Pedro M. Santos

Invited Lecturer, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Assistant Ph.D. researcher, Research Centre for Embedded and Real-time Computing Systems (CISTER)

Email: pedromsds[at]gmail.com, pmsantos[at]fe.up.pt, pss[at]isep.ipp.pt
     

Theses

P.M. Santos, Ph.D thesis, "Wireless Protocols and Channel Estimation for Data Gathering with Mobile Nodes", May 2017, Universidade do Porto.

P.M. Santos, M.Sc. thesis, "Stereoscopic Hand-Detection System based on FPGA", July 2009, Universidade do Porto.

Journal Papers (w/ peer-review)

L. Kholkine, P.M. Santos, A. Cardote, A. Aguiar: Context Classifier for Position-based User Access to Vehicular Hotspots. Elsevier Computer Communications.

P.M. Santos, J.G.P. Rodrigues, S.B. Cruz, T. Lourenço, P. D'Orey, Y.Luis, C. Rocha, S. Sousa, S. Crisóstomo, C. Queirós, S. Sargento, A. Aguiar, J. Barros: PortoLivingLab: an IoT-based Sensing Platform for Smart Cities. IEEE Internet-of-Things Journal, Special Issue on IoT for Smart Cities, January 2018.

P.M. Santos, T.E. Abrudan, A. Aguiar, J. Barros: Impact of Position Errors on Path Loss Model Estimation for Device-to-Device Channels. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol.13, No.5, pp. 2353-2361, May 2014.

P.M. Santos, J.C. Ferreira, J.S. Matos: Scalable Hardware Architecture for Disparity Map Computation and Object Location in Real-Time. Journal of Real-Time Image Processing, Springer, June 2013.

Journal Papers (Open Access, w/ peer-review)

A. Aslam, P.M. Santos, F.Santos, L. Almeida: Empirical Performance Models of MAC Protocols for Cooperative Platooning Applications MDPI Electronics, MDPI, November 2019.

Conference Papers (w/ peer-review)

M. G. Gaitán, L. Almeida, P. M. Santos, P. M. Yomsi. EDF scheduling and minimal-overlap shortest-path routing for real-time TSCH networks. In Proceedings of the IEEE OCEANS 2020: Singapore – U.S. Gulf Coast (OCEANS 2020), 5-14 October 2020, online.

P. M. Santos, M. Rosa, L. M. Pinto, L. Almeida. Cooperative Bicycle Localization System via Ad Hoc Bluetooth Networks. In Proceedings of the IEEE VNC 2020, 16-18 December 2020, online.

D. Martins, B. Parreira, P. M. Santos, S. Figueiredo. NetButler:Voice-Based Edge/Cloud Virtual Assistant for Home Network Management. In Proceedings of the EAI Edge-IoT 2020, 4 December 2020, online.

M. G. Gaitán, P. M. Santos, L. M. Pinto, L. Almeida. Optimal antenna-height design for improved capacity on over-water radio links affected by tides. In Proceedings of the IEEE OCEANS 2020: Singapore – U.S. Gulf Coast (OCEANS 2020), 5-14 October 2020, online.

R. Reddy, L. Almeida, P. M. Santos, E. M. Tovar. Comparing the Ecological Footprint of Intersection Management Protocols for Human/Autonomous Scenarios. In Proceedings of the 23rd IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC 2020), 20-23 September 2020, online.

R. Reddy, L. Almeida, P. M. Santos, Samia Bouzefrane, E. M. Tovar. Synchronous Intersection Management to reduce Time Loss. In Proceedings of the 23rd EURO Working Group on Transportation Meeting (EWGT 2020), 16-18 September 2020, online.

M. G. Gaitán, P. M. Santos, L. M. Pinto, L. Almeida. Experimental Evaluation of the Two-Ray Model for Near-Shore WiFi-based Network Systems Design. In Proceedings of the IEEE 91st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2020-Spring), 25-27 May 2020, online.

M. G. Gáitan, P. M. Yomsi, P. M. Santos, L. Almeida. Work-in-Progress: Assessing supply/demand-bound based schedulability tests for wireless sensor-actuator networks. In Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE 16th International Conference on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS 2020), online (planned for Porto, Portugal), 27-29 April 2020.

P. M. Santos, L. M. Sousa, A. Aguiar: Experimental Evaluation of Urban Points-of-Interest as Predictors of I2V 802.11 Data Transfers. In Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE Smart Cities Conference, October 14-17 2019, Casablanca, Morocco.

P. M. d’Orey, P. M. Santos, J. Pintor, A. Aguiar: Opportunistic Use of In-Vehicle Wireless Networks for Vulnerable Road User Interaction. In Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, June 9-12 2019, Paris, France.

P. M. Santos, L. Pinto, L. Almeida, A. Aguiar: Characterization and Modeling of the Bicycle-Antenna System for the 2.4GHz ISM Band. In Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference, December 5-7 2018, Taipei, Taiwan.

E. Soares, P. M. Santos, L. Pinto, A. Aguiar, P. Brandão, R. Prior. Poster: VoIP System for Bicycle Platoons. In Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference, December 5-7 2018, Taipei, Taiwan.

L. M. Sousa, P. M. Santos, A. Aguiar: An Exploratory Study of Relations between Site Features and I2V Link Performance. In Proceedings of the 2018 EAI Urb-IoT Conference, November 21-23 2018, Guimarães, Portugal.

A. Nguyen, P. M. Santos, M. Rosa, A. Aguiar: Poster. Study on Solar-powered IoT Node Autonomy. In Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference, September 16-19 2018, Kansas City, MO, USA.

P.M. Santos, L. Pinto, A. Aguiar, L. Almeida. A Glimpse at Bicycle-to-Bicycle Link Performance in the 2.4GHz ISM Band. In Proceedings of the 29th IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC 2018), September 9-12 2018, Bologna, Italy.

L. Kholkine, P.M. Santos, A.Cardote, A. Aguiar: Detecting the Relative Position of Mobile Access Points and User Devices. In Proceddings of the IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (VNC), December 7-10, 2016, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

Y. Luis, P.M. Santos, T. Lourenço, C. Pérez-Penichet, T. Calçada, A. Aguiar: UrbanSense: an Urban-scale Sensing Platform for the Internet of Things. In Proceddings of the 2nd IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2), September 12-15, 2016, Trento, Italy. Awarded Best Student Paper.

P.M. Santos, T. Calçada, S. Sargento, A. Aguiar, João Barros. Experimental Characterization of I2V Wi-Fi Connections in an Urban Testbed. In Proceedings of the 10th ACM MobiCom Workshop on Challenged Networks (CHANTS ’15). 2015. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 5-8. DOI=10.1145/2799371.2799386

L. Pinto, P.M. Santos, S. Crisóstomo, T. Abrudan, J. Barros: On-the-Fly Deployment of Wireless Sensor Networks for Indoor Assisted Guidance. In Proceedings of the 1th IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, Networks and Applications (CPSNA), August 19-20 2013, Taipei, Taiwan.

P.M. Santos, J.C. Ferreira: FPGA-based real-time disparity computation and object location. In Proceedings of the 28th Norchip Conference. November 15-16 2010, Tampere, Finland.

Communications/Demonstrations

P.Santos, L.Pinto, M.Rosa, J.Pintor, J.Mesquita, E.Soares, L. Almeida, A. Aguiar. Connected Bicycles for Smart Mobility. Poster presented at the national academic event Ciência 2018. Centro de Congressos de Lisboa, July 2018.

L. R. Pinto, P. M. Santos, J.Pintor, M. Rosa, J. Mesquita, L. Almeida, A. Aguiar. Extensive characterization and modeling of bicycle-to-bicycle link quality. Poster presented at the 25th RTCM Seminar. June 22, 2018. Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.

M. Rosa, P. M. Santos, L. Pinto, A. Aguiar. Stolen Bicycles Detection using Bluetooth Low-Energy Technology. Poster presented at the 25th RTCM Seminar. June 22, 2018. Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.

Pedro M. Santos, Tânia Calçada, Ana Aguiar, Susana Sargento, João Barros. Communication Hub Placement Driven by I2V Service Estimation. Poster presented at the national academic event Ciência 2017. July 2017. Centro de Congressos de Lisboa.

Poster: Yunior Luis, Pedro M. Santos, Tania Calçada, Susana Sargento, Ana Aguiar, João Barros. Collecting Data from the UrbanSense Platform Using Vehicular Networking. Poster presented at the national academic event Ciência 2016. July 2016. Centro de Congressos de Lisboa.

P. M. Santos, T. E. Abrudan, A. Aguiar, J. Barros. Impact of Position Errors on Device-to-Device Wireless Channel Estimation. Talk at the 17th RTCMSeminar. July 19, 2013. Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.

L. Pinto, P. M. Santos, S. Crisóstomo, T. E. Abrudan, J. Barros. A Cyber-Physical System for Dynamic Building Evacuation. Talk at the 16th RTCM Seminar. Februrary 15, 2013. Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal.

Demonstrations

M. Rosa, P. M. Santos, L. Pinto, A. Aguiar. Stolen Bicycles Detection using Bluetooth Low-Energy Technology. Demonstration setup of a stolen bicycle detection system using Bluetooth Low Energy communication. Video

P. M. Santos, T. Calcada, A. Sá, D. Guimarães, T. Condeixa, C. Pérez-Penichet, S. Sargento, A. Aguiar, J. Barros. Experiments On Using Vehicles As Data Mules For Data Collection From Urban Sensors (Demo). Demonstration setup of a data collection system by vehicular networks in urban settings. Video

L. Pinto, P.M. Santos, S. Crisóstomo, T. Abrudan, J. Barros. On-the-Fly Deployment of Wireless Sensor Networks for Indoor Assisted Guidance. Demonstration setup for a fast and practical deployment method of a dynamic building evacuation system. Video

P.M. Santos, F. Vieira, J. Barros. Building Evacuation System based on Wireless Sensor Networks. Demonstration setup of a dynamic building evacuation system, that changes routes according to the evolution of the fire vectors. Video