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        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

Articles in International Journals Listed in Scimago Journal & Country Rank or in Clarivate InCites Journal Citation Reports
"People judge you by your performance, so focus on the outcome. Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected."

Steve Jobs (1955-2011), Computer businessman, designer and inventor.

Years 2020-2024

Manoel C. Silva Filho, Claudio C. Monteiro, Pedro Ricardo M. Inácio, Mário M. Freire, A Distributed Virtual-Machine Placement and Migration Approach Based on Modern Portfolio Theory, Journal of Network and Systems Management (Springer), Volume 32, Article Number 2, Pages 1-45, 2024. SJR 2022: Q2 (Computer Science). Open access article.

Francisco T. Chimuco, João B. F. Sequeiros, Carolina Galvão Lopes, Tiago M. C. Simões, Mário M. Freire & Pedro R. M. Inácio, Secure Cloud-based Mobile Apps: Attack Taxonomy, Requirements, Mechanisms, Tests and Automation, International Journal of Information Security (Springer), Volume 22, Issue 4, Pages 833–867, 2023. SJR 2022: Q1 (Computer Science). Open access article.

Vanice Canuto Cunha, Arturo Zavala Zavala, Damien Magoni, Pedro R. M. Inácio, And Mário M. Freire, A Complete Review on the Application of Statistical Methods for Evaluating Internet Traffic Usage, IEEE Access, volume 10, pages 128433 - 128455, December 2022. SJR 2022: Q1 (Computer Science). Open access article.

Chetna Gupta, Pedro R. M. Inácio and Mário M. Freire, Improving Software Maintenance with Improved Bug Triaging, Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences (Elsevier), Volume 34, Issue 10, Part A, Pages 8757-8764, November 2022. SJR 2022: Q1 (Computer Science). Open access article.

Vinícius de Miranda Rios, Pedro R.M. Inácio, Damien Magoni, Mário M. Freire, Detection and Mitigation of Low-Rate Denial-of-Service Attacks: A Survey, IEEE Access, Volume 10, pages 76648-76668, July 2022. SJR 2022: Q1 (Computer Science). Open access article.

André Prata Ferreira, Chetna Gupta, Pedro R. M. Inácio and Mário Freire, Behaviour-based Malware Detection in Mobile Android Platforms Using Machine Learning Algorithms, Journal of Wireless Mobile Networks, Ubiquitous Computing, and Dependable Applications (JoWUA), 12(4):62-88, December 2021. SJR 2021: Q2 (Computer Science). Open access article.

Musa G. Samaila, João B. F. Sequeiros, Carolina Lopes, Edi Aires, Tiago Simões, Mário M. Freire and Pedro R. M. Inácio, Performance Evaluation of the SRE and SBPG Components of the IoT Hardware Platform Security Advisor Framework, Computer Networks (Elsevier), Volume 199, Paper 108496, Pages 1-47, September 2021. SJR 2021: Q1 (Computer Science). Open access article.

Chetna Gupta, Mário M Freire, A Decentralized Blockchain Oriented Framework for Automated Bug Assignment, Information and Software Technology (Elsevier), Volume 134, Paper 106540, Pages 1-4, June 2021. SJR 2021: Q1 (Computer Science).

Vinícius de Miranda Rios, Pedro R.M. Inácio, Damien Magoni, Mário M. Freire, Detection of Reduction-of-Quality DDoS Attacks Using Fuzzy Logic and Machine Learning Algorithms, Computer Networks (Elsevier), Volume 186, Paper 107792, Pages 1-18, 26 February 2021. SJR 2021: Q1 (Computer Science).

João B. F. Sequeiros, Francisco T. Chimuco, Musa G. Samaila, Mário M. Freire, Pedro R M Inácio, Attack and System Modeling Applied to IoT, Cloud, and Mobile Ecosystems: Embedding Security by Design, ACM Computing Surveys, Volume 53, Issue 2, Article 25, Pages 1–32, March 2020. SJR 2020: Q1 (Computer Science). Open access article.

Musa G. Samaila, João B. F. Sequeiros, Tiago Simões, Mário M. Freire, Pedro R. M. Inácio, IoT-HarPSecA: A Framework and Roadmap for Secure Design and Development of Devices and Applications in the IoT Space, IEEE Access, Volume 8, Pages 16462–16494, January 2020. SJR 2020: Q1 (Computer Science). Open access article.

Years 2010-2019

Musa G. Samaila, Miguel Neto, Diogo A. B. Fernandes, Mário M. Freire, Pedro R. M. Inácio, Challenges of Securing Internet of Things Devices: A Survey, Security and Privacy (Wiley), Volume 1, 1:e20, Pages 1–32, March/April 2018.

Manoel C. Silva Filho, Claudio C. Monteiro, Pedro R. M. Inácio, Mário M. Freire, Approaches for Optimizing Virtual Machine Placement and Migration in Cloud Environments: A Survey, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (Elsevier), Volume 111, Pages 222–250, January 2018. SJR 2018: Q2 (Computer Science).

Rui Costa Cardoso, Abel J. P. Gomes, Mario M. Freire, A User Trust System for Online Games – Part II: A Subjective Logic Approach for Trust Inference, IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games, Volume 9, Issue 4, Pages 354–368, December 2017. SJR 2017: Q2 (Computer Science).

Rui Costa Cardoso, Abel J. P. Gomes, Mario M. Freire, A User Trust System for Online Games – Part I: An Activity Theory Approach for Trust Representation, IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games, Volume 9, Issue 3, Pages 305–320, September 2017. SJR 2017: Q2 (Computer Science).

Diogo A. B. Fernandes, Mário M. Freire, Paulo A. P. Fazendeiro, and Pedro R. M. Inácio, Applications of Artificial Immune Systems to Computer Security: A Survey, Journal of Information Security and Applications (Elsevier), Volume 35, Pages 138–159, August 2017. SJR 2017: Q2 (Computer Science).

Diogo A. B. Fernandes, Liliana F. B. Soares, João V. Gomes, Mário M. Freire, Pedro R. M. Inácio, Security Issues in Cloud Environments: A Survey, International Journal of Information Security (Springer), Volume 13, Issue 2, Pages 113–170, April 2014. SJR 2014: Q2 (Computer Science).

Filipe Soares, Filipe Janela, Manuela Pereira, João Seabra and Mário M. Freire, Classification of Breast Masses on Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Images Through Log Detrended Fluctuation Cumulant-Based Multifractal Analysis, IEEE Systems Journal, Volume 8, Issue 3, Pages 929–938, September 2014. SJR 2014: Q1 (Computer Science).

Filipe Soares, Filipe Janela, Manuela Pereira, João Seabra and Mário M. Freire, 3D Lacunarity in Multifractal Analysis of Breast Tumor Lesions in Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, Volume 22, Issue 11, Pages 4422–4435, November 2013. SJR 2013: Q1 (Computer Science).

Przemyslaw Lenkiewicz, Manuela Pereira, Mário M. Freire and José Fernandes, The Whole Mesh Deformation Model: A Fast Image Segmentation Method Suitable for Effective Parallelization, EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing (Springer), 2013:55, Pages 1–17, December 2013. SJR 2013: Q2 (Computer Science). Open access article.

João V. Gomes, Pedro R. M. Inácio, Manuela Pereira, Mário M. Freire and Paulo P. Monteiro, Identification of Peer-to-Peer VoIP Sessions Using Entropy and Codec Properties, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Volume 24, Issue 10, Pages 2004–2014, October 2013. Supplemental Material. SJR 2013: Q1 (Computer Science).

João V. Gomes, Pedro R. M. Inácio, Manuela Pereira, Mário M. Freire, Paulo P. Monteiro, Detection and Classification of Peer-to-Peer Traffic: A Survey, ACM Computing Surveys, Volume 45, Number 3, Article 30, Pages 1–40, June 2013. SJR 2013: Q1 (Computer Science).

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João V. Gomes, Pedro R. M. Inácio, Manuela Pereira, Mário M. Freire and Paulo P. Monteiro, Exploring Behavioral Patterns Through Entropy in Multimedia Peer-to-Peer Traffic, The Computer Journal (Oxford University Press), Volume 55, Issue 6, Pages 740–755, June 2012. Corrigendum, Volume 55, Issue 10, Page 1265, October 2012. SJR 2012: Q2 (Computer Science).

Pedro R. M. Inácio, Mário M. Freire, Manuela Pereira, Paulo P. Monteiro, Fast Synthesis of Persistent Fractional Brownian Motion, ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation (TOMACS), Volume 22, Issue 2, Article 11, Pages 1–21, March 2012. SJR 2012: Q2 (Computer Science).

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João V. P. Gomes, Pedro R. M. Inácio, Branka Lakic, Mário M. Freire, Henrique J. A. Da Silva, Paulo P. Monteiro, Source Traffic Analysis, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMCCAP), Volume 6, Number 3, Article 21, Pages 1–23, August 2010. SJR 2010: Q2 (Computer Science).

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Years 2000-2009

Pedro R. M. Inácio, Branka Lakic, Mário M. Freire, Manuela Pereira, and Paulo P. Monteiro, The Design and Evaluation of the Simple Self-Similar Sequences Generator, Information Sciences (Elsevier), Volume 179, Issue 23, Pages 4029–4045, November 2009. SJR 2009: Q1 (Computer Science).

Nuno M. Garcia, Paulo P. Monteiro, Mário M. Freire, José R. Santos, and Przemyslaw Lenkiewicz, A New Architectural Approach for Optical Burst Switching Networks Based on a Common Control Channel, Optical Switching and Networking (Elsevier), Volume 4, Issues 3–4, Pages 173–188, November 2007. SJR 2007: Q2 (Computer Science).

Farid Farahmand, Vinod M. Vokkarane, Jason P. Jue, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, and Mário M. Freire, Optical Burst Switching Network: A Multi-layered Approach, Journal of High Speed Networks (IOS Press), Volume 16, Number 2, Pages 105–122, 2007. SJR 2007: Q4 (Computer Science).

Marek Hajduczenia, Pedro R. M. Inácio, Henrique J. A. da Silva, Mário M. Freire, and Paulo P. Monteiro, On EPON Security Issues, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, Volume 9, Issue 1, Pages 68–83, 2007. SJR 2007: Q1 (Engineering).

Mário M. Freire and Henrique J. A. da Silva, Assessment of Blocking Performance in WDM Chordal Ring Networks, Journal of High Speed Networks (IOS Press), Volume 15, Number 4, Pages 415–432, 2006. SJR 2006: Q4 (Computer Science).

J. F. Rocha, A. T. Cartaxo, H. J. Silva, J. L. Pinto, A. L. Teixeira, A. S. Gameiro, P. P. Monteiro, J. O. Pires, R. S. Ribeiro, M. O. Violas, A. N. Pinto, M. N. Lima, P. S. André, M. M. Freire, A. L. Ribeiro, C. F. Fernandes, J. T. Pereira, J. M. Pousa, J. M. Santos, M. T. Almeida, A. R. Tavares, R. N. Nogueira, J. S. Machado, Optical Communications Research at Institute of Telecommunications, Fiber and Integrated Optics (Taylor & Francis), Volume 24, Issue 3-4, Pages 411-428, 2005. Erratum, Volume 25, Issue 4, Pages 323–324, 2006. SJR 2005: Q3 (Materials Science).

Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, Mário M. Freire, and Pascal Lorenz, Performance Implications of Meshing Degree for Optical Burst Switched Networks Using One-way Resource Reservation Protocols, Telecommunication Systems (Springer), Volume 30, Issue 1-3, Pages 35–47, November 2005. SJR 2005: Q2 (Engineering).

Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, Mário M. Freire, and Pascal Lorenz, Performance Assessment of Optical Burst Switching Ring and Chordal Ring Networks, Telecommunication Systems (Springer/Kluwer Academic Publishers), Volume 27, Issue 2-4, Pages 133–149, October 2004. SJR 2004: Q2 (Engineering).

Mário M. Freire, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, and Rui M. F. Coelho, The Role of Network Topologies in the Optical Core of IP-over-WDM Networks with Static Wavelength Routing, Telecommunication Systems (Springer/Kluwer Academic Publishers), Volume 24, Issue 2-4, Pages 111–122, October 2003. SJR 2003: Q2 (Engineering).

Mário M. Freire and Henrique J. A. da Silva, Assessment of Blocking Performance in Unidirectional and Bi-directional Wavelength Routed Ring Networks, Journal of High Speed Networks (IOS Press), Volume 12, Number 3/4, Pages 133–140, 2002. SJR 2002: Q1 (Computer Science).

Years 1995-1999

Mário M. Freire and Henrique J. A. da Silva, Estimation of Multiple-Quantum-Well Laser Parameters for Simulation of Dispersion Supported Transmission Systems at 20 Gbit/s, IEE Proceedings - Optoelectronics (now IET Optoelectronics), Volume 146, Number 2, Pages 93–98, August 1999. SJR 1999: Q1 (Engineering). ISI Impact Factor (1999): 0.826.

Mário M. Freire, José A. R. Pacheco de Carvalho, Álvaro M. F. de Carvalho, and Henrique J. A. da Silva, Impact of Double Cavity FP Demultiplexers on the Performance of WDM Dispersion Supported Transmission, European Transactions on Telecommunications (now Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, John Wiley & Sons), Volume 8, Issue 2, Pages 201–204, March/April 1997. SJR 1999: Q2 (Engineering). ISI Impact Factor (1997): 0.287.

Mário M. Freire, Álvaro M. F. de Carvalho, and Henrique J. A. da Silva, Performance Implications of Three-Mirror Fabry-Perot Demultiplexers for 10-Gb/s WDM Dispersion-Supported Transmission with 0.5-nm Channel Spacing, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Volume 8, Issue 9, Pages 1261–1263, September 1996. SJR 1999: Q1 (Engineering). ISI Impact Factor (1996): 1.063.

Mário M. Freire and Henrique J. A. da Silva, Performance Assessment of Two-Channel Dispersion-Supported Transmission Systems Using Single- and Double-Cavity Fabry-Perot Filters as Demultiplexers, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Volume 7, Issue 11, Pages 1360–1362, November 1995. SJR 1999: Q1 (Engineering). ISI Impact Factor (1995): 0.977.

“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: 2023/11/04.

	Manoel C. Silva Filho, Claudio C. Monteiro, Pedro Ricardo M. Inácio, Mário M. Freire, A Distributed Virtual-Machine Placement and Migration Approach Based on Modern Portfolio Theory, Journal of Network and Systems Management (Springer), Volume 32, Article Number 2, Pages 1-45, 2024. SJR 2022: Q2 (Computer Science). Open access article.
	Francisco T. Chimuco, João B. F. Sequeiros, Carolina Galvão Lopes, Tiago M. C. Simões, Mário M. Freire & Pedro R. M. Inácio, Secure Cloud-based Mobile Apps: Attack Taxonomy, Requirements, Mechanisms, Tests and Automation, International Journal of Information Security (Springer), Volume 22, Issue 4, Pages 833–867, 2023. SJR 2022: Q1 (Computer Science). Open access article.
	Vanice Canuto Cunha, Arturo Zavala Zavala, Damien Magoni, Pedro R. M. Inácio, And Mário M. Freire, A Complete Review on the Application of Statistical Methods for Evaluating Internet Traffic Usage, IEEE Access, volume 10, pages 128433 - 128455, December 2022. SJR 2022: Q1 (Computer Science). Open access article.
	Chetna Gupta, Pedro R. M. Inácio and Mário M. Freire, Improving Software Maintenance with Improved Bug Triaging, Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences (Elsevier), Volume 34, Issue 10, Part A, Pages 8757-8764, November 2022. SJR 2022: Q1 (Computer Science). Open access article.
	Vinícius de Miranda Rios, Pedro R.M. Inácio, Damien Magoni, Mário M. Freire, Detection and Mitigation of Low-Rate Denial-of-Service Attacks: A Survey, IEEE Access, Volume 10, pages 76648-76668, July 2022. SJR 2022: Q1 (Computer Science). Open access article.
	André Prata Ferreira, Chetna Gupta, Pedro R. M. Inácio and Mário Freire, Behaviour-based Malware Detection in Mobile Android Platforms Using Machine Learning Algorithms, Journal of Wireless Mobile Networks, Ubiquitous Computing, and Dependable Applications (JoWUA), 12(4):62-88, December 2021. SJR 2021: Q2 (Computer Science). Open access article.
	Musa G. Samaila, João B. F. Sequeiros, Carolina Lopes, Edi Aires, Tiago Simões, Mário M. Freire and Pedro R. M. Inácio, Performance Evaluation of the SRE and SBPG Components of the IoT Hardware Platform Security Advisor Framework, Computer Networks (Elsevier), Volume 199, Paper 108496, Pages 1-47, September 2021. SJR 2021: Q1 (Computer Science). Open access article.
	Chetna Gupta, Mário M Freire, A Decentralized Blockchain Oriented Framework for Automated Bug Assignment, Information and Software Technology (Elsevier), Volume 134, Paper 106540, Pages 1-4, June 2021. SJR 2021: Q1 (Computer Science).
	Vinícius de Miranda Rios, Pedro R.M. Inácio, Damien Magoni, Mário M. Freire, Detection of Reduction-of-Quality DDoS Attacks Using Fuzzy Logic and Machine Learning Algorithms, Computer Networks (Elsevier), Volume 186, Paper 107792, Pages 1-18, 26 February 2021. SJR 2021: Q1 (Computer Science).
	João B. F. Sequeiros, Francisco T. Chimuco, Musa G. Samaila, Mário M. Freire, Pedro R M Inácio, Attack and System Modeling Applied to IoT, Cloud, and Mobile Ecosystems: Embedding Security by Design, ACM Computing Surveys, Volume 53, Issue 2, Article 25, Pages 1–32, March 2020. SJR 2020: Q1 (Computer Science). Open access article.
	Musa G. Samaila, João B. F. Sequeiros, Tiago Simões, Mário M. Freire, Pedro R. M. Inácio, IoT-HarPSecA: A Framework and Roadmap for Secure Design and Development of Devices and Applications in the IoT Space, IEEE Access, Volume 8, Pages 16462–16494, January 2020. SJR 2020: Q1 (Computer Science). Open access article.

	Musa G. Samaila, Miguel Neto, Diogo A. B. Fernandes, Mário M. Freire, Pedro R. M. Inácio, Challenges of Securing Internet of Things Devices: A Survey, Security and Privacy (Wiley), Volume 1, 1:e20, Pages 1–32, March/April 2018.
	Manoel C. Silva Filho, Claudio C. Monteiro, Pedro R. M. Inácio, Mário M. Freire, Approaches for Optimizing Virtual Machine Placement and Migration in Cloud Environments: A Survey, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (Elsevier), Volume 111, Pages 222–250, January 2018. SJR 2018: Q2 (Computer Science).
	Rui Costa Cardoso, Abel J. P. Gomes, Mario M. Freire, A User Trust System for Online Games – Part II: A Subjective Logic Approach for Trust Inference, IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games, Volume 9, Issue 4, Pages 354–368, December 2017. SJR 2017: Q2 (Computer Science).
	Rui Costa Cardoso, Abel J. P. Gomes, Mario M. Freire, A User Trust System for Online Games – Part I: An Activity Theory Approach for Trust Representation, IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games, Volume 9, Issue 3, Pages 305–320, September 2017. SJR 2017: Q2 (Computer Science).
	Diogo A. B. Fernandes, Mário M. Freire, Paulo A. P. Fazendeiro, and Pedro R. M. Inácio, Applications of Artificial Immune Systems to Computer Security: A Survey, Journal of Information Security and Applications (Elsevier), Volume 35, Pages 138–159, August 2017. SJR 2017: Q2 (Computer Science).
	Diogo A. B. Fernandes, Liliana F. B. Soares, João V. Gomes, Mário M. Freire, Pedro R. M. Inácio, Security Issues in Cloud Environments: A Survey, International Journal of Information Security (Springer), Volume 13, Issue 2, Pages 113–170, April 2014. SJR 2014: Q2 (Computer Science).
	Filipe Soares, Filipe Janela, Manuela Pereira, João Seabra and Mário M. Freire, Classification of Breast Masses on Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Images Through Log Detrended Fluctuation Cumulant-Based Multifractal Analysis, IEEE Systems Journal, Volume 8, Issue 3, Pages 929–938, September 2014. SJR 2014: Q1 (Computer Science).
	Filipe Soares, Filipe Janela, Manuela Pereira, João Seabra and Mário M. Freire, 3D Lacunarity in Multifractal Analysis of Breast Tumor Lesions in Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, Volume 22, Issue 11, Pages 4422–4435, November 2013. SJR 2013: Q1 (Computer Science).
	Przemyslaw Lenkiewicz, Manuela Pereira, Mário M. Freire and José Fernandes, The Whole Mesh Deformation Model: A Fast Image Segmentation Method Suitable for Effective Parallelization, EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing (Springer), 2013:55, Pages 1–17, December 2013. SJR 2013: Q2 (Computer Science). Open access article.
	João V. Gomes, Pedro R. M. Inácio, Manuela Pereira, Mário M. Freire and Paulo P. Monteiro, Identification of Peer-to-Peer VoIP Sessions Using Entropy and Codec Properties, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Volume 24, Issue 10, Pages 2004–2014, October 2013. Supplemental Material. SJR 2013: Q1 (Computer Science).
	João V. Gomes, Pedro R. M. Inácio, Manuela Pereira, Mário M. Freire, Paulo P. Monteiro, Detection and Classification of Peer-to-Peer Traffic: A Survey, ACM Computing Surveys, Volume 45, Number 3, Article 30, Pages 1–40, June 2013. SJR 2013: Q1 (Computer Science). frames are not supported
	João V. Gomes, Pedro R. M. Inácio, Manuela Pereira, Mário M. Freire and Paulo P. Monteiro, Exploring Behavioral Patterns Through Entropy in Multimedia Peer-to-Peer Traffic, The Computer Journal (Oxford University Press), Volume 55, Issue 6, Pages 740–755, June 2012. Corrigendum, Volume 55, Issue 10, Page 1265, October 2012. SJR 2012: Q2 (Computer Science).
	Pedro R. M. Inácio, Mário M. Freire, Manuela Pereira, Paulo P. Monteiro, Fast Synthesis of Persistent Fractional Brownian Motion, ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation (TOMACS), Volume 22, Issue 2, Article 11, Pages 1–21, March 2012. SJR 2012: Q2 (Computer Science). frames are not supported
	João V. P. Gomes, Pedro R. M. Inácio, Branka Lakic, Mário M. Freire, Henrique J. A. Da Silva, Paulo P. Monteiro, Source Traffic Analysis, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMCCAP), Volume 6, Number 3, Article 21, Pages 1–23, August 2010. SJR 2010: Q2 (Computer Science). frames are not supported

	Pedro R. M. Inácio, Branka Lakic, Mário M. Freire, Manuela Pereira, and Paulo P. Monteiro, The Design and Evaluation of the Simple Self-Similar Sequences Generator, Information Sciences (Elsevier), Volume 179, Issue 23, Pages 4029–4045, November 2009. SJR 2009: Q1 (Computer Science).
	Nuno M. Garcia, Paulo P. Monteiro, Mário M. Freire, José R. Santos, and Przemyslaw Lenkiewicz, A New Architectural Approach for Optical Burst Switching Networks Based on a Common Control Channel, Optical Switching and Networking (Elsevier), Volume 4, Issues 3–4, Pages 173–188, November 2007. SJR 2007: Q2 (Computer Science).
	Farid Farahmand, Vinod M. Vokkarane, Jason P. Jue, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, and Mário M. Freire, Optical Burst Switching Network: A Multi-layered Approach, Journal of High Speed Networks (IOS Press), Volume 16, Number 2, Pages 105–122, 2007. SJR 2007: Q4 (Computer Science).
	Marek Hajduczenia, Pedro R. M. Inácio, Henrique J. A. da Silva, Mário M. Freire, and Paulo P. Monteiro, On EPON Security Issues, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, Volume 9, Issue 1, Pages 68–83, 2007. SJR 2007: Q1 (Engineering).
	Mário M. Freire and Henrique J. A. da Silva, Assessment of Blocking Performance in WDM Chordal Ring Networks, Journal of High Speed Networks (IOS Press), Volume 15, Number 4, Pages 415–432, 2006. SJR 2006: Q4 (Computer Science).
	J. F. Rocha, A. T. Cartaxo, H. J. Silva, J. L. Pinto, A. L. Teixeira, A. S. Gameiro, P. P. Monteiro, J. O. Pires, R. S. Ribeiro, M. O. Violas, A. N. Pinto, M. N. Lima, P. S. André, M. M. Freire, A. L. Ribeiro, C. F. Fernandes, J. T. Pereira, J. M. Pousa, J. M. Santos, M. T. Almeida, A. R. Tavares, R. N. Nogueira, J. S. Machado, Optical Communications Research at Institute of Telecommunications, Fiber and Integrated Optics (Taylor & Francis), Volume 24, Issue 3-4, Pages 411-428, 2005. Erratum, Volume 25, Issue 4, Pages 323–324, 2006. SJR 2005: Q3 (Materials Science).
	Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, Mário M. Freire, and Pascal Lorenz, Performance Implications of Meshing Degree for Optical Burst Switched Networks Using One-way Resource Reservation Protocols, Telecommunication Systems (Springer), Volume 30, Issue 1-3, Pages 35–47, November 2005. SJR 2005: Q2 (Engineering).
	Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, Mário M. Freire, and Pascal Lorenz, Performance Assessment of Optical Burst Switching Ring and Chordal Ring Networks, Telecommunication Systems (Springer/Kluwer Academic Publishers), Volume 27, Issue 2-4, Pages 133–149, October 2004. SJR 2004: Q2 (Engineering).
	Mário M. Freire, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, and Rui M. F. Coelho, The Role of Network Topologies in the Optical Core of IP-over-WDM Networks with Static Wavelength Routing, Telecommunication Systems (Springer/Kluwer Academic Publishers), Volume 24, Issue 2-4, Pages 111–122, October 2003. SJR 2003: Q2 (Engineering).
	Mário M. Freire and Henrique J. A. da Silva, Assessment of Blocking Performance in Unidirectional and Bi-directional Wavelength Routed Ring Networks, Journal of High Speed Networks (IOS Press), Volume 12, Number 3/4, Pages 133–140, 2002. SJR 2002: Q1 (Computer Science).

	Mário M. Freire and Henrique J. A. da Silva, Estimation of Multiple-Quantum-Well Laser Parameters for Simulation of Dispersion Supported Transmission Systems at 20 Gbit/s, IEE Proceedings - Optoelectronics (now IET Optoelectronics), Volume 146, Number 2, Pages 93–98, August 1999. SJR 1999: Q1 (Engineering). ISI Impact Factor (1999): 0.826.
	Mário M. Freire, José A. R. Pacheco de Carvalho, Álvaro M. F. de Carvalho, and Henrique J. A. da Silva, Impact of Double Cavity FP Demultiplexers on the Performance of WDM Dispersion Supported Transmission, European Transactions on Telecommunications (now Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, John Wiley & Sons), Volume 8, Issue 2, Pages 201–204, March/April 1997. SJR 1999: Q2 (Engineering). ISI Impact Factor (1997): 0.287.
	Mário M. Freire, Álvaro M. F. de Carvalho, and Henrique J. A. da Silva, Performance Implications of Three-Mirror Fabry-Perot Demultiplexers for 10-Gb/s WDM Dispersion-Supported Transmission with 0.5-nm Channel Spacing, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Volume 8, Issue 9, Pages 1261–1263, September 1996. SJR 1999: Q1 (Engineering). ISI Impact Factor (1996): 1.063.
	Mário M. Freire and Henrique J. A. da Silva, Performance Assessment of Two-Channel Dispersion-Supported Transmission Systems Using Single- and Double-Cavity Fabry-Perot Filters as Demultiplexers, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Volume 7, Issue 11, Pages 1360–1362, November 1995. SJR 1999: Q1 (Engineering). ISI Impact Factor (1995): 0.977.