This page highlights past team members who have completed theses or projects aligned with our research topics.

PhD Theses

2024
Cláudia Brito — Towards a Privacy-Preserving Distributed Machine Learning Framework João Paulo , Pedro Ferreira  ·  Assistant Researcher @ INESC TEC
2024
Tânia Esteves — Flexible Tracing and Analysis of Applications' I/O Behavior João Paulo , Rui Carlos Oliveira  ·  Assistant Researcher @ INESC TEC
2023
Ricardo Macedo — User-level Software-Defined Storage Data Planes João Paulo , José Pereira  ·  Assistant Researcher @ INESC TEC
2021
Rogério Pontes — Trade-offs between privacy and efficiency on databases Manuel Barbosa , Ricardo Vilaça  ·  Security Engineering @ AutoScout24

MSc Theses

2026
Gonçalo Sousa — Efficient fault tolerant storage solutions for AI training in HPC João Paulo , Cláudia Brito  ·  PhD Student @ University of Minho
2026
André Ferreira — Storage optimizations for distributed AI training in HPC João Paulo , Cláudia Brito  ·  PhD Student @ University of Minho
2025
Ana Rita Vaz — Characterizing and Predicting the I/O Patterns of HPC Applications João Paulo , Tânia Esteves
2025
Miguel Braga — Reducing energy consumption of AI training through phase-aware GPU frequency tuning Ricardo Macedo , Cláudia Brito  ·  Software Engineer @ Nokia
2025
Alexandre Fernandes — Fine-Grained and Event-Aware Energy Monitoring for Large-Scale Computing Infrastructures Ricardo Macedo , Cláudia Brito  ·  Assistant Researcher @ INESC TEC
2025
Rui P. Oliveira — Efficient Deduplication for the SPDK Framework João Paulo  ·  PhD Student @ University of Minho
2025
Carlos E.S. Machado — Bridging the Gap: A Comparison of the Design, Efficiency, and Fidelity of eBPF Libraries João Paulo , Tânia Esteves  ·  PhD Student @ University of Minho
2025
José Fernandes — Comprehensive study of the energy impact of LSM-based key-value stores Ricardo Macedo , António Sousa , Cláudia Brito  ·  Software Engineer @ Critical TechWorks
2025
Diana Rodrigues — Controlo energético de GPU em sistemas de Deep Learning Ricardo Macedo , António Sousa , Cláudia Brito  ·  Intern @ Blip
2025
Mariana Amorim — SFreq: Controlador de consumo energético para sistemas de armazenamento baseados em SPDK Ricardo Macedo , João Paulo , Cláudia Brito  ·  Software Engineer @ Critical TechWorks
2025
Bruno Pereira — Towards Optimized Development and Testing of Ransomware Detection Solutions João Paulo , João Marco Silva , Tânia Esteves  ·  PhD Student @ University of Minho
2024
Sara Pereira — Towards Fine-grained, Holistic Energy Control in Large-Scale Computing Infrastructures Carlos Baquero , Ricardo Macedo , Cláudia Brito  ·  Software Engineer @ Critical TechWorks
2024
José Pedro Peixoto — Towards programmable and adaptable caches João Paulo , Ricardo Macedo  ·  PhD Student @ University of Minho
2024
Rúben Adão — Co-designing Log-Structured Merge Key-Value Stores with a Non-Volatile Storage Hierarchy João Paulo , Ricardo Macedo  ·  PhD Student @ University of Minho
2024
Maria Ramos — Reproducible Fault Injection in Local Storage Systems João Paulo , Ricardo Macedo , Tânia Esteves  ·  PhD Student @ University of Minho
2024
Maria Beatriz Moreira — I/O Optimizations for Distributed Deep Learning Training João Paulo , Ricardo Macedo , Cláudia Brito  ·  Software Engineer @ Critical TechWorks
2023
Pedro Rodrigues — Analysis of I/O patterns for Data Management Systems João Paulo , Ricardo Vilaça , Tânia Esteves  ·  Software Tester @ Dipcode
2023
Alexandre Ferreira — Fault-tolerant and Large-scale Storage for POSIX-compliant Applications João Paulo , Francisco Maia  ·  Site Reliability Engineer @ Promptly Health
2023
Alexandre Miranda — Realistic Fault Assesment in SPDK-enabled Storage Stacks João Paulo , Ricardo Macedo  ·  Site Reliability Engineer @ Promptly Health
2022
João Azevedo — LazyFS: A file system for assessing applications data durability João Paulo , Ricardo Macedo  ·  Site Reliability Engineer @ Promptly Health
2022
Marco Dantas — Accelerating Deep Learning Training on High-Performance Computing with Storage Tiering João Paulo , Rui Carlos Oliveira  ·  AI Data Engineer @ Bosch Portugal
2021
Diogo Leitão — RSafeFS: Modular File System for Remote Storage João Paulo , José Pereira  ·  Researcher @ INESC TEC
2021
Carlos Pedrosa — HIODS: Hybrid Inline and Offline Deduplication System João Paulo , José Pereira  ·  Security Delivery Associate @ Accenture Portugal
2021
Cláudia Correia — PRISMA: A Prefetching Storage Middleware for Accelerating Deep Learning Frameworks João Paulo , António Sousa  ·  Software Engineer @ Elastic
2021
Daniel Fernandes — LSFS: Large-scale fault-tolerant file system João Paulo , Rui Carlos Oliveira  ·  Software Engineer @ Digito Solutions
2020
Mariana Miranda — S2Dedup: SGX-enabled Secure Deduplication System João Paulo , Rui Carlos Oliveira  ·  PhD Student @ University of Minho
2020
Alexandre Silva — DEDISBench++: Realistic evaluation of storage systems supporting deduplication and compression João Paulo , José Pereira  ·  Associate Application Developer @ Accenture Portugal
2018
Tânia Esteves — Configurable and Secure Storage Systems João Paulo , José Pereira  ·  PhD Student @ University of Minho

Others

2024
Diogo Costa — Research on SPDK and I/O Profiling João Paulo , Tânia Esteves  ·  Software Engineer @ Xpand IT
2022
Diogo Leitão — Research work on I/O optimizations for deep learning and persistent memory João Paulo  ·  Software Engineer @ Critical TechWorks
2022
Alberto Faria — Research on userspace storage block devices João Paulo , Ricardo Macedo  ·  Software Engineer @ Red Hat
2022
César Borges — Research on fault-injection benchmarking João Paulo
2021
Diogo Ribeiro — Research work on storage tiering João Paulo , Ricardo Macedo  ·  MSc Student @ University of Minho