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COPELABS in a Nutshell

COPELABS is a research unit of Universidade Lusófona, originally established as a new unit in Portugal, having been awarded the grade of “Good” in the last (2018) FCT evaluation, in the quality of small multidisciplinary unit.

History and Achievements

2013-2017: Evaluated as Good by FCT, category of new multidisciplinary unit, high laboratorial intensity

  • Name: COPELABS -Association for Research and Development in Cognition and People-centric Computing

  • Scientific coordinator: Helena Rute Esteves Carvalho Sofia
  • External Advisory Board 2013-2017: Roch Guérin, Christophe Diot, Peter Gits, Diamantino Costa, Álvaro Carvalho
  • Association Direction Board 2013-2016: Rute C Sofia, Paulo Mendes, Pedro Gamito, Jorge Oliveira
  • Association Direction Board 2017: Manuel José Damásio, Rute C. Sofia, Inês Jongenelen, Pedro Gamito

  • Acronym: COPELABS

  • Headquarters: Building U, first floor, University Lusofona Campus, 388 Campo Grande, 1749-024 Lisboa

  • Figure: Private non-profit association

  • CAE: 72190, 74900

  • NIC: 510330991

Summary of results 2013-2017 (available via the Scientific Repository):

  • Scientific Results (22 book/book chapters; 68 publications in peer-reviewed international journals and/or conference proceedings). COPELABS had in average a peer-reviewed publication ratio per capita of 2.9 and a total of 17 Full-Time Equivalent Staff.
  • Spin-offs,2: Senception Lda (2017/2018 “Ones to Watch” European Business Award running for National Champion) and Immersive Lives.
  • Patents, 3 European IPRs.
  • Software, 14 relevant software contributions, technology readiness level 4-6.
  • Testbeds, 4 testbeds one globally interconnected (NDN Testbed).
  • Projects, 10, of which 5 were funded by FCT ( COPELABS UID/MULTI/04111/2013, Proxemics Data Lab UID/MULTI/04111/2016; UMM PTDC/EEA-TEL/105709/2008; UCR PTDC/EEA-TEL/103637/2008; FCT BD SFRH/BD/44005/2008); 2 were/are funded by the European Commission (EU IST FP7 ULOOP and H2020 UMOBILE); 1 was funded by industry (InnoWave Lablet), corresponding to approximately 900 000 Euros (COPELABS and/or COFAC c.r.l. budget).
  • Concluded PhDs, 4 (hosted by the unit). Over 2013-2017, the unit hosted 13 PhD students. 4 have concluded their studies (Namusale Chama; Antonio Oliveira; Waldir Moreira; Tauseef Jamal).
  • Technical Programme Committees/Conference organization, 25, of which we highlight IEEE Percom, IEEE Globecom, ACM ICN, ACM CONEXT.
  • Organization of events, 36 national (C-BRAINs and workshops) and 3 international, of which we highlight the participation in the organization of ACM ICN 2016.
  • Alliances and Technology transfer. Member of several European Technological platforms, of which we highlight the ETP NetWorks, AIOTI, NESSI, NEM.
  • Scientific Employment. Between the period of 2013-2017, and in the context of the informatics activities and external funding, COPELABS has supported the hiring of 24 scholars via acquired projects. The duration of the grant was in average of 2.5 years. The majority of funded grants are equivalent to the value of an FCT BD (980 Euros per month) with a surplus.MMut of these 24 grants, 4 concerned postdocs grants (2 years in average).

2010-2012: SITI/SITILabs, Informatics Systems and Technologies, research unit of ECATI, University Lusófona

  • Scientific coordination: Paulo Mendes (innovation), Rute Sofia (technology)
  • Acronym: SITI
  • Headquarters: Building U, first floor, University Lusofona Campus, 388 Campo Grande, 1749-024 Lisboa

Summary of results 2010-2012 (available via the Scientific Repository)

  • Scientific Results (2 book chapters; 45 publications in peer-reviewed international journals and/or conference proceedings). SITIhad in average a peer-reviewed publication ratio per capita of 2.8 (refer to the SITI 2013 report).
  • Patents, 2 European IPRs under submission.
  • Software, 13 relevant software contributions, technology readiness level 4-6.
  • Testbeds, 2 testbeds, EU IST FP7 ULOOP testbed and Arduino Testbed.
  • Projects, 9, of which 2 were funded by FCT (UCR and UMM); 1 was funded by the European Commission (EU IST FP7 ULOOP); 3 were funded by industry (EFACEC MITS; UcMC by Huawei Research; FIC, by Cisco USA), corresponding to approximately 800 000 Euros (COFAC c.r.l. budget); 2 were funded internally (DTN-Amazon, CitySense); 1 Cost Action (WiNeMo)
  • Hosted PhDs, 9 (Tauseef Jamal, Andrea Ribeiro, Namusale Chama, António Junior, Waldir Moreira Jr. Bruno Batista, Thiago Coqueiro, José Faísca, Pedro Freire).
  • Technical Programme Committees/Conference organization, 13, of which we highlight the organization of an industrial workshop co-located with IEEE VTC 2012, participation in the TPC of ACM Mobiwac and ACM Mobicom.
  • Organization of events, 34 national (S-BRAINs) and 2 international, of which we highlight the participation in the organization of ULOOP ICT 2013.
  • Alliances and Technology transfer. Member of several European Technological platforms, of which we highlight the ETP NetWorks, NESSI, NEM.
  • Scientific Employment. Between the period of 2010-2012, and in the context of the informatics activities and external funding, COPELABS has supported the hiring of 14 scholars via acquired projects. The duration of the grant was in average of 2 years. The majority of funded grants are equivalent to the value of an FCT BD (980 Euros per month) with a surplus. Out of these 10 grants, 2 concerned postdocs grants (1 year in average).

Contacts

COPELABS, University Lusófona

copelabs@ulusofona.pt

f7335@ulusofona.pt

  • Building U, 1st floor, Campo Grande 388, 1749-024 Lisboa, Portugal
  • +351 21 7515515