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Brazil
2026

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Computer Science

D-Index
67
Citations
18032
World Ranking
2196
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Computer Science in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

Antonio A. F. Loureiro is affiliated with the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil. Their research spans several fields, including Computer Science, Engineering, and Social Sciences, with a focus on areas intersecting technology and transportation.

The scientist's main subfields of study include Computer Networks and Communications, Transportation, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Signal Processing, and Aerospace Engineering. These areas reflect a broad engagement with both theoretical and applied aspects of modern engineering and networked systems.

Antonio's research topics cover a variety of domains, among which are:

  • Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
  • Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs)
  • Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks
  • UAV Applications and Optimization
  • IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
  • Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
  • Caching and Content Delivery

Frequent coauthors in Antonio's work include Azzedine Boukerche, Linnyer B. Ruiz, Leandro A. Villas, Lailla M. S. Bine, and Heitor S. Ramos. These collaborations indicate a sustained research network focused on related topics within networked communications and intelligent transportation systems.

Antonio's publication record includes numerous articles in notable venues, with repeated contributions to the following journals and conferences:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Ad Hoc Networks
  • Computer Networks
  • IEEE Internet of Things Magazine
  • IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Antonio are:

  • Vehicle Trajectory Similarity, 2020, ACM Computing Surveys
  • Vehicular Traffic Management Based on Traffic Engineering for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks, 2020, IEEE Access
  • Packet Scheduling in Multipath TCP: Fundamentals, Lessons, and Opportunities, 2020, IEEE Systems Journal
  • Road Data Enrichment Framework Based on Heterogeneous Data Fusion for ITS, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • Adaptive client selection with personalization for communication efficient Federated Learning, 2024, Ad Hoc Networks

Best Publications

  • Localization systems for wireless sensor networks

    A. Boukerche;H.A.B. Oliveira;E.F. Nakamura;A.A.F. Loureiro

  • Information fusion for wireless sensor networks: Methods, models, and classifications

    Eduardo F. Nakamura;Antonio A. F. Loureiro;Alejandro C. Frery

  • Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks: A New Challenge for Localization-Based Systems

    Azzedine Boukerche;Horacio A. B. F. Oliveira;Eduardo F. Nakamura;Antonio A. F. Loureiro

  • Decentralized intrusion detection in wireless sensor networks

    Ana Paula R. da Silva;Marcelo H. T. Martins;Bruno P. S. Rocha;Antonio A. F. Loureiro

  • MANNA: a management architecture for wireless sensor networks

    L.B. Ruiz;J.M. Nogueira;A.A.F. Loureiro

  • Data communication in VANETs

    Felipe Cunha;Leandro Villas;Azzedine Boukerche;Guilherme Maia

  • Geographic and Opportunistic Routing for Underwater Sensor Networks

    Rodolfo Wanderson Lima Coutinho;Azzedine Boukerche;Luiz Filipe Menezes Vieira;Antonio Alfredo Ferreira Loureiro

  • DRINA: A Lightweight and Reliable Routing Approach for In-Network Aggregation in Wireless Sensor Networks

    L. A. Villas;A. Boukerche;H. S. Ramos;H. A. B. F. de Oliveira

  • Fault management in event-driven wireless sensor networks

    Linnyer Beatrys Ruiz;Isabela G. Siqueira;Leonardo B. e Oliveira;Hao Chi Wong

  • SecLEACH - A Random Key Distribution Solution for Securing Clustered Sensor Networks

    L.B. Oliveira;H.C. Wong;M. Bern;R. Dahab

  • Malicious node detection in wireless sensor networks

    W.R. Pires;T.H. de Paula Figueiredo;H.C. Wong;A.A.F. Loureiro

  • Data Communication in VANETs: A Survey, Challenges and Applications

    Felipe Domingos da Cunha;Azzedine Boukerche;Leandro Villas;Aline Carneiro Viana

  • Secure localization algorithms for wireless sensor networks

    A. Boukerche;H.A.B. Oliveira;E.F. Nakamura;A.A.F. Loureiro

  • SecLEACH-On the security of clustered sensor networks

    Leonardo B. Oliveira;Adrian Ferreira;Marco A. Vilaça;Hao Chi Wong

  • Energy efficient GPS sensing with cloud offloading

    Jie Liu;Bodhi Priyantha;Ted Hart;Heitor S. Ramos

  • Protocols, mobility models and tools in opportunistic networks: A survey

    Vinicius F. S. Mota;Vinicius F. S. Mota;Felipe D. da Cunha;Daniel F. Macedo;José Marcos S. Nogueira

  • On the security of cluster-based communication protocols for wireless sensor networks

    Adrian Carlos Ferreira;Marcos Aurélio Vilaça;Leonardo B. Oliveira;Eduardo Habib

  • Transmission power control techniques for wireless sensor networks

    Luiz H. A. Correia;Daniel F. Macedo;Aldri L. dos Santos;Antonio A. F. Loureiro

  • A Picture of Instagram is Worth More Than a Thousand Words: Workload Characterization and Application

    Thiago H. Silva;Pedro O. S. Vaz de Melo;Jussara M. Almeida;Juliana Salles

  • A spatial correlation aware algorithm to perform efficient data collection in wireless sensor networks

    Leandro A. Villas;Azzedine Boukerche;Horacio A. B. F. De Oliveira;Regina B. De Araujo

Frequent Co-Authors

Azzedine Boukerche
Azzedine Boukerche University of Ottawa
Leandro A. Villas
Leandro A. Villas State University of Campinas
Luiz F. M. Vieira
Luiz F. M. Vieira Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Jussara M. Almeida
Jussara M. Almeida Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Christos Faloutsos
Christos Faloutsos Carnegie Mellon University
Badri Nath
Badri Nath Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Fabrício Benevenuto
Fabrício Benevenuto Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Virgilio Almeida
Virgilio Almeida Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Mirco Musolesi
Mirco Musolesi University College London
Nick Roussopoulos
Nick Roussopoulos University of Maryland, College Park

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