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Know
About me

My research focuses on leveraging large-scale digital records for evidence-based policymaking at the confluence of machine learning, network science, gamification, agent systems and urban economics.

Previously, I have also studied the usage of robotics as a tool for programming learning.

During my Ph.D. I researched Network Data Science applied to the transportation sector, at IST, University of Lisbon, INESC and LNEC. PhD supervision by Prof. Rui Henriques, PhD and Prof. Francisco C. Santos, PhD .

MSc supervised by Prof. Rui Henriques, PhD and Dr. Elisabete Arsenio, PhD .

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My
Experience

• Jun. 2025 - Present

  Senior AI Engineer

  OutSystems, Lisbon

  Researching and deploying AI for a low-code platform

• Nov. 2024 - Jun. 2025

  Adviser to Secretary of State for Science

  Ministry of Education, Science & Innovation, Portugal

  Focus on strategy and data extraction, integration and processing with ML

• Sep. 2020 - Oct. 2024

  Research Fellow

  INESC-ID & LNEC, Lisbon

  Multimodal urban data analysis (ILU project); AI for freight-transport integration (ADMIRAL); grants writing & management

• Feb. 2020 - Present

  Teaching Assistant

  Instituto Superior Técnico

  Taught the Data Administration in Information Systems, Information Processing and Retrieval, Network Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, System Analysis and Modelling and Introduction to Programming

• Nov. 2018 - Apr. 2019

  Undergraduate Research Assistant

  Instituto de Telecomunicações

  Worked on web scrapping and text extraction algorithms

• Dec. 2016 - Feb. 2019

  Chair

  ACM Student Chapter at ISCTE-IUL

  Organized events, managed teams and participated in coding competitions

• Oct. 2016 - Jul. 2019

  Chair of the Robotics and Automation Society

  IEEE Student Branch ISCTE-IUL

  Built robots for 2 competitions and managed 2 teams

• Apr. 2015 - Oct. 2017

  Mentor

  CoderDojo-LX

  Teaching the fundamentals of programming and electronics for project-based learning.

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My
Education

• May 2025

  PhD. in Computer Science and Engineering

  Instituto Superior Tecnico, University of Lisbon

  Passed with honors and distinction. GPA: 19/20;

• Oct. 2021

  MSc. in Computer Science and Engineering

  Instituto Superior Tecnico, University of Lisbon

  Concluded with GPA of 18/20. Thesis grade 19/20 Data science and machine learning focus

• Aug. 2019

  Deep Learning for AI and Computer Vision

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Jul. 2019

  BSc. in Computer Engineering

  ISCTE-IUL

  Concluded with GPA of 17/20 and Class delegate

• Jul. 2018

  Designing Efficient Deep Learning Systems Program

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Contact Me

Email

joao.aparicio (at) tecnico (dot) ulisboa (dot) pt

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