Danilo Pena Email & Phone Number

Montreal, QC, CA

Porto, Portugal

Research member of Systems and Technologies Group (SYSTEC) at Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP). Worked in R&D activities on the topics: Estimation and Control, Optimization, Signal Processing, and Artificial Intelligence.

Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

• Software Engineer in Protocol Team Group at Samsung R&D Institute (Sidia)Responsibilities:
• Responsible for delivering the 2G/3G/4G/5G protocol stack for Samsung devices in Latin America
• Research studies related to wireless communication networks and statistical signal processing
• Development of solutions for modem software of multiple chipset platforms
• Problem-solving support to Samsung mobile products release

Natal Area, Brazil

• Project: Audio and speech processing in vehicles using machine learningI coordinated and planned a research project for audio and speech processing in vehicles. We have built a setup with a microphone array and a.
• Creating an embedded system located on the car's panel to collect, compute and… Show more Project: Audio and speech processing in vehicles using machine learningI coordinated and planned a research project for audio.
• Creating an embedded system located on the car's panel to collect, compute and store the data
• Assessing the acoustic noise level inside a vehicle
• Analyzing car features based on vehicle interior noise using machine learning
• Coordinating a team for the project supervised by Prof. Dr. Vicente Sousa Show less

Natal E Região, Brasil

• Project: Source localization based on acoustic signals over impulsive noiseI have worked on source localization systems, where I proposed a novel robust method for acoustic localization in severe noise conditions. This.
• Designing a robust source localization solution considering impulsive acoustic noise (non-Gaussian models)
• Characterization of acoustic noise in… Show more Project: Source localization based on acoustic signals over impulsive noiseI have worked on source localization systems, where I proposed a novel robust method for.
• Characterization of acoustic noise in different real scenarios
• Implementing a simulator with a collection of localization methods, channel and noise models, and performance metrics using MatlabProject: Data acquisition of microphones arrayWe have produced a mobile experimental.
• Writing embedded C code to acquire multichannel data in Texas Instruments ARM Cortex-M4F

Natal Area, Brazil

• Researching, teaching and advising activities within the Department of Communications Engineering at Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. I conducted signal processing projects for embedded systems in different.
• Digital Signal Processing
• Signals & Linear Systems
• Digital Systems
• … Show more Researching, teaching and advising activities within the Department of Communications Engineering at Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. I conducted signal processing projects for embedded systems in.
• Digital Systems LaboratoryTeaching of short courses:

Natal Area, Brazil

Teaching probability and statistics for undergraduate students at School of Sciences and Technology. I also examined artificial intelligence solutions for finances, such as a deep learning system for forecasting in Brazil stock market, and regression analysis for econometry in time series.

Natal Area, Brazil

• Project: Similarity measure based on Correntropy Coefficients in FPGATasks and Responsibilities:
• Research in Information Theoretic Learning (ITL) and Automatic Modulation Classification (AMC)
• Modeling and development of Correntropy in VHDL
• Simulations and tests using Modelsim and Altera DE2Project: Research and development of similarity measures for a face recognition systemTasks and Responsibilities:
• Development of novelty highlight detection method for… Show more Project: Similarity measure based on Correntropy Coefficients in FPGATasks and Responsibilities:
• Development of novelty highlight detection method for image processing based on statistical analysis

Natal, RN

• Project: Development of firmware and software to validate a new protocol for an RFID system.Tasks and Responsibilities:
• Development of embedded software applied to the RFID system
• Research and development of communication protocol based on EPCglobal
• Development of interface software and libraries in Qt
• Version Control in Git

Natal Area, Brazil

• Project: Smart Home Automation SystemI worked as a lead firmware engineer where I designed embedded systems using ultra-low-power processors. I was responsible for modeling, designing, implementing, and testing.
• Modeling of a high-level communication protocol, implementing the stack in… Show more Project: Smart Home Automation SystemI worked as a lead firmware engineer where I designed embedded systems using ultra-low-power.
• Modeling of a high-level communication protocol, implementing the stack in C libraries for reuse in the future
• Creating embedded C++ codes for continuous integration (accelerometers, gyroscope, and environmental sensors) using HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) and best practices
• Testing and validating embedded software solutions for ZigBee technology and other RF transceivers modulesProjects: Aquaculture and continuous monitoring systemI provided auxiliar solutions for this project such as PCB.
• Development of control algorithms applied to the aquaculture system

Natal, RN

I worked in the quality control department at SINFO. I participated in the testing team, providing identification of defects in the Java systems.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Automation And Systems

Master'S Degree, Communication System And Automation

Bachelor'S Degree, Electrical Engineering