Ricardo Pereira Vilaça

Ricardo Vilaça has a PhD from MAP-i since 2012. Currently he is a senior researcher at HASLab and MACC, University of Minho & INESC TEC and former has query engine technical director at LeanXcale. His research interests are energy efficient and scalable data management in both parallel and distributed systems. Currently, he participates in EuroCC2 and SustainableHPC research projects. He represents MACC in the national network (RNCA), and in EuroHPC hosting entities forum. He was the INESC TEC coordinator of the AIDA CMU large scale collaborative project and had participated in more than 15 national and international research projects. He was co-supervisor of 2 PhD students and had supervise several research grant holders and master thesis. He had published more than 40 research papers or articles and has served as reviewer for several highly reputed conferences.

Domains

Computer Science and Engineering

Projects

CircThread

Building the Digital Thread for Circular Economy Product, Resource & Service Management

BigHPC

A Management Framework for Consolidated Big Data and HPC

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Publications

Evaluating Cassandra as a manager of large file sets

Matos, Miguel;Gomes, Pedro;Vilaça, Ricardo;Beernaert, Leander;Oliveira, Rui Carlos Mendes de;

2013

A review on the decarbonization of high-performance computing centers

Silva, CA;Vilaça, R;Pereira, A;Bessa, RJ;

2024

RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

On the Expressiveness and Trade-Offs of Large Scale Tuple Stores

Vilaça, R;Cruz, F;Oliveira, RC;

2010

On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems, OTM 2010 - Confederated International Conferences: CoopIS, IS, DOA and ODBASE, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, October 25-29, 2010, Proceedings, Part II

Clouder: a flexible large scale decentralized object store: architecture overview

Vilaça, R;Oliveira, R;

2009

Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Dependable Distributed Data Management, WDDM '09, Nuremberg, Germany, March 31, 2009

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Supervised Theses

Trade-offs between privacy and efficiency on databases

Rogério António da Costa Pontes

D - 2019

UP-FCUP

Trade-offs between privacy and efficiency on databases

Rogério António da Costa Pontes

D - 2020

UP-FCUP

Trade-offs between privacy and efficiency on databases

Rogério António da Costa Pontes

D - 2021

UP-FCUP

Holistic performance and scalability analysis for large-scale distributed systems

Francisco Nuno Teixeira Neves

D - 2021

UM-EEUM

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Centres

High-Assurance Software

At the High-Assurance Software Laboratory (HASLab), we improve practice through theory, creating and implementing software that goes beyond mere functionality: we ensure it is correct, resilient, and secure against failures and attacks. Our team of researchers, scientists, and engineers has proven expertise in software engineering, developing methods and tools to design and integrate robust software; in distributed systems, exploring distribution and replication to ensure scalability and reliability; and in information security, addressing cybersecurity challenges and improving systems with advanced, secure cryptographic protocols, thus minimising vulnerabilities. With a multidisciplinary approach supported by solid theoretical principles, we develop innovative solutions for critical software, secure cloud infrastructures, and privacy-aware big data management, driving scientific advancement, innovation, and high-level consultancy. In addition, we complement our core expertise with work in human-computer interaction, programming languages, computational mathematics, and quantum computing - because we believe the future of trustworthy software is built on knowledge and innovation.