Cristóvão Sousa
Senior Staff R&D Engineer at Smith+Nephew
Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Top SchoolCristóvão Sousa is a Senior Staff R&D Engineer based in Coimbra, Portugal, with 15 years of experience bridging academic research and industrial product development. He holds a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering and has led R&D projects and teams at Perceive3D before steering advanced device engineering at Smith+Nephew since 2020. A Julia user and developer since 2013, he brings deep scientific computing expertise to practical medical and robotics applications. His background includes long-term research at the Institute of Systems and Robotics, giving him a strong foundation in algorithms, systems integration, and experimental validation. Known for translating complex research into deployable solutions, he combines hands-on coding with project management to deliver regulated, real-world products.
15 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Electrical and Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Electrical and Computer Engineering at Universidade de Coimbra
Portuguese, English
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Github Skills (200)
atom-editor10
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interoperability10
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harmony10
julialang10
editor10
computer-algebra-system10
root-finding10
slice10
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Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
cdsousa/SymPyBotics
Apr 2012 - Aug 2015
Contributions:109 commits, 2 PRs, 4 pushes in 3 years 4 months
roboticssimulationrobotdynamicsmodeling
cdsousa/CuTextures.jl
Oct 2019 - Jun 2020
Contributions:23 commits, 37 pushes, 4 branches in 8 months
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