Dr. Arthur S. de Sena

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About Me

Arthur S. de Sena is a researcher with the 6G Flagship at the University of Oulu, Finland. His work focuses on advanced wireless communication networks, covering system modeling, simulation, optimization, and performance analysis. He holds leadership and management roles within nationally funded initiatives in Finland and contributes to international collaborations with academic and research institutions across multiple countries in Europe, Asia, and the Americas.

Previously, Dr. Sena was a researcher at the AI and Digital Science Research Center at the Technology Innovation Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE (Nov. 2022 – May 2023). From 2019 to 2022, he was a junior researcher in the Cyber-Physical Systems Group at LUT University, Lappeenranta, Finland. He received his D.Sc. degree (with distinction) in Electrical Engineering from LUT, Finland, in 2022, and the M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees in Teleinformatics Engineering and Computer Engineering from the Federal University of Ceará, Brazil, in 2019 and 2017, respectively. During his bachelor's studies, he was an exchange student in Computer Engineering at the Armour College of Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA (Aug. 2014 – Dec. 2015). Dr. Sena received the Nokia Foundation Award (Oct. 2020), the LUT Research Foundation Award (Dec. 2020), and the IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) Best Paper Award (Dec. 2022). He has authored several peer-reviewed publications in leading journals and flagship conferences, serves as an Editor for IEEE Communications Letters, and is a member of the IEEE Communications Society.

Expertise Areas

  • Wireless communication networks
  • Signal processing for wireless systems
  • Performance analysis and evaluation
  • System modeling and simulation
  • Resource allocation and optimization
  • Machine learning

Education

Doctor of Science in Electrical Engineering (with distinction)

2019 – 2022

University: Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT), Finland

Dissertation: Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces and Advanced Multiple Access Techniques for Multi-Antenna Wireless Communication Systems

Supervisors: Prof. Pedro H. J. Nardelli, Prof. Daniel B. da Costa, Prof. Petar Popovski

Master of Science in Teleinformatics Engineering

2018 – 2019

University: Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Brazil

Master’s Thesis: Design and performance enhancement of multi-cluster multi-user massive MIMO-NOMA networks

Supervisor: Prof. Daniel B. da Costa

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering

2012 – 2017

University: Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Brazil

Bachelor’s Thesis (in Portuguese): Analysis of OFDM Systems with Index Modulation and Non-Linear Power Amplifiers

Supervisor: Prof. Carlos Alexandre Rolim Fernandes

Exchange Program in Computer Engineering

2014 – 2015

University: Illinois Institute of Technology, USA

Supervisor: Prof. Bonnie Haferkamp

Awards & Recognitions

Publications

Journal Papers

Magazine Papers

Contact

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