Team

PROMOTERS

Hugo Gamboa, PHD on Electrical and Computer Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) on Behavioral Biometrics, he is a researcher at the Human Kinetics Faculty of the Technical University of Lisbon and collaborates with Communications Theory and Pattern Recognition Group (TCRP) of the Lisbon's pole of Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT). He teached Artificial Intelligence courses at Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Setúbal between 2001 and 2007;
 
Filipe Silva, Master in Electrical and Computers Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), researcher and computer programmer at Instituto de Optimização Aplicada (IOA) since 2001;
 
Hugo Silva, Master in Electrical and Computers Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), he is a researcher at the Communications Theory and Pattern Recognition Group (TCRP) of the Lisbon's pole of Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT) since 2005;
 
Rui Falcão, professional Manager in IT companies for more than 10 years. With a Degree in Computer Science, he has experience in negotiation in matters of corporate acquisition and fusion, as well as a great know-how on trade and international markets.

 

COLLABORATORS

Hardware

Paulo Aires, Technical Engineer in Electronics and Computers Engineering at Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Setubal (EST) since 2007. He worked since 1996 in electronics equipment repairing.

Xiangdong Zeng, with a degree in Material Molding and Control Engineering, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, Shanxi Province, P. R. China. He worked for SMC(China) Co.,Ltd.(Beijing), and focused on the molding design and the production technics from 2005 to 2008.

Software

Gonçalo Martins, with a Degree in Electronics at "Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile" (France), post-graduate in signals processing by "Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse" (France). He worked as project Engineer at O.G.M.A. (Aeronauthic Industry of Portugal), as an Analyst-Programmer at Logicad3D of Logitech Group, as consultant at Cap-Gemini Portugal, and as an Analyst-Programmer at Petrotec. In 2006 he post-graduated in Project Management at Instituto Superior de Gestão;

Nuno Cardoso, with a degree in Communication Design at Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias. Previously collaborated with the Portuguese Red Cross, in the department "Juventude", he also made a number of freelance work for various entities like Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) and UID OPECE of Universidade Lusófona. Nowadays, he is also maintaining his own design blog.

Research

Nuno Garcia, Ph.D on Engineering and Computer Science from University of Beira Interior (UBI, Covilhã, Portugal). He is member of the Management Comittee of the COST Action IC0703, funded by the European Science Foundation (ESF). He currently teaches subjects related to networks and programming at the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (UAL, Lisboa, Portugal) and Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias (ULHT, Lisboa, Portugal). He is a researcher of the Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT) at UBI and of CICANT (ULHT, Lisbon, Portugal). He is co-author of several international and european patents.

Susana Palma, Master in Biomedical Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST). She was a researcher at Instituto de Engenharia de Estruturas Território e Construção of Instituto Superior Técnico (ICIST) in the area of Biomechanics in 2006/2007.

Business

César Moreira, with a Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP). He worked as an electronics technician at Microprocessador S.A. (an EFACEC company), and later as a promoter at Cintra Beer Company.

Paula Pleavin, with a Law degree from Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Clássica de Lisboa. She was an executive assistant and office coordinator at IBM Portugal.