Paulo Ferreira is a Professor in the Department of Informatics at the University of Oslo's Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. He specializes in programming technology with a focus on distributed systems, mobile computing, and fog/cloud computing. His research interests include: Distributed systems and programming of mobile devices Concurrency, parallelism, and replication Fog and cloud computing architectures Software security and adaptability Algorithms for garbage collection Professor Ferreira teaches "Programming Ubiquitous Things" (IN5600) in Spring and "Fog and Cloud Computing" (IN5700) in Autumn. His recent publications show a strong focus on transport mode detection using edge and fog computing, garbage collection optimization, and mobile application development. His work demonstrates trends toward more efficient resource utilization in distributed environments, particularly in mobile and edge contexts. He has received numerous awards including: Best Prize for Master Thesis supervision (Norsk Regnesentrals pris, Dec. 2023) Two Best Paper Awards at the ACM/IFIP/Usenix Middleware Conference Recognition of Service Award from ACM "Excellent teaching" awards at the University of Lisbon (2010/2011 and 2013/14) Professor Ferreira currently supervises PhD students Mahdieh Kamalian (transport mode detection) and Lyla Naghipour Vijouyeh (fog emulator development). He has led more than 15 research projects, served as an expert for the European Union for assessment of projects proposals under the 7th Framework Program, and serves on various program committees (e.g. Middleware, ICDCS, DAIS, etc.). He is a senior member of ACM and IEEE, serves on the editorial board of the Springer Journal of Internet Services and Applications, and is a member of the Steering Committee of EuroSys (ACM European Chapter of the Special Interest Group on Operating Systems).
