Carlos Duarte
Vice Director at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
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Top SchoolCarlos Duarte is a Vice Director and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, with over two decades of academic and research experience and eight years in senior roles. He is a seasoned HCI researcher at LaSIGE focused on alternative interaction modalities, adaptive interfaces, multimodal interaction, usability and accessibility. Carlos blends technical depth—PhD in Computer Science and an MSc/Licentiate in Electrotechnical Engineering—with practical contributions to accessibility-focused open projects, including technical writing and content accessibility for W3C initiatives. His work emphasizes adapting interfaces to user and context to measurably improve usability and inclusion across diverse populations. Colleagues know him for bridging rigorous research with actionable design and for advancing accessibility practices beyond typical UI concerns. He is based in Lisbon and brings a long-standing commitment to embedding accessibility into both scholarly and practical outputs.
8 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de LisboaMsC, Electrotecnical Engineering, MsC, Electrotecnical Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico
Portuguese, English
Github Skills (5)
accessibility10
html10
webaccess10
content-management10
documentation9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
w3c/wai-about-wai
Sep 2021 - Dec 2021
Role in this project:
Technical Writer & Accessibility Specialist
Technical Writer & Accessibility SpecialistContributions:26 commits, 13 PRs, 3 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Carlos contributed to the repository by creating and updating HTML documents related to the WAI-CooP project and the W3C APA symposium. Their work focused on creating a template for submissions, adding papers, and updating the style of disclaimers for the symposium. The commits also included fixing image source links and adding a transcript of a symposium session. This suggests a focus on content creation, organization, and accessibility within the context of the project.
accessibility
qualweb/website
Jul 2021 - Feb 2024
Contributions:23 PRs, 12 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 7 months
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