Sérgio Duarte holds a PhD in Computer Science from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (2006), where he graduated (1990) and obtained a Master (1997) in Computer Science Engineering. He conducts his research at NOVA-LINCS of the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Nova de Lisboa. His research interests are focused on the experimental design of low-latency, highly available large-scale systems, with particular interest in cloud computing, peer-to-peer and mobile settings.