His main research interest is on software engineering for dependable computing. He has been involved in several national and international projects namely with the European Space Agency in the field of software certification. He was director of IPN-lis (2005-2008), an applied research laboratory created by the University of Coimbra to promote technology transfer to industry, head of the Informatics Enginnering Department (2008-2010), winner of the BES Innovation Award for Information Technologies and Services (2011), and founder of RedLight Software, a process-driven technological startup providing IT solutions for the health sector in Europe. He is also an expert of the European Commission under the FP7 program in the area of transport and aeronautics.