Dr. Francisco Airton Silva

Education. Francisco Airton Silva received a B.S. degree in Information Systems from the Instituto Federal do Piauí (IFPI) in 2008, and an M.S. degree (2013) and a Ph.D. degree (2017) in Computer Science from the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE).

Academic and Professional Experience. He is currently a Professor of Information Systems at the Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI), Brazil. In 2015, he studied at Sapienza Università di Roma. He has collaborated with multinational technology companies such as EMC and OKI. He coordinates the PASID Lab and supervises M.Sc. and Ph.D. students.

Research Interests. His research interests include distributed systems, with an emphasis on cloud–fog–edge integration, mobile computing, and performance evaluation techniques.

Main Publications
Google Scholar Publication List
Current Disciplines

Scientific Methodology (undergrad course)
Analytical Modeling (grad course)
Practical Measurement Methods (grad course)

My Books (in portuguese)

O GUIA COMPLETO DO TCC NOTA 10
METODOLOGIA CIENTÍFICA PARA A ÁREA DE EXATAS UMA ABORDAGEM PRÁTICA
Modelagem de Sistemas Computacionais: Uma Abordagem Simplificada

Research Group

PASID Website
Registration in the CAPES Directory


Curriculum Vitae: Lattes
Email: faps@ufpi.edu.br
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8211-6060
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Supervision

Current Students

Undergraduate
Master
PhD
Research organization

Students by Research Line

Digital Twins

Digital representations and models used to monitor, analyze, and optimize the behavior of computing and cyber-physical systems.

  • Iure de Sousa Fé
  • José Miqueias de Araújo Pereira
  • Lucas Silva Lopes
  • Jonas César Gomes Nunes
  • Pedro Henrique de Carvalho Sousa
Federated Learning

Distributed machine learning with emphasis on hierarchical architectures, resource heterogeneity, and performance evaluation.

  • Luis Guilherme Sousa e Silva
  • Francinaldo de Sousa Barbosa
  • João Marcos Sousa Rufino Leal
  • Gustavo Antonio de Sousa
Drone-based Systems

Use of unmanned aerial vehicles in data collection, communication, logistics, and distributed system applications.

  • Leonel Feitosa Correia
  • Arthur Sabino Santos
  • Gabriel Oliveira Campos Mourão de Sousa
Security

Security and resilience of distributed systems, including attack detection, mitigation strategies, and moving target defense.

  • Israel Cardoso Araújo
  • Iago Roberto Esmério Almeida
  • Luiza Oliveira Paiva
LoRaWAN and IoT

Low-power wide-area networks and Internet of Things applications, with focus on communication, energy efficiency, and system performance.

  • Melissa Oliveira Alves
  • Vandirleya Barbosa da Costa
  • Luiz Nelson dos Santos Lima
Previous supervision

Former Students

Master
Post-Doc
PhD