Carlos Manuel Ribeiro Almeida

Carlos Manuel Ribeiro Almeida is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa. He has been affiliated with the GEMS (Group of Embedded networked Systems and Heterogeneous Networks) research group since 2009 and the Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT) since 2013. His academic journey includes a BSc (1984), MSc (1989), and PhD (1998) in Electrical and Computer Engineering from IST. He has held visiting positions at Cornell University (1991–1993) and Chorus Systems (1990–1991).

Research Interests: Real-Time and Embedded Systems, QoS Adaptability, Fault-Tolerance, Sensor Networks, and Networked Embedded Systems. His work focuses on dynamic environments where systems must adapt to maintain timeliness and dependability.

Teaching includes courses on Systems Programming, Real-Time and Embedded Systems, and Networked Embedded Systems. His publications span over 30 years, emphasizing real-time scheduling, fault-tolerant protocols, and embedded system optimization. Notable projects include CANELy (a dependable communication protocol) and VITRAL (a real-time kernel interface).

Labs/Teams: GEMS (Taguspark campus) and the Networks and Multimedia group at IT. His work integrates hardware-software co-design for resource-constrained systems.