The Department of Informatics Engineering (DEI) of the “Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto” (ISEP), in collaboration with the Master’s in Critical Computing Systems Engineering (MESCC), invites to attend the lecture "Critical Computing Series: Research and Systems @ Sword Health", that will take place on November 26th, at 6:30 p.m., in room B407. 

Abstract 

Sword is a digital health company, headquartered in Porto, known for its innovative use of technology to improve the lives of individuals worldwide. In this talk, two members of the Research and Systems team, Pedro Rodrigues and Rita Sousa, will talk about Sword, the challenges their team faces, the technology stack they use and, in the end, present a short demo of the Sword's product with the highest impact. 

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Bio  

Pedro Rodrigues is the Embedded Team Tech Lead at Sword. Master's degree from ISEP, started career at Synopsys for five years. Joined Sword in 2020 to develop firmware, hardware, and Sword production tools.  

Rita Sousa is an OS Engineer at Sword, where she is responsible for developing OS solutions for Sword’s products. With a Master’s degree from ISEP, started her career at Farfetch, moving later to Natixis, before joining Sword.  

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Organization 

This lecture is organized by QTDEI, in collaboration with the Master's in Engineering for Critical Computing Systems (MESCC) of the “Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto” (ISEP).