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Porto · University Fernando Pessoa

Christophe Soares

I teach computer engineering. I show people how to build for the web, from the server to the browser, and I research systems that blend into everyday life: IoT, computer vision and applied AI.

See the code Academic CV

I teach how to build for the web. I research IoT, computer vision and AI. And I develop the software that brings it all together.

Now

  • I direct the BSc in Computer Engineering at UFP.
  • I do research at LIACC, University of Porto, and work on the Precision Plastics and EMBRACE projects.
  • In July I co-coordinated a Ciência Viva self-driving cars bootcamp for secondary-school students.
  • at UFP since
  • student works supervised, from BSc to PhD
  • BSc final projects
  • examination panels

Code to learn from

Projects I wrote for classes and for activities with students. They are on GitHub to read, run and change.

Keep scrolling to see them go by.

  • MicroServicesDemo/docker-compose.yml

      auth-service:
    build: ./auth-service
    environment:
      DB_HOST: postgres
      DB_NAME: auth_db
      JWT_SECRET: supersecretkey-change-in-production   # teaching moment: don't hardcode secrets
      PORT: "8001"
    networks:
      - demo-net

    MicroServicesDemo

    A photo gallery split into services in Go, Node and Python, wired by RabbitMQ and put together with Docker Compose.

  • MicroFrontend/shell/webpack.config.js

    new ModuleFederationPlugin({
  name: 'shell',
  remotes: {
    appA: 'appA@http://localhost:3001/remoteEntry.js',
    appB: 'appB@http://localhost:3002/remoteEntry.js',
    appC: 'appC@http://localhost:3003/remoteEntry.js',
  },
})

    MicroFrontend

    Micro frontends with Webpack 5 Module Federation: one page made of four independent React applications.

  • CienciaVivaUFP2026/day1/robot_kit.py

    def andar_frente(segundos, velocidade=VELOCIDADE_PADRAO):
    """
    Anda em frente, em linha reta, durante 'segundos'.
    Exemplo: robot.andar_frente(1.5)
    """
    _car.steering = _val_steering(0.0)
    _car.throttle = _val_throttle(velocidade)
    time.sleep(segundos)
    parar()

    CienciaVivaUFP2026

    Three days of robotics with the JetRacer for secondary-school students: from the first turn to SLAM with LIDAR.

  • ArtificialIntelligenceGame/app.js

    const detections = await faceapi
    .detectSingleFace(video, new faceapi.TinyFaceDetectorOptions({
        inputSize: 416,
        scoreThreshold: 0.3
    }))
    .withFaceLandmarks()
    .withFaceExpressions();

    ArtificialIntelligenceGame

    The Emotion Challenge: a game that reads facial expressions through the camera, in the browser and as a desktop app.

  • Golang-Gin-Swagger-Docker-Hot-Reload/cmd/api/main.go

    evaluation := router.Group("/api/v1/evaluation")
evaluation.Use(authMiddleware)
{
	evaluation.POST("/", evaluationHandler.Create)
	evaluation.GET("/", evaluationHandler.GetAll)
	evaluation.GET("/:id", evaluationHandler.GetByID)
	evaluation.PUT("/:id", evaluationHandler.Update)
	evaluation.DELETE("/:id", evaluationHandler.Delete)
}

    Golang-Gin-Swagger-Docker-Hot-Reload

    A REST API in Go with Gin, JWT and Swagger documentation that reloads itself inside Docker.

  • +57

    And 57 more public repositories, from JavaScript exercises to Spring Boot APIs.

    All repositories on GitHub

Research

Ubiquitous computing and IoT, computer vision, machine learning and blockchain, usually in the service of smart spaces and health support systems.

Researcher at LIACC, University of Porto, since 2017

The full career, supervisions and examination panels are in the academic CV. homepage.ufp.pt/csoares

Areas

  • Ubiquitous computing

    Computing that blends into everyday spaces, with context-aware systems.

  • IoT and edge

    Sensor networks and edge computing to monitor industry and the environment.

  • Computer vision

    Object and event detection, and medical image analysis.

  • Machine learning

    Deep and reinforcement learning applied, from wearables to web applications.

  • Blockchain

    Diplomas, self-sovereign identity, revocation and electronic voting.

  • Smart spaces and health

    Technology that helps people live independently and safely.

Projects

  • Precision Plastics

    Active 2024–2027 · COMPETE2030-FEDER

    IoT and AI to make plastic recycling more precise.

  • EMBRACE

    Active 2025–2028 · COMPETE2030-FEDER

    Preventing age-related decline: cognitive training, exercise, nutrition and digital literacy.

  • ESG4NPO

    Completed 2025–2026 · FCT

    An AI-assisted tool for sustainability in non-profit organisations.

  • Secure Horizons

    Completed 2024–2025 · FCT

    Federated learning and the cloud to protect health data.

Recent publications

  1. 2024

    1. JournalComputer vision

      Object and Event Detection Pipeline for Rink Hockey Games Future Internet · doi:10.3390/fi16060179

    2. JournalIoT and edge

      An Efficient Edge Computing-Enabled Network for Used Cooking Oil Collection Sensors · doi:10.3390/s24072236

    3. JournalComputer vision

      Advancements in Glaucoma Diagnosis: The Role of AI in Medical Imaging Diagnostics · doi:10.3390/diagnostics14050530

    4. ConferenceMachine learning

      A Reinforcement Learning Based Recommender System Framework for Web Apps EPIA 2024 · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-73497-7_34

  2. 2023

    1. JournalBlockchain

      Blockchain-Based Electronic Voting: A Secure and Transparent Solution Cryptography · doi:10.3390/cryptography7020027

  3. 2022

    1. JournalBlockchain

      Analysis of Revocation Mechanisms for Blockchain Applications and a Proposed Model Based in Self-Sovereign Identity Journal of Information Technology Management · doi:10.22059/jitm.2022.87848

    2. ConferenceMachine learning

      Classification of Table Tennis Strokes in Wearable Device using Deep Learning ICAART 2022 · doi:10.5220/0010871100003116

    3. ConferenceIoT and edge

      An IoT Sensing System for Managing Industrial FOG-Separators SmartNets 2022 · doi:10.1109/SmartNets55823.2022.9993981

Full list on Ciência Vitae

Contact

For classes, supervision or collaboration, email is the best way to reach me.

University Fernando Pessoa
Praça 9 de Abril, 349
4249-004 Porto, Portugal