Im a Lecturer in the Informatics Engineering Department (www.dei.isep.ipp.pt) of Superior Institute of Engineering of Porto (www.isep.ipp.pt) of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto from more than 18 years. This, after spending a few years in the software industry.
  I was a member of the Pedagogical Council of my school, ISEP, till July 2010. I was also the coordinator of the International Relations of my department for about 10 years. I am a researcher of the LABORIS/CIETI group (Research Lab on Systems) at ISEP. I am a member of the Portuguese sectorial committe responsible for analysing SE and IS documents produced by the JTC1/SC7 from ISO/IEC.
  I cooperate with the software engineering community in general, for example, for the SWEBOK and ESPICE. I also collaborate with some  scientific events, as a committee member or as a reviewer, among other things ... (see also the Department’s Prog. Context - CPROGDEI).
  My main current research interests are on software quality, empirical research, software evolution and software engineering education. Some reasons for these interests: in software, in general, people accept each new idea/fashion as a salvation. Too many people never read F. Brooks or Watts Humphrey and too many people ignore scientific scrutiny. So, are we really educating engineers?

    I appreciate all that, but there is more than that, much more. During my free times I enjoy to be with the family, to read and to run a little on the trails.