Valter Costa
Lead Computer Vision Engineer at Sword Health
Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Top SchoolValter Costa is a Lead Computer Vision Engineer based in Porto with a decade of experience translating academic research into production-grade vision systems. He holds a PhD in Computer Vision from the University of Porto and progressed from research fellow and postdoc roles at INEGI to senior and lead engineering positions at Sensei and Sword Health. Valter combines deep technical expertise in algorithms and applied machine learning with hands-on product development, shipping solutions in healthcare and industrial settings. He has a strong teaching and mentorship background from multiple university assistant roles, which helps him bridge complex research concepts to cross-functional teams. Notably, his career blends long-term academic rigor with rapid startup delivery—making him adept at turning novel vision research into robust, deployable systems.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Computer Vision, PhD Computer Vision at Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do PortoEnsino Secundário Eletrônica e Telecomunicações, Ensino Secundário Eletrônica e Telecomunicações at Colégio Internato dos Carvalhos
English, Portuguese
Github Skills (5)
face9
face-detection8
ubuntu6
installer5
linux3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
ee09115/conde_simulator
Sep 2017 - Nov 2020
Contributions:27 commits, 26 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 2 months
ee09115/squirlrob
Dec 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:14 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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