Biography
João Bordalo is a Computer Science PhD Student at NOVA School of Science and Technology. Currently researching the applications of machine learning for the self-management of complex distributed systems.
Interests
- Artificial Intelligence
- Distributed Systems
- Self-Managing Systems
Education
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MSc in Computer Science and Engineering, 2021-2023
NOVA School of Science and Technology
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BSc in Computer Science and Engineering, 2018-2021
NOVA School of Science and Technology
Papers
Academic Experience
TaRDIS - Trustworthy And Resilient Decentralised Intelligence For Edge Systems
Member of the TaRDIS project, working on the self-management of distributed sysyems. TaRDIS’s primary goal is to significantly ease the complexity and reduce the effort of building correct and efficient heterogeneous swarms. TaRDIS focuses on supporting the correct and efficient development of applications for swarms and decentralised distributed systems, by combining a novel programming paradigm with a toolbox for supporting the development and execution of applications.
NOVA LINCS Researcher
Member of the NOVA LINCS Computer Systems Group at NOVA School of Science and Technology | FCT NOVA, conducting my PhD and researching the self-management of distributed systems.
Alexa Prize TaskBot Challenge 2
Team member of team TWIZ, winning team in Amazon’s Alexa Prize TaskBot Challenge 2, working on visual dialogue and coherent image generation. Alexa Prize TaskBot Challenge is a university challenge focused on developing multimodal (voice, text, and touch) conversational agents that assist customers in completing tasks requiring multiple steps and decisions.
NOVA LINCS Researcher
Member of the NOVA LINCS Multimodal Systems Group at NOVA School of Science and Technology | FCT NOVA. Conducted my MSc dissertation, entitled “Visual Dialogue for Open Tasks”, focused on multimodal systems, visual dialogue, and coherent image sequence generation.
Work Experience
Awards and Others
PhD Studentship
To fulfil its aim of promoting a national public policy for advanced training with social relevance and impact, the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (FCT) opens a Call for granting PhD studentships.
1st place in the Alexa Prize TaskBot Challenge 2
Member of the winning team TWIZ in the Alexa Prize TaskBot Challenge 2.
NOVA Young Talent Award
The “NOVA Young Talent Awards” honor the students which stood out in the 1st year of their Bachelor Degree or Integrated Masters at NOVA. The award is given to the students with highest average in the first year of their respective course.
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Volunteering
EXPO Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologias 2024
Volunteer at EXPO Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologias 2024.
EXPO Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologias 2023
Volunteer at EXPO Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologias 2023.
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