Nuno Feixa Rodrigues

Nuno Feixa Rodrigues is an Associate Professor of Science and Technology of Programming at the School of Technology of the Polytechnic Institute of Cávado e Ave (EST-IPCA). He was the Director of EST-IPCA and the DIGARC - Digital Games Research Center between 2011 and 2017. He graduated in Mathematics and Computer Science in 2003 and obtained a PhD in Computer Engineering in 2009, both at the University of Minho. Between 2009 and 2010, he received a post-doctorate grant for researching programming methods to support the validation of cryptographic software in the European project CACE (Computer Aided Cryptography Engineering). Between 2019 and 2021, he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and General Coordinator of the National Initiative for Digital Skills (INCoDe.2030). During this period, he coordinated several national digital projects of strategic interest, namely the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy and the National Advanced Computing Strategy. He is currently the Portuguese representative in several international digital forums, namely the OECD Blockchain Expert Policy Advisory Board, the European Commission Digital Single Market Strategic Group, and the OECD Network of AI Experts. Nuno Rodrigues coordinated and participated in several research projects in different application areas of computer science and digital technologies, having published more than 50 scientific articles and participated in several international scientific committees. His main research interest is the study of human behaviour and computing technologies for the design of new systems in real world settings to improve the quality of everyday life.