Diogo Gomes
Research Scientist at detiuaveiro and universidadeaveiro
Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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RockstarDiogo Gomes is an Associate Professor and researcher based in Aveiro with 19 years of experience bridging academic research and hands-on engineering in networking, IoT and cloud systems. He holds a PhD in Electronic Engineering and directs the Master in Digital Games Development while serving on DETI’s advisory board and maintaining a long-standing research role at Instituto de Telecomunicações. Diogo combines teaching and leadership with active open-source contributions—working on projects like Home Assistant core and openHASP where he implemented weather service integrations, test automation, and added macOS support for embedded UIs. His work spans from resource optimization in broadcast networks to practical MQTT integrations and embedded device drivers, reflecting both theoretical depth and pragmatic engineering. Notably, he blends maker/hacker culture with formal research, often contributing localization, CI/test infrastructure and system-level drivers that improve real-world deployability.
19 years of coding experience
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Github contributions (5)
home-assistant/core
Jun 2017 - Nov 2022
:house_with_garden: Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Backend Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:742 reviews, 189 commits, 290 PRs in 5 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Diogo contributed to the `home-assistant/core` repository by implementing and updating components related to weather data, specifically focusing on the IPMA weather service. Their work involved upgrading libraries, refactoring code, and adding new functionality to the `ipma` component. The user also created and improved testing infrastructure, including setting up mock objects and writing tests to validate the functionality.
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mqtt-tools/mqttwarn
Jul 2014 - Apr 2015
A highly configurable MQTT message router, where the routing targets are notification plugins, primarily written in Python.
Role in this project:Back-end & Integration Engineer
Back-end & Integration EngineerContributions:14 commits, 1 PR, 4 comments in 8 months
Contributions summary:Diogo primarily contributed to integrating various notification services within the `mqttwarn` framework. Their work includes adding support for Instapush, refining existing services like Xively and Emoncms, and improving the general functionality of the notification plugins. They also addressed debugging issues and refactored code to enhance the maintainability and reliability of the service integrations, while also including Asterisk functionality and Syslog configurations. The user's contributions focused on expanding the supported notification ecosystem and enhancing the robustness of the existing integration.
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