I'm currently a Researcher at CRACS, and an assistant professor at DCC/FCUP, at the University of Porto, in Portugal.

I have a core background on algorithms and data structures. My main research line is focused on network science and on the analysis of complex networks from multiple domains. I am especially interested on the algorithmic aspects of discovering interesting subgraph patterns.

I'm also passionate about computer science education and programming contests (I'm an active organizer, problem setter, coach and mentor).

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Courses I'm teaching in 2024/2025: [NetSci] [ProgII] [IP] [AED] [PC] (see past years)
• My publications, talks, students and research interests.
• I lead the organization of the National Olympiads in Informatics (ONI)
• I organize the portuguese edition of Bebras - International Computational Thinking Challenge
• A short note on my education, my awards and prizes and who am I.

News and Events:

• Sep 2024: I was the portuguese delegation leader at the 36th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), held in Egypt. It was my 24th IOI participation (as a contestant or leader). I also lead our delegations this year at WEOI (1 silver medal), OII (1 solver medal and 3 bronze medals) and EGOI (1 silver medal).
• July 2024: Ahmad Naser Eddin has successfully defended his PhD thesis (Anti-money Laundering using Graph Techniques). He is my 6th PhD student completing her doctoral studies.
• Jan 2024 2nd place and a gold medal for a team I'm coaching in SWERC'2023-2024 (Southwestern Europe Regional Contest), our european regional of the ICPC contest. Due to this, my team got its 2nd consecutive qualification for the ICPC World Finals!

Some Recent Representative Publications: