Mário M. Freire
         Full Professor (Professor Catedrático)
           Department of Computer Science, University of Beira Interior, Rua Marquês de Ávila e Bolama, 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal
           E-mail addresses: mfreire(at)ieee.org  or mfreire(at)computer.org  or  mfreire(at)acm.org  or  mario(at)di.ubi.pt

           IEEE Member, ACM Member, Ordem dos Engenheiros - Colégio de Engenharia Informática Member

           Senior Researcher at Instituto de Telecomunicações, member of the
Secure and Intelligent Networked Software Systems Lab, home of the Network Applications and Services - Cv Group


EducationResume
Dr. habil., Computer Science, University of Beira Interior, Portugal, 2007
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Beira Interior, Portugal, 2000
2-Year M.Sc., Systems and Automation, University of Coimbra , Portugal, 1994
5-Year B.Sc., Electrical Engineering, University of Coimbra, Portugal, 1992
High School, José Falcão High School, Coimbra, Portugal, 1987
             


Research Areas and Representative Papers
General Research Area: Computer Systems and Networks, covering the following three top areas of the ACM Computing Classification System 2012: Computer Systems Organization, Networks and Security and Privacy.
Cloud Systems: Infrastructure virtualization (Paper), Containers (Paper), Microservices (Paper)
Computer Networking: Encrypted Internet traffic classification (Paper), Peer-to-Peer and overlay networks (Paper), IoT, edge and cloud continuum (Paper)
Computer Security and Privacy: DDoS attack detection (Paper), Intrusion detection (Paper), Malware detection (Paper)


Patents and Publications Editorial Boards and CommitteesOpen Source Software
International Patents
Articles in International Journals
Papers in International Conferences
Edited Special Issues in International Journals
Edited Books Published by International Publishing Houses
Book Chapters

Editorial Boards in International Journals
Conference Program Chair
Conference Program Committees




Open Source Software

Research Profiles


Students (Theses and Dissertations)

Post-doc AlumniMasters Student Alumni
Chetna Gupta, Post-doc 2019-2021, now full professor at JIIT, India


PhD Students
Humberto Ferreira
Luís Barata
Pedro Pinto Rosa
André Prata
Vinicius Rios, IFTO Tocantins (Brazil)
Manoel Filho, IFTO Tocantins (Brazil)


PhD Student Alumni
Vanice Cunha, PhD February 2023, now assistant professor at Univ. Federal de Mato Grosso, Brazil
Rui Cardoso, PhD January 2017, now invited assistant professor at University of Beira Interior
Angela Oliveira, PhD May 2015, now assistant professor at Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco
Filipe Soares, PhD July 2014, now AI senior scientist at Fraunhofer Portugal
João Gomes, PhD July 2012, now product owner at Promptly Health
Pedro Inácio, PhD December 2009, now associate professor at University of Beira Interior
Nuno Garcia dos Santos, PhD November 2008, now full professor at University of Lisboa
Joel Rodrigues, PhD July 2006, now professor at Federal University of Piauí, Brazil
Diana Gomes, MSc July 2023, now software enginner at BABEL
Renato Lopes, MSc July 2023, started as junior consultant at Latitudde
Inês Santos, MSc July 2023, started as junior consultant at Latitudde
Marcos Cavalcanti, MSc July 2021
Gilberto Gimbi, MSc July 2021
João Leitão Freire, MSc November 2020, joined Instituto Politécnico da Guarda
David Prata, MSc November 2020, now outsystems developer at Devoteam
Kavadiambuko Lutandila, MSc July 2020, now lecturer at Universidade Kimpa Vita, Angola
Isabel Soqui Bongo, MSc January 2019, now lecturer at Ministry of Education, Angola
Luzimira Ribeiro, MSc January 2019, now IT system administrator at Niup Technologies
André Louro, MSc July 2018, now developer at Softinsa
Evaldo Chindele, MSc July 2018, now lecturer at Universidade Mandume ya Ndemufayo, Angola
Bruno Carneiro, MSc November 2018, started PhD program at University of Beira Interior
Raysa da Luz Oliveira, MSc July 2017, now back-end developer at Mosyle, Brazil
André Prata Ferreira, MSc December 2013, now site reliability engineer at Talkdesk
Nuno Marques, MSc November 2012, now senior network & security datacenter engineer at Altice
André Esteves, MSc December 2011, now CTO at MoodMe
Rui Braz, MSc July 2010, started PhD program at University of Beira Interior
Fábio Beirão, MS July 2010, now software architect freelancer
Marisa Quaresma, MSc December 2009, now Senior SAP ABAP developer, SAP BI/BW freelancer
David Carvalho, MSc October 2009, now systems administrator at University of Beira Interior
Rui Pereira, MSc July 2006, started as teacher at High School Castelo de Paiva


Most Relevant Funded Research Projets

Compete2020 Compete2020 - Towards the assurance of SECURity by dESIGN of the Internet of Things, Co-Principal Investigator, 2018-2022. Funded by FCT/COMPETE/FEDER with reference number POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030657.
Portugal2020
Centro2020
Compete2020 Cloud Computing Competence Center, Cloud Systems Research Line, WP 1.4 - Optimization of Cloud and Internet of Things Ecosystems, WP Lider, 2018-2022. Funded by operation Centro-01-0145-FEDER-000019 - C4 - Centro de Competencias em Cloud Computing, co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF/FEDER) through the Programa Operacional Regional do Centro (Centro 2020).

Compete2020 ORCIP-Optical Radio Convergence Infrastructure for Communications and Power Delivering, Management Team and Implementation Team with with role in WP6, 2017-2029. Project site at Instituto de Telecomunicações, Reference: 22141-01/SAICT/2016, Funding by PO Centro, FEDER - CENTRO 2020, and Orçamento de Estado - OE.
TRAMANET–Traffic and Trust Management in Peer-to-Peer Networks, Principal Investigator, 2008-2011. Funded by FCT/COMPETE/FEDER with reference number POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030657.
FCT CONDENSA–IPv4/IPv6-Compliant Optical Burst Switching Network Design with Enhanced Signaling Architectures, Principal Investigator, 2005-2007. Funded by FCT with contract POSI/EEA-CPS/60247/2004.

Computing and Scientific Instrumentation System for Research on Advanced Networks and Multimedia Communications, Principal Investigator, 2005-2009. Funded by FCT/COMPETE/FEDER with reference number POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030657.
Microsoft HIPERCAMBIO-High Performance Computing Applied to Medical Data and Bioinformatics, Co-Principal Investigator, 2007-2011. Funded by MSFT-Microsoft Portugal through Microsoft Europe.
NSN OBS-Optical Burst Switching, Principal Investigator, 2005-2008. Funded by Siemens/Nokia Siemens Networks.


Teaching and Training (Materials Available in Moodle)

PhD Program in Computer Science and Engineering MSc Program in Computer Science and Engineering
Research Topics in Computer Science and Engineering: Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023
Overlay Communicaton Networks: Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023
Topics on Virtualization and Cloud Computing: Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023
Advanced Topics in Computer Science & Engineering: Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019
Topics on Architectures for Cloud Computing: Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019
Advanced Topics in Peer-to-Peer Networks: Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019
Computer Aided Diagnosis Systems: Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2013
Thesis Project and Seminar: Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020

BSc Program in Web, Mobile and Cloud Computing
Virtualization and Cloud Computing: Fall 2023
Cloud Services and Interfaces: Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020

Cloud Computing: Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024
Emerging Topics in Computer Science and Engineering: Fall 2022
Virtualization Technologies and Data Centers: Spring 2021
Communication Protocols, Spring 2015, Fall 2021
Cloud Technologies and Datacenter: Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020
Networked Systems Administration: Fall 2016, Fall 2018
Communication Architecture and Protocols: Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013
Multimedia Networks: Fall 2005, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014

BSc Program in Computer Science and Engineering
Multimedia Communication Networks: Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008
Computer Networks: Fall 2005, Fall 2006
Security and Systems Management: Spring 2006
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University Management and Profesional Service

Management at University LevelManagement at Department Level
Vice-Rector, Area of Faculty Applications and Academic Acts, 2020-2021
President, Senate Disciplinary Section, 2009–2014, 2014–2017
Director, Centre for Computer Science (Serviços de Informática), UBI, 2009–2013
Member, Statute Assembly, UBI, 2007–2008
Member, University Assembly, UBI, 2002–2006, 2006–2008

Management at Faculty Level
President, Faculty of Engineering, UBI, 2009–2013, 2013–2017, 2021-present
President, Scientific Council, UBI, 2009–2013, 2013–2017, 2021-present
President, Pedagogic Council, UBI, 2009–2013, 2013–2017



President, Department of Computer Science, UBI, 2004–2006, 2006–2009
Study Program Director, PhD in Computer Science and Engineering, 2007–2009
Study Program Director, MSc in Computer Science and Engineering, 2003–2007, 2017-2019, 2019-2020
Study Program Director, BSc in Computer Science and Engineering, 2001–2003
Study Program Director, BSc in Web Informatics / Web, Mobile and Cloud Computing, 2021-2023

Profesional Service
President, External Assessment Team of the Portuguese A3ES, 2023
Member, External Assessment Team of the Portuguese A3ES, 2013
Member, External Assessment Team of Agência Reguladora do Ensino Superior, Cabo Verde, 2013
Member, National Council of the CSE Chapter, Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal, 2004–2007
Coordinator, Regional Chapter of CSE Chapter, Ordem dos Engenheiros, 2007–2010, 2010–2013
Chair and Co-founder, IEEE Portugal Section – Computer Society Chapter, 2005–2009
Usefull Links

“One of the problems of being a pioneer is you always make mistakes and I never, never want to be a pioneer. It’s always best to come second when you can look at the mistakes the pioneers made”.

Seymour Cray (1925-1996), Public Lecture at Lawrence Livermore Laboratories on the introduction of the CRAY-1, 1976.
Last update: 2023/11/27.