PARSUK is the Portuguese Association of Researchers and Students in the United Kingdom, an independent and not-for-profit organisation, without any political affiliation. PARSUK was created on the 20th March 2008 with the main aim of gathering and promoting communication amongst the community of Portuguese researchers and students in the United Kingdom. Another aim of this association is to foster the relationship between its members and universities, colleges and companies in both Portugal and the UK, as well as to strengthen the influence and representation of the Portuguese academic community in both the British and Portuguese societies.

The UCL Department of Computer ScienceRanked in the first place for Computer Science in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) evaluation, out of 89 UK Universities assessed, with 61% of its research work being rated as world-leading (the highest possible category) and 96% of its research work being rated as internationally excellent, UCL CS is an incredible research power-house.I'm very happy to be leading the team that will be taking this fantastic department to the next stage in terms of industry engagement and strategic partnerships.

The PETRAS consortium of nine leading UK universities will work together over the next three years to explore critical issues in privacy, ethics, trust, reliability, acceptability, and security.Funding for the Hub includes a £9.8 million grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) which will be boosted by partner contributions to approximately £23 million in total.The project is part of IoTUK, an integrated £40 million, three-year, Government programme that seeks to advance the UK's global leadership in IoT and increase the adoption of high-quality IoT technologies and services throughout businesses and the public sector.The Hub is a consortium of nine leading universities led by UCL with Imperial College London, University of Oxford, University of Warwick, Lancaster University, University of Southampton, University of Surrey, University of Edinburgh and Cardiff University. The Hub will draw in substantial support and leverage from over 47 partners from industry and the public sector.

Supporting UCL in the creation of this new amaising Research Institute. Main responsibilities: Strategy and Operations

Digitizing the pre and post surgical process enabling less bed days post surgery and better patient outcomes. The company has developed a platform that uses machine learning tools and techniques to provide health alerts and advance insights. Patients can connect the wearable device for continuous monitoring through the clinical dashboard. The device coupled with daily clinical questionnaires enables tracking of all relevant health parameters enabling continuous feedback to the patient and to clinicians on progress.

Graca is one of the five independent advisors of the CTIC.https://dre.pt/home/-/dre/74605299/details/maximized?p_auth=gQ5WrkQKhttps://dre.pt/web/guest/pesquisa/-/search/107757007/details/normal?l=1 O CTIC é um grupo de projeto que funciona na dependência da Ministra da Presidência e Modernização Administrativa, Maria Manuel Leitão Marques, por delegação de competências do Primeiro-Ministro.O grupo foi criado pela Resolução do Conselho de Ministros nº 33/2016 de 3 de junho de 2016, sendo a estrutura de coordenação responsável por operacionalizar a estratégia para as Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TIC) na Administração Pública com vista a tirar partido do seu potencial transformador e melhorar a eficiência tecnológica e financeira do seu uso.O CTIC é composto por um representante da Agência para a Modernização Administrativa (AMA), que coordena, um representante do Centro de Gestão da Rede Informática do Governo (CEGER), um representante da Entidade de Serviços Partilhados da Administração Pública (ESPAP) e um representante de cada área do Governo, com cargo de direção superior ou gestor público em entidade com responsabilidade nas TIC, o qual representará uma ou várias áreas do Governo, de acordo com a orgânica do mesmo.O CTIC conta também com um Conselho Consultivo composto por cinco personalidades independentes (Graça Carvalho, da University College London; Henrique Madureira, da Universidade de Coimbra; Osvaldo Rocha Pacheco, da Universidade de Aveiro; Paulo Faroleiro, da Universidade Nova de Lisboa; e Rodrigo Seromenho Miragaia Rodrigues, do Instituo Superior Técnico) que reúne ordinariamente duas vezes por ano, e extraordinariamente se tal for solicitado pela Ministra da Presidência e Modernização Administrativa.

Board member responsible for the action plan of the Foundation and new projects assessment. Also responsible for daily operations and financial planning.

Leader of flagship innovation projects within Enterprise Network Group; conducted analysis of strategic problem/opportunity scenarios in key industries identified as potential disruption fields for Internet of Things paradigms.

Lead strategist and initiator for Cisco’s priming of key innovation projects in the European landscape.

Coordinator of the technical contributions of the Architecture Work Package in the U2010 - Ubiquitous IP centric Government & Enterprise Next Generation Networks Vision 2010 - project from the European Commission.

Main responsible for direct relations with the CTO/CSO Office at Cisco Corporate, developing relationships with key European Education and Academic organisations, and launching collaboration initiatives in Europe.

European Team Manager and Engineering Liaison contact for Optical Internetworking Business Unit.

Telenet was a start-up telecommunications operator. Responsible for the launch of the company and its services design and implementation.

Leader of infrastructure services at the first Internet network in Portugal, assuring international coordination with European Internet Governance organisations. Major Internet Evangelist in Portugal.