SILVESTRE LOMBA MALTA (5D1C-FC16-564D)

Curriculum Vitae

SILVESTRE LOMBA MALTA

Silvestre Malta, professor and researcher at ESTG Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, holds a PhD in Telecomunications from University of Vigo. He received a MSc degree in Technology and Information Systems Management, from the Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal and a BSc degree in Informatics Engineering in Networking and Communications Systems, from the Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal. He teaches in the BSc’s of Computer Engineering and Computer Networks and Systems Engineering courses and in the MSc in Cybersecurity of the ESTG IPVC. His research interests include the areas of 5G mobile networks, computer networks, machine learning applied in networking, and cybersecurity. With over 25 years of professional experience, he has extensively engaged in Network Administration, Cybersecurity, Network Architecture, and the Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP), in addition to Switching and Routing. His career includes collaboration with numerous private enterprises.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: SILVESTRE LOMBA MALTA

Citation names

Malta, Silvestre
S. Malta

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 5D1C-FC16-564D
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5274-3733
Google Scholar ID: XajgqxQAAAAJ

Email addresses

smalta@estg.ipvc.pt (Professional)

Addresses

Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão (Viana do Castelo), Área Científica de Eletrotecnia e Informática. Rua Escola Industrial e Comercial de Nun’Álvares, n.º 34, 4900-367, Viana do Castelo, Viana do Castelo, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)
French	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Elementary (A2)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2024/10/07 Concluded	PROGRAMA DE DOUTORAMENTO EN TECNOLOXÍAS DA INFORMACIÓN E AS COMUNICACIÓNS (Doutoramento) Major in Enhancing energy efficiency and throughput in 5G networks using reinforcement learning Universidade de Vigo Escola de Enxeñaría de Telecomunicación, Spain "Enhancing energy efficiency and throughput in 5G networks using reinforcement learning" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Sobresaliente Cum Laude
2024/06/07 - 2024/06/07 Concluded	TOEFL iBT Exam (Diploma de especialização) Major in English TOEFL iBT, Spain	B2 (84 out of 120)
2023/12/04 - 2023/12/04 Concluded	ET80 - Sophos Firewall v19.5 - Engineer (Diploma de especialização) Sophos Technology GmbH, Germany	Approved
2023/01/11 - 2023/01/11 Concluded	Ubiquiti Enterprise Wireless Admin (Diploma de especialização) Ubiquiti Networks, United States	Approved
2023/01/05 - 2023/01/05 Concluded	Responsável de (Ciber) Segurança (Diploma de especialização) Associação Empresarial de Portugal, Portugal	Approved
2022/08/10 - 2022/08/10 Concluded	Cloud Management Essentials (Diploma de especialização) WatchGuard, Portugal	Approved
2018/04/27 - 2018/04/27 Concluded	Palo Alto Networks Certified Academy Instructor (Diploma de especialização) Paloalto networks, United States	Approved
2017 - 2018 Concluded	CCNA2 and CCNA3 - Cisco Instructor NetAcad (Diploma de especialização) Major in CCNA2 and CCNA3 and Cisco Netacad CCNA Instructor Qualification Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal	Approved
2017 - 2017 Concluded	CCNA1 - Cisco Instructor NetAcad (Diploma de especialização) The Open University, United Kingdom	Approved
2013 Concluded	Mestrado em Tecnologia e Gestão de Sistemas de Informação Education (Mestrado) Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal ""Business intelligence" sobre informação espacial : um caso de estudo" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16
2010 - 2010 Concluded	Level 2 Ip assessment for Generic IP & Packet Competence Service (Diploma de especialização) Nokia Siemens Networks, Portugal	Approved
2010 - 2010 Concluded	Level 3 Ip assessment for Generic IP & Packet Competence Service (Diploma de especialização) Nokia Siemens Networks, Portugal	Approved
2009 - 2009 Concluded	CAP – Certificado de Aptidão Profissional (Diploma de especialização) Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, Portugal	Approved
2006 - 2006 Concluded	Advanced Juniper Network Routing – M-T series Track (Diploma de especialização) Siemens, Portugal	Approved
2006 - 2006 Concluded	JNCIA NCDPAR5016 – Juniper Networks Certified Internet Associate (Diploma de especialização) Siemens, Portugal	Approved
2006 - 2006 Concluded	CCNA CSCO11047065 - Cisco Certified Network Associate (Diploma de especialização) Siemens, Portugal	Approved
2005 - 2005 Concluded	Juniper SDX 300 – Service Deployment System (Diploma de especialização) Siemens, Portugal	Approved
2005 - 2005 Concluded	Juniper Broadband Remote Access Service – E series Track (Diploma de especialização) Siemens, Portugal
2005 Concluded	Eng. Informática ramo de Redes e Sistemas de Comunicação (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal "ESTGSign - Emissão de certificados digitais na ESTG" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	13
2004 - 2004 Concluded	MAG 6.2 Administration, Maintenance and Operations (Diploma de especialização) Siemens, Portugal	Approved
2004 - 2004 Concluded	Mx Messaging platform basic operation (Diploma de especialização) Siemens, Portugal	Approved

Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/10/21 - Current	Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher)	Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal

2011/02/28 - 2024/10/20	Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher)	Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal

2024/03 - 2024/04	Visiting Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher)	ISLA Gaia Instituto Politécnico de Gestão e Tecnologia, Portugal
	ISLA Gaia Instituto Politécnico de Gestão e Tecnologia, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/11/07 - Current	Responsável de Laboratório de Telecomunicações, Redes e Segurança (Telemática/Redes)	Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
2023/01/01 - 2024/10/18	Senior IT Risk & Cyber Security	Arrobabit Technology Lda, Portugal

2019/09/02 - 2022/12/31	Senior IT Administrator & Cyber Security	Arrobabit, Portugal

2010/09 - 2018/07/31	Formador (Formador)	Associação Comercial e Industrial de Barcelos, Portugal

2007/04 - 2010/08	Sénior IP Network Engineer (Sénior IP Network Engineer)	Nokia Siemens Networks, Portugal

2005/01 - 2007/03	IP Network Engineer (IP Network Engineer)	Siemens, Portugal

2004/09 - 2004/12	Estagiário (Estágio Profissional)	Siemens, Portugal

2000/01 - 2004/08	Administrador de Sistemas (Administrador de Sistemas)	Fleximédia, Serviços e meios de comunicação Lda, Portugal

Outputs

Publications

Conference paper	Malta, S.; Pinto, P.; Veiga, M.F.. "Using syntactic similarity to shorten the training time of deep learning models using time series datasets: A case study". 2021. 10.5220/0010515700930100
Journal article	Silvestre Malta; Pedro Pinto; Manuel Fernández-Veiga. "Optimizing 5G network slicing with DRL: Balancing eMBB, URLLC, and mMTC with OMA, NOMA, and RSMA". Journal of Network and Computer Applications (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnca.2024.104068. 10.1016/j.jnca.2024.104068 Silvestre Malta; Pedro Pinto; Manuel Fernandez-Veiga. "Using Reinforcement Learning to Reduce Energy Consumption of Ultra-Dense Networks With 5G Use Cases Requirements". IEEE Access (2023): https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3236980. 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3236980 Diogo Teixeira; Silvestre Malta; Pedro Pinto. "A Vote-Based Architecture to Generate Classified Datasets and Improve Performance of Intrusion Detection Systems Based on Supervised Learning". Future Internet (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/fi14030072. 10.3390/fi14030072 Claudio Marques; Silvestre Malta; João Magalhães. "DNS Firewall Based on Machine Learning". Future Internet 13 12 (2021): 309-309. https://doi.org/10.3390/fi13120309. 10.3390/fi13120309 Cláudio Marques; Silvestre Malta; João Paulo Magalhães. "DNS dataset for malicious domains detection". Data in Brief 38 (2021): 107342-107342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2021.107342. 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107342 Diogo Teixeira; Leonardo Assunção; Teresa Pereira; Silvestre Malta; Pedro Pinto. "OSSEC IDS Extension to Improve Log Analysis and Override False Positive or Negative Detections". Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks (2019): https://www.mdpi.com/2224-2708/8/3/46. 10.3390/jsan8030046
Thesis / Dissertation	"Enhancing energy efficiency and throughput in 5G networks using reinforcement learning". PhD, Universidade de Vigo, 2024. https://www.investigo.biblioteca.uvigo.es/xmlui/handle/11093/7691. Malta, Silvestre Lomba. ""Business intelligence" sobre informação espacial : um caso de estudo". Master, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11960/1542.

Activities

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2019/09 - Current	Comissão de Curso Mestrado Cibersegurança Member	Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
2018/09 - Current	Comissão de Curso Licenciatura Engenharia de Redes e Sistemas de Computadores Member	Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
2024/09/30 - 2024/11/28	Coordenador Interino Mestrado em Cibersegurança Coordinator	Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
2016/09 - 2017/08	Comissão de Curso CTeSP Redes e Sistemas Informáticos Member	Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal