tek

Nuno Cunha
 tekever
Research Department
phone (+351) 213 304 300
fax   (+351) 213 304 301
Av. República, 35-7º
1050-186 Lisboa
www.tekever.com 

nuno.cunha@tekever.com 
ao.portela@tekever.com

tek: Tekever, Portugal

Tekever is an European SME information technology company based in Portugal. The main activity is software development for embedded systems, Internet, wireless networks (GSM, GPRS, UMTS, Bluetooth) and system integration namely several hardware devices).

Tekever's staff is mainly formed by graduates in software, computer and electronic engineering, with skills in hardware/software integration, real-time systems and experience in several software projects.

In artificial intelligence area we have experience in: multiple AI agents, search techniques, Bayesian systems (decision), genetic algorithms, planning, data mining  and fuzzy logic.

The projects tekever is working now include navigation units, software integration with PDA's, GPS units and communication using GSM or GPRS.

We are also developing several Internet-based applications.

In the embedded area we are experienced in OS9, Xilinx and Linux embedded operative systems using Java, VHDL, C and C++ programming languages. We use a custom Linux distribution in embedded systems and small Java Virtual Machines in portable devices with limited resources.

These and other projects contributed to present know-how:

·        Experience in OS9, Xilinx and Linux embedded operative systems using Java, VHDL, C and C++ programming languages.

·        Other programming languages: Java Card, GSM SIM Toolkit, Embedded VC++, Embedded VB, Javascript, VBscript, and others.

·        A customized Linux distribution is used in embedded systems projects.

·        Use of small Java Virtual Machines in portable devices with limited resources.

·        Software design and development.

·        Wireless technologies.

·        Communication Protocols: GSM (SMS, CSD, HSCSD), GPRS, 802.11b, Bluetooth, IrDA, TCP/IP, HTTP;

·        Java Enterprise applications (J2EE), CORBA, XML.

·        Web technologies.

·        Web servers: Apache, Tomcat and Jboss with HTTP/HTTPS communication. Client Interfaces: HTML, JSP, Applet, MIDlet, PDA and Servlet.

·        Use of XST/XSLT for interface information format change. Use of XML for transmitting data between server and clients.

·        Mobile terminals: PDA and SMART/Java phones.

·        SQL/Relational Data Bases (Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Informix, MySQL).

·        Navigation terminals: GPS/EGNOS, ESRI Shapefiles, C-MAP.

·        Operative systems: Windows, Linux, Unix, PocketPC 2002, Symbian EPOC, Palm OS, Embedded Linux, Pocket Linux.

·        Artificial intelligence - intelligent agents, search algorithms, genetic algorithms, planning and fuzzy logic.

Eng. Nuno Cunha - Research Dir., Software and Computer Engineer.

Since January 2001 he is the Research coordinator, working on:

• Research and development coordination.
• Evaluation and study of technologies for mobile devices and wireless networks.
• Technical management of a project for vending machines automation.
• Technical management of a project for mobile games development, in GSM networks using Java 2 Micro Edition phones.
• Technical management of several projects for office mobile automation, with Windows CE and Palm handhelds.
• Development of prototypes in SIM Java Card technology for GSM networks.
• LOBAS (ESA ARTES-5) project manager (Coordinator).
• ENABLED (IST IP) task manager (partner).
• AVITRACK (Aeronautics STREP) task manager (partner).
• FRESH (Aeronautics STREP) task manager (partner).
• SCRATCH IV ((Aeronautics SSA) contact point (partner).

He has already worked on:

·         Hardware assembly and integration.

·         Research on the wireless market technologies and future mobile applications and services.

·         Embedded systems and software.

·        Software development, in Microsoft Visual Basic 3.0, of management a COTS.

·        Security study in the Microsoft Windows OS.

·        Software code review, maintenance and development, in Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0, of a scheduling COTS product.

·        Software programming, in Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0, of OCX / Active components for data ciphering.

·        Study of an electronic commerce platform from Oracle, Internet Commerce Server (actual iStore), based on Oracle Web Application Server and Oracle 8 Data Base server.

·         Development of a virtual store prototype, on Oracle ICS.

·         Study of GSM / SMS protocols and Java Card development environment.

·         Design and development of a technological infrastructure to support value added services on GSM networks.

·         Study of Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and Wireless Markup Language (WML). Prototype development kits analysis.

·         Development of a payment agent for the Open Market Transact eCommerce Platform.

·         Participation in a project to deploy web-based payments, in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, IIS and SQL Server.

Eng. Pedro Vale - Engineering Dir.,

Software and Computer Engineer, specialization in Artificial Intelligence, Finished his M.Sc. in Computer and Informatics Engineering, specialization in Information and Knowledge.

Since May 2001 is the Engineering Director working in:

• Various prototypes of small applications in small mobile devices such as GSM phones and PDAs (PalmOS, WindowsCE, Symbian EPOC, Java 2 Micro Edition).
• Development of a multi channel COTS product for data deployment into different devices (web, PDAs, mobile phones) using J2EE and XML.
• Search Techniques.
• Java 2 SE and web programming.
• Visual C++, Visual Basic and SQL programming.