Summary
Paulo Carreira is an associate professor and data privacy/security specialist with 15+ years delivering real-time, data-intensive systems across academia and industry. He co-founded Sensei Tech and drives its scientific and technology strategy, applying AI and computer vision to transform brick-and-mortar retail while architecting fault-tolerant sensor-data pipelines. With a PhD in Databases, over 50 publications (18 in top journals), and 40+ MSc students advised, he bridges rigorous research on cyber-physical systems and practical deployments in energy management and building information integration. Earlier in his career he led large-scale data migration and transformation projects in banking and public administration, cutting development effort by as much as 80% through domain-specific tooling. A Senior Member of IEEE and active EU project contributor, he combines deep systems thinking with hands-on product leadership.
15 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
BSc (4-year), Computer Science, BSc (4-year), Computer Science at University of Lisbon
Distributed and Parallel Systems, Distributed and Parallel Systems at University of Gdansk, Poland
English, French, Polish