Ricardo Moutinho

I single-handedly developed the app for BABOOM's music service with over 25,000+ installs on Google's Play Store.

Featuring a Material Design-inspired UX, the app supports audio and video streaming (both internal and via YouTube), as well as audio syncing when offline. The user's song collection data is always kept in sync on the device, allowing for offline usage, and the image-heavy design was optimized to run smoothly on all levels of devices.

The GoLivePhone® app transforms Android devices into extremely user-friendly smartphones, with senior citizens in mind. I participated in the development of several of its modules (launcher, camera, dialer, location monitoring & GPS navigation, among others) and as team leader on the final months of my participation in the project.

I was the lead developer of this management app targeted at BABOOM's music professionals. It featured support for managing multiple artists, events listing and ticketing information.

I was the lead developer of the team that developed and maintained a modular chatbot building framework (Node.js and TypeScript), supporting multiple channels, live chat integrations (Salesforce), and a custom-built dialogue engine. I was also in charge of the Natural Language Understanding component.

While working in this project, I worked and published multiple chatbots, including platforms like Google Assistant, Alexa, Facebook, and the web.

• Built a prototype for a summoning notification system.
• Designed the service architecture.
• Built a physical summon button using a Raspberry Pi, connecting to an LED button and controller written in Python to connect the back end and control LED feedback
• Developed the back-end application using Python (Flask) and PostgreSQL: the app received the requests from buttons and triggered push notifications on mobile devices.
• Developed a simple front end for the back end.
• Built the Android prototype app.
• Worked on the iOS app (iPhone and Apple Watch).

A solution for field operatives and operations management where a smartphone's camera and sensors are used to transform it into an operative's personal tracking device. I was the project's tech leader and developed the Android apps for both the smartphone and head-mounted display, which included live video, audio and data streaming using WebRTC and WebSockets.

A mobile solution for safer water activities. I participated in the early stages of this project, during the requirements gathering stage and I also specified and implemented the initial Android app's architecture.

Created a simplified wrapper library for Android location APIs featuring abstracted location provider concepts, support for geofencing alerts, location filtering based on provided criteria and the removal of bogus locations by assessing quality straight from the GPS engine's NMEA data.

A game that allows the user to monitor his risk of falling while dancing alone or with a group of friends. I worked on both the smartphone and Google TV apps. The apps allowed multiple players to dance together and compete in a synchronized fashion, optionally using a Google TV to show a "dance coach" as they were playing (also in sync).

I was a WSA-mobile winner in the category m-Inclusion & Empowerment, 2012, with AlzNav, a location monitoring and GPS based pedestrian navigation app for older adults and persons in the initial stages of dementia.

I was the winner of Fraunhofer Portugal’s Entry Level Excellence Award (2012). An award dedicated to young researchers that achieve outstanding results while working in the institute.

I was one of three finalists for the mobility category (out of a total of 12 finalists) in the international "Vodafone Foundation Smart Accessibility Awards 2011" contest.