Summary
Frederico Cerveira is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Informatics Engineering, University of Coimbra, with 17 years of experience bridging academia and practical software engineering. He teaches the Master’s course on Software Quality and Dependability and conducts research on virtualization, cloud computing, dependability, fault injection, fault tolerance, software testing and the use of generative AI in software engineering. Holding a PhD and both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Coimbra, he combines deep academic credentials with hands-on systems experience dating back to early internships developing web platforms. His work emphasizes resilient and observable virtualized systems, with publications documenting experimental approaches to fault tolerance and testing. Known for translating research into teachable practice, he mentors the next generation of engineers while advancing reproducible dependability experiments. Based in Coimbra, Portugal, he brings a local academic leadership role with an international research footprint.
17 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at Universidade de Coimbra
High School, Curso Tecnológico de Informática, High School, Curso Tecnológico de Informática at Escola Secundária Avelar Brotero
English, Portuguese, German, Italian, Turkish