David Alejandro Perez Abreu (8F1C-BCA5-0FAC)

Curriculum Vitae

David Alejandro Perez Abreu

David Alejandro Perez Abreu received his PhD in information science and technologies from the University of Coimbra in 2021. He has published several conference and journal papers and has actively participated in different national and international research projects. He is part of the program committee of NOMS, SLICO - WoWMoM, LCN, ISCC, and DRCN. His research interests include cloud-to-edge computing, softwarized networks, and zero-touch network and service management. He worked as a researcher in the Laboratory for Mobile and Wireless Networks at the Central University of Venezuela from 2006 until 2014. He is an invited assistant professor at the Department of Informatics Engineering at the University of Coimbra and a researcher at the Laboratory for Informatics and Systems at the Pedro Nunes Institute since 2021. According to his Ciência Vitae curriculum, the most frequent terms in the context of his scientific, and technological output are Cloud computing, Internet of Things, Operating Systems, Virtualization, and Computer Networks.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: David Alejandro Perez Abreu
Gender: Male

Citation names

Perez Abreu, David
Perez Abreu, D.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 8F1C-BCA5-0FAC
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0167-511X
Google Scholar ID: V_j-tBMAAAAJ

Email addresses

dabreu@dei.uc.pt (Professional)
davidperezabreu@gmail.com (Personal)

Telephones

Telephone

239790013 (Professional)

Addresses

DEI, CISUC, Polo II, Pinhal de Marrocos, 3030-290, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://www.cisuc.uc.pt/en/people/david-abreu (Scholar)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidperezabreu (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Computer Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)	Advanced (C1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2021 Concluded	Doctor of Philosophy in Information Science and Technology (Doutoramento) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas, Portugal "Resilience in the Internet of Things for Smart City Applications" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Summa Cum Laude
2016 Concluded	Bachelor in Informatics Engineering (Bachelor) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal	16 over 20
2016 Concluded	Master in Informatics Engineering (Magister) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal	17 over 20
2013 Concluded	Master in Computer Science (Magister) Major in Magister Scientiarum in Computer Science Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela "Measuring the Energy Consumption of Communication Interfaces on Smartphones" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18 over 20
2005 Concluded	Bachelor in Computer Science (Bachelor) Major in Bachelor in Computer Science Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela "Una Aplicación de seguridad para el Laboratorio ICARO basada en cámaras inalámbricas usando el estándar H.323" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16 over 20

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/04 - 2025/01	Researcher (Research)	Instituto Pedro Nunes, Portugal

2014/10/01 - 2021/04	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas, Portugal
2005/10 - 2014/09	Researcher (Research)	Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
	Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2025/02 - Current	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas, Portugal
2021/09 - 2025/01	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas, Portugal
2005/10 - 2014/09	Lecturer (University Teacher)	Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2004/10 - 2005/02	System Administrator (IT Department)	Sistemas 3Dealers, Venezuela
	Sistemas 3Dealers, Venezuela
2004 - 2005	Laboratory Manager (School of Computer Science)	Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
	Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
2004/06 - 2004/09	Inter (IT Department)	Inelectra, Venezuela
	Inelectra, Venezuela
2003 - 2004	Teaching Assistant (School of Computer Science)	Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
	Central University of Venezuela Facultad de Ciencias, Venezuela

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2016/03 - 2021/04	Improving the Resilience in the Internet of Things SFRH/BD/117538/2016 PhD Student Fellow	FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology Concluded
2015/06 - 2016/02	SusCity: Urban Data Driven Models for Creative and Resourceful Urban Transitions MITP-TB/CS/0026/2013 PhD Student Fellow	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)

Other

	Designation	Funders
2025/01/01 - 2027/12/31	Collaborative Open Platform for PILOTing services across energing smart IoT and Edge computing environments (COP-PILOT) 101189819 Researcher Instituto Pedro Nunes, Portugal	Horizon 2020 Ongoing
2025/01/01 - 2027/12/31	6G Vertical trials for Sustainability (6G-VERSUS) 101192633 Researcher Instituto Pedro Nunes, Portugal	Horizon 2020 Ongoing
2024/09/01 - 2026/12/31	Space-based composite Ads-b and multilaTerarion systEm validation thRough scalable simulAtions (SATERA) 101164313 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Informática, Portugal	Horizon 2020 Ongoing
2023/11 - 2024/11	Drone Care Angel (DCA) 101096452 Researcher Instituto Pedro Nunes, Portugal	Horizon 2020 Ongoing
2021/01 - 2024/08	POWER - Empowering a digital future POCI-01-0247-FEDER-070365 Researcher Instituto Pedro Nunes, Portugal	Ongoing
2021/01 - 2023/12	Orchestration and Resource optimization for rEliable and lOw-latency Services (OREOS) POCI-01-0247-FEDER-049029 Researcher Instituto Pedro Nunes, Portugal	Ongoing
2016 - 2019	SORTS: Supporting the Orchestration of Resilient and Trustworthy Fog Services CAPES-FCT/8572/14-3 FCT/13263/4/8/2015/S PhD Student Fellow Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas, Portugal Universidade Estadual de Campinas Instituto de Computação, Brazil	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Curado, Marilia; Madeira, Henrique; da Cunha, Paulo Rupino; Cabral, Bruno; Perez Abreu, D.; Barata, João; Roque, Licínio; Immich, Roger. "Internet of Things". In Cyber Resilience of Systems and Networks, edited by Kott, Alexander;; Linkov, Igor, 381-401. Springer International Publishing, 2018. Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-77492-3_16
Conference abstract	Fernandes, J. T.; Perez Abreu, D.; Velasquez, Karima; Monteiro, Edmundo; Gomes Martins, A.. "An Architecture to Support Affordable Internet of Things Applications: The SusCity project Case Study". Paper presented in 8º Congresso Luso-Moçambicano de Engenharia V Congresso de Engenharia de Moçambique (CLME2017 - V CEM), Maputo, 2017. Published Perez Abreu, D.; Velasquez, Karima; Curado, Marilia; Monteiro, Edmundo. "Resilience in IoT Infrastructure for Smart Cities". Paper presented in Cloudification of the Internet of Things (CIoT), Paris, 2015. Published Velasquez, Karima; Perez Abreu, D.; Curado, Marilia; Monteiro, Edmundo. "Towards Latency Mitigation in Emergency Scenarios". Paper presented in Cloudification of the Internet of Things (CIoT), Paris, 2015. Published Perez Abreu, D.; Velasquez, Karima. "Una Aplicación de seguridad para el Laboratorio ICARO basada en cámaras inalámbricas usando el estándar H.323". Paper presented in II Jornadas de Investigación de la Escuela de Computación, UCV, Caracas, 2005. Published
Conference paper	Abreu, David Perez; Velasquez, Karima; Curado, Marilia; Monteiro, Edmundo. "Unlocking Efficiency in B5G Networks: The Need for Adaptive Service Function Chains". Paper presented in International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), Big Island, Hawaii, 2024. Published • 10.1109/icccn61486.2024.10637552 Mota-Cruz, Miguel; Santos, João H.; Macedo, José F.; Velasquez, Karima; Abreu, David Perez. "Optimizing Microservices Placement in the Cloud-to-Edge Continuum: A Comparative Analysis of App and Service Based Approaches". Paper presented in IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON), Porto, 2024. Published • 10.1109/melecon56669.2024.10608552 Ascensão, Pedro; Neto, Luís Filipe; Velasquez, Karima; Abreu, David Perez. "Assessing Kubernetes Distributions: A Comparative Study". Paper presented in IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON), Porto, 2024. Published • 10.1109/melecon56669.2024.10608706 Noé Godinho; Paulo Duarte; Paulo Martins; David Abreu; Raul Barbosa; Bruno Mendes; João Fonseca; et al. "OREOS: Demonstrating E2E Orchestration in 5G Networks with Open-Source Components". Paper presented in IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, New Jersey, 2023. Published • 10.1109/infocomwkshps57453.2023.10226044 Marco Silva; João Pedro Fonseca; David Perez Abreu; Paulo Martins; Paulo Duarte; Raul Barbosa; Bruno Mendes; et al. "O-RAN and RIC Compliant Solutions for Next Generation Networks". Paper presented in IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, New Jersey, 2023. Published • 10.1109/infocomwkshps57453.2023.10225994 Velasquez, Karima; Perez Abreu, D.; Paquete, Luís; Curado, Marilia; Monteiro, Edmundo. "A Rank-based Mechanism for Service Placement in the Fog". Paper presented in IFIP Networking Conference (Networking), Paris, 2020. Published Perez Abreu, D.; Velasquez, Karima; Miranda Assis, Marcio Roberto; Bittencourt, Luiz Fernando; Curado, Marilia; Monteiro, Edmundo; Madeira, Edmundo. "A Rank Scheduling Mechanism for Fog Environments". Paper presented in IEEE 6th International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud (FiCloud), Barcelona, 2018. Published • 10.1109/ficloud.2018.00059 Fernandes, J. T.; Perez Abreu, D.; Velasquez, Karima; Mateus, Mario; Marques Carrilho, João Manuel; Gameiro da Silva, Manuel; Monteiro, Edmundo; Gomes Martins, A.. "Building a Smart City IoT Platform - The SusCity Approach". Paper presented in 48nd Spanish Congress on Acoustics and the Iberian Encounter on Acoustics (TECNIACUSTICA), La Coruna, 2017. Published Perez, Deyban; Astor, Miguel A.; Perez Abreu, D.; Scalise, Eugenio. "Intrusion detection in computer networks using hybrid machine learning techniques". Paper presented in XLIII Latin American Computer Conference (CLEI), Cordoba, 2017. Published • 10.1109/clei.2017.8226392 Velasquez, Karima; Perez Abreu, D.; Goncalves, Diogo; Bittencourt, Luiz; Curado, Marilia; Monteiro, Edmundo; Madeira, Edmundo. "Service Orchestration in Fog Environments". Paper presented in IEEE 5th International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud (FiCloud), Prague, 2017. Published • 10.1109/ficloud.2017.49 Perez Abreu, D.; Velasquez, Karima; Pinto, Alexandre Miguel; Curado, Marilia; Monteiro, Edmundo. "Describing the Internet of Things with an ontology: The SusCity project case study". Paper presented in 20th Conference on Innovations in Clouds, Internet and Networks (ICIN), Paris, 2017. Published • 10.1109/icin.2017.7899427 Perez Abreu, D.; Velasquez, Karima; Curado, Marilia; Monteiro, Edmundo. "An IoT Infrastructure for Smart Cities: The SusCity Project Use-Case". Paper presented in 3rd Energy for Sustainability International Conference (EfS), Madeira, 2017. Published Astor, Miguel; Hernandez, Walter; Perez Abreu, D.. "NxtAR: Un Sistema de Control para Robots Móviles Basado en Realidad Aumentada". Paper presented in IV Symposium in Computer Science (SCTC), Caracas, 2016. Published Villapol, M. E.; Perez Abreu, D.; Cordero, Carlos. "Planning a Wireless Mesh Network Which Takes Advantage of the Urban Geography of the City". Paper presented in 2015 Asia-Pacific Conference on Computer Aided System Engineering, Quito, 2015. Published • 10.1109/APCASE.2015.77 Rubel, David; Perez Abreu, D.; Villapol, M. E.. "Una Implementación de Autenticación para Mensajes DHCP". Paper presented in II Symposium in Computer Science (SCTC), Caracas, 2014. Published Perez Abreu, D.; Villapol, M. E.. "Measuring the Energy Consumption of Communication Interfaces on Smartphones". Paper presented in 2012 Global Information Infrastructure and Networking Symposium (GIIS), Choroni, 2012. Published • 10.1109/GIIS.2012.6466662 Moran, Jesus; Perez Abreu, David; Villapol, M. E.. "Efectos de interferencia sobre redes basadas en el estándar IEEE 802.11 en el espectro de 2.4 GHz)". Paper presented in 10th Latin American and Caribbean Conference - International Competition of Student Posters and Papers - LACCEI, Panama, 2012. Published Perez Abreu, D.; Villapol, M. E.; Perez, Eduardo; Navarro, Hector. "Análisis del Desempeño de Topologías Piconets y Scatternets en Bluetooth". Paper presented in 4to Congreso Iberoamericano de Estudiantes de Ingeniería Eléctrica – CIBELEC, Merida, 2010. Published Blanco, Mayerlin; Louis, Mariela; Perez Abreu, D.; Villapol, M. E.. "Desarrollo de un Sistema de Gestión de Robots Móviles para la Monitorización de Variables Ambientales". Paper presented in 7th Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology – LACCEI, San Cristobal, 2009. Published
Journal article	Karima Velasquez; David Perez Abreu; Pedro Neves; Miguel Santos; Fernando Santiago; Nuno Lourenco; Marilia Curado; Edmundo Monteiro; Carlos Amaro. "Cognitive customer profiling at the edge: Challenges and research directions". ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies 5 3 (2024): 356-367. http://dx.doi.org/10.52953/wurt4309. Published • 10.52953/wurt4309 Velasquez, Karima ; Perez Abreu, D.; Curado, Marilia; Monteiro, Edmundo. "Resource orchestration in 5G and beyond: Challenges and opportunities". Computer Communications (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comcom.2022.06.019. Published • 10.1016/j.comcom.2022.06.019 Karima Velasquez; Perez Abreu, D.; Curado, Marilia; Monteiro, Edmundo. "Service Placement for Latency Reduction in the Fog Using Application Profiles". IEEE Access 9 (2021): https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9445114. Open access • Published • 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3085370 Perez Abreu, D.; Velasquez, Karima; Curado, Marilia; Monteiro, Edmundo. "A comparative analysis of simulators for the Cloud to Fog continuum". Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory 101 (2020): 1020291-10202927. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.simpat.2019.102029. Published • 10.1016/j.simpat.2019.102029 Perez Abreu, D.; Velasquez, Karima ; Paquete, Luís; Curado, Marilia; Monteiro, Edmundo. "Resilient Service Chains through Smart Replication". IEEE Access 8 (2020): 187021-187036. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3030537. 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3030537 Abade, Bruno; Perez Abreu, D.; Curado, Marilia. "A Non-Intrusive Approach for Indoor Occupancy Detection in Smart Environments". Sensors 18 11 (2018): 3953. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s18113953. Published • 10.3390/s18113953 Velasquez, Karima; Perez Abreu, D.; Assis, Marcio R. M.; Senna, Carlos; Aranha, Diego F.; Bittencourt, Luiz F.; Laranjeiro, Nuno; et al. "Fog orchestration for the Internet of Everything: state-of-the-art and research challenges". Journal of Internet Services and Applications 9 1 (2018): 1-23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13174-018-0086-3. Published • 10.1186/s13174-018-0086-3 Perez Abreu, D.; Velasquez, Karima; Curado, Marilia; Monteiro, Edmundo. "A resilient Internet of Things architecture for smart cities". Annals of Telecommunications 72 1-2 (2016): 19-30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12243-016-0530-y. Published • 10.1007/s12243-016-0530-y Velasquez, Karima; Perez Abreu, D.; Curado, Marilia; Monteiro, Edmundo. "Service placement for latency reduction in the internet of things". Annals of Telecommunications 72 1-2 (2016): 105-115. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12243-016-0524-9. Published • 10.1007/s12243-016-0524-9 Villapol, M. E.; Abreu, David; Balderrama, C.; Colombo, M.; Abreu, David. "Performance Comparison of Mesh Routing Protocols in an Experimental Network with Bandwidth Restrictions in the Border Router". Faculty of Engineering Journal – Central University of Venezuela, Vol.28, N°1 28 1 (2013): 7-14. http://saber.ucv.ve/ojs/index.php/rev_fiucv/article/view/5181. Published

Activities

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2024 - Current	Technical Program Committee member at the IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN) Member	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024 - Current	Technical Program Committee member at the IFIP Wireless and Mobile Networking Conference (WMNC) Member	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024 - Current	Technical Program Committee member at the International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob) Member	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024 - Current	Technical Program Committee member at the ACM/SIGAPP Symposium On Applied Computing (SAC) Member	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024 - Current	Technical Program Committee member at the IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC) Member	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023 - Current	Technical Program Committee member at the International Workshop on Smart Living and Communications for the Next Generations Networks (SLICO) Member	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022 - Current	Technical Program Committee member at the IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS) Member	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022 - Current	Technical Program Committee member at the Conference on the Design of Reliable Communication Networks (DRCN) Member	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2023 - Current	Computing Systems and Infrastructures	(Licenciatura)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022 - Current	Principles of Procedural Programming	(Licenciatura)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022 - Current	IT Technology	(Licenciatura)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022 - 2022	Operating System	(Licenciatura)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2014 - 2014	Advanced Operating Systems	Computer Sciences (Bachelor)	Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
2013 - 2013	Operating System	Computer Sciences (Bachelor)	Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
2012 - 2012	Data Communication	Computer Sciences (Bachelor)	Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
2010 - 2011	Advanced Operating System	Computer Sciences (Bachelor)	Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
2009 - 2009	Data Communication	Computer Sciences (Bachelor)	Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
2008 - 2009	Operating System	Computer Sciences (Bachelor)	Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
2007 - 2007	Advanced Operating System	Computer Sciences (Bachelor)	Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
2007 - 2007	General Laboratory (Operating System)	Computer Sciences (Bachelor)	Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
2006 - 2007	Data Communication	Computer Sciences (Bachelor)	Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2024 - 2024	Boosting 5G with Network Coding-Aware Slicing	Gonçalves, Rafael
2023 - 2023	Self-organising engine for the Cloud-to-Edge continuum	Faria, Bruno
2023 - 2023	Automatic Deployment Solution for Multi-Cloud Environments	Gonçalves, João
2023 - 2023	5G network Slicing	Pimenta, Miguel
2018 - 2018	Context-Aware Improved Experiences in Smart Environment	Abade, Bruno
2014 - 2014	Diseño e implementación de una arquitectura de software genérica para el control de robots móviles basada en realidad aumentada	Astor, Migel
2014 - 2014	Diseño e implementación de una arquitectura de software genérica para el control de robots móviles basada en realidad aumentada	Astor, Migel
2013 - 2013	Diseño e implementación de una infraestructura de virtualización basada en un entorno de nube para el laboratorio ICARO	Lugo, Francisco
2011 - 2011	Diseño, Implementación y Adecuación de una Herramienta Educativa basada en MINIX para cursos de Sistemas Operativos	De Leon, Dumar and España, Jose
2009 - 2009	Implementación de un sistema de seguridad para redes inalámbricas basado en la integración del protocolo RADIUS y el protocolo LDAP	Moreno, Carlos
2009 - 2009	Estudio de desempeño en un ambiente de comunicación Bluetooth. Caso de estudio Piconet y Scatternet	Perez, Eduardo and Navarro, Hector
2008 - 2008	Implementación de una solución Multicast para la transmisión de Audio/Video en un ambiente de Comunicación inalámbrico	Mata, Jose and Alonzo, Ricardo

Distinctions

Other distinction

2021	PhD approved with praise and distinction Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2014	Promotion to Assistant Professor in the School of Computer Science of Central University of Venezuela Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
2013	Participant in the Stimulus Program for Innovation and Research, call 2011, as Investigator Level A-2 Observatorio Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (ONCTI), Venezuela
2013	Excellent qualification on final dissertation for Magister Scientiarum degree Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
2011	Participant in the Stimulus Program for Innovation and Research, call 2011, as Investigator Level A Observatorio Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (ONCTI), Venezuela
2008	Winner in the opposition contest in Central University of Venezuela as a Teaching Fellow for the Computer Science School at Central University of Venezuela Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
2006	Scholarship for postgraduate studies at Central University of Venezuela Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela