10.2018: Rute C. Sofia, Senior Researcher of COPELABS and Associate Professor at Universidade Lusófona has been named Senior Member of the IEEE. Dr. Sofia's research interests are focused on network architectures and protocols, with special emphasis in mobility management and modeling; IoT; pervasive wireless systems.
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