João Fonseca
Postdoctoral Researcher at New York University
Lisbon Metropolitan Area Portugal
Summary
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Top SchoolJoão Fonseca is a data- and ML-focused postdoctoral researcher with eight years of experience applying NLP, remote sensing, and visual analytics to real-world problems across academia and applied projects. He has held research and teaching roles at NOVA IMS and a multi-year collaboration with NYU’s Center for Responsible AI, where he bridged methodological research in explainable and responsible AI with hands-on system development. His work spans building interactive visual analytics platforms, large-scale text embedding pipelines, and automated land cover mapping using ensemble and deep learning methods. Comfortable teaching and mentoring, he has delivered multiple university courses and led student tech clubs, bringing pedagogy into research translation. Based in Lisbon, João combines rigorous PhD-level research with practical engineering instincts—he also curates a public portfolio site that documents his evolving developer craft and projects.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Information Management, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Information Management at NOVA IMS Information Management SchoolBachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Economics, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Economics at Universidad de GranadaSecondary Education Science and Technology, Secondary Education Science and Technology at Escola Secundária Emídio NavarroMaster's degree Management, Master's degree Management at Nova School of Business and Economics
Portuguese, English, Spanish, French
Github Skills (35)
javascript10
css10
digitalocean10
pullrequest10
nodejs10
git9
github9
ruby9
python9
open-source9
ruby-on-rails9
web-development9
html9
directive6
custom-element5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
FonsecaJoao/Lets-Visit-Santarem
Aug 2019 - Jul 2024
Contributions:25 PRs, 26 pushes, 4 branches in 4 years 11 months
FonsecaJoao/easy-programming
Mar 2023 - Jul 2024
End of course project for the degree in Information Management
Contributions:17 reviews, 42 PRs, 36 pushes in 1 year 3 months
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