Rodrigo Miragaia Rodrigues

Rodrigo Miragaia Rodrigues is a full professor at the Instituto Superior Técnico (ULisboa) and a researcher at INESC-ID since 2015. He previously held roles as an associate professor at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, tenure-track faculty at MPI-SWS, and completed his PhD at MIT in 2005 under Barbara Liskov.

Education:

• PhD in Computer Science, MIT, 2005

Research Interests: Focuses on distributed systems, fault-tolerant computing, cloud infrastructure, and consistency models. His work bridges theoretical foundations and practical implementations, addressing challenges in geo-replication, secure analytics, and resource allocation in serverless environments. He emphasizes scalable systems and resilient data management.

Awards:

• Best Paper Award at SOSP
• ERC Starting Grant
• Google Faculty Research Award

Advising & Grants: Has advised 7 PhD students as main advisor, with graduates in top institutions like Purdue, TU Munich, and USTC. Secured funding from the European Research Council (ERC) and Google, focusing on projects like DependableCloud (ERC Grant 307732).

Labs & Teams: Leads research at INESC-ID and previously directed the Dependable Systems Group at MPI-SWS. Active in academic leadership roles, including President of the Scientific Council at IST.