Europass Curriculum Vitae

Personal information
First name(s) / Surname(s)
Address Telephone(s) E-mail(s) Nationality Date of birth Gender

Lucas Alves da Silva

34 rue Bonaparte, 06300 Nice (France) +33 (0) 4 83 45 33 82 goguss@gmail.com Brazilian 04 June 1985 Male Mobile +33 (0) 6 58 09 11 99

Desired employment / Computer Engineer - SW/HW Occupational field Work experience

Dates Occupation or position held Main activities and responsibilities 1 Feb 07 - 1 Aug 07 Intern Verification Engineer - Transfer, adapt and eventually validate other AVR self-tests (built-in embedded C and Assembly code) to the new product (Magneto, AVR 8-bit) - Prepare the production autotest flow for the new product, in order to offer the maximum fault coverage - Optimize BIST development for future automotive AVR microcontrollers Atmel Nantes S.A. La Chantrerie BP 70602, 44308 Nantes (France) Microelectronics 1 Mar 06 - 1 Jun 06 Researcher - Development of a layout compactor CAD module (C++) for a microelectronics synthesis tool, using simulated annealing techniques GME (Microelectronics Group) - UFRGS Av. Bento Gonalves, 9500, 91501-970 Porto Alegre - RS (Brazil) Education 1 Aug 04 - 1 Feb 05 Instructor Study, prepare and present courses to other University students concerning: - the internal components and organization of Dell computers and servers - different uses of Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) and benchmarking of fault tolerance in Dell servers PFT Dell - UFRGS Av. Bento Gonalves, 9500, 91501-970 Porto Alegre - RS (Brazil) Education

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Education and training

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Dates Title of qualification awarded Principal subjects / occupational skills covered Name and type of organisation providing education and training Dates Title of qualification awarded Principal subjects / occupational skills covered

1 Oct 07 - 1 Oct 10 PhD in Microelectronics - Radio-frequency microelectronics power consumption modelling - Top-down development flow including power consumption information - AMS description languages (SystemC-AMS, VHDL-AMS) Universit de Nice Sophia Antipolis - LEAT (University Lab) Bt.4, 250 rue Albert Einstein, 06560 Valbonne (France) 1 Sep 06 - 1 Oct 07 MsC. in Electronics - Specialization in integrated circuits and systems - Microelectronics design and manufacturing processes - Microelectronics for telecom - Embedded systems - New trends in microelectronics Universit Bordeaux I (University) Bt A1- 351 Cours de la Libration, 33405 Talence (France) 1 Mar 03 - 20 Dec 07 Computer Engineer Mainly all aspects of computing and electronics, including software (from algorithm theory to software engineering), telecommunications (protocols, data communication) and digital electronics (digital electronics synthesis, physical design, CAD algorithms), in a multidisciplinary engineering 5-year course. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (University) Av. Paulo Gama, 110, 90040-060 Porto Alegre (Brazil)

Name and type of organisation providing education and training Dates Title of qualification awarded Principal subjects / occupational skills covered

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

Personal skills and competences

Mother tongue(s) Other language(s) Self-assessment European level (*)

Portuguese

Understanding
Listening C2 Proficient user C2 Reading Proficient user Proficient user C2 C1

Speaking
Spoken interaction Proficient user Proficient user Spoken production C2 C1 A2 Proficient user Proficient user Basic User C2 C1 A2

Writing
Proficient user Proficient user Basic User

French English Spanish / Castilian

B2 Independent user C2

B2 Independent user B2 Independent user A2 Basic User (*) Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level

Social skills and competences

- Team spirit and ability to adapt to different multicultural environments, gained through my work and study experiences abroad - Good technical communication skills, obtained after years of academic experience

Technical skills and competences

- Software developer for 7 years, including personal, academic and industrial experiences - Digital microelectronics design and verification (1 year lab experience) - Radio-frequency blocks modelling and verification (main subject of my PhD thesis)

Computer skills and competences

- Short learning process for almost any new technology in computing area - Good programming skills, within any programming paradigm - Microelectronics CAD tools experience of at least 5 years

Artistic skills and competences

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- Music lover, started playing drums and percussion last year (2008)
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Other skills and competences

- Quite a good soccer player, winner of some amateur championships and earning biggest scorer trophies B

Driving licence(s)

Additional information - Research publications in national and/or international conferences:

[1] Lucas Alves da Silva et al., "Modlisation de la consommation d'un amplificateur faible bruit", 2me Colloque National do Groupe de Recherche SoC/SiP. Paris, 2008. [2] Lucas Alves da Silva et al., "Estimation de la Consommation d'Amplificateurs de Puissance pour la Simulation Systme", 16mes Journes Nationales Microondes. Grenoble, 2009. [3] L. Alves da Silva et al., "Hierarchical modeling of a 2.4-GHz power amplifier for energy consumption analysis at system level", 5th IEEE International Conference on PhD Research in Microelectronics and Electronics (PRIME 2009). Cork, 2009. [4] Rami Khouri, Benjamin Nicolle, Lucas Alves Da Silva, William Tatinian, Gilles Jacquemod, "Evaluation of SystemC-AMS Modeling capabilities of RF Front End non-linearities: Satellite Receiver Case Study", 12th Forum on Specification and Design Languages (FDL 2009). Sophia Antipolis, 2009. [5] Lucas Alves Da Silva et al., "BER and Power Estimation of a Bluetooth Transceiver at System Level", SAME 2009 University Booth. Sophia Antipolis, 2009. - Marital status: single with no children - If any reference is needed, please demand me privately.

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