Francisco Maia
Assistant Professor at AMU Portugal
Braga, Portugal
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Top SchoolFrancisco Maia is an Assistant Professor at FEUP and a software engineer-researcher with 12 years of experience focused on large-scale data management, distributed coordination, and gossip-based algorithms for highly volatile environments. He blends academic rigor—over 20 peer-reviewed publications and a PhD in Computer Science—with entrepreneurial leadership as founder/CEO of multiple ventures tackling privacy-by-design, GDPR compliance, and secure key management for cryptocurrencies. Equally comfortable teaching algorithms and leading R&D, he splits his time between academia, running startups, and volunteering as president of an NGO that supports 100+ families annually. Based in Braga, Portugal, he brings practical systems-building experience from projects like SafeCloud and Bolt alongside deep research into consistency and in-place processing for cloud storage, making him adept at turning theoretical guarantees into deployable, privacy-centered solutions.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Preliminary Level English, Preliminary Level English at University of OxfordMaster Informatics Engineering, Master Informatics Engineering at Universidade do MinhoEnglish, English at International House BragaSchool of CEO's Business, School of CEO's Business at Escola de Economia e Gestão - Universidade do MinhoLevel 3 Certificate in English (ESOL) English, Level 3 Certificate in English (ESOL) English at University of CambridgeDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at Universidade do Minho, Aveiro e Porto
English, Portuguese, Italian
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Github Skills (14)
mobile-application10
ios8
android8
react-native7
flutter7
sdk5
dropbox-api5
mobile5
leancloud5
api4
swift3
dropbox2
onedrive2
in-app-purchase1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
fmaia/dataflasks
Mar 2014 - May 2017
Contributions:64 commits, 15 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 2 months
invisiblelab-dev/invisiblelab-dev.github.io
Oct 2023 - Nov 2023
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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