Graduate Studies in Electronics and Computer Engineering

Graduate Studies in Electronics and Computer Engineering (PG/EEC)

Coordinator: Lourenço Alves Pereira Junior

Research Fields

Electronic Devices and Systems (EEC-D)

Representative: Duarte Lopes de Oliveira

Microelectronics: Analog Integrated Circuit. Digital Integrated Circuit. Wireless Integrated Circuit. Integrated Circuit and Imaging Sensor. Microelectronics Circuit Integration for an Aeronautical Integrated Circuit. Microelectronics Circuit Integration for Biomedical Integrated Circuit.

Embedded Systems: Aircraft Autopilot. Radiation effects on microelectronic circuits, analog circuits and digital circuits. Autonomous air systems. Embedded Image and Video Signals and Systems. Image and Video Data Analysis for Embedded Systems with Artificial Intelligence. Embedded Systems for Biomedical Application. Artificial Intelligence applied to Electronic Devices and Systems.

Computing (EEC-I)

Representative: Denis Silva Loubach

Theory and Computational Mathematics: Development of numerical methods for modeling and simulation of complex and multiphysics systems. Obtaining exact or approximate solutions to combinatorial optimization problems. Parallelization, optimization and high performance computing techniques.

Autonomous Systems and Data Science: Data analysis, machine learning and big data techniques. Analysis of complex networks and knowledge discovery processes. Study of intelligent behavior and its realization in computational machines. Applications focused on robotics and machine perception.

Software and Information Systems: Development of software and information systems modeling methods. Ontology Engineering. Collaborative Systems. Development of methods and processes for specification, implementation, verification and safety of critical systems.

Networking, Computer Security and Cyber Defense: Methods and techniques for analyzing and designing distributed networks and/or systems, computer security, cyber defense, software-defined networks, cloud computing, smart cities and the internet of things.

Microwaves and Optoelectronics (EEC-M)

Representative: Daniel Chagas do Nascimento

Antennas: Microstrip antennas, passive and active circuits for RF and microwave systems. Moment methods for analysis of antennas and stripline circuits. Electromagnetic analysis antennas over complex structures.
Optoelectronics: Devices for sensors and instrumentation systems. Photonics for microwave signal generation and optical links. Laser-ultrasound systems for non-destructive essays. Electro-optical and Acousto-optical devices for telecommunications and optical instrumentation applications.

Systems and Control (EEC-S)

Representative: Eduardo Lenz Cesar

Control of Aerospace Systems: Research and development of methods and algorithms for guiding, piloting and navigating aerospace vehicles/platforms such as aircraft, rockets, satellites and helicopters, whether manned or not. Evaluation, research and development of contributions to control theory and systems theory with potential application in control engineering solutions for aerospace systems.

Control of Industrial and Bioengineering Systems: Research and development of modeling, simulation, analysis, estimation, optimization and control techniques, including their implementation and validation for industrial and bioengineering applications. Applications of interest include robotics, process control, automation, instrumentation, electrical machines and biomedical systems.

Telecommunications (EEC-T)

Representative: Felix Dieter Antreich

Communication Systems and Theory: Source coding and image/data compression, channel coding, multiple access communication systems, massive MIMO, signal modulation/demodulation, ionospheric propagation, fading models, channel estimation, and localization using signals of opportunity.

Digital Signal and Image Processing: Signal processing theory and methods applied to remote sensing, reflectometry, syntethic aperture radar (SAR) image formation and processing, surveillance radar, antenna arrays, satellite navigation systems (GNSS), autonomous systems, cooperative localization, sensor/data fusion and distributed estimation/filtering on networks/graphs.

Infrastructure

Electronics Engineering Division (IEE)

Applied Electronics Department (IEEA): Electronic CAD Laboratories, Printed Circuits, Digital Systems, Electronic Devices, Electronic Circuits, Electronic Systems and Embedded Systems
Department of Microwave and Optoelectronics (IEEM): Photonics, Electromagnetism and Microwave Laboratories, Optoelectronic Devices, Analysis of the Electromagnetic Environment and Data Processing
Systems and Control Department (IEES): Computer Control, Aerotronics and Control Laboratories, Electrical Machines, Navigation and Control of Autonomous Mobile Robots (NCROMA), Inertial Systems and Sensory Fusion, Intelligent Machines
Telecommunications Department (IEET): Telecommunications Systems, Antennas and Propagation, Signal and Image Processing, GNSS and Computer Networks Laboratories

Computer Science Division (IEC)

Multidisciplinary Multimedia Laboratories
Laboratory of Autonomous Computer Systems (LABSCA)
Big Data, Semantics and C2 Laboratory (LAB-BSC2)
Electronic Warfare Laboratory (LAB-GE)
Cluster with multicores, GPUs and SSD memory

Program objectives

The Graduate Program in Electronics and Computer Engineering (PG/EEC) aims to train professionals at the masters and doctorate levels to work in teaching, research and development, providing its students with solid academic background in the areas of knowledge of Electronics and Computing. In PG/EEC are studied and developed techniques that can contribute to the establishment of technologies appropriate to the Brazilian reality, with emphasis in the applications in the Aerospace Sector.

The PG/EEC brings together professors from two Academic Divisions of ITA, Division of Electronic Engineering (IEE) and Division of Computer Science (IEC), in addition to the participation of researchers from the Institute of Aeronautics and Space (IAE).

Admission requirements

The requirements of our courses can be found in Master or Doctorate (in Portuguese). In both cases, we highlight the Special Student modality, aimed at candidates with partial availability.

Our selection process is based on the analysis of information about the candidate, which includes curriculum, academic transcript and preliminary research plan. Other information, such as necessary documentation, calendars and registration deadlines, are in the Admission and Enrollment (in Portuguese).

An essential requirement is to have a defined advisor. Below you can find our professors and lecturers with their areas of expertise. Get in touch with them through the ITA website, to check the interest and the possibility of guidance, and also to prepare your preliminary research and study plan.

Faculty

Adilson Marques da Cunha	Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Information Systems
Alison de Oliveira Moraes	Signal Propagation, Ionospheric Phenomena, Satellite Positioning Systems
Ana Carolina Lorena	Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science
Cairo L. Nascimento Júnior	Robotics, Control, Artificial Neural Networks, Stochastic Filtering
Carlos A. Alonso Sanches	Computer Theory, Design and Analysis of Parallel Algorithms
Carlos H. C. Ribeiro	Mobile Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Learning
Celso Massaki Hirata	Discrete Simulation, Distributed Processing, Parallel Processing
César A. C. Marcondes	Computer Networks, Cybersecurity, Simulation
Daniel Basso Ferreira	Antenna Theory, Printed Antennas, Microwave Circuits
Daniel C. do Nascimento	Microstrip Antennas, Passive Microwave Circuits
Denis S. Loubach	Reconfigurable Computing, Real-Time Embedded Systems, Formal Models of Computation
Duarte Lopes de Oliveira	Asynchronous and Synchronous Circuits, Logical and Behavioral Synthesis
Eduardo Lenz Cesar	Nonlinear Control, Dynamic Systems, Power Electronics, Microgrids
Elton Felipe Sbruzzi	Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Computational Finance
Felix Dieter Antreich	Digital Signal Processing, Antenna Arrays, Positioning, GNSS
Filipe Alves Neto Verri	Data Science, Machine Learning, Complex Networks
Gabriela Werner Gabriel	Optimal and Stochastic Control, Sampled Control, LMIs, Networked Control Systems
Gefeson M. Pacheco	Optoelectronic Devices, Optical Processing, Applied Electromagnetism
Ildefonso Bianchi	Microstrip Antennas, Electromagnetic Theory, Microwave
Jairo Panetta	Scientific Computing, Supercomputing
João L. Filgueiras de Azevedo	Computational Aerodynamics, Aeroelasticity
Johnny Cardoso Marques	Software Quality, Information Systems, Critical Systems
José M. Parente de Oliveira	Ontology, Big Data, Data Science, Connected Data
Karl Heinz Kienitz	Robust Aerospace Control, Artificial Intelligence and Optimization in Decision and Control
Leonardo Ramos Rodrigues	Fault Prediction, Artificial Intelligence, Metaheuristics
Lester de Abreu Faria	Microelectronics, Electronic Countermeasures
Lourenço A. Pereira Jr.	Computer Networks, Cybersecurity, Operating Systems, Performance Evaluation of Computer Systems
Luiz Alberto Vieira Dias	Software Development and Testing, Machine Learning
Luís E. V. Loures da Costa	Computer Networks, Cybersecurity, Systems Security Engineering
Mangalathayil Ali Abdu	Signal Propagation, Ionospheric Phenomena
Marcelo da Silva Pinho	Digital Communication, Image Processing and Compression, Coding
Marcelo G. da Silva Bruno	Probability, Statistical Signal Processing, Bayesian Estimation
Marcos R. O. A. Maximo	Mobile Robotics, Autonomous Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Control
Marcus Henrique Victor Jr.	Electrical Impedance Tomography, Biological Signal Processing, Microelectronics
Mônica M. S. Matsumoto	Medical Image Processing and Biological Signals, Pattern Recognition
Nei Yoshihiro Soma	Combinatorial Optimization, Computer Theory, Cellular Automata
Osamu Saotome	Digital Signal Processing, Mechatronics, Aerial Robotics
Paulo Marcelo Tasinaffo	Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks, Control, Dynamic Systems Optimization
Renan Lima Pereira	Uncertain Systems, Robust Control and LMIs
Renato Machado	SAR Image Processing, Digital Communications, Digital Signal Processing
Roberto d'Amore	Description and Architecture of Digital Systems, Applied Electronics, Microelectronics
Roberto Kawakami H. Galvão	Predictive Control, Signal Processing, Pattern Identification
Robson Luiz Moreno	CMOS Analog Integrated Circuits, Bio-Medical and IOT Applications, Digital System Design with FPGA
Rubens J. M. Afonso	Predictive Control, Fault Tolerant Control
Takashi Yoneyama	Failure Prognosis, Signal Processing and Time Series Analysis
Vitor Venceslau Curtis	High Performance Computing, Computer Theory

Disciplines, subjects, credits and boards

An MSc or PhD student may enroll in disciplines of his/her program or of other ITA Graduate Programs, according to the study and research plan defined with the adviser. Every six months the Graduate School of ITA publishes a list of Available Disciplines. To verify if there are mandatory disciplines in your area of concentration, and to know the contents of each course, see Discipline Descriptions. For more extensive information on all ITA Graduate Programs, please refer to the Graduate Discipline Catalog (in Portuguese).

Requests from regular students (co-advisor approval, use of Proap support, appointment of a defense board, etc.) must be forwarded to the corresponding Representative by the Monday preceding each CPG meeting.

Graduate Studies in Electronics and Computer Engineering