Hi, I'm Mariana

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About



After spending my childhood in the West of Portugal - near the beaches and the vines -, I took a detour through Berlin, and landed in Lisbon to study Computer Science at Técnico (IST).

I have a big passion for dancing, doing theater, and anything music related. 💃

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Experience

💻INESC-ID - Research Assistant

(Mar 2023 - Oct 2023)

Researcher on Fair AI through the use of logical reasoning as part of the Automated Reasoning and Software Reliability department.

💻Instituto Superior Técnico - Teaching Assistant

(Feb 2023 - Jul 2023)

Teaching Assistant on the Artificial Intelligence course of the Computer Science and Engineering Bsc.

💻Feedzai - Software Engineer Intern

(Jul 2022 - Sep 2022)

Internship on the Product - Data Science Team. The goal was to upgrade some functionalities on Feedzai's Smart Data Sampling package. Main technologies: PySpark, Pulse

SINFO - Coordinator

(Feb 2020 - March 2022)

Co-leading a team of 20+ people for one of the biggest tech conferences in Portugal. SINFO brings the best voices the tech world has to offer right to our University, IST. By students and for students, it is completely free for all its attendees.

GCE-NEIIST - Communication & Design Team

(Sep 2019 - Jul 2021)

Creating visual content for the promotion of thesis, interviews, internships, and programming tournaments in all of GCE's social media platforms.

QueerIST - Treasurer

(Sep 2019 - Sep 2020)

Overseeing QueerIST's finnancial affairs such as drawing up the annual budget, refunding collaborators and managing profits and expenses.

💻Aptoide - Intern

(Jul 2020 - Sep 2020)

Summer internship for developing an updated search engine that addressed certain business requirements. Main technologies: PHP and Elastic Search

SINFO - Social Media Manager

(Apr 2019 - Feb 2020)

Managing and creating content for social media platforms in SINFO’s Communication and Social Networks team.

QueerIST - Treasury Team

(Jan 2019 - Sep 2020)

Responsible for QueerIST’s financial planning along with its treasury team.

McDonald's - Collaborator

(Jul 2017)

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Education and

Volunteering

► Msc. in Computer Science and Engineering

Instituto Superior Técnico

(Sep 2021 - Sep 2023)

► Bsc. in Computer Science and Engineering

Instituto Superior Técnico

(Sep 2018 - Jul 2021)

► Exchange Program for Intercultural Education

AFS Intercultural Programs - Germany

(Sep 2016 - Jul 2017)




NAPE - IST

(Sep 2019)

Student Mentoring Program

Apfelbäumchen

(Feb 2017 - Jul 2017)

Helping the staff take care of kids ages 2 - 5 in a small daycare in Berlin.

Intercultura - AFS

(Feb 2017 - Jul 2017)

Providing help to exchange students and their host families as a contact volunteer.
Interviewing exchange student and host family candidates.