João Santos
Software Engineer at Critical Software
Leiria, Portugal
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Top SchoolJoão Santos is a software engineer and researcher with a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a decade of experience specializing in image and video compression, including lossless medical imaging. He has driven R&D from academia to industry—publishing research during a PhD at Instituto de Telecomunicações and translating that work into patents and standard proposals at InterDigital and TCL. His recent roles focused on next-generation video codec standardization (H.266/AV2) and technical leadership of cross-border research teams, demonstrating both deep algorithmic knowledge and practical standards impact. Comfortable mapping patent portfolios to encoder software and tracking open-source codec projects, he blends theory with hands-on implementation. Based in Leiria, Portugal, João pairs rigorous academic training with a track record of placing innovations into international standards and patent filings.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Engenharia Elétrica e Eletrônica, Master's degree, Engenharia Elétrica e Eletrônica at Instituto Politécnico de LeiriaDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical and Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical and Computer Engineering at Universidade de CoimbraMaster's degree, Engineering Physics/Applied Physics, Not finished., Master's degree, Engineering Physics/Applied Physics, Not finished. at Instituto Superior Técnico
Portuguese, English, French
Github Skills (28)
ebuild10
gentoo10
linux10
encoder7
decoder6
pgf6
codec5
jpeg5
tikz4
video-processing4
photography4
latex4
video-player4
xbmc4
image-compression4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
jpataias/scout-talker
Nov 2015 - Jun 2019
Contributions:2 releases, 4 PRs, 27 pushes in 3 years 8 months
cryptographyencryptionciphersscouting
joaompssantos/kernie
Mar 2018 - Feb 2024
Contributions:15 pushes in 5 years 11 months
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