Vasco T. Vasconcelos

Vasco T. Vasconcelos is a Professor at the University of Lisbon, affiliated with LASIGE (Laboratory of Computer Science and Informatics). His research focuses on programming languages, type systems, and concurrency, particularly in session types and their applications to functional and parallel programming.

• Academic Rank: Professor
• Affiliation: LASIGE, University of Lisbon

Vasconcelos has extensively contributed to session type theory, including context-free grammars, asynchronous communication, and gradual typing. His work bridges theoretical formalisms and practical implementations in functional languages like FreeST.

He has served on program and steering committees for conferences such as POPL, SPLASH, and ECOOP, and has presented keynotes, including the Mooly Fest at ETAPS 2019. Vasconcelos also mentors students and participates in academic panels, though no specific advisees are listed here.