wireless Sensor Networks Awards Best Paper Award at the 10th International Conference on Multimedia Information Technology and Applications (MITA 2014), HKUST, Hong Kong, July 8-11, 2014. Best Paper Award at the 12th International Conference on E-Health Networking, Applications and Services (IEEE Healthcom 2010), Lyon, France, July 01-03, 2010. Best Paper Award at the Second International Conference on eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine (eTELEMED 2010), St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles, February 10- 15, 2010. Research Projects “AAL4ALL (Ambient Assisted Living for All (http://www.aal4all.org))”, project co-funded by COMPETE (Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade) under FEDER via QREN Programme, from January 2010 to present. “BodySens – Internet Friendly Body Sensor Network”, Instituto de Telecomunicações Associated Lab. (Internal Project), between January 2011 and December 2011. Publications Thesis João Manuel Lritão Pires Caldeira, "Performance Assessment of Mobility Solutions for IPv6-based Healthcare Wireless Sensor Networks," Ph.D. thesis, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal, April 2014. Dissertations João Manuel Leitão Pires Caldeira, “Communication Tools with Intra-Body Sensors”, Master dissertation, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal, July 2009. Refereed Journal Publications João M. L. P. Caldeira, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, and Pascal Lorenz, "MAC Layer Handover Mechanism for Continuous Communication Support in Healthcare Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks," in Telecommunications Systems, Springer (in press). (IF: 1.027) João M. L. P. Caldeira, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, Marc Gilg, and Pascal Lorenz, "Performance assessment of a new intra-mobility solution for Healthcare Wireless Sensor Networks," in International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, Inderscience publishers, March 20, vol. 15, issue 1, 2014, pp. 215-226, doi: 10.1504/IJAHUC.2014.059903. (IF: 0.511) João M. L. P. Caldeira, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, and Pascal Lorenz, "Intra-Mobility Support Solutions for Healthcare Wireless Sensor Networks – Handover Issues," in IEEE Sensors Journal, IEEE Sensors Council, Nov., vol. 13, issue 11, 2013, pp. 4339-4348, doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2013.2267729. (IF: 1.475) João M. L. P. Caldeira, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, and Pascal Lorenz, "Toward Ubiquitous Mobility Solutions for Body Sensor Networks on HealthCare," in IEEE Communications Magazine, May, vol. 50, issue 5, 2012, pp. 108-115, doi: 10.1109/MCOM.2012.6194390. Distinguished by IEEE CTN Issue, July 2012. (IF: 3.661) Ricardo Silva, Jorge Sá Silva, João M. L. P. Caldeira and Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, “Mobile multimedia in Wireless Sensor Networks,” in International Journal of Sensor Networks (IJSNet) - Special Issue on Multimedia Data Applications in Wireless Sensor Networks, Vol. 11, Issue 1, 2012, pp. 3-9, doi: 10.1504/IJSNET.2012.045035, ISSN: 1748-1287. (IF: 1.39) Orlando R. E. Pereira, João M. L. P. Caldeira, Lei Shu, and Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, "An efficient and low cost Windows Mobile BSN monitoring system based on TinyOS," in Telecommunication Systems, Springer, Jan, vol. 55, issue 1, 2014, pp. 115-124, doi: 10.1007/s11235-013-9756-4. (IF: 1.027) Orlando Pereira, João M. L. P. Caldeira, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, “Body Sensor Network Mobile Solutions for Biofeedback Monitoring,” in Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET) (Springer) - Special Issue: Wireless and Personal Communications, vol. 16, issue 6, 2014, pp. 713-732, doi: 10.1007/s11036-010-0278-y. (IF: 0.838) Orlando R. E. Pereira, João M. L. P. Caldeira, and Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, "An Advanced and Secure Symbian-Based Mobile Approach for Body Sensor Networks Interaction," in International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications (IJEHMC), vol. 2, Issue 1, 2011, pp. 1-16, doi: 10.4018/jehmc.2011010101. João M. L. P. Caldeira, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, José A. F. Moutinho, Marc Gilg, and Pascal Lorenz, "Core-Body Temperature Acquisition Tools for Long-term Monitoring and Analysis," in International Journal on Advances in Life Sciences, IARIA, vol. 2, Issue 3&4, 2010, pp. 209- 218, ISSN: 1942-2660. João M. L. P. Caldeira, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, João F. R. Garcia, and Isabel d. l. Torre, "A New Wireless Biosensor for Intra-Vaginal Temperature Monitoring," in Sensors Journal, MDPI, vol. 10, Issue 11, pp. 10314-10327, 2010, doi: 10.3390/s101110314. (IF: 1.739) Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, João M. L. P. Caldeira, and Binod Vaidya, "A Novel Intra-body Sensor for Vaginal Temperature Monitoring", in Sensors Journal, MDPI, vol. 9, Issue 4, pp. 2797-2808, 2009, doi: 10.3390/s90402797. (IF: 1.821) Refereed Conference Proceeding Publications João M. L. P. Caldeira, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, Pascal Lorenz, and Lei Shu, "Intra- Mobility Handover Enhancement in Healthcare Wireless Sensor Networks," in IEEE 14th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services (HealthCom 2012), Beijing, China, 10-13th October, 2012, pp. 261-266. Luís M. L. Oliveira, João P. Amaral, João M. L. P. Caldeira, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, Liang Zhou, “Management System for IPv6-enabled Wireless Sensor Networks”, in 4th IEEE International Conferences on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing Internet of Things (iThings/CPSCom 2011), Dalian, China, October 19-22, pp. 195 – 200, 2011, doi: 10.1109/iThings/CPSCom.2011.53. João Garcia, João M. L. P. Caldeira, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, “Wireless Body Sensor Design for Intra-Vaginal Temperature Monitoring”, in The Fifth International Conference on Body Area Networks (BodyNets 2010), Corfu Island, Greece, September 10-12, pp. 208-213, 2010. Orlando R. E. Pereira, João M. L. P. Caldeira, Lei Shu, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, “A Mobile Core-Body Temperature Monitoring System on Android”, in The Fifth International Conference on Body Area Networks (BodyNets 2010), Corfu Island, Greece, September 10-12, pp. 157-163, 2010. Orlando R. E. Pereira, João M. L. P. Caldeira, and Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, “A Symbian- based Mobile Solution for Intra-Body Temperature Monitoring”, in 12th International Conference on E-Health Networking, Applications and Services (IEEE Healthcom 2010), Lyon, France, July 01-03, pp. 316-321, 2010, doi: 10.1109/HEALTH.2010.5556548. (Receive the Best Paper Award) João M. L. P. Caldeira, José A. F. Moutinho, Binod Vaidya, Pascal Lorenz, and Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, “Intra-Body Temperature Monitoring using a Biofeedback Solution”, in The Second International Conference on eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine (eTELEMED 2010), St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles, February 10-15, pp. 119-124, 2010, doi: 10.1109/eTELEMED.2010.23. (Receive the Best Paper Award) João Caldeira, Edgar Dias, Bruno Paulo, Paulo Neves, "Accept Mobile – A Mobile Tool for the SINMETRO Accept Information System", in 9a Conferência da Associação Portuguesa de Sistemas de Informação (CAPSI 2009), Viseu, Portugal, 28 a 30 de Outubro, 2009. Américo Mendes, João Caldeira, Joel Rodrigues, "Sensor Sem Fios para Monitorização da Temperatura Intra-Corporal", 9a Conferência sobre Redes de Computadores (CRC 2009), Instituto Superior Técnico, Oeiras, Portugal, 15 e 16 de Outubro de 2009. Paulo Neves, João Caldeira, Américo Mendes, Orlando Pereira, and Joel Rodrigues, "A Biosensor and Data Presentation Solution for Body Sensor Networks", in 7th Conference on Telecommunications (CONFTELE 2009), Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal, May 03 – 05, 2009. Octávio Pereira, João Caldeira, Eduardo Valente, Paulo Alves, Paulo Neves, Fernando Silva, “Remote desktop Web based demonstrator for showing private applications”, in Proceedings of the International Conference Applied Computing (IADIS’2007), pp. 784-786, Algarve, Portugal, Abril 10-13, 2007. Octávio Pereira, Tiago Luís, Pedro António, Eduardo Valente, Joao Caldeira, Paulo Alves, Paulo Jesus, João Cordeiro, “Aproaching to emotinal context on information systems design in a Web site front-office development – a case study for public health”, in Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS’2007), Vol. 5, pp. 302-305, Funchal, Portugal, Junho 12- 16, 2007. Professional Activities Reviewer for Journals International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications (IJEHMC), IGI Global, ISSN: 1947-315X, 2013. IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Communications Society, ISSN: 0163-6804, 2013. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society publishing, ISSN: 1551-3203, 2012. International Journal of Communication Systems, Wiley, ISSN: 1099-1131, 2012. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, ISBN: 1550-1477, 2011. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society publishing, ISSN: 1551-3203, 2011. Conference Technical Program Committee Member The Fourth International Conference on Models and Ontology-based Design of Protocols, Architectures and Services (MOPAS 2013), Venice, Italy, April 21 - 26, 2013. The Third International Conference on Models and Ontology-based Design of Protocols, Architectures and Services (MOPAS 2012), Chamonix / Mont Blanc, France, April 29 - May 4, 2012. Reviewer for Conferences 13th International Conference on Ad-Hoc Networks and Wireless, (ADHOC-NOW 2014), Benidorm, Spain, June 22-27, 2014. 20th International Conference on Software, The Fourth International Conference on Models and Ontology-based Design of Protocols, Architectures and Services, (MOPAS 2013), Venice, Italy, April 21-26, 2013. 20th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computers Networks, (SoftCOM 2012), Split, Croatia, 11-13 September, 2012. 14th International Conference on E-Health Networking, Application & Services (Healthcom 2012), Beijing, Japan, 10-13 October, 2012. The Third International Conference on Models and Ontology-based Design of Protocols, Architectures and Services (MOPAS 2012), Chamonix, France, April 29 – May 4, 2012. IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS 2011), Barcelona, Spain, 27 – 29 June, 2011. 4th IFIP International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security (NTMS 2011), Paris, France, 7 – 10 February, 2011. IEEE International Conference on Communication (ICC 2011), Kyoto, Japan, 5 – 9 June, 2011. 4th IEEE International Conference on Internet Systems Architecture and Application (IMSAA 2010), Bangalore, India, 15 – 17 December, 2010. 2nd International Conference on Adaptive and Self-adaptive Systems and Applications (ADAPTIVE 2010), Lisbon, Portugal, 21 – 26 November, 2010. 7th Annual IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (IEEE CCNC 2010), Las Vegas, Nevada USA, 9 – 12 January, 2010. 3rd International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security (NTMS 2009), Cairo, Egypt, 20 – 23 December, 2009. Presentations João M. L. P. Caldeira, Edgar Dias, Bruno Paulo e Paulo Neves, “Accept Mobile – A Mobile Tool for the SINMETRO Accept Information System,” 9ª Conferência da Associação Portuguesa de Sistemas de Informação (CAPSI 2009), Viseu, Portugal, 28 a 30 October, 2009. Américo Mendes, João M. L. P. Caldeira e Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, “Sensor Sem Fios para Monitorização da Temperatura Intra-Corporal,” 9ª Conferência sobre Redes de Computadores (CRC 2009), Oeiras, Portugal, 15 e 16 October, 2009. João M. L. P. Caldeira e Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, "Performance Assessment of IPv6- based Wireless Body Sensor Network with Mobility Support," 16º Seminário da Rede Temática de Comunicações Móveis (RTCM), University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal, 15 February, 2013.