Personal Data

Name: Miguel Dias Costa

E-mail: mcosta@fc.up.pt

Education

• Phd in Physics, FCUP (2010).
• MSc in Condensed Matter Physics (Theoretical and Computational), FCUP (2000-2001).
• Degree in Physics, FCUP (1995-1999).

Other qualifications

• Entrepeneurship Course, Universidade do Porto Inovação (UPIN), Escola de Gestão do Porto (EGP).
• Certificado de Aptidão de Formador, Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional (2005).
• Certificate of Proficiency in English, University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES) (1994).
• First Certificate in English, UCLES (1993).

Professional Experience

• HPC Specialist and Research Fellow, Graphene Research Centre, National University of Singapore (GRC-NUS) (2012-...)
• HPC & Grid Computing, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (2011-2012)
• Professor Adjunto Convidado at Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (2010)
• Founder and CTO at Neoscopio - Open Source Solutions, S.A. (2007-2010)
• Consultant at GMS Consulting (2007)
  • Project at CGD, in partnership with Deloitte, on the credit risk simulation of complex financial derivatives.
• "Equiparado a Assistente" at Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão (ESTG), Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo (IPVC) (2004/2005).
• Teaching Assistant, Physics Department (DF), FCUP (2001/2002).
• Teaching Assistant, Chemistry Department (DQ), FCUP (2000/2001).
• Research Assistant at Centro de Física do Porto (CFP) (2000-2001).
• Helpdesk technician at Siemens Semicondutores (1998).
• Translator for Ecovídeo and O Escriba - Gabinete de Tradução e Interpretação(1996-1998).
• Helpdesk technician at Caleida - Comunicações Globais (1996).

Teaching

at ISEP, IPP

• Theoretical-practical lessons of Introductory Physics for Mechanincal Engineering.

at ESTG, IPVC

• Theoretical and practical classes of Heat and Mass Transfer, Thermodynamics and Introductory Physics for Chemical Engineering and Food Engineering.

at DF, FCUP

• Pratical classes of Introductory Physics for Chemistry and Environmental Sciences.
• Practical classes of Technology for Education, for Physics, Chemistry and Geology

at DQ, FCUP

• Practical classes of Technology for Education, for Physics, Chemistry and Geology

Research

• Subject: Condensed Matter Physics.
• Group: Centro de Física do Porto

Publications and Communications

Papers in international journals, peer-reviewed

• Four-fold anisotropy in square lattice of circular ferromagnetic dots, G. Kakazei, Yu.G. Pogorelov, MDC, et al, , Phys. Rev. B Rapid Communication, 74, 6, 060406(R) (2006) (cond-mat/0602447).
• Optimized multicanonical simulations: a new proposal based on classical fluctuation theory, J. Viana Lopes, MDC, J.M.B. Lopes dos Santos and R. Toral, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. E (2006) (cond-mat/0603758).
• Analytical study of tunneling times in flat histogram Monte Carlo, MDC, J. Viana Lopes, J.M.B. Lopes dos Santos, Europhys. Lett., 72 (5), pp. 802-808 (2005) (cond-mat/0504698).

Proceedings in international journals, peer-reviewed

• Interlayer dipolar interactions in granular multilayered films, G. Kakazei, Yu.G. Pogorelov, MDC et al., J. Appl. Phys., 97, 10A723 (2005).
• Apparent phase transition in a chain of magnetic dipoles, Yu. G. Pogorelov, MDC, J. Mag. Mag. Mat., 272-276, c979-c980 (2004).
• Continuum model for dipolar coupled planar lattices, MDC, Yu. G. Pogorelov, J. Mag. Mag. Mat., 258-259, 32-34 (2003).
• Criteria for long-range magnetic order in planar lattices of dipolar coupled magnetic nanoparticles, MDC, Yu. G. Pogorelov, Phys. Stat. Sol. A, 189, 3, 923-927 (2002).

Oral Communications

• "Anisotropia de quarta ordem em rede de dipólos magnéticos", Journal Club at Centro de Física do Porto, March 2006.
• "Ordem Magnética em Sistemas de Partículas com Interacção Dipolar", Seminário no Centro de Física do Porto, March 2003.
• "Magnetic Order in Dipolar Coupled Lattices", Seminário na Freie Universitat Berlin, November 2002.
• "Monte Carlo Studies of Classical Dipolar Coupled Magnetic Systems", Mini-Workshop on Charge and Spin Transport and Non-Linear Phenomena, Aveiro, Portugal, April 2001.

Posters

• "Magnetic anisotropy in a square lattice of magnetic microdots", G. Kakazei, Yu.G. Pogorelov, MDC et al., 49th Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference, Florida, Estados Unidos, November 2004.
• "Interlayer dipolar interactions in granular multilayered films", G. Kakazei, Yu.G. Pogorelov, MDC et al., 49th Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference, Florida, Estados Unidos, November 2004.
• "Apparent phase transition in a chain of magnetic dipoles", Yu. G. Pogorelov, MDC, International Conference on Magnetism, Roma, Itália, August 2003.
• "Multicanonical Monte Carlo Simulations of Dipolar Coupled Magnetic Systems", MDC, CCP5 Methods in Molecular Simulation Summer School, King's College London, Reino Unido, July 2003.
• "Continuum model for dipolar coupled planar lattices", MDC, Yu. G. Pogorelov, Moscow International Symposium on Magnetism, Moscovo, Rússia, June 2002.
• "Criteria for long-range magnetic order in planar lattices of dipolar coupled magnetic nanoparticles", MDC, Yu. G. Pogorelov, First Seeheim Conference on Magnetism, Seeheim, Germany, September 2001.
• "Advanced Monte Carlo Simulations", J.M.V.P. Lopes, J.M.B. Lopes dos Santos, MDC, Yu.G. Pogorelov, Euroconference on Transport and Dynamics in Complex Electronic Materials, Porto, Portugal, Setembro 2001.
• "Advanced Monte Carlo Simulations of Dipolar Coupled Magnetic Systems", J.M.V.P. Lopes, MDC, Yu.G. Pogorelov, 8th International Conference on Composites Engineering, Tenerife, Espanha, August 2001.

Computing

Experience

Computing experience at Centro de Física do Porto and Departamento de Física da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, since 1999:

• Administration of workstations and servers, both Windows and Linux.
• Parallel and distributed computing solutions.

Some current projects

• CFP's Beowulf Cluster.
• Plone based web portals (Projecto Faraday, Departamento de Física da FCUP, Eugénio, Escola de Física).

Some previous projects

• Co-founder of Projecto Airo, a Linux User Group at FCUP.
• Tuxiências, a Linux Live-CD for Associação de Estudantes da FCUP.

Attended Schools

• CCP5 Methods in Molecular Simulation Summer School, King's College London, July, 2003.
• Training and Research in Advanced Computing Systems, Edinburgh Parallel Computing Center under the supervision of Dr. Philip J. Camp, UEdinburgh University, May to July, 2003.
  • Shared Memory Programming, Edinburgh Parallel Computing Center, Edinburgh University, May 2003.
  • Practical Software Development, Edinburgh Parallel Computing Center, Edinburgh University, May 2003.

Lectured Courses

• Elements of Scientific Computing in C++, J.A.O. Matos, MDC, DF, FCUP (2010)
• Introdution to Parallel Computing - MPI Libraries in Beowulf Clusters, MDC, J.M.V.P. Lopes, Mini-course at DF, FCUP May 2002.
• Using Linux Systems, J.M. Ferreira, Caixa Mágica, MDC, ESTG do IPVC, December, 2004.

Participation in other projects

• Eugénio
• Neoscopio, Open Source Solutions

Hobbies

• Running, hiking, camping and other outdoor activities.