Personal identification

Full name

Alexandre Valente da Conceição Pereira de Sousa

Citation names

• Sousa, Alexandre

Author identifiers

Ciência ID

B21E-F803-0295

Knowledge fields

• Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
French	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)
French	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)
Danish	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)
Danish	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)

	Degree	Classification
1992 - 1997 Concluded	Computer Science (Doutoramento) Aarhus Universitet, Denmark "Engineering a Reliable Object Storage System" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	aprovado
1980 - 1985 Concluded	Engenharia Electrotécnica e Computadores - Ramo de Sistemas Digitais (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal	13

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
1997/03 - 1999/12	Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
1992/01 - 1992/08	Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
1991/02 - 1991/12	Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	Mentor Informatik, Denmark
1990/09 - 1991/01	Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
1990/02 - 1990/08	Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	Sextant Avionique, France
1986/09 - 1990/01	Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
1985/09 - 1986/08	Research Trainee (Research)	Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
1999/09 - Current	Associate Professor (University Teacher)	Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal
1997/03 - 1999/08	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal

Other Careers

	Category Host institution	Employer
2005/02/01 - 2016/09/30	Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior)	Associação Porto Digital, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/09/01 - Current	Pro-Rector	Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal
2012/09/01 - Current	Coordenador de Curso	Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal
2012/02 - 2023/08/31	Chefe de Departamento	Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal
2005/02/01 - 2016/09/30	Director Geral	Associação Porto Digital, Portugal
1998/09 - 2012/01	Coordenador de Curso	Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2023/04/01 - Current	DC4EU - Digital Credentials for Europe 101102611 Researcher Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal	Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL) Ongoing
2022/05/01 - Current	Omega-X - Orchestrating an interoperable sovereign federated Multi-vector Energy data space built on open standards and ready for GAia-X 101069287 Researcher Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal	Horizon Europe Ongoing
2022/01/01 - Current	JIT4NSTEAM - Just in time for new STEAM 002/C06- i03.03/2021, 002/C06-i04.01/2021 Principal investigator Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal	Ongoing
2020/11/02 - 2023/10/31	EEFT - Empowering Emotion-Focused Therapy practice in Europe 2020-1-PT01-KA202-078724 Researcher Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal	Erasmus Plus Concluded
2021 - 2023/06/30	BLA - Be Like an Athlete 613311-EPP-1-2019-1-PT-SPO-SCP Researcher Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal	Erasmus Plus Concluded
2020/11/01 - 2023/06/30	TRUE - Transparency of Learning Outcomes through Blockchain Technology 2020-1-PT01-KA203-078421 Principal investigator Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal	Erasmus Plus Concluded
2019/11/01 - 2022/10/31	EU-SELF: Social and Emotional Skills Development in Early Childhood Education and Care in Europe 2019-1-BG01-KA201-062593 Researcher Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal	Erasmus Plus Concluded
2017/05/01 - 2017/12/01	SynchroniCity: Delivering an IoT enabled Digital Single Market for Europe and Beyond 732240 Researcher Associação Porto Digital, Portugal	European Union Concluded
2010/02 - 2012/02	Dourointour: Patrimónios Durienses e Turismo Cultural NORTE-02-0169-FEDER-000040 Researcher Associação Porto Digital, Portugal	Comissao de Coordenacao e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte Concluded
2005 - 2009	Porto Digital 001/8.1/C/NOR Principal investigator Associação Porto Digital, Portugal	UMIC - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento, IP Concluded
2000/05/01 - 2005/12/31	Information Knowledge Fusion E!2235 Researcher	European Union Concluded
2003/01/01 - 2004/12/31	Maia Digital 352/2.3/C/NOR Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal	UMIC - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento, IP Concluded
2001 - 2003/04/30	Alert - Emergency Room Tracking alert Researcher Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal	Agência Nacional de Inovação SA Concluded
2002/01/01 - 2002/12/31	Manchester - Emergency Room Priority Selection Manchester Researcher Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal	Agência para a Competitividade e Inovação IP Concluded

Publications

Book chapter	Vasconcelos, Beatriz; Reis, José Luís; Sousa, Alexandre; dos Santos, José Paulo Marques. "The Blockchain Technology Applications in Higher Education". In 3rd International Conference on Science and Technology Education 2022, 55-67. Springer International Publishing, 2023. Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-25401-7_5 Sousa, Alexandre; Barbosa, Renata; Alexandre, Pedro; Nini, Bruno. "Marketing SeeLigg, a Private Electric Chargers Sharing Network". In Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, 3-11. Springer Nature Singapore, 2022. Published • 10.1007/978-981-16-9272-7_1 Oliveira, Mariana; Barbosa, Renata; Sousa, Alexandre. "The Use of Influencers in Social Media Marketing". In Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, 112-124. Springer Singapore, 2019. Published • 10.1007/978-981-15-1564-4_12 Vieira, Célia Sousa; Novo, Isabel Rio; Sousa, Alexandre Valente; Cruz, Tiago. "Villes littéraires et villes numériques: la Página Literária do Porto". In Inter Media. Littérature, Cinéma, Intermédialité, 113-126. Paris, France: L’Harmattan, 2011. Published Vieira, Célia Sousa; Novo, Isabel Rio; Sousa, Alexandre Valente; Padrão, Maria Helena. "A Dimensão Auto-Reflexiva da Criação Literária: A página literária do Porto". In Pensar a Literatura no Séc. XXI, 257-268. Braga, Portugal: Publicações da Faculdade de Filosofia - Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 2011. Published Sousa, Alexandre. "Literate Programming applied to Software Maintenance and Teaching Computer Science". In Perspetivas XXI, 101-120. Maia, Portugal, 2001. Published
Conference paper	Vieira, Célia Sousa; Novo, Isabel Rio; Sousa, Alexandre Valente; Proença, Luís Miguel. "Multimedia Tools in Literature Teaching & Promotion Actions: Oporto Literature Website". Paper presented in 1st International Interdisciplinary Conference on Art, Language & Technology (ICALT2012), Mashhad, 2012. Published Henriques, Elena Castro; Rocha, Marlene; Sousa, Alexandre Valente. "iPorto 2.0: a collaborative software platform for low-cost dissemination of cultural and tourist information". Paper presented in I Jornadas Internacionais sobre Enoturismo e Turismo em Espaço Rural, Porto/Maia/S.João da Pesqueira, 2008. Published Correia, Filipe; Varanda, Joel; Lopes, João Correia; Sousa, Alexandre. "Geração de Conteúdos para Plataformas Móveis". Paper presented in XATA 2003: Primeira Workshop sobre XML, Aplicações e Tecnologias Associadas, Braga, 2003. Published Silva, Henrique; Lopes, João Correia; Sousa, Alexandre. "Actualização de Dados de GIS usando Assistentes Digitais Pessoais". Paper presented in XATA 2003: Primeira Workshop sobre XML, Aplicações e Tecnologias Associadas, Braga, 2003. Published Silva, Manuel Pedro; Saraiva, João Paulo Tomé; Sousa, Alexandre. "PREORD — a prototype of an object-oriented Web browser based DMS system". Paper presented in 2001 IEEE Porto Power Tech, Porto, 2001. Published Aguiar, Ademar; Sousa, Alexandre; Pinto, Alexandre. "Use-Case Controller". Paper presented in 6th European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs, EuroPLoP ’2001, Irsee, 2001. Published Silva, Manuel Pedro; Saraiva, João Paulo Tomé; Sousa, Alexandre. "Preliminary Results of the PREORD Project: A Parallel Object Oriented Platform for DMS Systems". Paper presented in VECPAR’2000— 4th International Meeting on Vector and Parallel Processing, Porto, 2000.
Journal article	Capelo, João Pedro; Ribeiro, Susana; Ferreira, Maria José; Marques, Ana Paula; Pinto, Fernando Russel; Sousa, Alexandre Valente. "The New Official Tourism Website of the City of Porto: promoting tourism and a wine destination". ROTUR Revista de Ocio y Turismo 5 (2012): 97-123. Published Sousa, Alexandre. "Implementing Object Access Control a posteriori". Theory and Practice of Object Systems 2 2 (1996): 119-140. Published
Magazine article	Pires, Aurélio; Leitão, Mário Jorge; Aguiar, Ademar; Sousa, Alexandre. "SIMAT: Sistema de Informação Municipal, Aplicações Técnicas em Tecnologia SIG", Ingenium - Ordem dos Engenheiros, 1999 Sousa, Alexandre. "Take Command. wc - Word Count", Linux Journal, 1997
Report	Sousa, Alexandre. 1994. A Lexical Analyzer for the Mjølner Metaprogramming System, Computer Science Technical Report, DAIMI-E94, Aarhus University. Sousa, Alexandre; Carstensen, Ole; Christiansen, Morten B.. 1993. A Translation of SDL92 into Design/CPN, Computer Science Project Reports OOCPN-F93, Computer Science Department, Aarhus University. Sousa, Alexandre. 1991. EasyFlex, or Why DataFlex is not my Favourite Programming Language and How to Cope with it, Mentor Informatik. Sousa, Alexandre. 1990. A Tool to Optimize the Drawing of Geometrical Elements, Service Division Visualisation Interface, Sextant Avionique.