rdegrande@brocku.ca
+1 (905) 688-5550 ext. 3090
1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way
St Catharines, Ontario, Canada L2S 3A1
VRU Composition for Resource Management in VCC Networks. Binal Tejani and Robson E. De Grande. 26th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC), Accepted, 2021 |
An adaptive and Distributed Traffic Management System using Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks. Thiago S. Gomides, Robson E. De Grande, Allan M. de Souza, Fernanda S. H. Souza, Leandro A. Villas, Daniel L. Guidoni. Elsevier Computer Communications, 159: 317-330, 2020 |
Book Intelligent Transport System in Smart Cities: Aspects and Challenges of Vehicular Networks and Cloud. Rodolfo I. Meneguette, Robson E. De Grande, Antonio A. F. Loureiro. in Series: Urban Computing. Publisher: Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-93332-0. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319- 93332-0. Pages 390. 2018 |
My research interests primarily involve algorithms and protocols for supporting and enabling large-scale distributed systems, which concern urban computing, intelligent transportation, and PDES (Parallel Discrete-event Simulations). Due to the focus on high performance, my projects make use of optimization strategies, [meta-]heuristics, and learning algorithms in a distributed setup.
My research work thus faces challenges on the complexity and scale of problems, fairness, unpredictability, and volatility. I have explored the MDP (Markov Decision Process) modelling to tackle uncertainty. Game Theory models enable fair allocation in a distributed fashion. Supported and Supported Learning tools, as well as meta-heuristics, allow classification and characterization of traffic in ITS, IoT, and urban computing.
My research experience and interests are ample and substantially revolves around distributed systems and wireless networks.
Due to their large-scale nature, my project makes used of simulators to validate and evaluate new designs. Vehicular network simulators support my current works on Intelligent Transportation and Vehicular Systems, particularly Veins framework, which runs OMNet++ and SUMO.
Please refer to my Publications and list of Projects for my past scientific works.
Please contact me if you are a student interested in pursuing an MSc. degree or conducting an undergraduate research project, mainly if you share some of my above-listed, research interests. I am happy to discuss and encourage any potential interest or application.
Before you suggest any potential project, I strongly recommend you to take a close look at my past works and publications to identify relevant topics that fall in my field of expertise.
If you have any inquiries or concerns, contact me. Advice to students seeking graduate supervision:
Computer Networks
Advanced Object Oriented Programming
Computer Systems