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Monica Figueiredo is CSO, CEO and co-founder of TWEVO Lda., a Portuguese startup providing reliable Edge-AI computer vision solutions for the Industry 4.0. She is also an Associate Professor at the Polytechnic of Leiria and a researcher at Instituto de Telecomunicações. She holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and published more than 40 papers in peer reviewed journals and conferences, in the areas of high-speed reconfigurable electronic systems, visible light communications and edge computing with artificial intelligence. She and her team won the ITU AI/ML in 5G Grand Challenge promoted by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in 2022.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Monica Jorge Carvalho de Figueiredo

Citation names

  • Figueiredo, Monica

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9111-8C1F-AFCD
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0780-3725

Email addresses

  • mfigueiredo@twevo.net (Professional)

Addresses

  • TWEVO Lda., Startup Leiria, Av. Cidade de Maringá 55 1piso,, 2400-137, Leiria, Leiria, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Telecommunications
  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Computer Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2012
Concluded
 Doutoramento em Engenharia Electrotécnica (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Sincronização em Ssistemas Integrados a Alta Velocidade" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovada por unanimidade
2003
Concluded
 Ciências de Engenharia Eletrónica e Telecomunicações (Mestrado)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Recuperação de Relógio em Dispositivos de Lógica Programável" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Parte Lectiva: 17 valores; Tese: Aprovada
1999
Concluded
 Ciências de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Sistema de Caracterização Automática de Dispositivos Fotónicos e Electrónicos" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16 valores
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2012/05/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Instituto de Telecomunicações Campus Universitário de Santiago, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2012/04/01 - Current Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2004/03/01 - 2012/03/31 Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2001/03/01 - 2004/02/28 Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
1999/10/01 - 2001/02/28 Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/02/01 - Current Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder TWEVO Lda., Portugal
1999/10/01 - 2012/04/30 Colaborador Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2014/11/01 - 2016/11/01 VLCLighting - Visible Light Communications for LED based Public Lighting Systems
P01282
Principal investigator
Instituto de Telecomunicações Campus Universitário de Santiago, Portugal
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2004/07/01 - 2006/07/01 IMPCLOCK - Implementation of feedback-based clock distribution systems
POCTI/ESE/48329/2002
PhD Student Fellow
Instituto de Telecomunicações Campus Universitário de Santiago, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Diogo Samuel Fernandes; João Bispo; Luís Conde Bento; Mónica Figueiredo. "Enhancing Object Detection in Maritime Environments Using Metadata". 2024.
    10.1007/978-3-031-49249-5_6
  2. Figueiredo, Monica. "OFDM-Based VLC Systems FPGA Prototyping". In Visible Light Communications. CRC-Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Matus, Vicente; Usmani, Atiya Fatima; Figueiredo, Mónica; Fonseca, Pedro; Zvanovec, Stanislav; Perez-Jimenez, Rafael; Alves, Luís Nero. "Self-Clocking Constant-Power Multi-Level Scheme for Optical Camera Communication". Rome, 2024.
    10.1109/csndsp60683.2024.10636635
  2. Rêgo, Miguel; Matus, Vicente; Younus, Othman; Dowhuszko, Alexis A.; Ghassemlooy, Zabih; Figueiredo, Mónica; Fonseca, Pedro; Alves, Luis Nero. "On Using the Raspberry Pi Camera to Receive 8-PAM Signals in Optical Camera Communication". Rome, 2024.
    10.1109/csndsp60683.2024.10636649
  3. Matus, Vicente; Usmani, Atiya Fatima; Figueiredo, Mónica; Fonseca, Pedro; Zvanovec, Stanislav; Perez-Jimenez, Rafael; Alves, Luís Nero. "Experimental Demonstration of a Self-Clocking Pulse-Amplitude Modulation for Optical Camera Communication in Artificial Ambient Light". 2024.
    10.1109/balkancom61808.2024.10557196
  4. L. Rodrigues Rodrigues; M. Figueiredo; L. Alves; Z. Ghassemlooy. "A Packet-based Analog m-CAP Visible Light Communication System for Internet of Things". 2024.
    10.1109/CSNDSP60683.2024.10636661
  5. Fernandes, Dário; Matus, Vicente; Figueiredo, Mónica; Alves, Luís Nero. "Asynchronous encoding scheme for optical camera communication system using two-dimensional transmitter". 2023.
    10.1109/sacvlc59022.2023.10347655
  6. Ruben Antonio; Jose Rosa; Lino Ferreira; Monica Figueiredo; Pedro Assuncao; Carlos Ribeiro. "Enhanced Object Detection in Highly Compressed Images using Regions of Interest". 2023.
    10.1145/3653863.3653873
  7. Ribeiro, Carlos; Figueiredo, Monica; Assunção, Pedro; Ferreira, Lino; Gil, João; Bento, Xavier. "Real-time industrial machine vision supervision using DPU-based edge devices". 2023.
    10.1117/12.3015817
  8. J. Rosa; R. Antonio; L.F. Ferreira; M. Figueiredo; P.A. Assunção; C. Ribeiro. "Rate Control Method for Video Encoders Operating in Industrial Environments". 2023.
    10.1109/ASIP58895.2023.00028
  9. L. Rodrigues Rodrigues; M. Figueiredo; L. Alves; Z. Ghassemlooy. "Visible Light Communication Systems Architectures for the Internet of Things". 2023.
    10.1109/WF-IoT58464.2023.10539392
  10. Monica Figueiredo; Luis Rodrigues; Luis Nero Alves. "Implementation of a Visible Light Communications testbed in FPGA". 2022.
    10.5281/ZENODO.7188929
  11. Luis Rodrigues; Monica Figueiredo; Luis Nero Alves; Zabih Ghassemlooy. "Experimental validation of analog m-CAP receivers for Internet of Things". 2022.
    10.1109/csndsp54353.2022.9908027
  12. Luis Rodrigues; Monica Figueiredo; Luis Nero Alves; Zabih Ghassemlooy. "VLC frontends for IoT applications". 2022.
    10.1109/wasowc54657.2022.9798416
  13. Figueiredo, Monica. "CNN implementation in Resource Limited FPGAs - Key Concepts and Techniques". 2021.
    10.5281/ZENODO.5080239
  14. Rodrigues, Luis; Figueiredo, Monica; Alves, Luis Nero. "Analog m-CAP demodulation for VLC-based IoT systems". 2020.
    CSNDSP49049.2020.9249493
  15. Kyatam, Shusmitha; Camacho, Pedro; Rodrigues, Luis; Alves, Luis Nero; Mendes, Joana Catarina; Figueiredo, Monica Carvalho. "Thermal analysis of high power LEDs using different PCB materials". 2017.
    10.1109/ecctd.2017.8093259
  16. Duarte, Luis; Rodrigues, Luis; Alves, Luis N.; Ribeiro, Carlos; Figueiredo, Monica. "DLL architecture for OFDM based VLC transceivers in FPGA". 2016.
    10.1109/csndsp.2016.7573949
  17. Figueiredo, Monica; Ribeiro, Carlos; Alves, Luis Nero. "Live demonstration: 150Mbps+ DCO-OFDM VLC". 2016.
    10.1109/iscas.2016.7527275
  18. Figueiredo, Monica. "VLCLighting - A Collaborative Research Project on Visible Light Communication". Paper presented in Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele,, Aveiro, 2015.
  19. Ribeiro, Carlos; Figueiredo, Monica; Alves, Luis Nero. "A real-time platform for collaborative research on Visible Light Communication". 2015.
    10.1109/iwow.2015.7342277
  20. Barraca, Joao Paulo; Alves, Luis Nero; Figueiredo, Monica. "Electronic shelf labeling employing visible light communication concepts". 2014.
    10.1109/csndsp.2014.6923978
  21. Figueiredo, M.; Aguiar, R.L.. "Uncertainty in DLL deskewing schemes". 2012.
    10.1109/ICECS.2012.6463621
  22. Figueiredo, M.; Aguiar, R.L.. "Dynamic jitter accumulation in clock repeaters considering power and ground noise correlations". 2011.
    10.1109/ISCAS.2011.5938128
  23. Figueiredo, M.; Aguiar, R.L.. "Time precision comparison of digitally controlled delay elements". 2009.
    10.1109/ISCAS.2009.5118370
  24. Figueiredo, Monica. "Desempenho de TDCs para Medição de Jitter em FPGAs de Baixo Custo". Paper presented in Jornadas de Engenharia de Electrónica e Telecomunicações e de Computadores do ISEL, 2008.
  25. Figueiredo, M.; Aguiar, R.L.. "Predicting noise and jitter in CMOS inverters". 2007.
    10.1109/RME.2007.4401801
  26. Figueiredo, Monica. "Noise Induced Jitter Performance of Digitally Controlled CMOS Delay Lines". Paper presented in onf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Peniche, 2007.
  27. Figueiredo, M.J.; Aguiar, R.L.. "Noise and jitter in CMOS digitally controlled delay lines". 2006.
    10.1109/ICECS.2006.379754
  28. Figueiredo, M.; Aguiar, R.L.. "Performance of 155mbps clockdata recovery circuits on heavy loaded PLDs". 2003.
    10.1109/ICECS.2003.1301834
  29. Aguiar, R.L.; Figueiredo, M.. "Resource constrained clock recovery in programmable logic devices". 2002.
    10.1109/ICECS.2002.1046446
  30. Figueiredo, Monica. "Resource Constrained 155Mbps Clock and Data Recovery with 4x Oversampling and Jitter Reduction". Paper presented in Conf. on Design of Circuits and Integrated Systems, 2002.
  31. Figueiredo, Monica. "Métodos de Recuperação de Relógio em Dispositivos de Lógica Programável". Paper presented in Conf. Científica e Tecnológica em Engenharia - CCTE, Lisboa, 2002.
  32. Figueiredo, Monica. "SimSAT – Desenvolvimento de Satélites de Baixa Altitude". Paper presented in Encontro do Colégio de Electrotecnia da Ordem dos Engenheiros,, Porto, 2001.
Journal article
  1. Carlos Ribeiro; João Gil; Xavier Bento; Monica Figueiredo; José Rosa; Ruben Duarte Antonio; Lino Ferreira; Pedro A. Amado Assuncao. "VIEXPAND – Industrial Video for Expanded Vision in Remote Operations". international journal of industrial engineering and management 15 4 (2024): 291-303. http://www.it.pt/Publications/PaperJournal/34490.
    10.24867/IJIEM-2024-4-364
  2. Monica Figueiredo; Luis Nero Alves. "Guest Editorial: Selected papers from the 8th Biennial Colloquium & 6th International Workshop on Optical Wireless Communications". IET Optoelectronics 17 4 (2023): 87-90. http://www.it.pt/Publications/PaperJournal/34008.
    10.1049/ote2.12103
  3. Luis Rodrigues; Monica Figueiredo; Luis Nero Alves; Zabih Ghassemlooy. "Carrier synchronisation in multiband carrierless amplitude and phase modulation for visible light communication-based IoT systems". IET Optoelectronics 17 4 (2023): 120-128. http://www.it.pt/Publications/PaperJournal/33741.
    10.1049/ote2.12095
  4. José Rosa; Daniel Granhão; Guilherme Carvalho; Tiago Gonçalves; Monica Figueiredo; Luis Conde Bento; Nuno Paulino; Luis Pessoa. "BacalhauNet: A tiny CNN for lightning-fast modulation classification". ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies 3 2 (2022): 252-260. http://dx.doi.org/10.52953/fywt4006.
    10.52953/fywt4006
  5. Xicong Li; Zabih Ghassemlooy; Stanislav Zvanovec; Luis Nero Alves; Monica Figueiredo; Min Zhang; Sreelal Maravanchery Mana; Volker Jungnickel; Petr Chvojka. "A Full-digital M-CAP Receiver with Synchronisation and Adaptive Blind Equalisation for Visible Light Communications". Journal of Lightwave Technology 1 1 (2021): 1-1. http://www.it.pt/Publications/PaperJournal/31922.
    10.1109/JLT.2021.3135468
  6. Luis Rodrigues; Mónica Figueiredo; Luis Nero Alves. "Optimized Analog Multi-Band Carrierless Amplitude and Phase Modulation for Visible Light Communication-Based Internet of Things Systems". Sensors 21 7 (2021): 2537-2537. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21072537.
    10.3390/s21072537
  7. Monica Figueiredo; Luis Nero Alves; Carlos Ribeiro. "Lighting the Wireless World". IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine 6 4 (2017): 28-37. http://www.it.pt/Publications/PaperJournal/21599.
    10.1109/MCE.2017.2714721
  8. Monica Figueiredo; Carlos Ribeiro; Ales Dobesch; Luis Nero Alves; Otakar Wilfert. "Consumer LED lamp with ODAC technology for high-speed Visible Light Communications". IEEE Trans. on Consumer Electronics 63. 4 (2017): n.a.-n.a.. http://www.it.pt/Publications/PaperJournal/22656.
    10.1109/TCE.2017.014873
  9. Ales Dobesch; Monica Figueiredo; Luis Nero Alves; Otakar Wilfert. "Performance Analysis of 8-bit ODACs for VLC Applications". Radioengineering 26 2 (2017): 115-122. http://www.it.pt/Publications/PaperJournal/21458.
    10.13164/re.2017.0418
  10. Figueiredo, M.; Aguiar, R.L.. "A dynamic jitter model to evaluate uncertainty trends with technology scaling". Integration, the VLSI Journal 45 2 (2012): 162-171. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84856701125&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.vlsi.2011.11.002
  11. Figueiredo, M.; Aguiar, R.L.. "A jitter insertion and accumulation model for clock repeaters". IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences E95-A 12 (2012): 2430-2442. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84870572544&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1587/transfun.E95.A.2430
  12. Figueiredo, M.; Aguiar, R.L.. "Clock repeater characterization for Jitter-Aware clock tree synthesis". Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) 5953 LNCS (2010): 45-55. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77951124607&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/978-3-642-11802-9-9
  13. Figueiredo, M.; Aguiar, R.L.. "A study on CMOS time uncertainty with technology scaling". Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) 5349 LNCS (2009): 146-155. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-61649084527&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/978-3-540-95948-9_15
  14. Aguiar, Rui L.; Figueiredo, Mónica. "Design and Performance of 155 Mbps Clock/Data Recovery Circuits on Heavy Loaded PLDs". Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing 43 2 (2005): 159-170. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10470-005-6789-y.
    10.1007/s10470-005-6789-y
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2019/01/01 - Current Cognitive Visible Light Communications
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2020/01/01 - Current Part of the Local Organizing Committiee (2020/07/21 - 2020/07/24)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2022/07/20 - Current International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing
Distinctions

Award

2022 ITU AI/ML in 5G Grand Challenge