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Marco Sousa é doutorado em Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores pelo Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), com especialização em Inteligência Artificial (IA) aplicada a redes móveis. Desde o início da sua carreira, em 2015, dedica-se à investigação e desenvolvimento de soluções avançadas para redes móveis, com especial enfoque na modelação da propagação rádio, otimização de desempenho e automação de operações através de técnicas de IA. Atualmente, exerce funções de Research Lead na Cyient, e é Professor Adjunto Convidado no Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL), liderando projetos de I&D com impacto tanto industrial como académico. Os seus principais interesses de investigação incluem redes móveis, Self-Organizing Networks (SON), aprendizagem estatística e a aplicação de Inteligência Artificial a redes de telecomunicações.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Marco Décio Baptista Sousa

Citation names

  • Sousa, Marco

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
CB11-BB4E-3C79
ORCID iD
0000-0002-2471-170X
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=10SS27AAAAAJ&hl=en
Scopus Author Id
57202674941

Email addresses

  • marco.sousa@isel.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

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

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
French Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2023
Concluded
 Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Doctorate)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Path Loss Modelling and Performance Improvement in Mobile Networks" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2017
Concluded
 Engenharia de Electrónica e Telecomunicações (Master's Degree)
Major in Sem especialização
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
"Self- diagnosing and optimization of low coverage and high interference in 3G /4G radio access networks " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2015/06/30
Concluded
 Engenharia Eletrónica e Telecomunicações (Licenciate Degree)
Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2024/09/01 - Current Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Área Departamental de Engenharia de Electrónica e Telecomunicações e de Computadores, Portugal
2023/09/01 - 2024/08/31 Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Área Departamental de Engenharia de Electrónica e Telecomunicações e de Computadores, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2022/07/01 - Current Senior Technician (Senior Technician) Cyient Limited, India
2015/03/01 - 2022/06/30 Senior Technician (Senior Technician) Celfinet, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/11/01 - 2028/01 6G-SMART - 6G Self Organising and Managing Open Radio Access Network
C2023/2-20
Post-doc
Celfinet, Portugal
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Ongoing
2024/09/01 - 2025/09/01 INUTRAM - INtelligent Urban TRaffic Mobility based on Visible Light Communication
IPL/IDI&CA2024/INUTRAM_ISEL
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Tecnologias e Sistemas, Portugal
 Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa
Ongoing
2017/07/01 - 2019/12/31 Orquestração Automática Energeticamente Eficiente de Redes Móveis Optimizando a Qualidade de Experiência (MESMOQoE)
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-023110
Researcher
Celfinet, Portugal
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Pereira, Diogo; Mata, Luís; Sousa, Marco; Vieira, P.; Queluz, M. P.; Rodrigues, A.. "A SHAP-based Explainable Machine Learning Framework for Uplink Energy Sustainability in Mobile Wireless Networks". Paper presented in 2026 International Conference on Smart Applications, Communications and Networking (SmartNets), 2026.
    10.1109/smartnets69662.2026.11604929
  2. Alimohammadi, Hamed; Akbas, Ayhan; Sevinc, Ender; Sousa, Marco; Foh, Chuan Heng; Shojafar, Mohammad. "CICA-SON: Collective Intelligence for Conflict-Aware Functional Split Selection in Self-Organising O-RAN". Paper presented in 2026 32nd International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT), 2026.
    Published • 10.1109/ict70370.2026.11594666
  3. Sousa, M.; Cilínio, M.; Saraiva, T.; Mata, L.; Vieira, P.. Corresponding author: Sousa, M.. "COOPER: An Open Dataset of Synthetic Mobile Network Performance Indicators for Reproducible Research". Paper presented in 32nd International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT), 2026.
    Published • 10.1109/ict70370.2026.11594714
  4. Sousa, M.; Vieira, P.; Queluz, M.P.; Rodrigues, A.. "Performance Analysis of Mobile Wireless Networks Through Crowdsourcing Data Clustering". Paper presented in 2025 IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking (MeditCom), 2025.
    Published • 10.1109/meditcom64437.2025.11104421
  5. Sousa, M.; Vieira, P.; Queluz, M. P.; Rodrigues, A.. "Enhancing Robustness for Automated Mobile Network Optimization by Uncovering Causal Relationships". Paper presented in 2024 19th International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS), 2024.
    Published • 10.1109/iswcs61526.2024.10639067
  6. Mata, Luís; Sousa, Marco; Vieira, P.; Queluz, M. P.; Rodrigues, A.. Corresponding author: Mata, Luís. "A Machine Learning Driven Methodology for Alarm Prediction Towards Self-Healing in Wireless Networks". Paper presented in 2024 Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS), 2024.
    Published • 10.1109/wts60164.2024.10536674
  7. Thaina Saraiva; Marco Sousa; Pedro Vieira; António Rodrigues. "Telco-DPR: A Hybrid Dataset for Evaluating Retrieval Models of 3GPP Technical Specifications". 2024.
    10.48550/ARXIV.2410.19790
  8. B. Marques; D. Parracho; M. Sousa; P. Vieira; M.P. Queluz; A. Rodrigues. "Automatic Backhaul Planning for 5G Open RAN Networks based on MNO Data". 2022.
    10.1109/melecon53508.2022.9842876
  9. Jesus, Francisco; Sousa, Marco; Freitas, Filipe ; Vieira, Pedro; Maria Paula Queluz; António José Castelo Branco Rodrigues. "Evaluating 5G Coverage in 3D Scenarios under Configurable Antenna Beam Patterns". Paper presented in Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications, 2021.
    10.1109/wpmc52694.2021.9700421
  10. Alves, A.; Sousa, Marco; Vieira, P.; Queluz, M. P.; Rodrigues, A.. "A New 3D Beamforming Antenna Model for 5G Propagation Modeling based on Real Data". 2020.
    10.1109/wpmc50192.2020.9309503
  11. Moura, D.; Sousa, Marco; Vieira, P.; Rodrigues, A.; Queluz, M. P.. "A No-Reference Video Streaming QoE Estimator based on Physical Layer 4G Radio Measurements". 2020.
    10.1109/wcnc45663.2020.9120504
  12. Marques, B.; Sousa, Marco; Vieira, P.; Queluz, M. P.; Rodrigues, A.. "Automated Joint Access and Backhaul Planning for 5G Millimeter-Wave Small Cell Networks". 2020.
    10.1109/wpmc50192.2020.9309498
  13. Jales, G.; Sousa, Marco; Vieiral, P.. "Optimizing the 4G Mobility Strategy after Diagnosing Network Sub-Performance Areas". 2019.
    10.1109/wpmc48795.2019.9096061
  14. Santos, R.; Sousa, Marco; Vieira, P.; Queluz, M. P.; Rodrigues, A.. "An Unsupervised Learning Approach for Performance and Configuration Optimization of 4G Networks". 2019.
    10.1109/wcnc.2019.8885524
  15. Gomes, A.; Sousa, Marco; Rodrigues, A.; Vieira, P.. "Detecting and reducing interference in 3G and beyond wireless access networks". 2018.
    10.1109/melcon.2018.8379091
  16. Pedras, V.; Sousa, Marco; Vieira, P.; Queluz, M. P.; Rodrigues, A.. "A no-reference user centric QoE model for voice and web browsing based on 3G/4G radio measurements". 2018.
    10.1109/wcnc.2018.8377198
  17. Pedras, V.; Sousa, Marco; Vieira, P.; Queluz, M. P.; Rodrigues, A.. "Antenna tilt optimization using a novel QoE model based on 3G radio measurements". 2017.
    10.1109/wpmc.2017.8301794
  18. Sousa, Marco; Martins, A.; Vieira, P.. "Self-Diagnosing Low Coverage and High Interference in 3G/4G Radio Access Networks based on Automatic RF Measurement Extraction". 2016.
    10.5220/0005958300310039
  19. Sousa, Marco; Martins, A.; Vieira, P.. "Tracking Down High Interference and Low Coverage in 3G/4G Radio Networks Using Automatic RF Measurement Extraction". 2016.
    10.1007/978-3-319-67876-4_19
Journal article
  1. Marco Sousa; Thaína Saraiva; Luís Mata; Madalena Cilínio; Pedro Vieira. "NEXA-NET: Advancing Knowledge-Driven Autonomy in AI-Native 6G and Beyond Wireless Networks". IEEE Wireless Communications (2026): https://doi.org/10.1109/MWC.2026.3671234.
    10.1109/MWC.2026.3671234
  2. Luís Mata; Marco Sousa; Pedro Vieira; Maria Paula Queluz; António Rodrigues. "Optimizing Energy and Spectral Efficiency in Mobile Networks: A Comprehensive Energy Sustainability Framework for Network Operators". IEEE Access (2025): https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3536281.
    10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3536281
  3. Madalena Cilínio; Thaína Saraiva; Marco Sousa; Pedro Vieira; António Rodrigues. "An Adaptive Framework for Collective Anomaly Detection in Key Performance Indicators From Mobile Networks". IEEE Access (2025): https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3581120.
    10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3581120
  4. Luís Mata; Marco Sousa; Pedro Vieira; Maria Paula Queluz; António Rodrigues. "Integrating Machine Learning and Observational Causal Inference for Enhanced Spectral and Energy Efficiency in Wireless Networks". IEEE Access (2025): https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3598434.
    10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3598434
  5. Luís Mata; Marco Sousa; Pedro Vieira; Maria Paula Queluz; António Rodrigues. "On the Use of Spatial Graphs for Performance Degradation Root-Cause Analysis Toward Self-Healing Mobile Networks". IEEE Access (2024): https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3361284.
    10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3361284
  6. Marco Sousa; Pedro Vieira; Maria Paula Queluz; António Rodrigues. "Towards the Use of Unsupervised Causal Learning in Wireless Networks Operation". Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences (2023): 101764-101764. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jksuci.2023.101764.
    10.1016/j.jksuci.2023.101764
  7. Marco Sousa; Pedro Vieira; Maria Paula Queluz; Antonio Rodrigues. "An Ubiquitous 2.6 GHz Radio Propagation Model for Wireless Networks Using Self-Supervised Learning From Satellite Images". IEEE Access (2022): https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3193486.
    10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3193486
  8. Adriano Lopes; João Oliveira; Pedro Sebastião; Marco Sousa; Pedro Vieira. "A Modular Web-Based Software Solution for Mobile Networks Planning, Operation and Optimization". Applied Sciences (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/app11167686.
    10.3390/app11167686
  9. Sousa, Marco; Pedro Manuel de Almeida Carvalho Vieira; Maria Paula Queluz; António José Castelo Branco Rodrigues. Corresponding author: Sousa, Marco. "Analysis and Optimization of 5G Coverage Predictions Using a Beamforming Antenna Model and Real Drive Test Measurements". IEEE Access 9 (2021): 101787-101808. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/access.2021.3097633.
    Published • 10.1109/access.2021.3097633
Preprint
  1. Marco Sousa; Thaína Saraiva; Luís Mata; Madalena Cilínio; Pedro Vieira. "NEXA-NET: Advancing Knowledge-Driven Autonomy in AI-Native 6G and Beyond Wireless Networks". 2025. https://doi.org/10.36227/techrxiv.176072253.33336295/v1.
    10.36227/techrxiv.176072253.33336295/v1
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role		 Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/09/01 - Current Enabling Full Automation and Intelligent Management of Wireless Networks in 5G and Beyond through Intent-Based Networks
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role		 Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/10/18 A Comprehensive Analysis of Alarm Root Causes in an Optical Fiber Network Lucas Leite Baptista (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/04/22 - Current Artificial Intelligence Review (15737462) Springer
2024/03/15 - Current IEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
2024/02/06 - Current Applied Sciences (20763417) Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
2023/06/28 - Current IEEE Access (21693536) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Distinctions

Award

2024 Most Outstanding Paper Award in the Wireless Telecommunications Symposium 2024
2016 Best Student Paper Award in the 13th International Conference on Wireless Networks and Mobile Systems