Carlos Novo

Research Engineer @ VORTEX-CoLab.
PhD in Computer Science @ DCC, FCUP & HASLab, INESC TEC.

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Welcome to my personal website! I’m a researcher, and a recent PhD from the University of Porto, where I do research on malware network traffic detection using machine learning.

I enjoy building stuff, but also tinkering and learning about things that surround us.
I also like hacking as in the hacker culture or as defined in RFC 1392 — the non-illegal kind of hacking, that you find at Hackathons or Repair Cafés.

For now, this website is mostly a big placeholder that I plan to fill with information, tutorials, projects and random thoughts, in a blog format. I hope you enjoy it!

news

Oct 5, 2026 This website is now multilingual! (Portuguese and English)
Jul 15, 2026 I successfully completed my PhD! :books::student: (more details on DCC’s website)
Mar 11, 2026 I was a speaker at the OWASP Porto Meetup (#10 - Winter Sunset). Thank you, OWASP Porto!
Jun 2, 2024 My personal website is now live! :tada:

latest blog posts

Oct 5, 2026 first post