Publications

My research has been published in various international conferences and journals. Below you can find a selection of my publications organized by year.

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On the spatiotemporal knowledge-driven vulnerability assessment of urban areas: A clustering-based approach

João Carlos N. Bittencourt, Daniel G. Costa, Paulo Portugal, Maycon Peixoto, Francisco Vasques International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

The Road to Intelligent Cities

João Carlos N. Bittencourt, Thiago C. Jesus, João Paulo Just Peixoto, Daniel G. Costa Smart Cities

Achieving Sustainable Smart Cities through Geospatial Data-Driven Approaches

Daniel G. Costa, João Carlos N. Bittencourt, Franklin Oliveira, João Paulo Just Peixoto, Thiago C. Jesus Sustainability

Journal Articles

On the role of AI in building generative urban intelligence

João Carlos N. Bittencourt, Thommas K. S. Flores, Thiago Jesus, D. M. Costa Artificial Intelligence Review

Journal Articles

On the spatiotemporal knowledge-driven vulnerability assessment of urban areas: A clustering-based approach

João Carlos N. Bittencourt, Daniel G. Costa, Paulo Portugal, Maycon Peixoto, Francisco Vasques International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

The Road to Intelligent Cities

João Carlos N. Bittencourt, Thiago C. Jesus, João Paulo Just Peixoto, Daniel G. Costa Smart Cities

Conference Papers

Embedded AI for Intelligent Wildfire Monitoring: A Multi-Sensor and Vision-Driven Approach

João Carlos N. Bittencourt, Thommas Flores, Thiago C. Jesus, Ivanovitch Silva, Daniel G. Costa IECON 2025 – 51st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society

Dependability-Driven Planning of Wireless Sensor Networks for Smart Cities Using Machine Learning

Thiago C. Jesus, Thommas Flores, João Carlos N. Bittencourt, Ivanovitch Silva, Daniel G. Costa, João P. S. Catalào IECON 2025 – 51st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society

Urban Emergencies in the Age of 15-Minute Cities: Assessing Response Capability to Critical Situations

João Paulo J. Peixoto, João Carlos N. Bittencourt, Thiago Jesus, D. M. Costa 2025 IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2)

Context-Aware Sensor Active Prioritization for Emergency Management in Smart Cities

João Carlos N. Bittencourt, D. M. Costa, Paulo Portugal 2025 IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2)

A Multi-Domain Geospatial Framework for the Assessment of Urban Preparedness to Emergencies

João Carlos N. Bittencourt, Paulo Portugal, D. M. Costa 2025 IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2)

From Fragmentation to Integration: A Framework for Heterogeneous IoT-based Smart City Systems

Tiago A. Amorim, João Carlos N. Bittencourt, Daniel G. Costa, Paulo Portugal 2025 IEEE 30th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA)

Edge-AI Framework for Fire Detection in Wildland-Urban Interface using TinyML

Rodrigo Santa Comba Coelho da Silva, João Carlos N. Bittencourt, Daniel G. Costa 2025 IEEE 30th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA)

Preprints

On the Role of AI in Building Generative Urban Intelligence

João Carlos N. Bittencourt, Thommas Flores, Thiago C. Jesus, Daniel G. Costa Research Square

Journal Articles

A method to promote safe cycling powered by large language models and AI agents

Daniel G. Costa, Ivanovitch Silva, Morsinaldo Medeiros, João Carlos N. Bittencourt, Matheus Antônio Nogueira de Andrade MethodsX

A data-driven clustering approach for assessing spatiotemporal vulnerability to urban emergencies

João Carlos N. Bittencourt, Daniel G. Costa, Paulo Portugal, Francisco Vasques Sustainable Cities and Society

Achieving Sustainable Smart Cities through Geospatial Data-Driven Approaches

Daniel G. Costa, João Carlos N. Bittencourt, Franklin Oliveira, João Paulo Just Peixoto, Thiago C. Jesus Sustainability

An FPGA Integrated 2D Graphic Processor for Enhanced Digital Design and Computer Architecture Education

Gabriel Sá B. Alves, João Carlos N. Bittencourt, Anfranserai Morais Dias IEEE Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje

A Survey on Adaptive Smart Urban Systems

João Carlos N. Bittencourt, Daniel G. Costa, Paulo Portugal, Francisco Vasques IEEE Access

Conference Papers

Towards Lightweight Fire Detection at the Extreme Edge based on Decision Trees

João Carlos N. Bittencourt, Daniel G. Costa, Paulo Portugal, Francisco Vasques 2024 IEEE 22nd Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON)

Smart Cities for Equitable Societies: Promoting Digital Equality, Trust, and Ethical Governance

João Carlos N. Bittencourt, Daniel G. Costa, Paulo Portugal, Francisco Vasques 2024 IEEE Smart Cities Futures Summit (SCFC)

MobiAlert: A Data-Driven Embedded System Approach to Enhance Safety for Cyclists

José Miguel Ferreira, João Carlos N. Bittencourt, Daniel G. Costa 2024 IEEE Smart Cities Futures Summit (SCFC)

Journal Articles

Optimisation Techniques for Compact CNN on Embedded Systems for Gesture Recognition

João Carlos N. Bittencourt, Walber Conceição de Jesus Rocha U Porto Journal of Engineering

Exploiting geospatial data of connectivity and urban infrastructure for efficient positioning of emergency detection units in smart cities

João Paulo Just Peixoto, João Carlos N. Bittencourt, Thiago C. Jesus, Daniel G. Costa, Paulo Portugal, Francisco Vasques Computers Environment and Urban Systems

Conference Papers

Dynamic Sensor Configuration for Multi-target Emergency Detection in Smart Cities

João Carlos N. Bittencourt, Daniel G. Costa, Paulo Portugal, Francisco Vasques 2023 IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2)

Conference Papers

Desenvolvimento de um sistema de visão computacional aplicado ao futebol de robôs

Vitor da Silva Dias, João Carlos Nunes Bittencourt Anais da XXII Escola Regional de Computação Bahia, Alagoas e Sergipe (ERBASE 2022)

Metodologia extensionista para o ensino virtual de Inteligência Artificial e robótica em ambientes virtuais de aprendizagem

LUIS Cardoso de Medeiros, GLEICE Kelly Barbosa Souza, KEVIN Luís dos Santos, VICTORIA Emanuela Alves Oliveira, LUCAS Lopes Rios da Silva, João Carlos N. Bittencourt, PAULO Fábio Figueiredo Rocha, ANDRE Luiz Carvalho Ottoni Proceedings of the L Brasilian Congress of Engineering Education

ITUBERÁBots: uma visão extensionista para o futebol de robôs no baixo Sul da Bahia

Kevin Luís dos Santos, Anderson dos Santos, João Carlos N. Bittencourt, PAULO Fábio Figueiredo Rocha, ANDRE Luiz Carvalho Ottoni Proceedings of the L Brasilian Congress of Engineering Education

Conference Papers

Modelagem e Controle PID de Robos Móveis Aplicados a Categoria Very Small Size de Futebol de Robôs

Lucas L. R. da Silva, Paulo Fábio F. Rocha, André Luiz Carvalho Ottoni, João Carlos N. Bittencourt Anais da XXI Escola Regional de Computação Bahia, Alagoas e Sergipe (ERBASE 2021)

Avaliando a Eficácia de Redes Neurais Artificiais para Reconhecimento de Face Utilizando Raspberry Pi

Ejziel Sampaio Santos, Fabrício Velôso de Jesus, Walber Conceição de Jesus Rocha, João Carlos N. Bittencourt Anais da XXI Escola Regional de Computação Bahia, Alagoas e Sergipe (ERBASE 2021)

Journal Articles

Sistema de Medição de Distância Baseado em Visão Computacional Utilizando Laser de Linha

Walber C. Jesus Rocha, Samuel R. Jesus, João Carlos N. Bittencourt Revista de Sistemas e Computação - RSC

Conference Papers

Uma Revisão sobre Tecnologias Aplicadas ao Futebol de Robôs

Walber C. de Jesus, Ejziel Sampaio Santos, Glendon S. dos Santos, Lucas L. R. da Silva, Fabrício Velôso de Jesus, Matheus N. Tavares, Kevin L. dos Santos, Higor Santos de Jesus, Paulo Fábio F. Rocha, João Carlos N. Bittencourt, André Luiz Carvalho Ottoni Anais do Congresso Brasileiro de Automática 2020

Metodologia Extensionista para o Ensino de Futebol de Robôs

Higor Santos de Jesus, João Augusto M. Peixoto de Jesus, Anderson dos Santos, André Luiz Carvalho Ottoni, João Carlos N. Bittencourt, Paulo Fábio F. Rocha Anais do Congresso Brasileiro de Automática 2020

Conference Papers

Performance and Energy Efficiency Analysis of Reverse Time Migration on a FPGA Platform

João Carlos N. Bittencourt, J. R. S. Oliveira, Anderson Amorim do Nascimento, Rodrigo Carvalho Tutu, Laue Rami Souza Costa de Jesus, Georgina Gonzalez Rojas, Deusdete Miranda Matos, Leonardo Fialho, A. T. da Cunha Lima, Erick Giovani Sperandio Nascimento, D. M. Souza, Adhvan Furtado, Wagner Luiz Alves de Oliveira 2019 IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Heterogeneous High-performance Reconfigurable Computing (H2RC)

Imageamento Sísmico com FPGA Aplicado a Migração Reversa no Tempo

Joaquim R. S. de Oliveira, João Carlos N. Bittencourt, Deusdete Miranda Matos, Anderson Amorim do Nascimento, Laue Rami Souza Costa de Jesus, Georgina Gonzalez Rojas, Rodrigo Carvalho Tutu, Wagner Luiz Alves de Oliveira, Silvano Moreira Blucher Engineering Proceedings

Conference Papers

Availability issues for relevant area coverage in wireless visual sensor networks

Daniel G. Costa, Cristian Durán-Faúndez, João Carlos N. Bittencourt 2017 CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON)

Conference Papers

VLSI architecture design and implementation of a LDPC encoder for the IEEE 802.22 WRAN standard

Nelson Alves Ferreira Neto, J. R. S. Oliveira, Wagner Luiz Alves de Oliveira, João Carlos N. Bittencourt 2015 25th International Workshop on Power and Timing Modeling, Optimization and Simulation (PATMOS)

CLEFIA Implementation with Full Key Expansion

João Carlos N. Bittencourt, João Carlos Resende, Wagner Luiz de Oliveira, Ricardo Chaves 2015 Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design

Conference Papers

The Simple Genetic Algorithm Performance: A Comparative Study on the Operators Combination

Delmar Broglio Carvalho, Carlos N. Bittencourt, Thiago D'Martin Maia 2011 International Conference on Advanced Communications and Computation (INFOCOMP)

Conference Papers

PBL Manager: Uma ferramenta de compartilhamento de problemas para auxílio à metodologia de ensino PBL

José Amâncio Macedo Santos, Jhielson Montino Pimentel, João Carlos N. Bittencourt, Roberto Silva Nunes Lago Brazilian Symposium on Computers in Education (Simpósio Brasileiro de Informática na Educação - SBIE)