Filipe Bento
Head Of Digital Resources And User Support at Universidade de Aveiro
Aveiro, Portugal
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Top SchoolFilipe Bento is a Cloud Computing architect and digital resources leader with 10+ years’ experience bridging library science, research software engineering, and cloud-native SaaS/IaaS solutions. Currently Head of Digital Resources and User Support at the University of Aveiro, he oversees library, document management and museology services while leading user support and information management teams. Previously a Technical Lead at the British Library, he architected and integrated digital scholarship tools—applying ML and computer vision techniques to large historical collections—and supported interdisciplinary research workflows. His career blends hands-on platform management (EBSCO App Store, ALEPH) with academic research roles at The Alan Turing Institute and a PhD in digital platforms, enabling him to translate complex scholarly requirements into robust production systems. Known for building pragmatic, open-source-minded solutions (including early contributions to VuFind and a homegrown national meta-catalogue), he pairs deep institutional knowledge with modern cloud practices. Based in Aveiro, Portugal, he brings a rare mix of archival domain expertise, systems engineering, and product-oriented leadership.
10 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
PhD / Doutoramento (3º Ciclo) - Parte Curricular (1º Ano) / Diploma, Programa Doutoral em Informação e Comunicação em Plataformas Digitais (ICPD), Joint PhD programme of the University of Aveiro and University of Porto, PhD / Doutoramento (3º Ciclo) - Parte Curricular (1º Ano) / Diploma, Programa Doutoral em Informação e Comunicação em Plataformas Digitais (ICPD), Joint PhD programme of the University of Aveiro and University of Porto at University of Aveiro and University of PortoPós-Grad., Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics, University of Patras, School of Medicine, Dept. of Medical Physics (Greece), Pós-Grad., Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics, University of Patras, School of Medicine, Dept. of Medical Physics (Greece) at University of PatrasMSc, Electronic Information Management, MSc, Electronic Information Management at The University of SheffieldDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Information and Communication in Digital Platforms (joint program with the UNIVERSITY OF PORTO, PT), Approved by unanimity with appraisals by all the Jury members (public trials), Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Information and Communication in Digital Platforms (joint program with the UNIVERSITY OF PORTO, PT), Approved by unanimity with appraisals by all the Jury members (public trials) at Universidade de Aveiro
Portuguese, English, Spanish, French
Github Skills (12)
jupyter9
jupyter-notebook9
collections9
data-science7
python6
jupyterlab5
search-engine5
ad-hoc5
metasearch4
privacy3
rss1
logstash1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
fmbento/Jupyter-Notebooks_ad-hoc-solutions
Mar 2021 - Mar 2025
Jupyter Notebooks (ad-hoc solutions))
Contributions:2 PRs, 117 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years
pythonjupyter-notebookjupyterlabnotebooksjupyter
BL-Labs/Jupyter-notebooks-projects-using-BL-Sources
May 2020 - Oct 2021
Jupyter notebooks projects using BL's Collections data and Sources
Contributions:1 review, 287 commits, 1 PR in 1 year 6 months
data-sciencejupyter-notebooknotebooksjupyterjupyter-notebooks
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