Daniel Coelho Gomes

Daniel Coelho Gomes (born in 1977 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese software engineer and researcher who initiated the Arquivo.pt project, a research infrastructure that facilitates the search and access to historical web information preserved since the 1990s.
He has conducted research in Web archiving and web-based information systems and participated in international projects.
==Biography==
===Early Life and Education===
Daniel Gomes was born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1977. He completed a degree in Computer Science at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon in 2001 and earned a PhD in Computer Engineering from the same institution in 2007. His doctoral thesis focused on designing large-scale systems for processing web data to derive evolution trends.
===Career===
He worked as a researcher at the Institute of Applied Science and Technology (ICAT) and the Large-Scale Information Systems Laboratory (LaSIGE). During this time, he was part of the team that created 'Tumba!', a search engine optimized for the Portuguese web, and 'Tomba', the first prototype of a web archive system for the Portuguese web. He was involved in the design, development, and maintenance of these systems.
After his research, he initiated the Portuguese Web Archive project at the Foundation for National Scientific Computing, which led to the public service Arquivo.pt, managed by the Foundation for Science and Technology.
He has authored scientific publications and participated in research projects focused on digital information storage, preservation, and retrieval.
===Activism===
He has participated in environmental activism, focusing on sustainable circular economy initiatives. In 2012, he founded the civic movement TaraRecuperavel.org to raise awareness about environmental sustainability in Portugal. He has collaborated with ecological non-governmental organizations such as Quercus, Brigada do Mar, and the APLM - Portuguese Marine Litter Association. He has also contributed to environmental sustainability laws.
Between 2012 and 2021, he authored AjoLogoExisto, a blog about activism and civic awareness.
==Notable Works==
In 2007, Daniel Gomes founded Arquivo.pt at the Foundation for National Scientific Computing (FCCN), now a division of the Foundation for Science and Technology. Arquivo.pt is a public service that allows users to search and access archived web pages from the Portuguese web since 1996. It is one of the main tools for digital preservation in Portugal and has received awards and nominations.
He was the editor-in-chief of the book "The Past Web: Exploring Web Archives", which examines the methodologies and technologies used in web archiving.
==Selected Publications==
Daniel Gomes has published research on web archiving, data management, and digital preservation through various publications. Some of his selected publications include:
* André Mourão, Daniel Gomes, "Searching images in a web archive", 2023.
* Daniel Gomes, "Web archives as research infrastructure for digital societies: the case study of Arquivo.pt", 2022.
* Helen Hockx-Yu, Ditte Laursen, Daniel Gomes, "The Curious Case of Archiving .eu", 2019.
* Miguel Costa, Daniel Gomes, Mário J. Silva, "The Evolution of Web Archiving", 2016.
* Daniel Gomes, Miguel Costa, "The Importance of Web Archives for Humanities", 2014.
* Daniel Gomes, Miguel Costa, David Cruz, João Miranda, Simão Fontes, "Creating a Billion-Scale Searchable Web Archive", 2013.
* Daniel Gomes, João Miranda, "Arquivo e Medição da Web Portuguesa", 2008.
* Daniel Gomes, Sérgio Freitas, Mário J. Silva, "Design and Selection Criteria for a National Web Archive", 2006.
* Daniel Gomes, Mário J. Silva, "Modelling Information Persistence on the Web", 2006.
* Daniel Gomes, Mário J. Silva, "Characterizing a National Community Web", 2005.
* Daniel Gomes, André Santos, Mário J. Silva, "Managing duplicates in a web archive", 2006.
* Norman Noronha, João P. Campos, Daniel Gomes, Mário J. Silva, José Borbinha, "A Deposit for Digital Collections", 2001.
==Awards and Recognitions==
* Best Paper Award for 'Arquivo e Medição da Web Portuguesa' at Ibero-Americana IADIS WWW/Internet 2008.
* Best Young Researcher Award for "Design and Selection Criteria for a National Web Archive" at ECDL '06 - 10th European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, 2006.
* Best Paper Candidate for "Modelling Information Persistence on the Web" at ICWE '06 - 6th International Conference on Web Engineering, 2006.
==Interviews and News==
Daniel Gomes's work in digital preservation and web archiving has been featured in interviews and news articles. Some mentions include:
* Arquivo.pt: a case study interview
* Challenges and Recommendations to start a web archive
* Buscando el pasado con Arquivo.pt (in Spanish)
* Archiving the Web as Public Service
* Access policies, challenges, and approaches
* Web Archive Information Retrieval
* Civic movement wants to reactivate the recoverable packaging of bottles in Portugal (in Portuguese)
* Portuguese project wants to exchange empty bottles for money (in Portuguese)
Category:1977 births
Category:University of Lisbon alumni
Category:Portuguese computer scientists
Category:People from Lisbon
Category:Living people