Paulo Pedreiras
Papers
11
Total Citations
223
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About
Paulo Pedreiras is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of real-time distributed systems, wireless communication protocols, and cooperative autonomous robotics. His most influential contribution — the Flexible Time-Triggered (FTT) paradigm, published in 2003 and accumulated over 71 citations — introduced a groundbreaking approach to Quality of Service management in distributed real-time systems, addressing the growing demands of applications spanning avionics, automotive control, and robotics. Building on this foundation, he developed FTT-Ethernet, extending elastic task modeling to networked message streams, and proposed adaptive TDMA protocols tailored for soft real-time wireless communication among mobile agents. Pedreiras is also closely associated with the CAMBADA project, a multi-robot soccer initiative that served as a rich testbed for distributed sensing, real-time middleware, and multiagent coordination — work that collectively earned over 80 additional citations. His research into task management on general-purpose operating systems and distributed software infrastructures further demonstrates his commitment to practical, deployable real-time solutions. Across his career, Pedreiras has consistently bridged theoretical protocol design with concrete robotic systems, making him a valuable reference for researchers working on embedded systems, autonomous agents, and time-sensitive networked applications.
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- 4CAMBADA Soccer Team: from Robot Architecture to Multiagent Coordination21 citations · 2010
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- 10Supporting flexible real-time communication on distributed systems8 citations · 2003