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Manuel Alberto Pereira Ricardo is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), teaching courses on Mobile Communications and Computer Networks. He holds the position of TEC4 Coordinator at INESC TEC since January 1, 1996, where he has progressed through roles including Wireless Networks area coordinator, Center for Telecommunications and Multimedia director, and Board of Directors member. His research focuses on mobile communications networks, quality of service, radio resource management, network congestion control, and performance assessment.
- Licenciatura, M.Sc., and Ph.D. (2000) in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Telecommunications) from FEUP
Manuel's recent research trends include 6G technology, O-RAN architecture, and autonomous UAV positioning. He has contributed to vision-aided Radio Access Networks (RANs), reinforcement learning (RL) frameworks for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) positioning, and open interface-based mobile RAN control systems. Publications emphasize millimeter-wave communication, network automation, and environment-aware connectivity solutions.
He has supervised numerous graduate theses on topics spanning mobile network topology control, underwater radio communications, 5G private networks, vision-aided airborne communications, and O-RAN-based autonomous control. At INESC TEC, he leads telecommunications initiatives and has participated in over 30 research projects with 150+ publications.
