Edson Da Silva
Professor Adjunct at Universidade Federal de Campina Grande
Paraíba, Brazil
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Top SchoolEdson Da Silva is a Professor Adjunct and Ph.D. in Optical Communications with eight years of experience bridging academic research and applied R&D in high-speed coherent optical transmission. He developed DSP techniques and experimental platforms during his Ph.D. and postdoc at DTU Fotonik, contributing to interdisciplinary efforts on nonlinear fiber effects, WDM systems and information-theoretic approaches to future optical infrastructures. At UFCG he combines teaching with continued research, translating advanced numerical modeling and lab experiments into practical insights for telecom networks. His background includes industry R&D at CPqD, giving him hands-on experience with real-world coherent transmission challenges beyond academia. Colleagues describe him as a creative scientist who values both rigorous analytical thinking and the subconscious leaps that drive breakthroughs. Based in Paraíba, Brazil, he remains engaged with international research networks, including guest scientist work at TU München.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Electrical Engineer, Electrical Engineering/Telecommunications, Electrical Engineer, Electrical Engineering/Telecommunications at Federal University of Campina GrandeDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Optical Communications and Digital Signal Processing, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Optical Communications and Digital Signal Processing at Danmarks Tekniske UniversitetMestre, Engenharia Elétrica - Telecomunicações, Mestre, Engenharia Elétrica - Telecomunicações at UNICAMP - Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Portuguese, English
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Github Skills (27)
python10
sympy10
photonics10
rio10
galois-field10
digital-signal-processing10
electrical-engineering10
cupy10
jupyter-notebook10
numba10
simulation9
wiener-filter8
gradient-descent8
kalman-filter7
system-identification7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
edsonportosilva/SistemasDeComunicacoes
May 2022 - Feb 2023
Contributions:38 commits, 27 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
edsonportosilva/OptiCommPy
Oct 2021 - Jan 2023
Simulate optical communications systems with Python.
Contributions:6 releases, 612 commits, 11 PRs in 1 year 2 months
pythonoptical-communicationsdigital-signal-processingphotonicsjupyter-notebook
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