about
I consider myself to be one from many™ lucky bastards™ that found their opportunity to work with the most hard working and passionate people in humbling and encouraging endeavour such as LXJS, the Lisbon Javascript Conference and Startup Scholarship the first startup internship summer program in Portugal with a summer school and immersion program, and lately at Protocol Labs, pursuing the most inspiring and ambitious project I ever have been part off, upgrading the Web to make it work Distributed, Offline, Faster and more Secure. I’ve a MSc in Engineering with major in Peer-to-Peer Networks from Technical University of Lisbon.
Interested in learning about my experience? Check my Resume.
education
degree
- B.Sc in Communication Networks
- M.Sc with Major in Peer-to-Peer Networks, Cloud Computing and Mobile Applications
fun academic projects
- First browser WebRTC based DHT (Distributed Hash Table)
- Natural Language Processing for Sentiment Analysis on Politics news (understand the opion of the population)
- PADIFS - Distributed File System built on C#
- Hadoop Map Reduce based Weather Data Processing
- Smart Card data encryption and digital signatures for email based transport
- Godfather - P2P based botnet using Pastry routing algorithm and Planet Lab decentralized network
research scholarships
2014
| INESC-ID + FCT European Project, Synergy2012
| IST Researcher - Develop Productivity Courses for High School professors2011
| IST Math Department Researcher for Ops Infrastructure.
certifications
2014
| PADI Open Water Scuba Diver by Haliotis2012
| Animator and Field Monitor for Teenager Vacation Camps by Run&Slide2010
| Android 101 - GPS and Maps API by Opensoft Soluções Informáticas, Lda2010
| IEEE Teacher In-Service Program (TISP) by IEEE EAB2010
| Advanced Linux by NPGFC-IST
service
IEEE
2013 - 2014
| Computer Society Membership Development Coordinator for Region 8 (EMEA)2013
| IEEE Region 8 (EMEA) Electronic Communications Coordinator2013
| IEEE Region 8 (EMEA) madC (Mobile Application Development Competition) Advisor and Judge2012 - 2013
| IEEE-IST Chairperson2012 - 2013
| IEEE Portugal Section WebMaster2012 - 2013
| IEEE Computer Society Student Ambassador for Region 8 (EMEA)2013
| IEEE Region 8 (EMEA) Electronic Communications Coordinator2013
| IEEE Region 8 (EMEA) madC (Mobile Application Development Competition) Advisor and Judge
2013
| Google DevFest Lisbon Organizer Founder and Curator2012 - 2013
| Google Student Ambassador for Europe
awards
Aug 2012
| Winner of Richard E. Merwin Award by IEEE Computer SocietyJul 2012
| 1st Place IEEE Region 8 (EMEA) Website ContestDec 2012
| 3rd Place IEEE Global Website ContestDec 2011
| 1st Place at Microsoft Windows Phone App Code Camp, Palmela, PortugalDec 2011
| 2nd Place with a honorable award at Google Case Competition on BET24H Entrepreneurial Competiton
hobbies
- Capoeira
- Climbing
- Sailing
- Scuba Diving
- Photography
- Video Editing
- Skimboard
- Surf