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Thesis

Runtime Monitoring and Verification Framework for Autonomous Cyber-Physical Systems CISTER-TR-200206
Pedro José Santos

Master Thesis. 13, Feb, 2020. Porto.Presidente do Júri: Luis Almeida, FEUP Arguente: Artur Pereira, DETI /UA Orientador: Armando Sousa, FEUP

XDense: A Mesh Grid Sensor Network for Extreme Dense Sensing CISTER-TR-190802
João Loureiro

PhD Thesis. 24, Jan, 2020. Porto.Presidente do Juri Doutor José Alfredo Ribeiro da Silva Matos, Professor Catedrático da FEUP
Vogais Doutor Leandro Soares Indrusiak, Professor do Department of Computer Science da The University of York, United Kingdom; Doutor Jean-Luc Scharbarg, Professor da IRIT-ENSEEIHT – l’École Nationale Supérieure d'Électrotechnique, d'Électronique, d'Informatique, d'Hydraulique et des Télécommunications, Toulouse; Doutor Eduardo Manuel Medicis Tovar, Professor Coordenador do Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (Orientador); Doutor João Manuel Paiva Cardoso, Professor Catedrático do Departamento de Engenharia Informática da Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Doutor Paulo José Lopes Machado Portugal, Professor Associado do Departamento de Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores da Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto.

Books & Book Chapters

Service-Oriented Computing in Robotic CISTER-TR-190201
Anis Koubâa

Chapter in "Encyclopedia of Robotics", Springer. 2020, pp 1-12.

Robot Operating System - The Complete Reference (Volume 5) CISTER-TR-201003
Several authors

2020, 397 pages.Part of the Studies in Computational Intelligence book series (SCI, volume 895)

Journal Papers

Multivariate time series clustering and forecasting for building energy analysis: Application to weather data quality CISTER-TR-201105
Ênio Filho, Luís Sanhudo, João Manuel Coelho Rodrigues

Journal of Building Engineering, Elsevier. 9, Nov, 2020.In Press, Journal Pre-proof

Hubs for VirtuosoNext: Online verification of real-time coordinators CISTER-TR-201101
Guillermina Cledou, José Proença, Bernhard H.C. Sputh, Eric Verhulst

Science of Computer Programming, Article No 102566, Elsevier. 2, Nov, 2020, Volume 197.In Press, Journal Pre-proof

Response time analysis of Multiframe mixed criticality systems with arbitrary deadlines CISTER-TR-200603
Ishfaq Hussain, Muhammad Ali Awan, Pedro F. Souto, Konstantinos Bletsas, Benny Åkesson, Eduardo Tovar

Real-Time Systems, Springer. Nov 2020, Volume 56, Issue 4.

HopliteRT*: Real-Time NoC for FPGA CISTER-TR-201102
Yilian Ribot, Geoffrey Nelissen

IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, IEEE. Oct 2020, Volume 39, Issue 11, pp 3650-3661.This article was presented in part at the International Conference on Embedded Software 2020 and appears as part of the ESWEEK-TCAD special issue.

DeepBrain: Experimental Evaluation of Cloud-Based Computation Offloading and Edge Computing in the Internet-of-Drones for Deep Learning Applications CISTER-TR-201017
Anis Koubâa, Adel Ammar, Mahmoud Alahda, Anas Kanhouc, Ahmad Taher Azar

Sensors, Article No 5240, MDPI. Sep 2020, Volume 20, Issue 18.

Onboard Deep Deterministic Policy Gradients for Online Flight Resource Allocation of UAVs CISTER-TR-200602
Kai Li, Yousef Emami, Wei Ni, Eduardo Tovar, Zhu Han

IEEE Networking Letters, IEEE. 1, Sep, 2020, Volume 2, Issue 3, pp 106-110.

Joint Flight Cruise Control and Data Collection in UAV-aided Internet of Things: An Onboard Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach CISTER-TR-200901
Kai Li, Wei Ni, Eduardo Tovar, Mohsen Guizani

IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE. 24, Aug, 2020.Early Access Article

Automated sheep facial expression classification using deep transfer learning CISTER-TR-201014
Alam Noor, Yaqin Zhao, Anis Koubâa, Longwen Wu, Rahim Khan, Fakheraldin Y.O. Abdalla

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Article No 105528, Elsevier. Aug 2020, Volume 175.

A Space-Time Correlation Model for MRC Receivers in Rayleigh Fading Channels CISTER-TR-200804
Ramiro Robles

technologies, Article No 41, MDPI. 1, Aug, 2020, Volume 8, Issue 3, pp 1-16.

Mobile fog computing security: A user-oriented smart attack defense strategy based on DQL CISTER-TR-201015
Shanshan Tu, Muhammad Waqas, Yuan Meng, Sadaqat Ur Rehman, Iftekhar Ahmad, Anis Koubâa, Zahid Halim, Muhammad Hanif, Chin Chen Chang, Chengjie Shi

Computer Communications, Elsevier. Jul 2020, Volume 160, pp 790-798.

Onboard Double Q-learning for Airborne Data Capture in Wireless Powered IoT Networks CISTER-TR-200402
Kai Li, Wei Ni, Eduardo Tovar

IEEE Networking Letters, IEEE. 21, Apr, 2020, Volume 2, Issue 2, pp 71-75.

Enabling Ada and OpenMP Runtimes Interoperability through Template-based Execution CISTER-TR-191218
Sara Royuela, Luis Miguel Pinho, Eduardo Quiñones

Journal of Systems Architecture (JSA), Article No 101702, Elsevier. 14, Jan, 2020, Volume 105.

Optimal Rate-Adaptive Data Dissemination in Vehicular Platoons CISTER-TR-190909
Kai Li, Wei Ni, Eduardo Tovar, Mohsen Guizani

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE. 2020, Volume 21, Issue 10, pp 4241-4251.

On Feasibility of Multi-channel Reconfigurable Wireless Sensor Networks under Real-time and Energy Constraints CISTER-TR-190108
Yousra Ben Aissa, Abdelmalik Bachir, Mohamed Khalgui, Anis Koubâa, Zhiwu Li, Ting Qu

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, IEEE. 2020.Early Access Article

A Cloud Based Disaster Management System CISTER-TR-200207
Omar Cheikhrouhou, Anis Koubâa, Anis Zarrad

Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks, Article No 6, MDPI. 2020, Volume 9, Issue 1, pp 1-23.

Data-Efficient Domain Adaptation for Semantic Segmentation of Aerial Imagery Using Generative Adversarial Networks CISTER-TR-200208
Bilel Benjdira, Adel Ammar, Anis Koubâa, Kais Ouni

Applied Sciences, Article No 1092, MDPI. 2020, Volume 10, Issue 3, pp 1-24.

A quadral-Fuzzy control approach to flight formation by a fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles CISTER-TR-200306
Marco António Simões Teixeira, Flávio Neves Juniór, Anis Koubâa, Lúcia Valéria Ramos de Arruda, André Schneider de Oliveira

IEEE Access, IEEE. 2020, Volume 8, pp 64366-64381.

A Smart Energy-based Source Location Privacy Preservation (SESLPP) Model for IoT-based VANETs CISTER-TR-200307
Abizar Khalil, Haleem Farman, Bilal Jan, Zahid Khan, Anis Koubâa

Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, Wiley. 2020, pp 1-14.Special Issue Article

Adaptive Fuzzy Model-free Control For 3d Trajectory Tracking Of Quadrotor CISTER-TR-200308
Zakaria Chekakta, Mokhtar Zerikat, Yasser Bouzid, Anis Koubâa

International Journal Of Mechatronics And Automation, Inderscience Publishers. 2020, Volume 7, Issue 3, pp 134-146.

Comparing Admission Control Architectures for Real-Time Ethernet CISTER-TR-200713
Ines Alvarez, Luis Moutinho, Paulo Pedreiras, Daniel Bujosa, Julián Proenza, Luís Almeida

IEEE Access, IEEE. 2020, Volume 8, pp 105521-105534.

HTTU-Net: Hybrid Two Track U-Net for Automatic Brain Tumor Segmentation CISTER-TR-200708
Nagwa M. Aboelenein, Piao Songhao, Anis Koubâa, Alam Noor, Ahmed Afifi

IEEE Access, IEEE. 2020, Volume 8, pp 101406-101415.

Conference or Workshop Papers/Talks

SDN for Dynamic Reservations on Real-Time Networks CISTER-TR-200904
Luís Almeida

Co-located with HiPEAC 2020.

Optimal antenna-height design for improved capacity on over-water radio links affected by tides CISTER-TR-200802
Miguel Gutiérrez Gaitán, Pedro Miguel Santos, Luis Pinto, Luís Almeida

Global OCEANS 2020: Singapore – U.S. Gulf Coast (OCEANS 2020). 5 to 14, Oct, 2020. Online.

A Multi-Ray Analysis of LOS V2V Links for Multiple Antennas with Ground Reflection CISTER-TR-200715
Amir Hossein Farzamiyan, Miguel Gutiérrez Gaitán, Ramiro Robles

112th AEIT International Annual Conference (AEIT 2020). 23 to 25, Sep, 2020, pp 1-6. Online.

HopliteRT*: Real-Time NoC for FPGA CISTER-TR-200803
Yilian Ribot, Geoffrey Nelissen

ACM SIGBED International Conference on Embedded Software (EMSOFT 2020). 20 to 25, Sep, 2020. Online.EMSOFT 2020 is SIGBED's flagship conference and part of the Embedded Systems Week (ESWEEK).

Comparing the Ecological Footprint of Intersection Management Protocols for Human/Autonomous Scenarios CISTER-TR-200501
Radha Reddy, Luís Almeida, Pedro Miguel Santos, Eduardo Tovar

23rd IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC 2020). 20 to 23, Sep, 2020. Online.

Synchronous Intersection Management to reduce Time Loss CISTER-TR-200707
Radha Reddy, Luís Almeida, Pedro Miguel Santos, Samia Bouzefrane, Eduardo Tovar

23rd EURO Working Group on Transportation Meeting (EWGT 2020). 16 to 18, Sep, 2020, Oral Presentation. Paphos, Cyprus.Full Paper

WiCAR - Simulating towards the Wireless Car CISTER-TR-200504
Harrison Kurunathan, Ricardo Severino, Ênio Filho, Eduardo Tovar

15th International Workshop on Dependable Smart Embedded Cyber-Physical Systems and Systems-of-Systems (DECSoS 2020). 15, Sep, 2020, pp 136-147. Online.DECSoS 2020 was held as part of the 39th International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability and Security (SafeComp 2020).
Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 12235)

Reconfiguring TDMA Communications for Dynamic Formation of Vehicle Platoons CISTER-TR-201007
Aqsa Aslam, Frederico Santos, Luís Almeida

25th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2020). 8 to 11, Sep, 2020, pp 1713-1720. Vienna, Austria.

Attack Detection in Cyber-Physical Production Systems using the Deterministic Dendritic Cell Algorithm CISTER-TR-201011
Rui Pinto, Gil Gonçalves, Eduardo Tovar, Jerker Delsing

25th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2020). 8 to 11, Sep, 2020, pp 1552-1559. Vienna, Austria.

AI-based Pilgrim Detection using Convolutional Neural Networks CISTER-TR-200109
Marwa Ben Jabra, Adel Ammar, Anis Koubâa, Omar Cheikhrouhou, Habib Hamam

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5th International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Signal and Image Processing (ATSIP 2020). 2 to 5, Sep, 2020. Sfax, Tunisa.

Bounding Cache Persistence Reload Overheads for Set-Associative Caches CISTER-TR-200716
Syed Aftab Rashid, Geoffrey Nelissen, Eduardo Tovar

26th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA 2020). 19 to 21, Aug, 2020, Real-Time Systems, pp 1-10. Online.Outstanding Paper Award

ARx: Reactive Programming for Synchronous Connectors CISTER-TR-200701
José Proença, Guillermina Cledou

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International Conference on Coordination Languages and Models (COORDINATION 2020). 15 to 19, Jun, 2020, Coordination Languages, pp 39-56. Online.Held as part of the 15th International Federated Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques (DisCoTec 2020). Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 12134).

Deep Reinforcement Learning for Real-Time Trajectory Planning in UAV Networks CISTER-TR-200401
Kai Li, Wei Ni, Eduardo Tovar, Mohsen Guizani

16th International Conference on Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing (IWCMC 2020). 15 to 19, Jun, 2020, pp 958-963. Online.

Deep Q-Learning based Resource Management in UAV-assisted Wireless Powered IoT Networks CISTER-TR-200201
Kai Li, Wei Ni, Eduardo Tovar, Abbas Jamalipour

IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2020). 7 to 11, Jun, 2020, pp 1-6. Online.

Buffer-Aware Scheduling for UAV Relay Networks with Energy Fairness CISTER-TR-200202
Yousef Emami, Kai Li, Eduardo Tovar

91st IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2020-Spring). 25 to 28, May, 2020, pp 1-5. Online.

Experimental evaluation of the two-ray model for near-shore WiFi-based network systems design CISTER-TR-200301
Miguel Gutiérrez Gaitán, Pedro Miguel Santos, Luis Pinto, Luís Almeida

91st IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2020-Spring). 25 to 28, May, 2020, Recent Results, pp 1-3. Online.

Multi-Level Preemption in TSN: Feasibility and Requirements Analysis CISTER-TR-200310
Mubarak Ojewale, Patrick Meumeu Yomsi, Borislav Nikolic

23rd IEEE International Symposium on Real-Time Distributed Computing (ISORC 2020). 19 to 21, May, 2020, Distributed computing and communication infrastructures, pp 47-55. Online.

The AMPERE Project: A Model-driven development framework for highly Parallel and EneRgy-Efficient computation supporting multi-criteria optimization CISTER-TR-200712
Eduardo Quiñones, Sara Royuela, Claudio Scordino, Paolo Gai, Luis Miguel Pinho, Luis Miguel Nogueira, Jan Rollo, Tommaso Cucinotta, Alessandro Biondi, Arne Hamann, Dirk Ziegenbein, Hadi Saoud, Romain Soulat, Björn Forsberg, Luca Benini, Gianluca Mandò, Luigi Rucher

23rd IEEE International Symposium on Real-Time Distributed Computing (ISORC 2020). 19 to 21, May, 2020, pp 201-206. Online.

Real-Time Communication Support for Over-water Wireless Multi-hop Networks CISTER-TR-200601
Miguel Gutiérrez Gaitán, Pedro Miguel Santos, Luís Almeida

7th Barcelona Supercomputing Center Severo Ochoa Doctoral Symposium (BSC SO Doctoral Symposium 2020). 5, May, 2020, pp 51-52. Online.

Work-in-Progress: Assessing supply/demand-bound based schedulability tests for wireless sensor-actuator networks CISTER-TR-200305
Miguel Gutiérrez Gaitán, Patrick Meumeu Yomsi, Pedro Miguel Santos, Luís Almeida

Work in Progress Session, 16th IEEE International Conference on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS 2020). 27 to 29, Apr, 2020, pp 1-4. Online.

Tightening up security in low power deterministic networks CISTER-TR-200312
Walter Tiberti, Bruno Vieira, Harrison Kurunathan, Ricardo Severino, Eduardo Tovar

16th IEEE International Conference on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS 2020). 27 to 29, Apr, 2020, pp 1-7. Online.

A Holistic Memory Contention Analysis for Parallel Real-Time Tasks under Partitioned Scheduling CISTER-TR-200801
Daniel Casini, Alessandro Biondi, Geoffrey Nelissen, Giorgio Buttazzo

26th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS 2020). 21 to 24, Apr, 2020, pp 239-252. Online.

Towards a Cooperative Robotic Platooning Testbed CISTER-TR-200311
Ênio Filho, Nuno Guedes, Miguel Mestre, Bruno Vieira, Ricardo Severino, Anis Koubâa, Eduardo Tovar

20th IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC 2020). 15 to 16, Apr, 2020, pp 332-337. Online.Highly Commended Paper Award

Building a Text Messaging-Based System to Support Low-Cost Automation in Household Agriculture CISTER-TR-200304
Fernando Lizana, Ricardo Tello, Miguel Gutiérrez Gaitán, David Ruete, Carlos Gomez Pantoja

28º Congreso de Electricidad y Electrónica (INGELECTRA'2019). 1 to 3, Apr, 2020, pp 1-5. Online.INGELECTRA 2019 postponed from November 2019 to April 2020.

Cache Persistence-Aware Memory Bus Contention Analysis for Multicore Systems CISTER-TR-191102
Syed Aftab Rashid, Geoffrey Nelissen, Eduardo Tovar

Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference (DATE 2020). 9 to 13, Mar, 2020, pp 442-447. Online.

Activity Monitoring of Islamic Prayer (Salat) Postures using Deep Learning CISTER-TR-200108
Anis Koubâa, Adel Ammar, Bilel Benjdira, Abdullatif Al Hadid, Belal Kawaf, Saleh Ali Al Yahri, Abdelrahman Babiker, Koutaiba Assaf, Mohannad Ba Ras

6th International Conference on Data Science and Machine Learning Applications (CDMA 2020). 4 to 5, Mar, 2020, pp 106-111. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Thermal-Aware Schedulability Analysis for Fixed-Priority Non-Preemptive Real-Time Systems CISTER-TR-190903
Javier Pérez Rodríguez, Patrick Meumeu Yomsi

40th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS 2019). 18 to 21, Feb, 2020, Real-Time System, pp 154-166. York, United Kingdom.RTSS 2019 originally postponed from December 2019 (Hong-Kong) to February 2020 (York, UK) was cancelled.

From Code to Weakly Hard Constraints: A Pragmatic End-to-End Toolchain for Timed C CISTER-TR-190905
Saranya Natarajan, Mitra Nasri, David Broman, Björn B. Brandenburg, Geoffrey Nelissen

40th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS 2019). 18 to 21, Feb, 2020, pp 167-180. York, United Kingdom.RTSS 2019 originally postponed from December 2019 (Hong-Kong) to February 2020 (York, UK) was cancelled.

Synchronous Intersection Management Protocol for Mixed Traffic Flows CISTER-TR-191005
Radha Reddy, Luís Almeida, Eduardo Tovar

Work in Progress Session, 40th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS 2019). 18 to 21, Feb, 2020, pp 576-579. York, United Kingdom.RTSS 2019 originally postponed from December 2019 (Hong-Kong) to February 2020 (York, UK) was cancelled.

Non-Preemptive Scheduling of Periodic Mixed-Criticality Real-Time Systems CISTER-TR-200303
Jasdeep Singh, Luca Santinelli, Federico Reghenzani, Konstantinos Bletsas, Zhishan Guo

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10th European Congress on Embedded Real-Time Systems (ERTS 2020). 29 to 31, Jan, 2020. Toulouse, France.

Conference or Workshop Posters/Demos

Synchronous Intersection Management to Reduce Time Loss CISTER-TR-200403
Radha Reddy, Luís Almeida, Eduardo Tovar

Poster presented in 23rd EURO Working Group on Transportation (EWGT 2020). 16 to 18, Sep, 2020. Paphos, Cyprus.

Impact of Intersection Management on Energy-Efficiency when Mixing Electric and Combustion Vehicles CISTER-TR-200706
Radha Reddy, Luís Almeida, Miguel Gutiérrez Gaitán, Pedro Miguel Santos, Eduardo Tovar

Poster presented in 23rd EURO Working Group on Transportation Meeting (EWGT 2020). 16 to 18, Sep, 2020, PhD Forum. Paphos, Cyprus.PhD Forum Abstract at EWGT2020

Multi-Drone Assisted Internet of Things Testbed Based on Bluetooth 5 Communications CISTER-TR-200205
Kai Li, Ning Lu, Pei Zhang, Wei Ni, Eduardo Tovar

Poster presented in 19th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN 2020). 21 to 24, Apr, 2020. Online.

Wi-Fi-based network systems design over freshwater: Experimental evaluation using COTS devices CISTER-TR-200204
Miguel Gutiérrez Gaitán, Pedro Miguel Santos, Luis Pinto, Luís Almeida

Poster presented in 15th Doctoral Symposium in Informatics Engineering (DSIE 2020). 11 to 12, Feb, 2020, Poster Session. Porto, Portugal.

Technical Reports

Implementing Hybrid Semantics: From Functional to Imperative (Extended Version) CISTER-TR-201012
Sergey Goncharov, Renato Neves, José Proença

29, Sep, 2020.

D5.1 - Benchmark suite and evaluation techniques CISTER-TR-200717
Michal Sojka, Ondra Benedikt, Cláudio Maia

26, Jul, 2020.

Understanding the COVID19 Outbreak: A Comparative Data Analytics and Study CISTER-TR-200709
Anis Koubâa

2020.

DriftNet: Aggressive Driving Behavior Classification using 3D EfficientNet Architecture CISTER-TR-200710
Alam Noor, Bilel Benjdira, Adel Ammar, Anis Koubâa

2020.

Deep-Learning-based Automated Palm Tree Counting and Geolocation in Large Farms from Aerial Geotagged Images CISTER-TR-200711
Adel Ammar, Anis Koubâa

2020.

Deep Learning Techniques for Future Intelligent Cross-Media Retrieval CISTER-TR-201016
Sadaqat Ur Rehman, Muhammad Waqas, Shanshan Tu, Anis Koubâa, Obaid ur Rehman, Jawad Ahmad, Muhammad Hanif, Zhu Han

2020.

Aerial Images Processing for Car Detection using Convolutional Neural Networks: Comparison between Faster R-CNN and YoloV3 CISTER-TR-200107
Adel Ammar, Anis Koubâa, Mohanned Ahmed, Abdulrahman Saad

2020.

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