Prof. Dr. Eduardo Parente Ribeiro

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Obtained Bachelor degree on Electrical Engineering from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (1990), M.Sc. (1992) and PH.D. (1996) on Electrical Engineering from PUC-Rio with research stage at Vanderbilt University (1995-6). He is a Professor at Federal University of Parana since 1997 and Head of Electrical Engineering Department from 2010 to 2013. Major experience in Electric Engineering with focus on Teleinformatics, Telecommunication Systems, Signal Processing and Instrumentation. Interested in the follwing topics: data communication, electronic instrumentation, tomography and neural networks.

Curriculum

Email - Phone: +55-41-3361-3227
Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica - UFPR
Centro Politécnico, CP.19011
Curitiba, PR 81531-990

• TE073 Digital Signal Processing II
• TE149 Eletronic Instrumentation
• TE090 Computer Network

• TE815 Data Communication Network
• TE708 Digital SIgnal Processing

• List of publications

• Data Communications, communication systems, multihomed transmission over packet networks (SCTP), Quality of Service (QoS), multimedia traffic modeling
• Electronic Instrumentation (sensors, conditioning, virtual instrumentation, free software, communication protocols)
• Signal Processing: electrical impedance tomography, processing and compression of medical images, video processing.

• 2010 Development of instrumentation and communication for aquatic applications.
  • Develop electronic devices to monitor physical and chemical parameters in marine buoys.
  • Perform conditioning of the signals from the sensors and convert them for radio transmission to the receiving station on land.
  • Study and application of wireless sensor networks (WSN) for communication. Provide for the transmission of various types of signals including image and video.
  • Provision of energy from renewable sources such as sun, wind and waves.
• 2005 Intelligent routing of IP packets for multihomed systems
  • path selection based on packet delay
  • bandwidth estimation and network tomography
• 2005 Research and Development in Virtual Instrumentation
  • flow sensors using differential pressure
  • configurable software for testing
  • virtual instrumentation with free software
• 1999 Powerline Communication (PLC)
• 1997 Electrical Impedance Tomography with Magnetic Induction and Detection

• Laboratory of Instrumentation and Comunication (LIEC)

• 2013: Definition of criteria for monitoring energy consumption in public buildings, an effective use. (Vice chair). This project aims to develop a tool for information and communication with the community on issues related to power consumption and energy efficiency.

• 2001-2004: The Computer in School Life and in the Community (together with prof. Artemis Ceschin). In this Project Electrical Engineering students were instructors in community needy high schools teaching computer classes.