28 June 2012

“Today it is Fundamental to Experience Mobility and to Work in Network”


José Machado da Silva
These words were uttered by José Machado da Silva, associate professor of the Faculdade de Engenharia of the Universidade do Porto (FEUP) and senior researcher at INESC TEC. Machado da Silva was at Carnegie Mellon University from February 12 to May 12, 2012, as a faculty exchange member, in the scope of the Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program.

During this visit, Machado da Silva had the opportunity to carry out teaching and research activities, in both cases “addressing the domain of design and testing of analog and mixed-signal microelectronic circuits,” he said. Machado da Silva was hosted by Shawn Blanton, professor at the Center for Silicon Systems Implementation, department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU).

26 June 2012

2nd Lisbon Machine Learning School

Date: July 19-25, 2012
Place: Instituto Superior Técnico of the Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
Sponsors: Instituto Superior Técnico of the Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Instituto de Telecomunicações, INESC ID, Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program, Google, Sapo.pt, Priberam, Flashgroup
 
More information available at http://www.cmuportugal.org/tiercontent.aspx?id=4192 .

National Director Successfully Completes the "Agregação"


João Barros, associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Faculdade de Engenharia of the Universidade do Porto and national director of the Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program, was unanimously approved in his Habilitation ("Provas Públicas de Agregacao") that were held on June 18 and 19, 2012 at the Faculdade de Engenharia of the Universidade do Porto (FEUP).

Read the full article at http://www.cmuportugal.org/tiercontent.aspx?id=4218 .

Sérgio Pequito Receives ECE Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award at CMU

Sérgio Pequito is a Portuguese student that is carrying out his dual degree Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Instituto Superior Técnico of the Universidade Técnica de Lisboa and Carnegie Mellon University, in the scope of the Carnegie Mellon Portugal program. On May 20, 2012, Pequito received the Carnegie Mellon University’s ECE Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award. On April 5, 2012, he received an Honorable Mention (2nd place) of the 2012 CMU Graduate Student Teaching Award competition, funded by the Eberly center, graduate student association and the Provost.

Read the full article at http://www.cmuportugal.org/tiercontent.aspx?id=4166 .



15 June 2012

1st Ph.D. Students Conference in Electrical and Computer Engineering (StudECE)

1st Ph.D. Students Conference in Electrical and Computer Engineering (StudECE)
Date: June 28 and 29, 2012
Place: Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP)
Agenda: http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~StudECE2012/
Registration: http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~StudECE2012/
The Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program is one of the sponsors



12 June 2012

André Martins Gets a Dual Degree Ph.D. and is Hired by Priberam

On May 11, 2012, André Torres Martins became the first dual degree student to finish a Ph.D. in Language Technology (LT), at Instituto Superior Técnico of the Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (IST/UTL) and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). He became the fourth student to accomplish this goal in the scope of the Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program, funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. Alexandre Mateus (Engineering and Public Policy) was the first one, then Rita Ferreira (Applied Mathematic) followed, and at the end of 2011 Ana Venâncio (Technological Change and Entrepreneurship) finished her Ph.D. All of them finished their Ph.D.’s in different programs.

Read the full article at http://www.cmuportugal.org/tiercontent.aspx?id=4150 .