Academic Management Positions
Position Unit/Area Begin Date End Date
Sub-diretor Master Degree in Information Systems Management 2025-03-31 2027-03-31
Membro (Docente) Plenário do Conselho Científico 2025-03-25 2027-03-13
Director Master Degree in Information Systems Management 2024-01-03 2025-03-31
Membro (Docente) Plenário do Conselho Científico 2023-07-17 2025-03-15
Membro (Docente) Comissão Científica 2023-06-23 2026-06-23
Director Information Sciences, Technologies and Architecture Research Center 2023-06-23 2026-06-23
Presidente Comissão Científica 2023-06-23 2026-06-23
Coordenador do 2º Ano Master Degree in Information Systems Management 2022-01-03 2025-03-31
Coordenador do 1º Ano Master Degree in Information Systems Management 2022-01-03 2025-03-31
Director Master Degree in Information Systems Management 2022-01-03 2024-01-02
Research Networks
Research Network Name Representative Role Period
EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum Investigadora Since 2020
International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications Investigadora Since 2024
Organization/Coordination of Events
Type of Organization/Coordination Event Type Event Title Organizer Period
Member of scientific event committee Conference 2026 Track Decentralized Applications (DAPP) with Blockchain, DLT and Crypto-Currencies The 41th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing - ACM SAC 2026 DAPP Track 2026
Member of scientific event committee Conference The 26th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering (WISE) WISE conference Organizing Committee 2025
Member of scientific event committee Conference 17th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development (KEOD 2025) KEOD chairs and INSTICC 2025
Member of scientific event committee Conference 22nd European, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (EMCIS 2025) EMCIS 2025 - 22nd European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems 2025
Member of scientific event committee Other Type of Event research component of Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC) of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Republic of Bulgaria, 20th NATO EADRCC Emergency Management Exercise “BULGARIA 2025” NATO and Republic of Bulgaria 2025
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference The 16th International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks The Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences 2025
Member of scientific event committee Conference IEEE Global Blockchain Conference IEEE, Tongji University, Shanghai, China 2025
Member of scientific event committee Conference Workshop on Large Language Models for Service-Oriented Architectures and Systems Design in conjunction with the 37th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAISE) 37th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAISE) 2025
Member of scientific event committee Conference Dependable and Secure Web3 Blockchain and Smart Contracts Workshop (DepWeb3) 20th European Dependable Computing Conference 2025
Member of scientific event committee Conference Track Decentralized Applications (DAPP) with Blockchain, DLT and Crypto-Currencies The 40th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing - ACM SAC 2025 DAPP Track 2025
Member of scientific event committee Conference The 25th International Web Information Systems Engineering conference Web Information Systems Engineering conference organization committee, Qatar University 2024
Member of scientific event committee Conference Cloud Computing Track Chair EMCIS 2024 - 21th European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems 2024
Member of scientific event committee Conference IEEE Global Blockchain Conference IEEE, Tongji University, Shanghai, China 2024
Member of scientific event committee Conference Track Decentralized Applications (DAPP) with Blockchain, DLT and Crypto-Currencies The 39th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing - ACM SAC 2024 DAPP Track 2024
Member of scientific event committee Conference Proponent of the Track Cloud Computing EMCIS 2023 - 20th European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems 2023
Member of scientific event committee Conference 3rd International Conference on Blockchain Technology and Information Security ICBCTIS committee 2023
Member of scientific event committee Conference Track Decentralized Applications (DAPP) with Blockchain, DLT and Crypto-Currencies The 38th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing - ACM SAC 2023 DAPP Track 2023
Member of scientific event committee Conference Proponent of the Track Cloud Computing EMCIS 2022 - 19th European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems 2022
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Debate Session ISTAR PhD Meeting Spring 2022 ISTAR Iscte 2022
Member of scientific event committee Conference Track Decentralized Applications (DAPP) with Blockchain, DLT and Crypto-Currencies The 37th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing - ACM SAC 2022 DAPP Track 2022
Member of scientific event committee Conference Proponent and session chair of the track Cloud Computing EMCIS 2021 - 18th European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems 2021
Member of scientific event committee Conference Program committee member of the track Blockchain Technology and Applications EMCIS 2021 - 18th European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems 2021
Member of scientific event committee Conference Program committee member of the track Blockchain Technology and Applications EMCIS 2020 - 17th European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems 2020
Member of scientific event committee Conference Proponent of the Track Cloud Computing EMCIS 2020 - 17th European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems 2020
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Debate Session SUSTAINABLE CITIES - Viewpoints of the Pioneer Alliance; Open session Integrated with the Summer School IoT for Smart Cities School 2020 Istar_Iscte 2020
Member of free course/summer school's organizing committee Seminar or Seminar Cycle International Winter school IoT and Blockchain for smart cities (2020) Istar_Iscte 2020
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Debate Session Panel IoT and Blockchain for Smart Cities - International Winter school IoT and Blockchain for smart cities (2020) ISTAR-Iscte 2020
Member of scientific event committee Conference Proponent of the session Cloud Computing 15th European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems 2018
Member of scientific event committee Conference Chair of the session “Cloud Computing” 14th European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (EMCIS) 2017
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) outside of ISCTE-IUL Conference Invited chair of the session IT Governance 14th European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (EMCIS) 2017
Member of scientific event committee Conference Proponent of the session Cloud Computing 14th European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems 2017
Member of scientific event committee Conference Proponent of the session Cloud and Distributed Computing Track 10th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA) 2013
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Conference Leading the Web in Concurrent Engineering 13th ISPE International Conference on Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications 2006
Awards
Award Description Year
AUDAX_Iscte 2023 FISTA (Forum of Iscte School of Technology and Architecture) to the results of the project Data science analysis for environmental inequalities (DSAEI) 2023
European Commission distinction “Good Practice Example” attributed to the European project BLISS - Blockchain skills for ICT professionals 2020
Doctoral and Research Supervision Bonus (Prime d’Encadrement Doctoral et de Recherche, French National Council of Universities): 2019-2022 2019
Doctoral and Research Supervision Bonus (Prime d'Encadrement Doctoral et de Recherche, French National Council of Universities) 2018
Doctoral and Research Supervision Bonus (Prime d’Encadrement Doctoral et de Recherche, French National Council of Universities): validity 2014-2018 2018
Doctoral and Research Supervision Bonus (Prime d’Encadrement Doctoral et de Recherche, French National Council of Universities): validity 2014-2018 2017
European Commission distinction "Erasmus+ Success Story” and “Good Practice Example” attributed to the European project Vet4Apps - Strategic partnership to develop innovative VET open educational resources for mobile apps entrepreneurs 2017
Doctoral and Research Supervision Bonus (Prime d’Encadrement Doctoral et de Recherche, French National Council of Universities): validity 2014-2018 2016
Doctoral and Research Supervision Bonus (Prime d’Encadrement Doctoral et de Recherche, French National Council of Universities): validity 2014-2018 2015
Doctoral and Research Supervision Bonus (Prime d'Encadrement Doctoral et de Recherche, French National Council of Universities) 2014
Doctoral and Research Supervision Bonus (Prime d’Encadrement Doctoral et de Recherche, French National Council of Universities): validity 2014-2018 2014
Research Quality Bonus (Bonus Qualité Recherche), Lyon Claude Bernard University, France 2013
Scientific Editing/Reviewing Activities
Type of Activity Journal Title Journal ISSN Quartile Period Language
Scientific journal editor Energies Special Issue "Energy Efficiency of Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies" 1996-1073 Q1 2021 English
Scientific journal editor Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications International Journal, Guest editor Special Issue on Cloud IoT 15312003 Q1 2017 - 2018 English
Scientific journal editor International Journal of Electronic Business Management, special issue guest editor 1728-2047 -- 2012 - 2013 English
External Professional Activities
Employer Country Description Period
University Claude Bernard of Lyon, France (Department of Informatics) France (Villeurbanne) Associate Professor 2013 - 2019
University Claude Bernard of Lyon, France (Department of Informatics) France (Villeurbanne) Assistant Professor 2012 - 2013
University of Coimbra (Centre for Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra (CISUC)) Portugal (Coimbra) Assistant Researcher 2009 - 2012
University Claude Bernard of Lyon, France (Department of Informatics) France (Villeurbanne) Assistant of Education and Research (Attaché temporaire d'enseignement et de recherche) 2006 - 2008
University Institute of Technology of Nice and Sophia-Antipolis Côte d'Azur (Department of Informatics) France (Nice) Teaching Assistant 2004 - 2006
Centre of Scientific and Technical Construction (Department of Information and Communication Technologies) France (Sophia-Antipolis) PhD Researcher (Researcher contract with CSTB, as a doctoral student at the LIRIS laboratory, Claude Bernard Lyon University 1, Lyon, partially funded by the Association Nationale de Recherche et Technologie (ANRT)) 2003 - 2006
Aldeia e Irmão, S.A. (Analysis laboratory) Portugal (Leiria) Engineer responsible of the analysis laboratory 1999 - 2001
Diffusion Activities
Activity Type Event Title Activity Description Year
Coordination of knowledge diffusion event Roundtable on resilient and inclusive sustainable cities - International Portugal Smart Cities summit 2025 This round table provided an overview of some of the initiatives underway, as well as the challenges we continue to face. Entities involved: CP Comboios de Portugal (Eng. Leão Mendes), Transportes Metropolitanos de Lisboa (António Pinheiro), TUU (Eng. Rita Januário), João Guerreiro (Associate Professor with Aggregation, Iscte) Catarina Ferreira da Silva (moderator, Associate Professor with Aggregation, Iscte) 2025
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event Portugal Smart Cities summit 2024 Presentation of the EU project InCITIES 2024
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event 2nd Meeting of LxData - Lab - Lisbon Urban Data Laboratory Presentation of the paper Monitoring sensors for urban air quality: The case of the municipality of Lisbon; Authors: Rodrigo Sarroeira, Catarina Ferreira da Silva, João Henriques, Ana M. Sousa, Nuno Nunes, Sérgio Moro, Maria do Carmo Botelho 2024
Participation in general diffusion news tv show Decentralised Social Media online workshop - EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum Member of the discussion panel on Decentralised Social Media 2023
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event Portugal Smart Cities Summit 2023 Article presentation Monitoring sensors for urban air quality: The case of the municipality of Lisbon; authors: Rodrigo Sarroeira, Catarina Ferreira da Silva, João Henriques, Ana M. Sousa, Nuno Nunes, Sérgio Moro, Maria do Carmo Botelho 2023
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event Portugal Smart Cities Summit 2022 Presentation resulting from the work of the DSAEI project, Environmental Inequalities in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, at the Portugal Smart Cities Summit 2022, involving Rodrigo Sarroeira, Catarina Ferreira da Silva, João Henriques, Ana M. Sousa, Nuno Nunes, Sérgio Moro, Maria do Carmo Botelho 2022
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event ISTAR research centre - Data-driven decision support systems On the 21st of June ISTAR_Iscte hosted the ISTAR’s Research Day Meeting, from 9h00 to 13h00 at the Aud. Afonso Barros, Iscte. This meeting consists of research topics presentation and debate. 2022
Participation in general diffusion news tv show Television documentary on Blockchain, series Algorithms, RTP3 channel Informação (Portugal) Invitation to intervene in the documentary on Blockchain in the series Algorithms, broadcast on RTP3 channel Informação (Portugal) - Episode 2 - 02 November 2022 2022
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event Portugal Smart Cities Summit 2022 Presentation of the Horizon Europe InCITIES project - sustainable, resilient and inclusive cities. Auditório City HUB Stage, side event - 12 October 2022, 15h30 2022
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event Debate Encounters with Impact: Blockchain and Decentralization Invitation to debate on Blockchain and Decentralization within the third event of the Encontros com Impacto cycle. It took place on September 22 at Casa do Impacto, Lisboa. It was intended to demystify the real uses of blockchain, address the relationship with the promise of decentralization and inquire about the main criticisms surrounding this technology – namely the energy cost, deregulation of sectors, etc. It is in this sense that divergent perspectives came together. 2022
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event 1st SocioDigital Lab Conference 2022 - Digital Transformation in Times of Crisis - 2nd day Round table Environmental future and digital transformation: from local to global: https://istar.iscte-iul.pt/sociodigitalconf-eng/122-2/ 2022
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event EMCIS 2021 - 8th European Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems Leveraging Blockchain for a living, trustable curriculum vitae 2021
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event IEEE@Home Blockchain Series Invited talk Blockchain Skills for ICT Professionals 2020
Member of organizing committee of knowledge diffusion event SUSTAINABLE CITIES - Viewpoints of the Pioneer Alliance; Open session Integrated with Summer School IoT for Smart Cities School 2020 Member of scientific event's organizing committee and session co-chair, involving speakers from Université Gustave Eiffel (France), National Technical University of Athens (Greece), University of Zilina (Slovakia), Laurea University of Applied Sciences (Finland), TH Koln University (Germany) 2020
Coordination of knowledge diffusion event Panel IoT and Blockchain for Smart Cities of the International Winter School IoT and Blockchain for Smart Cities Co-organizer and co-chair of the round table Panel IoT and Blockchain for Smart Cities da Escola de Inverno IoT and Blockchain for Smart Cities. This round table was open to the entire ISCTE-IUL community and companies, involved 8 speakers among teachers researchers and professionals 2020
Coordination of knowledge diffusion event International Winter School IoT and Blockchain for Smart Cities International Winter School IoT and Blockchain for Smart Cities, suported by ISTAR-IUL 2020
Member of organizing committee of knowledge diffusion event Information Day European projects Nebula and VET4APPS Information Day Nebula and VET4APPS that brought together a hundred researchers and entrepreneurs, July 2016, University of Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France 2016
Member of organizing committee of knowledge diffusion event Symposium of the Portuguese Association of Researchers in Science and Technology Member of the local organizing committee of the ANICT symposium (2012) 2012
Member of organizing committee of knowledge diffusion event Web and Cloud Information Day Web and Cloud, that brought together a hundred researchers and entrepreneurs, 21 November 2012, University of Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France 2012
Products
Product Type Product Title Detailed Description Year
Software (Open Source) Air Pollution Web App As a result of the DSAEI project (https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/projects/data-science-analysis-for-environmental-inequalities/1740), an application was developed to visualise various parameters that characterise pollution. This App was selected and presented at the Prototypes for Humanity world event, held in Dubai. 2023