Scholar
Flavio Silva
Google Scholar ID: SW_VMq4AAAAJ
Professor of Computer Science, Department of Informatics (DI), University of Minho (UMinho)
Citations & Impact
Citations
521
H-index
13
i10-index
16
Publications
20
Co-authors
17
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Publications
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Published over 100 papers in journals and proceedings of international and national conferences, 78 indexed (Scopus). h-index = 12 (Scopus) and 15 (Google Scholar). Reviewer for journals such as ETRI, IEEE Network Magazine, and IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management.
Research Experience
- Served as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Computing (FACOM) of the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU) from 2008 to 2023 and as coordinator of the graduate program in computer science at UFU from 2018 to 2021. Supervised and co-orientated twenty (20) master's and seven (7) PhDs. Member of the Technical Program Committee (TPC) for several IEEE conferences, including ICC, SOCA, and NETSOFT. Individual member of the FIWARE Foundation's Mission Support Committees, FIWARE Mundus, and FIWARE iHub (MSC). Coordinated several national and international projects involving collaborations funded by various sources, including CAPES, CNPq, FAPEMIG, FAPESP, BNDES, ABDI, Petrobras, SEBRAE/RJ, and Nokia.
Education
- Ph.D. from the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (2013), Master's degree in Computer Science from the Federal University of Uberlândia (2004), and Bachelor's degrees in Computer Science (1993) and Electrical Engineering (1992) from UFU.
Background
- Professor at the Department of Informatics (DI) in the Engineering School of the University of Minho (UMinho) in Portugal and a full member of Centro ALGORITMI since 2023. Research interests include Future Networks, Software Defined Networking, Autonomous and Intelligent Systems, Cloud Computing, Ubiquitous and Mobile Computing, and Software-based Innovation.
Miscellany
- Thirty-three years of experience in the software industry and academia, especially in highly available and distributed web-based systems, software development using object-oriented technology, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), and Web Services, utilization of system integration, project management using the PMI method, team building, and professional training. Experience in team building, leadership, and motivation. Responsible for developing the first Brazilian software for designing CAD/CAE-based electrical installations using Autodesk's AUTOCAD platform and technologies such as AutoLISP and ObjectARX.
