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João Martins received the M.Sc. degree in electrical and computer engineering specialty in telecommunications from the University of Coimbra, in 2020. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering with the Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Coimbra, in collaboration with the Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT). His research interests include physical layer security and authentication techniques for distributed massive MIMO systems, with a particular emphasis on spoofing attack detection and mitigation in 6G communication networks. His current research interests include physical layer security, wireless authentication, spoofing attacks, 6G networks, distributed massive MIMO, cell-free systems, and radio stripe-based communications.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
João Manuel Carillho Gil Martins

Citation names

  • Martins, João

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
2A1E-1779-DED8
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9358-9509

Email addresses

  • jm.martins@co.it.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 967465617 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Rua Carlos Seixas nº107 2ºA, 3030-177, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Telecommunications

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2021 - 2025
Ongoing
 Ciências de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Doutoramento)
Major in Telecomunicações
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"Physical Layer Authentication and Security for Unmanned Vehicles Communications" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2020
Concluded
 Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Mestrado)
Major in Telecomunicações
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores, Portugal
"Time Interleaved Block Windowed Burst OFDM: Channel Estimation and Synchronization Techniques" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020 - Current Researcher (Research) IT - Coimbra, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/09 - 2025/09 Physical Layer Authentication and Security for Unmanned Vehicles Communications
2021.08221.BD
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/10/01 - 2021/08/31 5G SDR Testbed
UIDB/EEA/50008/2020
Researcher
IT - Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. João Martins; Filipe Conceição; Marco Gomes; Vitor Silva; Rui Dinis. "Cell-Free Multi-Eavesdropper Detection Strategy Using Physical Layer Security". 2025.
    10.1109/wcnc61545.2025.10978686
  2. João Martins; Marco Gomes; Vitor Silva; Rui Dinis. "Deep Learning-based Channel Prediction for Wireless Physical Layer Security". 2024.
    10.1109/meditcom61057.2024.10621220
  3. Joao Martins; Marco Gomes; Vitor Silva; Rui Dinis. "Physical Layer Spoofing Detection in MIMO SVD Communications". 2023.
    10.1109/meditcom58224.2023.10266640
  4. Martins, Joao; Antunes, Carlos Henggeler; Gomes, Marco; Silva, Vitor; Dinis, Rui. "Unmanned aerial vehicle positioning and user equipment power allocation". Paper presented in International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), 2022.
    10.1109/csndsp54353.2022.9907929
Journal article
  1. João Martins; Filipe Conceição; Marco Gomes; Vitor Silva; Rui Dinis. "Multi-Eavesdropper Detection Through PHY-Aware Cell-Free AP Selection". IEEE Access (2025): https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3598502.
    10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3598502
  2. João Martins; Filipe Conceição; Marco Gomes; Vitor Silva; Rui Dinis. "Joint Channel Estimation and Synchronization Techniques for Time-Interleaved Block-Windowed Burst OFDM". Applied Sciences 11 10 (2021): 4403-4403. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11104403.
    10.3390/app11104403
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Martins, João. "Time Interleaved Block Windowed Burst OFDM: Channel Estimation and Syncrhonization Techniques". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/92199.
Activities

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2017/09 - 2018/02 Bot Olympics: National Robotics competition in the University of Coimbra organized by NEEEC/AAC in partnership with the University Robotics Club. The competition main goal is to give the participants opportunity to develop certain skills in programming language and robotics development. (2018/02/23 - 2018/02/25)
Call (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2016/12 - 2017/09 8th National Meeting of Electrical and Computer Engineering Students (ENE3): ENE3 main goal is to encorage change of experiences and knowledge between students of the Electrical and Computer engineering. The event offers a variaty of lectures and workshops accordingly to the participants preferences and ambitions. (2017/09/05 - 2017/09/08)
Congress (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2018/01/06 - 2019/01/06 Núcleo de Estudantes de Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores da Associação Académica de Coimbra President
2017/05/31 - 2018/06/01 Núcleo de Estudantes de Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores da Associação Académica de Coimbra Vice President