Summary
Miguel Correia is a Full Professor and senior researcher specializing in cybersecurity and dependability for distributed systems, currently serving as President of the Executive Committee at INESC-ID and Professor Catedrático at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa. He combines academic leadership—recently heading IST’s Computer Science and Engineering department—with active European policy engagement as Portugal’s representative to the European Blockchain Partnership. With a PhD and habilitation, more than 200 publications, and senior IEEE membership, his work spans fault tolerance across blockchain, cloud and mobile contexts and has driven multiple EU research projects. Beyond research, he brings practical impact through board roles (e.g., DNS.PT) and startup science coordination, blending rigorous theoretical depth with governance and technology-transfer experience.
9 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Computer Science and Engineering, PhD Computer Science and Engineering at University of Lisbon
MSc Electrotechnical and Computing Engineering, MSc Electrotechnical and Computing Engineering at Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
Agregação / Habilitation Computer Science and Engineering, Agregação / Habilitation Computer Science and Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico