Welcome to André Barbosa's personal page

About me

“The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.” – Sydney J. Harris.
Hello, my name is André Gomes Barbosa. I have recently graduated from FEUP with a Master’s degree in computer science and engineering at the age of 23. In my 5º and last year as an engineering student I decided to create my very own personal page with the purpose to enlighten anyone who might be willing to contact me but don’t quite have that information or a clear idea of my background.

After graduating from college, I found myself in the role of a dedicated young professional who is taking a step into the job market. Further on I will be describing my qualifications at the present time but first I would like to ramble a little bit more about myself though.

Hometown

My hometown is actually a really calm and quiet place. I’m natural from Viana do Castelo, Portugal but i grew up in a nearby village named Alvarães. I guess you could say it is a very unnoticeable and boring town; on the other hand it’s perfect to get away from the stressful days of the city every now and then.

Contrary to what could be expected, i attended my basic school and high-school years in Esposende due to personal reasons. I’ve spent about 8 years in this small but marvellous city and met many people that I would never have otherwise. I know it wasn’t a lifetime but it sure felt like one. For that reason it’s not difficult to think of this city as a second home at times.

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Recent Activity

Altice Labs - PT Inovação

(Outsourced by "Withus-Inovação e Tecnologia Lda" and later on by "Dellent Consulting, Lda.")

2016 • Present day

I participate in the development of activities in the Operations Support Systems section. My main responsibilities and activities during this time are:

- Collection of telecommunications performance data and configuration for Oracle databases as well as MongoDB. Such data is collected directly from the telecommunication network of the customer / vendor, as per request;
- Programming of Python scripts for the development of the main data processing structure;
- XML mapping of the information collected from the networks associated with the project;
- Use of the SSH protocol for configuration and navigation on remote servers;
- Use of the SNMP protocol for sending requests to network equipment;

CV

Professional Skills

2010 • Present day

Throughout my academic and professional life, I had to use a number of tools and programming languages in the development of team projects such as:

- Languages: Python, C, C++, Java, UML, XML, HTML, CSS, JSON, SQL and lisp;
- Operating Systems: Mostly Windows but also Linux;
- Version Control: Git and SVN;
- IDE’s: Visual Studio, Eclipse, Sparx Enterprise Architect;
- Methodologies: Scrum, Object-Oriented Programming, Test driven development;
- Other: MongoDB, Microsoft Office and LaTeX.

Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
(College)

2010 • Present day

AKA FEUP, it is known as one of the best (if not the best) and more demanding Engineering schools nationwide. And I can say for myself that, after those five years, there’s absolutely no room left to doubt this statement. I was really overjoyed when I got placed in this college. My overall grade turned out to be a 14 out of 20. I have concluded the Master's degree in September 2015 with the presentation of my thesis and finally started devoting myself to the job market.

Escola Secundária Henrique Medina
(High-school)

2007 • 2010

Like mentioned before, I attended high-school in Esposende’s school. I was a just-above-average student. I attended Science Technologies course and eventually graduated with a overall score of 17 out of 20 values. My application mark to FEUP, however, was around 15.8 due to my native language’s grade which was one of my specific entry exams. Thankfully, I was at ease with Maths and the other classes so everything worked out.

Link to complete CV.

Thesis

Platform For Educational Games Generation

2014 • 2015

Project/Dissertation developed under supervising of Ana Cristina Ramada Paiva.

The development of games for education is a growing area of research. Over the past few years, studies point out that the use of games as a supplement to traditional learning is much more efficient and motivational than just using the traditional teaching method. These are called serious games. This work aims to extend and improve a previous game developed to learn software testing as the contents of the game are loaded from a XML file which would be separated from the game implementation. The game itself, iLearnTest, consists of several challenges which cover various themes regarding software testing learning. Since the content is saved to and loaded from a separate file from the game implementation, it becomes easier to create and edit new levels or even new games for diferent topics, simply by editing a XML file. This new approach turns iLearnTest into a framework rather than a game in the sense that it is possible to use the same game(s) as templates for the learning process of a variety of themes.

You can access and read the final dissertation through the following link:
Dissertation file
Summary PT
Summary EN

Academic Projects

Project Management Laboratory – Bulla

The Bulla project originated from the idea of developing a system that allows a retail customer to verify the authenticity of products belonging to a certain brand or producer, using only an Android smartphone. With a system like this, both the customer and the producer gain benefits, since the customer will trust the producer’s product, thus increasing the reputation of that brand. On top of that, with the reading of tags that are imprinted in the labels of the products, it is possible to send to the system’s server the information of where and when the readings took place. This data collection gives the brand the opportunity to extract some valuable conclusions through the analysis of all the information collected.

Database and Web Applications Laboratory – MYT

MYT stands for “Manage your time” and, like the name suggests is a tool that functions like a timetable in order to help the user organize his/her schedule. The aim is to ease time and team members management, specially for college students. Hopefully, this app will allow students to organize their activities, managing and estimating the time need for each activity. FEUP students should also be able to load their current curricular units. The following are screenshots from an example account we used for presentation.

Talk A Bit

An annual conference organized by MIEIC's finalists regarding topics in the area and invited talks. In this particular edition (2014/15) I was in charge of the publicity department for the event.

Visit the official page or visit the official Facebook page.

Contact

Address: Rua Srª da Ajuda Nº125, 4905-205, Alvarães, Viana do Castelo.
Email: andre_barbosa9@hotmail.com
Alternative Email: andre.gb.0x@gmail.com
Phone number: 918168676

André Barbosa