Ricardo J. Machado
Department of Information Systems | School of Engineering | University of Minho
Ricardo J. Machado (DEng, MSc, PhD, Dr. Habil, MSOEP, SMIEEE, CSPM-ISPMA) is a Full Professor (Professor Catedrático) of Information Systems Engineering at the University of Minho and Founder & Scientific Coordinator of the SEMAG (Software-based Information Systems Engineering and Management) R&I group of the ALGORITMI Research Centre. Currently, he is also President of the CCG/ZGDV Institute and of the DTx Digital Transformation CoLab.
His primary research interests are modelling and requirements, systems architecture, and process and project management. He also has interests in information semantics, ontologies, and cognitive computing. He has created several methods and tools for requirements analysis and architecture design, including the shobi-PN meta-model (an extension of object-oriented Petri nets) and the 4SRS (4-Step Rule Set) method. He is the author of over 200 peer-reviewed papers, inventor of 4 patents, and editor/co-author of several books, including "Requirements in Engineering Projects" from Springer-Switzerland and "Requisitos em Projetos de Software e de Sistemas de Informação" from Novatec-Brazil. He has coordinated (as PI) over 50 R&D projects, funded by FCT, ANI, IAPMEI, and EU, namely the projects "SSI: Sustainable Software Industry" in partnership with the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), "SusCity: Urban Data Driven Models for Creative and Resourceful Urban Transitions" in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), "C4E: Cloud for Europe" in partnership with the Fraunhofer FOKUS, and "iFlow: Inbound Logistics Tracking System" in partnership with the Bosch Car Multimedia.
His strong commitment to applied research at the service of the economy and society led him to promote the creation of the EPMQ Lab (currently, an R&I dept.) at the CCG/ZGDV Institute, the DTx Digital Transformation CoLab, and the ProChild CoLab Against Poverty and Social Exclusion. He has performed other national and international leading roles, such as Vice-Rector of UMinho, coordinating, namely, the UMinho strategy and policy for information systems and institutional quality and the UMinho programs and measures in the field of advanced and cognitive computing and machine learning.
Ricardo J. Machado received the DEng degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Porto, the MSc and PhD degrees in Computer Science and Engineering, and the Dr. Habil academic title in the subject domain of Information Systems Engineering from the University of Minho. He received several awards and distinctions, such as the 2009 IEEE MGA Achievement Award and the 2016 APLOG Annual Logistics Excellence Award.
When not working, he may be often found practicing Shotokai Karate Do and Goshin Jutsu, riding his Royal Enfield Himalayan motorcycle, taking photos with his Canon gear, seeing (again) the Avatar film, or reading interesting books by the sea.
For more details about his professional activity, see www.cienciavitae.pt/en/461F-BC85-69B6.
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Other positions (referred in www.cienciavitae.pt/en/461F-BC85-69B6):
Some additional highlights:
Presentation of the AR/VR Simulation of the Deucalion Supercomputer to the European Commissioner for Digital Economy (min 2:41), DTx, Jun/2021
The national TV show "Imagem de Marca", SIC Notícias, Sep/2020
EAQ'2019 - Quality Annual Event, UMinho, Dec/2019
Some editorial activity:
João M. Fernandes, Ricardo J. Machado. Requisitos em Projetos de Software e de Sistemas de Informação. Novatec, São Paulo, Brazil, 2017, [ISBN: 978-85-7522-566-0].
website at Novatec
João M. Fernandes, Ricardo J. Machado. Requirements in engineering projects. Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering, Springer, Switzerland, 2016, [ISBN: 978-3-319-18596-5].
website at Springer
João M. Fernandes, Ricardo J. Machado, Krzysztof Wnuk. Software Business. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol. 210, Springer, Switzerland, 2015, [ISBN: 978-3-319-19592-6].
website at Springer
Ricardo J. Machado, Flávio R. Wagner, Rick Kazman. Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering: A NASA Journal (ISSE), Special Issue on Model-Based Development Methodologies, vol. 5, no. 1, March, 2009, Springer-Verlag, London, U.K., [ISSN: 1614-5046].
website at ISSE
Sue Carroll, Ricardo J. Machado, Fernando Brito e Abreu. ASQ Software Quality Professional Journal (SQPJ), Special Issue on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology, vol. 10, issue 4, September, 2008, American Society for Quality, [ISSN: 1522-0540].
website at SQP
Ricardo J. Machado, João M. Fernandes, Flávio R. Wagner, Rick Kazman. Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Model-Based Methodologies for Pervasive and Embedded Software (MOMPES 2008), April, 2008, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, California, U.S.A., [ISBN: 0-7695-3104-0].
website at IEEE
Ricardo J. Machado, Fernando Brito e Abreu, Paulo Rupino da Cunha. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology (QUATIC 2007), September, 2007, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, California, U.S.A., [ISBN: 0-7695-2948-8].
website at IEEE
João M. Fernandes, Ricardo J. Machado, Ridha Khedri, Shiobán Clarke. Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Model-Based Methodologies for Pervasive and Embedded Software (MOMPES 2007), March, 2007, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, California, U.S.A., [ISBN: 0-7695-2769-8].
website at IEEE
Bernd Kleinjohann, Lisa Kleinjohann, Ricardo J. Machado, Carlos Eduardo Pereira, P.S. Thiagarajan. From Model Driven Design to Resource Management for Distributed Embedded Systems, IFIP Series vol. 225, Springer-Verlag, New York, U.S.A., October, 2006, [ISBN: 0-387-39361-7].
website at Springer
Ricardo J. Machado, João M. Fernandes, Matthias Riebich, Bernhard Schätz. Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the 4th Workshop on Model-Based Engineering of Computer Based Systems and the 3nd International Workshop on Model Based Methodologies for Pervasive and Embedded Software (MBD/MOMPES 2006), March, 2006, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, California, U.S.A., [ISBN: 0-7695-2538-5].
website at IEEE
Johan Lilius, Ricardo J. Machado, Dragos Truscan, João M. Fernandes, Ivan Porres (Eds.). Nordic Journal of Computing (NJC), Special Section on Model-Based Methodologies for Pervasive and Embedded Software, vol. 12, no. 3, Fall, 2005, Helsinki, Finland, [ISSN: 1236-6064].
website at NJC
Johan Lilius, Ricardo J. Machado, Dragos Truscan, João M. Fernandes. Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Model-Based Methodologies for Pervasive and Embedded Software (MOMPES 2005), June, 2005, TUCS General Publication no. 39, Turku, Finland, May, 2005 [ISBN: 952-12-1359-0].
website at TUCS
João M. Fernandes, Johan Lilius, Ricardo J. Machado, Ivan Porres. Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Model-Based Methodologies for Pervasive and Embedded Software (MOMPES 2004), June, 2004, TUCS General Publication no. 29, Turku, Finland, May, 2004 [ISBN: 952-12-1556-9].
website at TUCS
Johan Lilius, Felice Balarin, Ricardo J. Machado. Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE/IFIP/ACM/FME International Conference on Application of Concurrency to System Design (ACSD 2003), June, 2003, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, California, U.S.A., [ISBN: 0-7695-1887-1].
website at IEEE