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General Information

Full Name Mafalda Ferreira
Location Lisbon, Portugal

Education

  • 2021-Present
    PhD in Computer Science and Engineering
    Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
  • 2018 - 2021
    MsC in Information Systems and Computer Engineering
    Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
    • Specialization in Cyber-Security. Final grade: 18/20
    • Dissertation: Building GDPR-Compliant Web Applications with RuleKeeper (grade: 19/20)
  • 2014 - 2018
    Bachelor's degree in Information Systems and Computer Engineering
    Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
    • Final grade: 16/20

Experience

  • 2021-Present
    Junior Researcher
    INESC-ID, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Fall 2024-2025
    Research Engineering Intern
    Cogna, London, UK
  • Summer 2024
    Applied Scientist Intern
    Amazon Web Services (AWS), Santa Clara, CA, USA
  • 2019-2023
    Teaching Assistant
    Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
    • Software Engineering - Spring 2023/23, Spring 2021/22, Spring 2020/21, Spring 2019/20
    • Operating Systems - Fall 2020/21, Fall 2019/20
  • 2018
    Software Development Intern (Summer)
    Xpand IT, Lisbon, Portugal

Honors and Awards

  • 2023
    • Best PhD Student Award, DPSS, INESC-ID, Lisbon, Portugal
  • 2021-2022
    • Excellence Teaching Award, Instituto Superior Técnico
  • 2019-2020
    • Diploma of Academic Merit, Instituto Superior Técnico
  • 2018-2019
    • Diploma of Academic Merit, Instituto Superior Técnico
  • 2014-2015
    • Diploma of Academic Merit, Instituto Superior Técnico
  • 2017-2019
    • Merit Scholarship, Xpand IT

Academic Interests

  • Web Security
    • Develop systems based on static analysis techniques to identify security vulnerabilities in JavaScript code.
  • GDPR compliance for web applications
    • Detection and prevention of GDPR violations