André Lima Férrer de Almeida

@ufc.br

Professor, Department of Teleinformatics Engineering, Center of Technology
Universidade Federal do Ceará

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Signal Processing, Toxicology
242

Scopus Publications

8370

Scholar Citations

44

Scholar h-index

179

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Low-Complexity Tensor Beamforming for RIS-Aided Multiuser Multistream MIMO Systems
    B Sokal, ALF de Almeida, M Haardt
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.22360 , 2026
    2026
  • Uplink Channel Estimation for Multi-User MISO Systems Assisted by a Fluid Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface
    AL Magalhães, ALF de Almeida, GC Alexandropoulos
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.16609 , 2026
    2026
  • Semi-Blind Receivers for RIS-Aided Fluid Antenna Systems
    JV de Araújo, GT de Araújo, ALF de Almeida
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.18138 , 2026
    2026
  • Multi-Target Estimation via Tensor Decomposition for Beyond Diagonal RIS-Aided Bistatic Sensing
    K Benício, ALF de Almeida, FE Asim, B Sokal, G Fodor, B Makki, ...
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.18852 , 2026
    2026
  • PARAFAC-Based Channel Estimation for Beyond Diagonal Reconfigurable Surfaces
    GT de Araújo, B Sokal, ALF de Almeida
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.26384 , 2026
    2026
  • Channel estimation via tensor decomposition for dynamic metasurface antennas with known mutual coupling: Algorithms and experiments
    J Tapie, B Sokal, ALF de Almeida, P del Hougne
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.19155 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 3
  • Emerging Contaminants in Water Resources: Monitoring Gaps, Treatment Limitations and Governance Challenges in a Global Context with Insights from Portugal
    P Esperanço, A Almeida, T Leal, AC Duarte, L Cruz-Lopes, JM Gonçalves, ...
    Preprints , 2026
    2026
  • PARAFAC-Based Channel Estimation for Beyond Diagonal Reconfigurable Surfaces
    G Tavares de Araújo, B Sokal, ALF de Almeida
    arXiv e-prints, arXiv: 2603.26384 , 2026
    2026
  • Channel Estimation for Beyond Diagonal RIS Exploiting Core Tensor Sparsity
    DC Araújo, ALF de Almeida
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.24150 , 2026
    2026
  • Randomized block Krylov method for approximation of truncated tensor SVD
    MN Kooshkghazi, S Ahmadi-Asl, ALF de Almeida
    Journal of the Franklin Institute, 108475 , 2026
    2026
  • Channel Estimation for Beyond Diagonal RIS Exploiting Core Tensor Sparsity
    D Costa Araújo, ALF de Almeida
    arXiv e-prints, arXiv: 2602.24150 , 2026
    2026
  • Emerging Contaminants in Water Resources: Monitoring Gaps, Treatment Limitations and Governance Challenges with Insights from Portugal
    P Esperanço, T Leal, A Almeida, AC Duarte, L Cruz-Lopes, JM Gonçalves, ...
    Sustainability , 2026
    2026
  • Semi-Blind Joint Channel and Symbol Estimation for Beyond Diagonal Reconfigurable Surfaces
    GT de Araújo, ALF de Almeida, B Sokal, G Fodor
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.15441 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Joint Active and Passive Beamforming Design for Multi-Stream MIMO RIS Systems: A Tensor-Based Approach
    B Sokal, ALF de Almeida, M Haardt
    2025 IEEE 10th International Workshop on Computational Advances in Multi … , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Semi-blind receivers for hybrid reflecting and sensing RIS
    AL Magalhães, ALF De Almeida
    IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society 6, 10542-10566 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 3
  • Channel Estimation for Downlink Communications Based on Dynamic Metasurface Antennas
    AL Magalhães, E Fazal, ALF de Almeida, AL Swindlehurst
    2025 59th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, 1420-1424 , 2025
    2025
  • Error Correction in Bluetooth Low Energy via Neural Network with Reject Option
    WD Almeida, FP Marinho, ALF de Almeida, AR Rocha Neto
    Sensors 25 (19), 6191 , 2025
    2025
  • Characterization of Ionospheric Scintillation Using Deep Learning Models
    RV Pacelli, RL Florindo, F Antreich, ALF de Almeida, A Aragon-Angel, ...
    Proceedings of the 38th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite … , 2025
    2025
  • Tensor-Based Framework for Channel Estimation and Beamforming Optimization in Non-Reciprocal RIS-Assisted Communications
    PRB Gomes, AL Magalhães, ALFD Almeida, GTD Araújo
    TechRxiv 2025 (0910) , 2025
    2025
  • Least-squares Khatri-Rao factorization of a polynomial matrix
    FA Khattak, S Weiss, ALF de Almeida
    2025 33rd European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), 2292-2296 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Tensor decompositions, alternating least squares and other tales
    P Comon, X Luciani, ALF De Almeida
    Journal of Chemometrics: A Journal of the Chemometrics Society 23 (7‐8), 393-405 , 2009
    2009
    Citations: 730
  • Channel estimation for intelligent reflecting surface assisted MIMO systems: A tensor modeling approach
    GT de Araújo, ALF de Almeida, R Boyer
    IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing 15 (3), 789-802 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 510
  • TRICE: A channel estimation framework for RIS-aided millimeter-wave MIMO systems
    K Ardah, S Gherekhloo, ALF de Almeida, M Haardt
    IEEE signal processing letters 28, 513-517 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 272
  • Massive MIMO: survey and future research topics
    DC Araújo, T Maksymyuk, ALF de Almeida, T Maciel, JCM Mota, M Jo
    Iet Communications 10 (15), 1938-1946 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 265
  • Energy efficiency of mmWave massive MIMO precoding with low-resolution DACs
    LN Ribeiro, S Schwarz, M Rupp, ALF de Almeida
    IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing 12 (2), 298-312 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 253
  • PARAFAC-based unified tensor modeling for wireless communication systems with application to blind multiuser equalization
    ALF de Almeida, G Favier, JCM Mota
    Signal Processing 87 (2), 337-351 , 2007
    2007
    Citations: 196
  • A constrained factor decomposition with application to MIMO antenna systems
    ALF de Almeida, G Favier, JCM Mota
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 56 (6), 2429-2442 , 2008
    2008
    Citations: 153
  • Overview of constrained PARAFAC models
    G Favier, ALF de Almeida
    EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing 2014, 1-25 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 151
  • A survey of converging solutions for heterogeneous mobile networks
    M Jo, T Maksymyuk, RL Batista, TF Maciel, ALF De Almeida, M Klymash
    IEEE Wireless Communications 21 (6), 54-62 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 137
  • Tensor space-time-frequency coding with semi-blind receivers for MIMO wireless communication systems
    G Favier, ALF de Almeida
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 62 (22), 5987-6002 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 130
  • Semi-blind receivers for non-regenerative cooperative MIMO communications based on nested PARAFAC modeling
    LR Ximenes, G Favier, ALF de Almeida
    IEEE transactions on signal processing 63 (18), 4985-4998 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 122
  • Tensor-based channel estimation for massive MIMO-OFDM systems
    DC Araújo, ALF De Almeida, JPCL Da Costa, RT de Sousa
    IEEE Access 7, 42133-42147 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 116
  • PARAFAC-PARATUCK semi-blind receivers for two-hop cooperative MIMO relay systems
    LR Ximenes, G Favier, ALF de Almeida, YCB Silva
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 62 (14), 3604-3615 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 112
  • Double Khatri–Rao space-time-frequency coding using semi-blind PARAFAC based receiver
    ALF de Almeida, G Favier
    IEEE Signal Processing Letters 20 (5), 471-474 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 102
  • Tensor space–time (TST) coding for MIMO wireless communication systems
    G Favier, MN Da Costa, ALF De Almeida, JMT Romano
    Signal Processing 92 (4), 1079-1092 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 98
  • Adaptive modulation and coding based on reinforcement learning for 5G networks
    MP Mota, DC Araujo, FHC Neto, ALF de Almeida, FR Cavalcanti
    2019 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps), 1-6 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 97
  • Space-time-frequency (STF) MIMO communication systems with blind receiver based on a generalized PARATUCK2 model
    ALF de Almeida, G Favier, LR Ximenes
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 61 (8), 1895-1909 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 90
  • Multiuser MIMO Systems Using Space–Time–Frequency Multiple-Access PARAFAC Tensor Modeling
    ALF de Almeida, G Favier, JCM Mota
    Optimizing wireless communication systems, 421-461 , 2009
    2009
    Citations: 81
  • Semi-blind receivers for joint symbol and channel estimation in space-time-frequency MIMO-OFDM systems
    K Liu, JPCL Da Costa, HC So, ALF De Almeida
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 61 (21), 5444-5457 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 78
  • Constrained tensor modeling approach to blind multiple-antenna CDMA schemes
    ALF de Almeida, G Favier, JCM Mota
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 56 (6), 2417-2428 , 2008
    2008
    Citations: 76