Daniel Gomes Email and Phone Number
Daniel Gomes has a deep experience in web information systems obtained through the research, development and maintenance of innovative online services since the early days of the Internet. He holds a broad set of skills which cover all stages of the lifecycle of an online service, including:- Strategic planning - User experience- Software development- DevOps- Site Reliability Engineering- Quality Assurance- Cybersecurity- Training and disseminationDaniel Gomes can contribute to optimize existing systems and develop successful new services in any organization.- Short biographyDaniel Gomes founded Arquivo.pt (the Portuguese web-archive) in 2007 as follow-up of his PhD thesis and currently leads this public service that provides worldwide unique features (e.g. image and textual search over information archived from the web since the 1990s). Arquivo.pt system manages over 1 PetaByte of data (20 billion web files) distributed over dozens of servers at its own data center. The current software system is the result of more than 25 major releases since 2015. Daniel Gomes dedicated most of his career to developing the Arquivo.pt public service. For this purpose, he developed a wide scope of expertises along time because a web archive is a peculiar information system which is not supported by major suppliers nor web archiving is yet an established area of knowledge. He obtained his PhD in Computer Science with a thesis focused on the design of large-scale systems for the processing of web data to automatically derive evolution trends (Big Data). He has been working in the research, development and operation of web-based information systems since 2001, covering all stages of the lifecycle of a product from theoretical scientific hypotheses to services successfully running for years. He has managed software teams with frequent staff rotation and open-source projects since 2007. He delivered over 200 invited talks and training sessions and published over 57 scientific and technical documents. He was the Chief Editor of the book “The Past Web: Exploring Web Archives” and independent expert to evaluate research activities funded by the European Commission on Information and Communication Technologies.
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Founder And Head Of Arquivo.Pt - The Web Archive Of PortugalFundação Para A Ciência E A Tecnologia (Fct)Portugal -
Founder/Head Of Arquivo.Pt - The Web Archive Of PortugalFundação Para A Ciência E A Tecnologia (Fct) Jan 2015 - PresentLisbon Area, PortugalHead of the Arquivo.pt public service at the Foundation for Science and Technology which is a governmental institution (2013-current). The core of his team has been composed on average by 5 members with varied profiles (software engineers, communication professionals, librarians, researchers). The majority held MSc and PhD in Computer Science. The main activities and achievements were:- Promoted over 180 dissemination activities.- Launched the largest search service over web-archived images.- Developed and operated a catalog of 13 world-wide services complementary to web archives (e.g. SavePageNow, arquivo404 and Memorial).- Conducted Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and redesigned the system to a shared-nothing architecture so that the project may evolve to become a service (availability over 99,99% since 2016).- Published derived open data sets for research.- Launched and managed the Arquivo.pt Awards since 2018 (167 applications, 23 awarded).- Produced pedagogical materials and designed the training program on web preservation and research which has been delivered in-person and remotely (1 289 trainees with average satisfaction of 89% in 2022).- Designed the Arquivo.pt Application Programming Interfaces.- Procurement for obtaining hardware and software resources.- Representative of Arquivo.pt at the International Internet Preservation Consortium.- Conducted projects to preserve the online documentation about European and national scientific projects. -
Scientific EditorSpringer Nature Group 2018 - 2021Chief Editor of the book “The Past Web: Exploring Web Archives” published in 2021 (27 000 accesses). -
Technical Team LeadUnidade Fccn 2011 - 2015Lisbon, PortugalHis team was composed on average by 10 members (software engineers and designers). The main tasks performed were project and team management, usability testing, quality assurance and system administration. His team contributed to the design, development and maintenance of over 20 projects and services such as:- Open access initiative for scientific repositories (RCAAP) - Online Knowledge Library (B-on)- Video repositories for Research and Education: Educast and Zappiens- Program to bridge universities with schools: Mundo na Escola (World at School)- Online service to measure network speed (ANACOM Netmede.net)- Informational websites (e.g. Harvard Medical School Portugal, Study & Research in Portugal, Speedmeter, FCCN.pt, Jornadas FCCN, Natureza na Web, ISOC Portugal)- Portuguese web archive project -
Researcher/Project ManagerFccn Jan 2007 - Jan 2011LisbonThe main tasks performed were research, system administration (Linux operating systems, Virtual Machines, Storage Area Networks, databases) and management of the “Portuguese Web Archive” project which originated the first open-source full-text search prototype over a web archive and the recommendations for publishing preservable web content. -
Independent ExpertEuropean Commission Jan 2009 - 2012Independent expert to evaluate research activities funded by the European Commission on Information and Communication Technologies (2009-2012) -
Independent Expert On Search Engine Optimization, Web-Based Information Systems And Usability.Independent Expert Jan 2007 - 2012Lisbon Area, PortugalCollaborated with international organizations to improve their online presence, developing more effective and efficient web-based information systems that can be easily used by visitors, customers or staff.Combined User Experience techniques for requirement analysis and product quality management with SCRUM methodology for productive software implementation.Author of Visibilidade.net, a website in Portuguese about Search Engine Optimization, Usability and Accessibility for people with disabilitiesProject manager in a startup company focused on Web publishing: search engine optimization, usability, accessibility for people with disabilities and web marketing
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ResearcherLasige Jan 2002 - Dec 2007Lisbon, PortugalResearcher at the Large-Scale Informatics Systems Laboratory (LaSIGE) of the University of Lisbon, mainly worked on web warehousing and characterization.During his PhD studied web crawling, data processing and information retrieval. Developed the first prototype of a Portuguese web archive and a distributed system to process large amounts of web data.System/database administrator: Linux, LAN, DNS, NFS, Oracle and PostgreSQL databases used to process tables with millions of rows to derive scientific results from web data. -
System AdministratorLasige Jan 2002 - Jan 2004Computer networking, computer hardware
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ResearcherIcat Jan 2000 - Jan 2002Development of the first Portuguese news search engine that enabled theme-based queries across distinct online publications (Newssearch) and middleware for the first mobile leisure guide supported by Palm Pilot PDAs.
Daniel Gomes Education Details
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Faculdade De Ciências Da Universidade De LisboaInformation Technology
Frequently Asked Questions about Daniel Gomes
What company does Daniel Gomes work for?
Daniel Gomes works for Fundação Para A Ciência E A Tecnologia (Fct)
What is Daniel Gomes's role at the current company?
Daniel Gomes's current role is Founder and Head of Arquivo.pt - the web archive of Portugal.
What schools did Daniel Gomes attend?
Daniel Gomes attended University Of Lisbon, Faculdade De Ciências Da Universidade De Lisboa.
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