Welcome

Diogo Nuno Freitas completed a PhD in Informatics Engineering from the Faculty of Exact Sciences and Engineering of the University of Madeira, where he also earned a Master’s Degree in Mathematics, Statistics and Applications and a Degree in Computer Engineering. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Madeira and a researcher at the Madeira N-LINCS. His research interests include artificial neural networks and stochastic optimization algorithms.
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Projects

Project	Employing entity	Reference	Period
OPTIMa	Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)	2025.02832.MAD	2026/02–2029/02
Environmental Health	European Research Area Board	ERA-Net JPI-AMR	2025/01–2028/06
ProDy	Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)	PTDC/CCI-COM/4464/2020	2021/03–2024/03
KBAI	IDE, IP-RAM	M1420-01-0247-FEDER-000073	2022/04–2023/06
Marítimo Training Lab	Instituto Desenvolvimento Regional	M1420-01-0247-FEDER-000033	2021/03–2021/10
MITIExcell	Interactive Technologies Institute (ITI/LARSyS)	M1420-01-0145-FEDER-000002	2020/01–2021/03

Education

Degree	Course	University	Thesis	Period
Doctorate	Informatics Engineering	University of Madeira	Link	2021/02–2025/11
Master’s	Mathematics, Statistics and Applications	University of Madeira	Link	2017/09–2020/10
Bachelor’s	Informatics Engineering	University of Madeira	Link	2014/09–2017/06

Professional career

Category	Employing entity	Period
Assistant Professor	University of Madeira	2026/02–
Researcher	Madeira N-LINCS	2021/10–
Research fellow	FCT	2021/11–2025/11
Invited assistant	University of Madeira	2021/10–2026/01
Researcher	LARSyS (ITI)	2020/02–2025/12
Programmer	ASSECO PST	2018/05–2020/01
Research intern	Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute (ITI)	2016/07–2016/09

Fellowships and grants

Fellowship/Grant	Entity	Period
Erasmus+ ACC to visit the Universitat Politècnica de València	Universitat Politècnica de València	2024
Erasmus+ ACC to visit the Universitat Politècnica de València	Universitat Politècnica de València	2023
PhD Fellowship	Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)	2021/11–2025/11
PhD Fellowship	Marítimo Training Lab	2021/03–2021/10
Research Fellowship	Interactive Technologies Institute (ITI/LARSyS)	2020/01–2021/03

Teaching experience

Course	Degree	Period
Programming Paradigms	B.S.	2021–
Advanced Programming	B.S.	2021–
Programming Usable Interfaces	M.S.	2026–
Web-Based Development	B.S.	2026–
Operating Systems	B.S.	2026–

Supervision

Student	Project	Degree	Period
Inês Rodrigues	To be defined [Co-supervision]	PhD	2026–
Bjorn Foss	Development of Machine Learning Models for Fake News Detection in European Portuguese [Co-supervision]	M.S.	2025–
Katherin Varela	Implementing Profile Dynamics [Co-supervision]	M.S.	2023
André Freitas	Agente Autónomo Baseado em LLM para Testes Visuais de Interface de Utilizador	B.S.	2026
André Silva	Projeto/Estágio PIPCO-RAM	B.S.	2026
André Caires	Integração e Customização do ERP Primavera e Desenvolvimento de um Sistema RAG	B.S.	2026
José Faria	Evaluation of New Methods of Time Series Forecasting: Exploring the Use of Transformers	B.S.	2026
João Freitas	Estimating Occupancy in Public Spaces by Exploring WiFi Frames [Co-supervision]	B.S.	2024
Hélvio Nóbrega	Plataforma de Recursos Humanos e de Projetos [Co-supervision]	B.S.	2023

Awards and distinctions

Designation	Entity	Year
Academic Merit Scholarship (worth €5,000)	Huawei, in partnership with .pt	2022
Diploma of Academic Excellence	University of Madeira	2019
Best Student Paper	IKnowD, International Conference on Mathematical Applications (ICMA)	2018

Volunteering

Category	Volunteering entity	Period
Event manager	GDG Madeira	2018–
Event organizer	Café Memória (Delegação da Madeira da AlzheimerPortugal)	2016–
Project manager and responsible of IT	University of Madeira Students’ Union	2014–2025