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António Manuel de Jesus Pereira

Full Member SIoTE PhD

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apereira@ipleiria.pt

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  • Smart Internet of Things Ecosystems

António Manuel de Jesus Pereira is Full Professor at Polytechnic of Leiria, Portugal. He is the head of the Smart IoT Ecosystems research line of Computer Science and Communications Research Centre of Ploytechnic of Leiria. He was the Coordinator of the Master in Computer Engineering - Mobile Computing and was the head of Computer Science Engineering Department. Also, he was the founder of Computer Science and Communications Research Centre of Polytechnic of Leiria. He received his Habilitation degree in Informatics from University of Aveiro, Portugal, in 2018, his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science Engineering from University of Coimbra, Portugal, in 2006 and his M.S degree in Electronical and Telecommunications Engineering, from University of Aveiro, Portugal, in 1995 and his BSc degree in Electronical and Telecommunications Engineering, from University of Aveiro, Portugal, in 1992. He has published more than 200 conference papers and refereed journals in the areas of Computer Science and Communications. He received 2 best papers awards at international conferences. Also, he is the author of 3 national patents. He supervised 12 PhDs and 45 MsCs in the Information and Communications Technology areas. Nowadays he supervises 5 PhDs and 10 MsCs in the Industry4.0, Internet of Things, Internet of Unmanned Vehicles, Cybersecurity and Active Assisted Living areas. He has participated in many Portuguese, Spanish and European research projects and coordinated more than 50 R&D+I projects for small and medium companies and institutions. He was guest editor of some impact factor international journals and has been organizing several national and international scientific events. His major research interests include Internet of Things, SMART IoT Ecosystems, Internet of Unmanned Vehicles, Industry 4.0, Next Generation Networks and Services and Ambient Assisted Living.

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Vera-Yanez, Daniel, António Pereira, Nuno Rodrigues, José Pascual Molina, Arturo S. García, and Antonio Fernández-Caballero. 2026. ‘Early Detection of Flying Obstacles Using Optical Flow to Assist the Pilot in Avoiding Mid-Air Collisions.’ Applied Sciences 16 (5): 2388. https://doi.org/10.3390/app16052388.

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Gomes, Enrico, Nuno Rodrigues, Alexandrino Gonçalves, et al. 2026. ‘Integrating Digital Twin and Swarm-Based UAV Systems for Autonomous Wildfire Prevention and Detection.’ IEEE Access, 1. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2026.3681094.

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2026
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Gomes, Enrico; Gonçalves, A.; Rodrigues, Nuno; Costa, Paulo; Costa, Carlos; Ribeiro, Roberto; Pereira, António Manuel de Jesus. "Integrating Digital Twin and Swarm-Based UAV Systems for Autonomous Wildfire Prevention and Detection." IEEE Access 2026

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Vieira, Gabriel; Ortigoso, Ana; Fuentes, Daniel; Frazão, Luis; Costa, Nuno; Pereira, António Manuel de Jesus. "Enhancing Scalability in Wi-Fi IoT Networks with Logical Data Plane Segregation Using SDN Principles." Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security 2025 https://doi.org/10.5220/0013428800003944

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2025
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Nuno Costa; Joao Barroso; António M J Pereira. "Smart Environments Based on Peer-to-Peer oneM2M IoT Standard: Preliminary Results." 2024 https://doi.org/10.1145/3696593.3696615

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2024
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Bruno Rocha; João Ramos; Nuno Costa; Eduardo Pires; Joao Barroso; António M J Pereira. "Improve Multi-Unmanned Vehicle Environments Through Automated Task Delegation and ROS2 Integration." 2024 https://doi.org/10.1145/3696593.3696620

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2024
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