
Ph.D.Student in Computer Sciences
Greater Pittsburgh Area

Ph.D.Student in Computer Sciences
Greater Pittsburgh Area
Development of Advanced Software Systems and Applications; Design, Implementation and Control of Computer Systems and Networks; Knowledge about Techniques and Methodologies of Systems Analysis, software Engineering and Software Project Management Design and Development of Information Systems.
Design and Development of User Interfaces and Multimedia Systems; Knowledge about Data Warehouses and Data Analytic Processing; Development of Intelligent Systems, Knowledge-based Systems and Decision Support Systems; Integration of Information Technologies in Industrial Systems and Services; Connection between Information Technologies and Management Enterprises Sciences; Technology Transfer and Innovation.
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)
(Computer Software industry)
February 2005 — Present (4 years 11 months)
Researcher
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Human Resources industry)
December 2003 — February 2005 (1 year 3 months)
Attend clients to create accounts and financial investments.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Food & Beverages industry)
November 2002 — December 2003 (1 year 2 months)
(Educational Institution; Computer Software industry)
July 2003 — October 2003 (4 months)
Programming aspects in low level of the Solar Radio Spectrograph of the CICGE (Geospatial Sciences Research Center) of the Faculty of Sciences of Porto University in Portugal.
Ph.D. , Computer Science , 2008 — 2012 (expected)
Ph.D. , Computer Sciences , 2007 — 2008
Pedagogical Skills for Professional Instructors (CAP) , 2006 — 2007
Pedagogy, Andragogy, Teaching Strategies. Concepts and principles in designing, planning, and adapting instruction. Monitoring Student Learning During Instruction. Interpretation and Use of Assessments
Information Science Engineering , 2001 — 2006
University Degree
New Technologies, Learning Technologies, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Semantic Web
ACM, SIGWEB, Portuguese Association for Scholarship Holders (ABIC)
• Best Senior Students of the year 2005/2006. Granted by the Polytechnic of Porto, for being one the best students in that year and for graduating with a final mark of 17 in 20
• Academic year of 2002/2003. Student of the Year of the Information Science Engineering Course, for having the best grades during that academic year
• Academic year of 2001/2002. Student of the Year of the Information Science Engineering course, for having the best grades during that academic year
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Scholarships Awarded:
• Scholarship in scientific research, 03/2007 to 10/2008, granted by FCT - Portugal
• Scholarship in scientific research, 02/2005 to 02/2007, granted by FCT - Portugal
• Ph.D. Scholarship in the scope of the MAP-i Doctoral Program in Computer Sciences. Granted by FCT - Portugal
• Ph.D. Scholarship in the scope of the CMU-Portugal Doctoral Program in Computer Sciences. Granted by the ICTI