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Helena Cruz has a master's degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisboa, and a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon. She's currently a PhD candidate at Instituto Superior Técnico working on the development of an on-board fault-tolerant HW/SW architecture for SAR imaging systems using the Backprojection algorithm.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Helena Alexandra Sabala Ruivo da Cruz
Date of birth
1995/07/11
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Cruz, Helena

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
A618-BAE0-A736
ORCID iD
0000-0003-2709-867X
Google Scholar ID
RECTWzUAAAAJ
Scopus Author Id
57208347296

Email addresses

  • helena.cruz@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics

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
2020/02/01 - 2024
Ongoing
 Computer Science and Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"High-Performance Fault-Tolerant Embedded System Design For ON-board SAR imaging" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2016/09/01 - 2018/11/07
Concluded
 Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (Mestrado)
Major in Sistemas Computacionais
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"On-Board Multi-core Fault-Tolerant SAR Imaging Architecture " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
2013/09/13 - 2016/07/26
Concluded
 Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020 - Current Research Assistant (Research) INOV – Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Inovação, Portugal
2019/01/01 - Current Research Assistant (Research) Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
2017/10/30 - 2018/11/07 Research Trainee (Research) Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/09 - 2023/12 ApxEdgeC - Towards Approximate Edge Computing for Machine Learning & Digital Signal, Image and Video Processing
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PhD Student Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Concluded
2019/01/07 - 2022/09/30 SARRROCA - Synthetic Aperture Radar Robust Reconfigurable Optimized Computing Architecture
PTDC/EEI-HAC/31819/2017
PhD Student Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Rui P. Duarte; Helena Cruz; Horácio Neto. "Reconfigurable Accelerator for On-Board SAR Imaging Using the Backprojection Algorithm". 392-401. Springer International Publishing, 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-44534-8_29
  2. Rui P. Duarte; Helena Cruz; Horácio Neto. "Correction to: Reconfigurable Accelerator for On-Board SAR Imaging Using the Backprojection Algorithm". 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-44534-8_30
  3. Helena Cruz; Rui Policarpo Duarte; Horácio Neto. "Fault-Tolerant Architecture for On-board Dual-Core Synthetic-Aperture Radar Imaging". 3-16. Springer International Publishing, 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-030-17227-5_1
Conference paper
  1. Cruz, Helena; Flores, Paulo; VÉSTIAS, MÁRIO; Monteiro, José; Neto, Horácio; Duarte, Rui. Corresponding author: Cruz, Helena. "Algorithm-Specific Optimizations for On-Board Real-Time Backprojection on FPGA". Paper presented in EUSAR, Munich, 2024.
    Accepted
  2. Cruz, Helena; VÉSTIAS, MÁRIO; Monteiro, José; Horacio C. Neto; José Teixeira de Sousa; Rui Policarpo Duarte. "Optimization of a Synthetic-Aperture Radar Image Processing Algorithm for SoC-FPGAs". Paper presented in REC2022 XVIII Jornadas sobre Sistemas Reconfiguráveis, Leiria, 2022.
    Published
  3. Cruz, Helena; Horacio C. Neto; Monteiro, José; Rui Policarpo Duarte; VÉSTIAS, MÁRIO. "Reconfigurable Embedded Architectures for On-Board Synthetic-Aperture Radar Processing". Paper presented in REC2021 XVII Jornadas sobre Sistemas Reconfiguráveis, Porto, 2021.
  4. Cruz, Helena; Rui Policarpo Duarte; Horacio C. Neto. "Embedded Fault-Tolerant Architecture for Synthetic-Aperture Radar Backprojection". Paper presented in REC2020 XVI Jornadas sobre Sistemas Reconfiguráveis, Lisboa, 2020.
  5. Cruz, Helena; Duarte, Rui Policarpo; Neto, Horácio. "Fault-Tolerant Architecture for On-Board Dual-Core Synthetic-Aperture Radar Imaging". Paper presented in ARC 2019 International Symposium On Applied Reconfigurable Computing, Darmstadt, 2019.
    Published
  6. Cruz, Helena; Duarte, Rui Policarpo; Neto, Horácio. "On-Board Multi-Core Fault-Tolerant SAR Imaging Architecture". Paper presented in REC2019 XV Jornadas sobre Sistemas Reconfiguráveis, Guimarães, 2019.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Helena Cruz; Mário Véstias; José Monteiro; Horácio Neto; Rui Policarpo Duarte. "A Review of Synthetic-Aperture Radar Image Formation Algorithms and Implementations: A Computational Perspective". Remote Sensing 14 5 (2022): 1258-1258. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14051258.
    10.3390/rs14051258
  2. David Mota; Helena Cruz; Pedro R. Miranda; Rui Policarpo Duarte; Jose T. de Sousa; Horacio C. Neto; Mario P. Vestias. "Onboard Processing of Synthetic Aperture Radar Backprojection Algorithm in FPGA". IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (2022): https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2022.3169828.
    10.1109/JSTARS.2022.3169828
  3. Cruz, Helena. "Embedded Fault-Tolerant Accelerator Architecture for Synthetic-Aperture Radar Backprojection". Journal of Aerospace Information Systems 0 0 (2019): 1-9. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.I010764.
    10.2514/1.I010764
Preprint
  1. Helena Cruz; Paulo Flores; Mário Véstias; José Monteiro; Horácio Neto; Rui Policarpo Duarte. "Algorithm-Specific Optimizations for On-Board Real-Time Backprojection on FPGA". 2023. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0640.v1.
    10.20944/preprints202312.0640.v1
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Cruz, Helena. "On-Board Multi-Core Fault-Tolerant SAR Imaging Architecture". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2018. https://fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/cursos/meic-a/dissertacao/1972678479054231.
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021 - 2022 IoT Smart Door Lock with Wireless Key Sharing for Tourism Applications
Co-supervisor of Bernardo Cabral Marques
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2020 - 2020 An interactive activity for children named "Do you know how a satellite sees Earth?" (or "Sabes como um satélite vê a Terra?"), where different satellite images were shown, and the person had to identify the corresponding photograph. Noite Europeia dos Investigadores 2020
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/03 - 2023/11 Operating Systems Ciências de Engenharia - Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2022/03 - 2022/06 Highly Dependable Systems Ciências de Engenharia - Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2021/11 - 2022/02 Operating Systems Ciências de Engenharia - Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2021/02 - 2021/07 Systems Analysis and Modeling Ciências de Engenharia - Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019/09 - 2020/02 Introduction to Computer Architecture Ciências de Engenharia - Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2023/02 - Current Weekly group meetings - Electronic System Design and Automation (ESDA) Lucas Raimundo