Sara Fernandes


Sara Fernandes is an Application Owner at Continental Engineering Services (CES Porto) and a Ph.D. student in Informatics Engineering (ProDEI) at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto (FEUP). She holds a BSc+MSc in Informatics and Computing Engineering (MIEIC) from the same institution. She is also an Invited Assistant Lecturer at FEUP. She has participated in research projects at INESC TEC Porto, Bosch Ovar, and FEUP. She co-supervised two MSc theses related to her main research topic. Her expertise lies in Software Engineering, focusing on Agile, Refactoring, Code Quality, and Live Software Development. In her free time, she likes to learn more about other subjects, such as Project Management and Agile Methodologies. She also likes to read books on psychology, human behavior, and teamwork and watch movies and tv-series.



Education

FEUP (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto)

Doctoral Program in Informatics Engineering (Pending Presentation)
September 2019 - January 2024

FEUP (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto)

Training of FEUP Project Monitors
August 2018 - September 2018


FEUP (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto)

Integrated Master in Informatics and Computing Engineering
September 2014 - July 2019

Escola Secundária da Trofa

Sciences and Technologies
September 2011 - June 2014

Experience

Application Owner

Continental Engineering Services, Porto
  • Application Owner of software used or created by Continental
November 2023 - Present

Data Science Lecturer

Nuclio Digital School, Spain
  • Nuclio Digital School offers the most complete digital training with master's degrees and intensive courses specialized in Programming, Cybersecurity, or Data Science, both face-to-face and remote
August 2023 - November 2023

Invited Assistant Lecturer

FEUP (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto)
  • Invited Assistant Lecturer of LCOM (Computer Laboratory) of L.EIC (Bachelor in Informatics and Computing Engineering) and PRI (Information Processing and Retrieval) of M.EIC (Master in Informatics and Computing Engineering)
September 2021 - Present

Student Volunteer Co-Chair - Programming 2022

FEUP (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto)
  • Programming is a conference focused on several programming topics including the programming experience. In 2022, it was held at FEUP, Porto, Portugal
March 2022 - April 2022

Researcher (Java Developer)

INESC TEC (Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science)
  • Study of the concept of live refactoring to create a Java plugin to IntelliJ IDE that helps developers converge to better software, with more quality, faster
September 2020 - October 2023

Invited Assistant Lecturer

FEUP (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto)
  • Invited Assistant Lecturer of LCOM (Computer Laboratory) and SDIS (Distributed Systems) of MIEIC (Integrated Master in Informatics and Computing Engineering)
September 2019 - September 2021

Researcher (C# Developer)

FEUP (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto) & BOSCH
  • Application of the concept of live refactoring in a C# tool to be used with software systems previously developed by BOSCH, to make them more understandable and with higher quality
September 2019 - September 2020

Conference Co-Chair - DSIE (Doctoral Symposium in Informatics Engineering)

FEUP (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto)
  • Doctoral Symposium in Informatics Engineering (DSIE) is a student conference in FEUP every year. It helps Ph.D. students enhance their research, writing, and presentation skills by giving them a medium they use to practice
September 2019 - February 2020

Mu.SA Collaborator

FEUP (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto) and FLUP (Faculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto)
  • The Mu.Sa project is the result of the collaboration between FEUP and FLUP to create e-learning content in the area of computer engineering aimed at students of museum-focused courses
July 2019 - October 2019

Full Stack Developer (Trainee)

TWA - Travel World Alliance
  • Development of different websites for companies related to travelling reservations or tours
January 2019 - June 2019

Conference Co-Chair - Talk a Bit 2019

FEUP (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto)
  • Talk a Bit 2019 is a non-profit tech conference organized by MIEIC (Integrated Master in Informatics and Computing Engineering) and MESW (Master in Software Engineering) students at FEUP
September 2018 - January 2019

FEUP Project Monitor

FEUP (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto)
  • The main purpose of my job was to help students developing their assignments and projects
September 2018 - November 2018

Junior Researcher

INESC TEC (Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science)
  • The main scientific activities carried out were the development of 2 systematic literature reviews and the writing of 2 scientific articles on the systematic reviews made
  • The systematic literature reviews were related to information retrieval on Wikipedia, the quality of those articles, and whether or not those could be used by students or medical professionals
October 2018 - December 2018

LCOM Monitor

FEUP (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto)
  • LCOM (Computer Laboratory) is a curricular unit of MIEIC in which are deepened the relative knowledge of the peripheral devices of a computer
  • The main purpose of my job was to help students developing their assignments and projects
September 2016 - February 2017

September 2017 - February 2018