Seeds

The Sower

The cre­ation of a thou­sand forests is in one acorn.

Ralph Waldo Emer­son, 1841

Over the course of a teach­ing career, a pro­fes­sor comes into con­tact with many gen­er­a­tions of stu­dents. In my case, I have taught thou­sands of stu­dents.

Over time, names and faces may begin to fade. Yet there is a par­tic­u­lar group of stu­dents that mem­ory most read­ily recalls—those I super­vised in research, devel­op­ment, or intern­ship works. In these con­texts, a pro­fes­sor not only shares knowl­edge but also chal­lenges assump­tions, fos­ters skills devel­op­ment, offers sup­port in moments of dis­cour­age­ment, con­grat­u­lates suc­cess... and, occa­sion­aly, plants seeds in the hope they will blos­som into new visions, new achieve­ments, and new pro­fes­sion­als.

Below is a list of the stu­dents I have super­vised, either indi­vid­u­ally or as a co-super­vi­sor. The list begins with PhD stu­dents, fol­lowed by Mas­ter’s stu­dents, then stu­dents who com­pleted intern­ships, con­ducted tech­no­log­i­cal devel­op­ment projects, received research grant stu­dents, or par­tic­i­pated in intro­duc­tion to research projects. Entries are orga­nized alpha­bet­i­cally by stu­dent name.

All did very well. I am proud of each of them!

Supervision of PhD Works

Each entry includes the stu­dent’s name (with the nom de guerre in bold), the title of the PhD dis­ser­ta­tion (with a link to the dis­ser­ta­tion deposited in the RepositóriUM), the des­ig­na­tion of the PhD pro­gram, the insti­tu­tion that awarded the degree, the date the degree was con­ferred, and the list of exter­nal exam­in­ers (ordered alpha­bet­i­cally) who par­tic­i­pated in the viva.

Supervision of MSc Works

Each entry includes the stu­dent’s name (with the nom de guerre in bold), the title of the Mas­ter’s the­sis (with a link to the the­sis deposited in the RepositóriUM, if avail­able), the indi­ca­tion of the other super­vi­sor in case of co-super­vised works, the des­ig­na­tion of the Mas­ter’s pro­gram, the insti­tu­tion that awarded the degree, the date the degree was con­ferred, and the iden­ti­fi­ca­tion of the exam­iner.

Supervision of Internships

Each entry includes the stu­dent’s name (with the nom de guerre in bold), the title of the intern­ship, the des­ig­na­tion of the pro­gram, the insti­tu­tion that awarded the degree, and the place and date where the intern­ship took place.

Supervion of Technology Development Projects

Tech­nol­ogy Devel­op­ment Pro­jects are hands-on exer­cises aimed at cre­at­ing a new IT arti­fact or mod­i­fy­ing an exis­tent one. An IT arti­fact may include an IT appli­ca­tion, a method related to IT devel­op­ment or adop­tion, etc.

Each entry includes the names of the stu­dents (with the nom de guerre in bold), the project title, the des­ig­na­tion of the pro­gram, the name of the course where the project was devel­oped and eval­u­ated, the insti­tu­tion offer­ing the pro­gram, and the aca­d­e­mic year dur­ing which the project was com­pleted.

Supervision of Research Scholarships

Each entry includes the stu­dent’s name (with the nom de guerre in bold), the title of the research project, the des­ig­na­tion of the grant­ing insti­tu­tion, and the insti­tu­tion and aca­d­e­mic year where the schol­ar­ship work was con­ducted.

Supervision of Introduction to Research Projects

For quite some time, Infor­ma­tion Sys­tems-related Mas­ter’s pro­grams at the Uni­ver­sity of Minho have included in their study plans an elec­tive designed to intro­duce stu­dents to research projects.

Each of the fol­low­ing entries includes the stu­dent’s name (with the nom de guerre in bold), the title of the research project, the pro­gram to which the elec­tive belonged, and the insti­tu­tion and aca­d­e­mic year where the intro­duc­tory research work took place.

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