Summary
Ademar Aguiar is an Associate Professor of Software Engineering at the University of Porto and a senior researcher and center coordinator at INESCTEC, bringing over 25 years of hands-on software development and academic leadership. He blends research and practice around software knowledge management, live software development, and digital learning environments, while championing agile methods like XP, Scrum and Lean. A serial entrepreneur and social-impact technologist, he co-founded startups (Mailcube, Tecla Colorida) and leads Coding for Social Impact to apply minimal tech for social good. His work spans teaching, consulting and research, with a focus on tools that boost team effectiveness and real-time developer feedback loops. Colleagues know him for turning complex architectural challenges into pragmatic, teachable solutions and for exploring cross-domain applications of software in productivity and social ventures.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese