Major Projects

(2022) Photo Gallery
(2017) Yes & No Stock Questions Android App
(2016) QMMP Youtube Plugin
(2015) Handwritten signature authentication Master’s project
(2014) Notes
(2014) LituanicaSAT telemetry
(2013) Light Steel Framing designing software

Minor Projects

(2022) Disk Benchmark utility
(2022) JS particle system
(2017) dockershell
(2017) BootPopup
(2016) Remote WakeOnLan
(2014) Journal of the Assembly of the Republic
(2014) RoyalSlider with gallery
(2014) Thumbnailify
(2013) Image Processing
(2013) CG Particle System
(2012) Messages Backup
(2012) Register Machine
(2012) Fonts
(2011) Subtitles Synchronizer

Other Stuff

Resume

I am a computer scientist and a software engineer. I have experience in programming, algorithms, data structures, complexity and optimisation. I also have good knowledge of computer, software architecture and operating systems. I always strive to learn more, find new and better ways to get the things done, being perfectionist when it counts. What I love the most is simplicity, transform tough problems into a simple and elegant solution.

Professional Experience

Software Engineer
2019 - 2021
BOXARR, Bristol, United Kingdom
Software Engineer
2016 - 2019
HealthySystems, Porto, Portugal
Worked mainly with security concepts (like certificates, signatures and PKI), authentication mechanisms, data processing and Web and Desktop development.
Research Assistant
2014 - 2016
INESC/CRACS, Porto, Portugal
Research and development of an automatic handwritten signature verification system using smartphones. I implemented all involved components, namely signature acquisition and storage, recognition and authentication with signature. Technologies used: Java Serlvets, Tomcat, Google AppEngine, Google Datastore (NoSQL) and Javascript.

Education

Master of Computer Science
Sep 2013 - Dec 2015
Faculty of Science of University of Porto
- Curricular specialisation in Parallel and Distributed programming
- Master thesis subject: Handwritten signature authentication using motion detection and QRCodes
- Spent 5 months in the ERASMUS program in Lithuania, where I worked with LituanicaSAT1 team
Bachelor of Computer Science
Sep 2008 - Sep 2013
Faculty of Science of University of Porto
Technological Course in Informatics
2008

Awards and Publications

2015
Handwritten signature authentication using motion detection and QRCodes
Ricardo Manuel Pereira Gonçalves, MSc Computer Science
Orientador: Prof. M. Correia, Coorientador: A. Augusto
2015
Time/space based biometric handwritten signature verification
Ricardo P. Gonçalves, Alexandre B. Augusto, Manuel E. Correia.
10th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI), 17-20 June 2015
URL: IEEE Xplore Digital Library
2014
Device-to-Device Communication in 5G Cellular Networks: Challenges, Solutions, and Future Directions
Jhonny Moreira, Ricardo Gonçalves.
Mobile Communication Networks, December 30th, 2014
Download: Article - Presentation
2013
Multi-core Architectures
Ricardo Gonçalves
Parallel and Distributed Programming, December 8th, 2013
Download: Article - Presentation

2008 - 2012
Participation in (2012) MIUP’12, (2011) MIUP’11, (2010) MIUP’10, (2009) MIUP’09 and (2008) MUIP’08
2008
Award best student of Technological Courses of the school - High school
Participation in ONI’08, ToPAS’08 (3rd place), PPUP’08 (3rd place) and CPAS’08 (3rd place)
2007
Participation in ONI’07 (5th place), ToPAS’07 and PPUP’07
2006
Participation in ONI’06 and ToPAS’06
1999
Merit award best student of the school - Elementary school

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Contact

Location:

England, United Kingdom

Email:

ricardompgoncalves@gmail.com