Marco Vieira, University of Coimbra - Portugal

"A broad perspective on the research topics of high potential for the future of the Europe-Brazil collaboration on cloud computing, in particular from the perspective of dependable and secure cloud infrastructures and services."

Marco Vieira is an Associate Professor at the University of Coimbra (UC) and is the Director of the Center for Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra (CISUC). Marco is the European Coordinator of the EUBrasilCloudFORUM and his research focuses mainly in the area of dependable and secure computing, namely in benchmarking and experimental assessment of security and dependability attributes. His research interests also include failure prediction, evaluation and improvement of software robustness, fault injection, database systems and software development processes.