Curriculum Vitae

Machine learning specialist with a multidisciplinary background spanning AI research, electronics engineering, and sustainable agriculture.

Experience

ML/IA Specialist · R&D Team

Mediaweb Global
Aug 2025 — Present

Developing generative AI solutions, multimodal assistants, and agentic systems for tourism, media, and decision-support products.

Selected work includes veterinary decision-support pipelines with image analysis, RAG, and VLMs; AI assistants for tourism and ecology with chatbot integrations, analytics, orchestration, and gamification; conversational audio agents for news using LLMs, TTS, grounding, and RAG; and generative UI experiences for tourism kiosks.

PythonLLMsVLMsRAGTTSAI Orchestration

Researcher

University of Coimbra — CISUC
Sep 2024 — Jul 2025

Research in deep learning, LLMs, music information retrieval, and emotion recognition systems.

PyTorchMIRDeep LearningTechnical Writing

Researcher

Polytechnic of Leiria — CIIC
Jul 2022 — Sep 2024

Computer vision research focusing on image segmentation and representation learning for environmental applications.

TensorFlowKerasComputer VisionSegmentation

Camp Coordinator

Adecco · Apple Maps Operations
2020 — 2021

Managed data collection and GIS operations across Europe. Trained and coordinated multinational teams.

GISField OperationsData CollectionTraining

Crew Support

Kelly Portugal · Apple Maps
2019

Data collection support and logistics coordination across 5 European countries.

Field SupportSystems MaintenanceLogistics

Specialized Technician

ISICOM
2018

Industrial automation for the mold industry. CAD, electrical systems, and robot programming.

AutomationCADRoboticsProgramming

Education

MSc Data Science

Polytechnic of Leiria
2021 — 2023

Thesis: Machine Learning as Support for Earth Sciences

Machine LearningStatisticsData Mining

BSc Electrical & Computer Engineering

Polytechnic of Leiria
2010 — 2016

Thesis: High Definition Audio Converter

Digital SystemsAnalog ElectronicsCircuit Design

BSc Organic Farming

Polytechnic of Coimbra
2006 — 2009

Thesis: Analysis of Arthropod Diversity in Organic Greenhouse Cucumber Cultivation

Sustainable AgricultureCrop ProtectionHorticulture

Certifications

Machine Learning Operations (MLOps): Getting Started Coursera · 2026
MLOpsCI/CDModel DeploymentPython
Introduction to AI and Machine Learning on Google Cloud Coursera · 2026
GCPVertex AIMachine LearningCloud
Pedagogical Skills Certificate — Trainer IEFP · 2022
TrainingEducationPedagogy
RGPD for Implementers in Public Administration NAU · 2021
GDPRData PrivacyCompliance
Neural Networks and Deep Learning Coursera · 2017
Deep LearningNeural NetworksPython
Machine Learning Foundations Coursera · 2016
Machine LearningStatisticsSupervised Learning
Introduction to Python for Data Science DataCamp · 2016
PythonNumPyPandasData Science

Languages

Portuguese Native
English Advanced
French Basic