RT-DSP

Coordinator (Teacher Advisor)

Luís Geraldo Pedroso Meloni

Professor Luís G. P. Meloni, from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (FEEC) of the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), is the coordinator of the Laboratory for Digital Signal Processing in Real Time. He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master's in Electrical Engineering, both from the State University of Campinas (1982), and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Nancy I, France (1985). He was also a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Brasilia. He was one of the founders of Colégio Integral de Campinas. Participates on the board of the Brazilian Forum of Digital Television and coordinated the Working Group of the Interactivity Channel at the Forum. He has extensive experience in the field of Electrical and Computer Engineering, with an emphasis on telecommunications systems, working mainly on the following research topics: wireless communications, digital signal processing in real time, algorithms optimized for embedded systems for FPGA, DSP and ASIC , software-defined radio, hypercomplex algebra and quaternions in telecommunications, interactive digital TV, audio processing, video processing, voice coding and recognition, software tools for teaching and managing networks. At FEEC, he was extension and innovation coordinator for two biennia and was head of the Communications Department. He has conducted several research projects with private companies and government agencies. In addition to his academic experience, he has previously worked at several companies in the Telecommunications area, with an emphasis on Sid Telecom SA, head of section of the ABIN Communications Security Research Center and Zetax Tecnologia SA (from Lucent Technologies).

PhD Students

Endrews Sznyder Souza da Silva

Endrews Sznyder Souza da Silva was born in 1990. He is a mechatronic engineer for University of Amazonas, while graduating he investigated the PID controllers and proposed one for the refinery industry. In 2016 He received a master's degree in electrical engineering from Federal University of Amazonas, in the area of stochastic games. He proposed an algorithm for finding the best movement for the dominoes game, very popular game in Brazil, given the states and available moves for each player. He is currently a Ph.D. student in University of Campinas. His current research interests are in the field of Wireless Sensor Networks, specifically in routing protocols for the internet of things (IoT).

Felipe Chicaíza Gómez

Graduated in Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications from Universidad del Cauca in Colombia. During his graduation he received a scholarship for High Performance for 2 years. In 2013, he started his master's degree at Unicamp's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, in the area of Telecommunications and Telematics, participating in a national project called Global ITV, acting as a Hybrid Broadcast Broadband resercher, which aimed to provide a wide range of Digital TV content, due to the harmonization of the Brazilian and European standards, and to provide better interactivity with users using a set-top-box. Soon after his master's degree, he returned for a short time to his country and was head of the Telecommunications area at the Universidad Autónoma de Nariño, initiating the first projects in the area for the region with advanced technologies. In 2016, he begins the doctoral program at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Unicamp and his research involves the analysis and implementation of equalization processes using Quaternion numbers, adopting the Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying Modulation for IoT systems.

José Luis Hinostroza Ninahuanca

He was born in Lima, Peru. He received the B. Sc. degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (Lima, Peru) in 2008. He received, in 2015, the M. Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Campinas (São Paulo, Brazil), where he is currently a Ph.D degree candidate. His job experience includes research on telecommunications technologies and management of voice platforms (PBX, VoIP). Between 2015 and 2016, he participated of the Brazilian Education Program for iOS Development (BEPiD) where he received training on development of iOS applications for Apple devices and the business models associated to them. His research interests comprehends Digital Signal Processing and Communications and Information Systems. He is actually researching on the application of hypercomplex algebras to wireless communication in order to obtain improvement in the performance of such systems.

Lucas Lui Motta

Lucas Lui Motta (lucasluimotta@gmail.com) has a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Salesian University Center of São Paulo (UNISAL, 2016). He obtained a master's degree in the area of Telecommunications from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Campinas (UNICAMP, 2019). He is currently a P.h.D student at UNICAMP with general research interests include wireless communications and digital signal processing. Has experience with digital signal processing, audio signal processing, and communication systems. Has familiarity with embedded systems for programming microcontrollers, DSP and FPGA. Knowledge of structured and object-oriented languages (C / C ++ and Python), hardware description languages (VHDL, Verilog). He is currently participating in the Open Middleware and Energy Management System project, working with the development of cloud data storage and processing. Intends to specialize in the area of Telecommunications, digital signal processing, and hardware implementations through FPGA / ASIC.

Silvio Oliveira e Silva Júnior

Graduated in Philosophy from Federal University of Goiás. Also graduated in Electrical Engineering from Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás (2016). During his graduation in Electrical Engineering, received a scholarship for research in High Voltage Direct Current Systems area. His Bachelor's degree final project is entitled "Hardware Development for Software Defined Radio Implementation", in Telecommunications field. Has worked with programming languages such as C/C++, Python and Matlab. He is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, in the area of Telecommunications and Telematics, in University of Campinas School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Program (FEEC-UNICAMP), where he is member of the Real-Time Digital Signal Processing Laboratory (RT-DSP). He is also member of the “Algorithms and Communication Protocols” working group, conducting research related to routing schemes and specifications for mesh topologies in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN).

Thales Wulfert Cabral

MSc. Thales Wulfert Cabral holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering/Electronic Systems (2012-2017) and a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering (2018-2020) from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF). During his Bachelor's degree, he worked with analysis and simulations of fiber optic sensors (OptiGrating). In his Master's degree, he worked with Power Quality (PQ) analysis for the Offshore Wind Generation Project that is under development by Petrobras. Besides, he also worked with different signal processing techniques, such as Blind Source Separation (BSS), Compressive Sensing (CS), and statistical methods. Currently, he is undergoing a DSc program in Electrical Engineering at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP).

Master Students

Andreza da Rosa Borchardt

She has an electronics technician from the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio Grande do Sul - IFSul (2014), a degree in Electrical Engineering from IFSul (2019) both in Pelotas/RS, a Master's student in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis in Telecommunications and Telematics from the State University of Campinas. She has experience in the field of digital signal processing with an emphasis on biomedical engineering, acting mainly on the following topics: speech processing, biopotentials and electrooculogram (EOG). Currently works on the open middleware and energy management system for "FUTURE HOME" project. Dealing with the main themes: IoT, middleware and hems.

Bruno Leonardo de Souza

Bruno (bsouza@decom.fee.unicamp.br) was born in Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Formed in Technical Networks at State Technical School at São José do Rio Preto. Undergraduate in Telecommunication Engineering at the School of Technology in State University of Campinas (UNICAMP). MSc student of Electrical Engineering at School of Computer and Electrical Engineering in UNICAMP, researching in the Digital Processing area, specializing in sub-areas as Routing Protocol for Low power and Lossy networks (RPL), Wireless Sensor networks (WSN), Long Range networks (LoRa). During his undergraduate, he developed some skills like programming in C, C++, Phyton, Java, Matlab. Adquired knowledge in some programs like Multisim, Calplanner, AutoCad, CorelDraw and some knowledge in Linux OS and Linux Servers. He was founder of his course's athletic (AAAETA). Made two scientific initiations during his undergraduate, supported by CNPq, covering topics such as LTE (4G), LTE advanced (4G +), ISDB-T and ISDB-T NG (New Generation) and Digital Signal Processing. His undergraduate thesis was related with Digital Image processing with OpenCV. Exchanged for Mexico with a scholarship provided by PAME UDUAL consortium and was teacher of Portuguese classes for academic community. Founder of the academic telecommunication week of UNICAMP, participated in other organizations too, always with a different profile and with differentiated positions.

Undergraduate Researchers

Victor Ferrão Santolim

Majoring in Computer Engineering at University of Campinas (UNICAMP) (entry year: 2016). Associate Degree in mechanics at Espírito Santo Technical Institute (IFES). Has worked with programming languages such as C, Java, Python, Matlab and Assembly. Has knowledge about network communication protocols for wireless sensor networks (WSN) such as the Wi-SUN FAN profile, RPL and IEEE 802.15.4, as well as the Contiki OS and the Cooja network simulator. Intern at Motorola Mobility, where he works with R&D in the field of mobile phones and 2G/3G/4G/5G cellular networks. Currently is part of the “Algorithms and Communication Protocols” working group as an undergraduate researcher, conducting research about routing for IoT sensor networks.

Victor Ferreira Ferrari

Majoring in Computer Engineering at State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) (entry year: 2016). Worked with programming languages such as C, Python, Java, C++ and others. Knowledge of communication protocols for wireless sensor networks (WSN) such as RPL and the Wi-SUN FAN profile. Experience with the open-source operating system Contiki, its successor, Contiki-NG, and its network simulation tool, Cooja. Ongoing specialization in Algorithmic Engineering Studies and Visual Computing at IC-UNICAMP. Currently participates in the work group “Algorithms and Communication Protocols” as an undergraduate researcher, conducting research about the routing for sensor networks and IoT areas.