Adolfo V. T. Cartaxo was born
in Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal, in
1962. He received
the degree of “Licenciatura” in Electrical
Engineering, the M.Sc. degree in Telecommunications
and Computers, and the Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering in 1985, 1989 and 1992,
respectively, from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST),
In 1985, he joined the
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of IST. In 1992, he became an
Assistant Professor and he was promoted to Associate Professor in January 2002.
Over these years, he has lectured several courses on Telecommunications and
Optical Communications.
He joined the Optical
Communications Group of Lisbon Pole of Institute for Telecommunications as a
researcher in 1993. He is now a senior researcher conducting research on dense
wavelength division multiplexed systems and networks. He has authored more than
60 journal publications as well as more than 80 international conference
papers. He is co-author of two international patents.
He has been involved in
several projects of the European Union programs on R&D in the optical communications
area. He has been leader of the IST participation in three projects of the
European Union programs on R&D, namely RACE 1051 (in part), RACE 2011
TRAVEL, ACTS 049 SPEED. He has been also leader of three national
projects funded by FCT (or JNICT), namely TÓPICO, DWDM/ODC and SHOTS. In the
past few years, he has acted as a technical auditor and evaluator for projects
included in several European Union R&D Programs.
He has served as a reviewer
of the IEEE / OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology,
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Transactions on Communications, IEE Proceedings - Optoelectronics, IEE
Electronics Letters, Optics Communications, and SPIE - Optical
Engineering. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE Laser and Electro-Optics
Society.
His main present research
interests include fiber optic communication systems and networks.
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Adolfo
V. T. Cartaxo Instituto Superior
Técnico - Instituto de Telecomunicações |
Tel: + 351.21.8418476 Fax: + 351.21.8417164 |
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Email: adolfo.cartaxo@lx.it.pt |
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Last update
on 3 March 2008.
