João Barraca
Diretor Of The Cibersecurity Office at Instituto de Telecomunicações
Aveiro, Portugal
Summary
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Top SchoolJoão Barraca is a cybersecurity and networking leader with 14 years of experience combining academic research, applied R&D and operational management at Universidade de Aveiro and Instituto de Telecomunicações. Currently Director of the Cybersecurity Office and an Associate Professor, he bridges hands-on engineering with policy and program leadership, directing masters and doctoral work in cybersecurity. His open-source contributions show deep embedded and IoT expertise—improving flight controller software, enhancing BeagleBone GPIO libraries, and integrating wearable device support in Gadgetbridge—demonstrating a knack for low-level systems and device interoperability. He holds a PhD in Informatics focused on network communities and has repeatedly translated research into practical secure-networking solutions. Based in Aveiro, Portugal, João also plays civic and institutional leadership roles, reflecting an ability to align technical strategy with organizational impact.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Informatics, Thesis: Establishement of Networks with Overlapping Communities, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Informatics, Thesis: Establishement of Networks with Overlapping Communities at Universidade de Aveiro
Portuguese, English, Spanish
Github Skills (27)
c-language10
event-handling10
python10
bluetooth-le10
data-synchronization10
android-applications10
java10
javas10
data-sync10
gpio10
btle10
android-app10
beagleboard10
sys10
beaglebone-black10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
adafruit/adafruit-beaglebone-io-python
Mar 2014 - Nov 2016
Adafruit's BeagleBone IO Python Library
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 2 PRs, 5 comments in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:João primarily focused on enhancing the `adafruit-beaglebone-io-python` library, specifically improving the GPIO functionality. Their work included adding timeout support to the `wait_for_edge` function, which involved modifications to the underlying C code and documentation. The user also addressed a compilation error and merged branch changes, indicating a role in maintaining and improving the library's core features and functionality.
python-librarybeaglebonepythonadafruitbeaglebone-black
Freeyourgadget/Gadgetbridge
Dec 2016 - Oct 2017
We are on codeberg.org now! https://codeberg.org/Freeyourgadget/Gadgetbridge - Gadgetbridge - A free and cloudless replacement for your gadget vendors' closed source Android applications. Supports Pebble, Mi Band, Liveview, HPlus and more.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:60 commits, 15 PRs, 16 pushes in 9 months
Contributions summary:João primarily contributed to the back-end development of the Gadgetbridge project, specifically focusing on adding and enhancing support for HPlus devices. Their work involved implementing features like text and call notifications, setting user data, and handling date, time, heart rate, and sleep monitoring functionality. The user's commits also included refactoring and synchronizing device preferences, as well as general code cleanup and improvements to the overall device integration.
bandmi-bandandroid-applicationgadgetbridgehplus
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