João Sousa
Science and Business Manager (International)
CCG/ZGDV Institute
Guimarães, Portugal
My organisation
About me
CCG/ZGDV Institute is a non-profit private entity that started its activity in 1993 and is currently located in Guimarães, at Campus de Azurém (University of Minho). CCG/ZGDV is an applied research and technological innovation Institute for the digital economy, designing and prototyping new high-value processes, services, and products in the fields of computer graphics, ubiquitous computing, human-machine interaction, and information engineering. CCG/ZGDV Institute is formally recognized by the Portuguese Government as a Public-Interest R&I (Research and Innovation) organization, by the Portuguese Agency for Innovation as a Centre for Technology Innovation, and by the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation as part of ALGORITMI Research Centre (first Research Centre formally recognized in Portugal in the ICT domain).
Skills
- Business models for the digital economy
- Software and business processes
- Stochastic simulation of processes
- AI, ML, and decision support systems
- Data analysis and information visualization
- Software architecture and data engineering
- Ontologies and interoperability
- Cloud computing, blockchain, and cybersecurity
- Mobile computing and advanced positioning systems
- IoT, sensor networks, and precision agriculture
- 5G and 6G private networks
- Computer vision and image processing
- Computer graphics, VR/AR/MR
- Cognitive and collaborative robotics
- Human factors, usability and UX design
Interests
- Parnerships
- New business opportunities
- Consortia