معرفی
Rute C. Sofia is Industrial IoT Head at fortiss – the Bavarian research institute for software-intensive systems – and Invited Associate Professor at Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias (ULHT). She is also an Associate Researcher at ISTAR, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (Iscte-IUL). Previously she co-founded and served as Scientific Director of COPELABS/ULHT (2013-2017) and was Senior Researcher there from 2010-2019.
Education
- Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Lisbon, 2004
- Visiting Scholar, Northwestern University (ICAIR) & University of Pennsylvania, 2000–2003
- M.Sc. in Computer Science, University of Lisbon, 1999
- B.Eng. in Computer Engineering, University of Coimbra, 1995
Research Interests
Her work spans network architectures and protocols, Internet of Things (IoT), edge and in-network computing, deterministic wired/wireless industrial networks, and network mining. A current focus is on resilient, AI-driven orchestration across the IoT–Edge–Cloud continuum for 6G and Industrial IoT systems.
Scientific Awards & Recognition
- ACM Europe Councilor (2021–2025)
- ACM Senior Member & IEEE Senior Member
- IEEE ComSoc N2Women Awards co-chair (2020–2021)
- Highly Cited Paper Award, Applied Sciences MDPI (2023)
Labs, Teams & Grants
She currently leads the Industrial IoT competence field at fortiss, coordinating projects such as SemComIIoT (semantic communications for IIoT) and the open-source ns-3 DetNetWiFi framework. Earlier she co-founded the Portuguese startup Senception Lda (2013-2019) and the research unit COPELABS, driving EU H2020 initiatives like UMOBILE and shaping national strategies for cyber-physical systems.
