INCT

signals

Signal Processing, Communications, Sensing, and Surveillance

About

In this project, the creation of a National Institute of Remote Sensing and Airborne and Satellite Monitoring is proposed, aiming to promote national and international collaboration for the development of new sensing strategies, platforms, RF systems, antennas, instrumentation, and low-cost data processing and signal methods.

Partner Institutions

André L. F. de Almeida is a Professor at the Teleinformatics Engineering Department of the Federal University of Ceara. He received a double Ph.D. in Sciences and Teleinformatics Engineering from the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France, and the Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, Brazil, in 2007. He was a visiting professor at Université Côte D'Azur, France (2012-2013; 2018-2019; 2022-2023).

Coordinators

Felix Antreich received a degree in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany, in 2003. In 2011, he also received the degree Doktor Ingenieur (Ph.D.) from TUM. From 2003 to 2016, he was an Associate Researcher at the Department of Navigation, Institute of Communications and Navigation of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Wessling, Germany.

André Lima Férrer de Almeida (UFC)
Coordinator (PQ 1D)
Felix Dieter Antreich (ITA)
Vice-Coordinator (PQ2)
César Augusto Missio Marcon (PUCRS)
Local Coordinator (PQ2)

César Marcon has been a professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) since 1995. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) in 2005. He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC). Master’s and PhD advisor being linked to the Graduate Program in Computer Science (PPGCC) of PUCRS.

Marcos Vinício Thomas Heckler (UNIPAMPA)
Local Coordinator (PQ2)

Holds a degree in Electrical Engineering - emphasis in Electronics from the Federal University of Santa Maria (2001), a master’s degree in Electronic and Computer Engineering from the Technological Institute of Aeronautics (2003) and a doctorate in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Munich (2010). He is currently an associate professor at the Federal University of Pampa (UNIPAMPA), Campus Alegrete, in Alegrete, RS.

Edison Pignaton de Freitas (UFRGS)
Local Coordinator (PQ2)

Holds a degree in Systems Engineering and Computing from the Military Institute of Engineering (2003), a degree in Legal and Social Sciences from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2006), a master’s degree in Computer Science from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2007)and PhD in Computing obtained through cotutela between the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and the University of Halmstad in Sweden (2011), having carried out post-doctoral internship in the Control, Automation and Robotics Group of the Post-Graduate ProgramBachelor in Electrical Engineering at UFRGS (2013).

Get in touch

Address

Bloco 725 - LPSA
Fortaleza, CE - Brasil

Contact

inctsignals@gmail.com