Presentation about the computer science challenges that OutSystems face developing OutSystems Platform product. An overview of the product is done followed by a description of the challenges of the OutSystems R&D group. Finally, a list of selected open MSc thesis is presented to invite students to apply. Presentation done on June 27th, 2013 in University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, in Jornadas de Informática: http://join.di.uminho.pt/ OutSystems company website: http://www.outsystems.com/

1. Where Computer Science meets Practice
2013-06-27 Jornadas de Informática UMinho (JOIN)
Tiago Alves

2. Education (DI @ UMinho)
– 98-04 Systems Engineering and Informatics
– 04-06 MSc in Informatics (formal methods)
– 07-12 PhD in Informatics (software product quality metrics)
Professional experience
About Me
04 – 06 (Porto & Braga)
06 – 07 (Darmstadt)
07 – 11 (Amsterdam)
12 – ... (Linda-a-Velha)

3. Y U

4. OutSystems
• Founded in 2001
• 5 people
• 3x3m office
• Worldwide Offices
– Portugal: Lisbon
& Proença-a-Nova
– Netherlands: Maarssen
– United States: San
Francisco & Atlanta
– UK, Brazil, South Africa

5. People

8. Service Studio
UI
Data
Logic

9. Service Studio: UI

10. Service Studio: Data

11. Service Studio: Data #2

12. Service Studio: Logic

13. Service Studio: Logic #2

14. Government Retail Healthcare / Biotech Tech
Financial /
Insurance
Services
(TV, Telco, etc.)
Some of our Customers
22 Different Industries, Similar Challenges
Transportation
Energy /
Utilities

15. Where CS meets Practice

16. R&D Areas
UI
Data
Pipeline
Integration
Stack
DevOps
Ecosystem
Academy
Engineering
Productivity
Maintenance
Product
Management
(1) Anisha, from The Noun Project;
(2) Dmitry Baranovskiy, from The Noun Project;
(3) The Noun Project;
(4) Creative Commons CC0 - No Rights Reserved;
(5) Rodrigo Coutinho, OutSystems;
(6) Creative Commons CC0 - No Rights Reserved & Jens
Tärning, from The Noun Project;
(7) Creative Commons - Attribution (CC BY 3.0);
(8) Olivier Guin, from The Noun Project:
(9) Published under a Public Domain Mark;
(10) The Noun Project & Karl Schaeffler, from The Noun
Project;
(11) Creative Commons CC0 - No Rights Reserved;
(2)
(3)
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17. • Find visual language (symbols) to make
application development easy
• Provide mechanisms to create great user
interfaces and experience
Technology for People (1/2)
UI
Data
• Formalize and simplify language to
simplify data access, transformation and
visualization
(1) Anisha, from The Noun Project;
(2) Dmitry Baranovskiy, from The Noun Project;
(1)
(2)

18. Technology for People (2/2)
Pipeline
Integration
Stack
• Effort-less integration with existent
technologies
• Lightspeed generation and deployment of
web/mobile applications
• Seamless execution with any technology
stack (OS + DB + Web App Server)
(3) The Noun Project;
(4) Creative Commons CC0 - No Rights Reserved;
(5) Rodrigo Coutinho, OutSystems;
(3)
(4)
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19. Software is as much about technology
as it is about people
More?

20. • Everyone contributes
• Your growth depends on you
• We regularly help other people explore
new roles and responsibilities
Be the best

21. Work is hard...

22. ... and very dynamic

23. ... and made with smiles

24. Y u
make a difference!
www.outsystems.com

25. tiago.alves@outsystems.com
goncalo.gaiolas@outsystems.com

26. Selected MSc thesis proposals
– “Near real-time compilation of development language
for web”
– “Support for automatic refactoring of business logic”
– “Seed data for web application development
environments”
– “Quality monitoring of applications delivered with the
OutSystems Platform”
Careers
Be part of the OutSystems team
http://www.outsystems.com/company/careers/