Ricardo Linhares
Software Programmer
Who am I?
Academic Experience
- Master in Computer Engineering by Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e Ave, (2024 - present)
- Advanced specialization in Clinical and Health Psychologyby the University of Maia, (2021)
- Integrated Master in Work and Organizational Psychologyby Universidade Católica Portuguesa, (2018)
Professional Experience
- Software Programmer:NeuroImprove Clinic (2025 - present)
- Researcher:2Ai - Applied Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (2024)
- Clinical Psychologist:Lima Health Clinic (2023 - 2025)
- Clinical and Occupational Psychologist:Practice in private practice (2020 - 2025)
- Human Resources Management: Holy House of Mercy of Barcelos (2019 - 2020)
Other certifications
- Training “Machine Learning Specialization”, by Coursera/DeepLearning.ai (2024)
- Training “Functional-light JavaScript”, by FrontendMasters (2024)
- Training “Deliberate Practice in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy”, by the University of Maia (2023)
- Training “Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Theoretical Immersion and Skill Building Intensive”, by Amy Murrell and Christopher Ferrand - Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (2022)
- Training “Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Affective Science to address Shame and Self-Criticism, by Portland Psychotherapy (2022)
Publications
- Carvalho, M., Rocha, I. C., Arantes, M.,Linhares, R., Soares, J., Moreira, A., Vilaca, J. L., Matos, D., Morais, P., & Carvalho, V. (2025). Powered wearable technologies for dementia care: Evaluating activity recognition models and dataset challenges. In Proceedings of the 18th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2025). INSECT.
- Linhares, R. A.& Lobo, F. (2021). Portuguese veterinarians and predictors of burnout. In F. Wolf & E. Tavares (Eds.). Being a veterinarian: Risks and challenges(pp.239-268). National Union of Veterinarians.