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Helbert da Rocha holds a Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Beira Interior in 2023. Helbert received his MSc. degree in Computer Science and his Technologist degree in Internet Systems at the Federal University of Technology, Paraná, Brazil, in 2018 and 2016, respectively. He was an exchange student of the Brazilian Program Science Without Borders in 2013, at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA. Currently, Helbert is a postdoctoral researcher at the Instrumentation and Measurement Laboratory (IML) at the University of Beira Interior, Portugal. His research interests include wireless sensor networks, sensors and actuators, interoperability in the Industrial Internet of Things, Industry 4.0, and the IEEE 1451 family of standards.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Helbert da Rocha

Citation names

  • da Rocha, Helbert
  • Rocha, Helbert

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8B15-98A1-985F
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7736-5444
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7_bUKNUAAAAJ&hl=pt-BR
Researcher Id
GZG-9162-2022
Scopus Author Id
57208167830

Email addresses

  • helbert@ieee.org (Professional)
  • helberti@outlook.com (Personal)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 910540163 (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Computer Sciences
  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Communication Engineering and Systems
  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Automation and Control Systems
  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/08/04 - 2025/12/31
Ongoing
 Pós Doutoramento em Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Pós-doutoramento)
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019/09 - 2023/06/06
Concluded
 Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Doutoramento)
Major in Industrial Internet of Things, interoperability
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
 Approved with distinction.
2016/08 - 2018/12
Concluded
 Ciência da Computação (Master)
Major in Redes de computadores, Internet da Coisas
Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Brazil
2011/02 - 2016/07
Concluded
 Tecnologia em Sistemas Para Internet (Licence)
Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Brazil
2013/08 - 2014/12
Concluded
 Computer Science (Bachelor)
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, United States
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/08/01 - 2025/09/30 Postdoc (Research) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2019/04/01 - 2023/07/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2016/08 - 2018/07 Researcher (Research) Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Brazil
Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Brazil

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025/02 - 2025/07/31 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/04 - 2015/12 Internship Prefeitura de Pinhão, Brazil
2014/06 - 2014/08 Internship University of Wisconsin Milwaukee - Division of Student Affairs, United States
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, United States
2013/04 - 2013/08 Internship Prefeitura de Pinhão, Brazil
2012/09 - 2013/03 Internship FluxoTi, Brazil
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/08/01 - Current GreenAuto: Green innovation for the Automotive Industry
C644867037-00000013
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
 Universidade da Beira Interior
Ongoing
2023/02/01 - 2023/07/31 GreenAuto: Green innovation for the Automotive Industry
C644867037-00000013
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Ongoing
2019/04/01 - 2022/09/30 INDTECH 4.0 - Novas tecnologias para fabricação inteligente
POCI-01-0247- FEDER-026653
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Concluded
2016/08/04 - 2018/12/08 Master in Computer Science
UTFPR - Own Resources 2016
Master Student Fellow
Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Brazil
 Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Concluded
2013/08/08 - 2014/12/22 Bachelor in Computer Science
88888.015014/2013-0
Exchange Program
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, United States
 Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Concluded
2013/08 - 2014/12 Graduação Sanduíche Ciências da Computação/The Exchange Program of the Bachelor in Computer Science
GRANT_NUMBER: 88888.015014/2013-0
 Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Rocha, Helbert. "An MQTT-SN-Based QoS Dynamic Adaptation Method for Wireless Sensor Networks". 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-15032-7_58
Conference paper
  1. da Rocha, Helbert; Song, Eugene; Espirito-Santo, Antonio; Brama, Riccardo. "The IEEE 1451 Playground: A Web-Based Tool for Standard Education". 2025.
    10.1109/iecon58223.2025.11221300
  2. Song, Eugene; Waher, Peter; da Rocha, Helbert; Brama, Riccardo; Nishi, Hiroaki; Roth, Thomas; Espirito-Santo, Antonio. "Harmonization Model & Implementation of Interactions among IoT Devices". 2025.
    10.1109/iecon58223.2025.11221746
  3. Baf, Reza Abrisham; Da Rocha, Helbert; Buonocore, Daniele; Paciello, Vincenzo; Espírito-Santo, António. "An Artificial Intelligence Tool for Generating IEEE 1451 Transducer Electronic Data Sheet". 2025.
    10.1109/iecon58223.2025.11221249
  4. Buonocore, Daniele; Paciello, Vincenzo; Da Rocha, Helbert; Santo, Antonio Espírito; Abrishambaf, Reza. "Smart Food Production: Integration of IEC 61499 in Real-Time Control System". 2025.
    10.1109/metroind4.0iot66048.2025.11122094
  5. Helbert Da Rocha; Gang Chen; En Li; José A. Salvado; Antonio Espirito-Santo. "Smart Transducers, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence in Industry 4.0". 2025.
    10.1109/icit63637.2025.10965221
  6. Helbert Da Rocha; Eugene Y. Song; Riccardo Brama; Antonio Espirito-Santo. "IEEE 1451.0-based Web of Thing (WoT) Ontology". 2024.
    10.1109/iecon55916.2024.10905970
  7. Reza Abrishambaf; Daniele Buonocore; Antonio Espirito-Santo; Helbert Da Rocha; Vincenzo Paciello. "Design and Development of Distributed Control and Measurement Systems using UML: Earthquake Detection Case Study". 2024.
    10.1109/iecon55916.2024.10905471
  8. Paolo Caruso; Helbert Da Rocha; Vincenzo Paciello; José Salvado; António Espírito Santo. "Acoustic Communication on Metallic Structures: Implementation and Results". 2024.
    10.1109/metroind4.0iot61288.2024.10584211
  9. Paolo Caruso; Helbert da Rocha; Vincenzo Paciello; José Salvado; António Espírito-Santo. "Advanced Smart Sensing Node with Acoustic-Based Connectivity for Spot Welding in the Automotive Industry". 2024.
    10.1109/i2mtc60896.2024.10560546
  10. Daniele Buonocore; Reza Abrishambaf; Helbert da Rocha; Vincenzo Paciello; Antonio Espirito-Santo. "Earthquake Detection System using IEC 61499 & IEEE 1451 Standards". 2024.
    10.1109/i2mtc60896.2024.10560808
  11. Reza Abrishambaf; Helbert da Rocha; David Emanuel Gomes; António Espírito-Santo. "Enhancing IEC 61499 with an IEEE 1451 TIM Function Block". 2023.
    10.1109/iecon51785.2023.10312113
  12. Paolo Caruso; Helbert da Rocha; Vincenzo Paciello; Salvatore Dello Iacono; António Espírito-Santo. "Smart Sensor Acoustic Communication Along Metallic Structures". 2023.
    10.1109/iecon51785.2023.10312243
  13. João Cassiano V. Fernandes; Helbert da Rocha; António Espírito-Santo. "Encryption and Authentication in Smart Transducers Implemented in RISC-V Softcore Processors". 2023.
    10.1109/icit58465.2023.10143043
  14. Riccardo Brama; Helbert da Rocha. "An IoT Oriented Ontology for Physical World Awareness in Autonomous Objects". 2023.
    10.1109/icit58465.2023.10143139
  15. Marcelo Moreira; Helbert da Rocha; Helbert Da Rocha; J. D. Pereira; J. Salvado; Antonio Espirito Santo. "Smart Transducers Promoting Smart Cities Interoperability". 2022.
    10.1109/iecon49645.2022.9968431
  16. Helbert da Rocha; Helbert Da Rocha; Antonio Espirito-Santo; Reza Abrishambaf. "Semantic Level of Interoperability by Proposing an IEEE 1451 Family of Standards Ontology". 2022.
    10.1109/iecon49645.2022.9968883
  17. da Rocha, Helbert; Pereira, Joao; José Salvado; Espírito-Santo, António. "An Energy-Efficient Process for Optimal Communication Synchronization in Low Power Wireless Smart Sensors". 2022.
    10.1109/mn55117.2022.9887722
  18. Reza Abrishambaf; Rocha, Helbert; Espírito-Santo, António. "IEC 61499 and IEEE 1451 for Distributed Control and Measurement Systems". 2021.
    10.1109/iecon48115.2021.9589997
  19. Rocha, Helbert; Reza Abrishambaf; Espírito-Santo, António. "Semantic Interoperability in the Industry 4.0 Using the IEEE 1451 Standard". 2020.
    10.1109/iecon43393.2020.9254274
  20. Pereira, Joao; Rocha, Helbert; Espírito-Santo, António. "A Platform for IEEE 1451 Standard’s Education, Development and Validation for Industry 4.0". 2020.
    10.1109/i2mtc43012.2020.9129114
  21. Rocha, Helbert. "A Discussion about the Implementation of a WSN to Industry 4.0 based on the IEEE 1451 Standard". 2019.
    10.1109/indin41052.2019.8972222
Journal article
  1. José Rita; José Salvado; Helbert da Rocha; António Espírito-Santo. "A Comprehensive Review of IoT Standards: The Role of IEEE 1451 in Smart Cities and Smart Buildings". Smart Cities (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/smartcities8040108.
    10.3390/smartcities8040108
  2. Paolo Caruso; Helbert da Rocha; Antonio Espírito-Santo; Vincenzo Paciello; José Salvado. "Acoustic Communication Among Smart Sensors: A Feasibility Study". Instruments (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments8040051.
    10.3390/instruments8040051
  3. Filippo Milano; Helbert da Rocha; Marco Laracca; Luigi Ferrigno; António Espírito Santo; José Salvado; Vincenzo Paciello. "BLE-Based Indoor Localization: Analysis of Some Solutions for Performance Improvement". Sensors (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/s24020376.
    10.3390/s24020376
  4. Helbert da Rocha; Paolo Caruso; João Pereira; Pedro Serra; Antonio Espirito Santo. "Discussion on Secure Standard Network of Sensors Powered by Microbial Fuel Cells". Sensors (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/s23198227.
    10.3390/s23198227
  5. Da Rocha, Helbert; Reza Abrishambaf; Espírito-Santo, António; Joao Pereira. "An Interoperable Digital Twin with the IEEE 1451 Standards". Sensors 22(19) 7590 (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/19/7590.
    Open access • Published • https://doi.org/10.3390/s22197590
  6. Helbert da Rocha; Reza Abrishambaf; Joao Pereira; António Espírito Santo. "Integrating the IEEE 1451 and IEC 61499 Standards with the Industrial Internet Reference Architecture". Sensors (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/4/1495.
    10.3390/s22041495
  7. Rocha, Helbert. "Didática para Ensino de IoT Otimiza Recursos Públicos / Didactics for IoT Optimizes Public Transportation". Revista Internacional de Aprendizaje en Ciencia, Matemáticas y Tecnología (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.37467/gka-revedumat.v5.1731.
    10.37467/gka-revedumat.v5.1731
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/10/14 INTEROP Standards Interoperability and Plugfest IEEE 51th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society – IECON 2025
IEEE (Madrid, Spain)
2024/11/03 INTEROP Standards Interoperability and Plugfest IEEE 50th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society – IECON 2024
IEEE (Chicago, United States)
2023/10/18 INTEROP Standards Interoperability and Plugfest IEEE 49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society – IECON 2023
IEEE (Singapore, Singapore)
2022/10/17 INTEROP Standards Interoperability and Plugfest INTEROP Standards Interoperability and Plugfest
IEEE 48th Annual Conference of the Industrial Electronics Society IECON 2022 Conference (Blussels , Belgium)
2021/06/20 INTEROP Standards Interoperability and Plugfest The 30th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics – ISIE 2021
IEEE (Kyoto, Japan)
2021/05/17 A Platform for IEEE 1451 Standard’s Education, Development and Validation for Industry 4.0 The International Instrumentation & Measurement Technology Conference - IEEE I2MTC 2021
IEEE (Dubrovnik, Croatia)
2020/08/18 Semantic Interoperability in the Industry 4.0 Using the IEEE 1451 Standard IEEE 46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society – IECON 2020
IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (Singapore)
2020/08 INTEROP Standards Interoperability and Plugfest EEE 46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society – IECON 2020
IEEE (Singapore)
2019/08/17 INTEROP Standards Interoperability and Plugfest IEEE 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
IEEE (Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/07/12 Workshop INDTECH 4.0 Workshop INDTECH 4.0
FEUP (Porto, Portugal)
2017/09/05 Didática para Ensino de IoT Otimiza Recursos Públicos Congresos de GKA, [2017] Congreso Internacional de Tecnología, Ciencia y Sociedad
GKA (Valência, Spain)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2025/07/07 - 2025/07/25 Blended Intensive Program (BIP) (2025/07 - 2025/07)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2022/10/17 - 2022/10/20 Semantic Level of Interoperability by Proposing an IEEE 1451 Family of Standards Ontology
Conference
 48th Annual Conference of the Industrial Electronics Society IECON 2022 Conference
IEEE, United States
2022/09/24 - 2022/09/24 Final Presentation INDTECH 4.0 Project
Other
Stellantis, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2024 - Current IEEE Foundation: Piscataway, New Jersey, US Member
2024 - Current IEEE Standards Association: Piscataway, New Jersey, US Member
2023 - Current (IEEE IES Technical Committee on Standards Member

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025/02 - 2025/07 Analysis and Processing of Bio-Signals Biomedical Sciences (Licenciatura) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2025 - Current Elsevier (0263-2241) Measurement