Full Professor at the Department of Computer Science at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (FCUP).

Portuguese representative at the Committee on Digital Economy Policy, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Director of the Competence Center in Cybersecurity and Privacy at the University of Porto.
Member of the General Council of the University of Porto and Vice-President of the Council of Representatives of FCUP.

Member of the Sciences Academy of Lisbon.

Develops research activity in the area of computer security, privacy and data protection.
He is responsible for courses in the area of ethics, cybersecurity and data protection. His visibility leads him to be periodically invited to national and international television programs and lectures.

Member of the Board of Directors of the Association for the Progress of Business Management.

Founding partner of three companies HealthySystems (www.hltsys.pt), Adyta (www.adyta.pt) and TekPrivacy (www.tekprivacy.pt) spin-offs of the University of Porto.

He regularly collaborates with the National Security Office, the National Data Protection Commission and the Attorney General’s Office in the area of cybercrime.