Scholar
Rafael Belchior
Google Scholar ID: B0O3stQAAAAJ
INESC-ID, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, BD
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,695
H-index
16
i10-index
20
Publications
20
Co-authors
9
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Reviewed for top-tier venues including IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security, and IEEE ICBC
- Co-chair of the cross-chain workshop at IEEE ICBC
- Co-chair of DepWeb3 Workshop 2025
- Mentored over 15 master’s students on blockchain topics
- Presented on 'Formalizing and Standardizing Blockchain Interoperability' at Hyperledger Global Forum in Dublin
- Delivered workshops on 'Blockchain Interoperability with Hyperledger Cacti'
- Participated in the Interoperability Panel at Joining Forces for Blockchain Standardisation (INATBA, 2024)
Research Experience
- Developing secure blockchain interoperability solutions for DeFi applications at Blockdaemon
- Maintainer of Hyperledger Cacti, the Linux Foundation's flagship enterprise blockchain interoperability project
- Contributing to open-source ecosystems including the IETF SATP protocol
- Served as Invited Assistant Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, teaching courses such as Software Engineering and Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
- Researched security and privacy of interoperability at MIT and authored outreach materials
Background
- Distributed systems generalist focused on blockchain
- Research centered on blockchain interoperability, privacy, and security
- Building resilient infrastructure for next-generation payment systems and digital asset management
- Currently a Senior Engineer at Blockdaemon and Researcher at INESC-ID
- Fulbright awardee affiliated with MIT Connection Science & MIT Media Lab
