CMU Portugal

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The Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program is an international partners

The CMU Portugal Program is a platform for education, research and innovation that brings together Portuguese universities, research institutions and companies, in cooperation with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). The partnership was launched in 2006, and was renewed for another five years in 2012. Its activities are funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), supported by the Con

selho de Reitores das Universidades Portuguesas (CRUP), and co-financed by business partners and by CMU. The program leverages a vibrant research community, a solid and close partnership between faculty at Portuguese universities and at CMU, a strong collaboration with industry, and a deep integration in international knowledge networks.

05/06/2026

👏 Congratulations to Shuhao Ma, Affiliated Ph.D. student in Human-Computer Interaction, who defended his thesis titled “The Narrative of Design and Labor: Revitalizing HCI and Design Methods to Empower Workers” this week, becoming the 's latest graduate.🎉

🎯 Shuhao enrolled in the Affiliated Ph.D. program in the academic year 2021/2022 at Instituto Superior Técnico and Interactive Technologies Institute, and his research work was supervised by Nuno Jardim Nunes & Valentina Nisi, and John Zimmerman (CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute ).

✨ We celebrate this important milestone and look forward to seeing your future contributions!

27/05/2026

📣 7️⃣ new exploratory projects were selected for funding, under the 2025 Call!

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) has just announced the preliminary results of the Exploratory Projects of the national programs at CMU Portugal and UT Austin Portugal Program!

🔎 The seven # CMUPortugal projects were selected from 36 submissions and will be led by 7 🇵🇹 academic institutions: Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde,INESC-ID, Universidade de Coimbra, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, FCiências.ID, ISR Coimbra, and IST-ID to work closely with five Carnegie Mellon University departments!

The projects will cover research areas such as Neuroscience & brain interfaces, Robotics, and AI & software.

👀 More information on our website:
👉 https://cmuportugal.org/2ume

22/05/2026

👏🏼 Marta Freitas, Dual Ph.D. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at FCTUC, is the first co-author of a paper recently published in the Nature NPJ Flexible Electronics.⚡

💡ཐི༏ཋྀ “We developed a transparent conductor inspired by the nanostructures found in dragonfly wings, combining exceptional stretchability, durability, and transparency”, adds Marta Freitas, co-first author with Pedro Lopes, who led the experimental work for this study, including conception, ex*****on, data analysis, and manuscript contribution.

✨ Marta enrolled in the Dual Ph.D. program in the 2023/2024 academic year, after participating in the “Visiting Students Program”. Impressed with her experience, she felt motivated to apply to the Dual Degree Ph.D. Program; she is now in her 3rd year.

🔎 Her research is supervised by Mahmoud Tavakoli [Soft and Printed Microelectronics Laboratory, Institute for Systems and Robotics, Coimbra] and Carmel Majidi [ Carnegie Mellon Mechanical Engineering Department/ Soft Machines Lab].

Read the story at https://cmuportugal.org/p0it

20/05/2026

⚡ Join us on May 27, in the final "Research Unplugged" session featuring Justine Sherry, a long-standing collaborator of .

☁︎💻 Sherry is an Associate Professor at the Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science & CyLab her research focuses on new opportunities and challenges arising from the deployment of middleboxes, such as firewalls and proxies, as services offered by clouds and ISPs.
She has served as a PI for exploratory projects and mentored both Dual Degree and Affiliated Ph.D. candidates.

✅ Useful Info:
🕔 27 May, 5 pm (Lisbon), noon (Pittsburgh).
▶️🔴 The session will be livestreamed on CMU Portugal's YouTube channel.

🔗Learn more about "Research Unplugged @ CMU Portugal" Talks at https://cmuportugal.org/ystb

19/05/2026

🎉The Portuguese Agency for Research and Innovation (AI2), created from the merger of FCT and Agência Nacional de Inovação, was formally inaugurated on May 4th, with João Barros, former National Co-Director, leading the new agency's administration!👏

🎯 AI2 aims to be an ally to researchers and businesses, helping build a stronger, more dynamic, and globally competitive Portugal.

🤝 National Co-Directors, Inês Lynce and João Magalhães wish AI2 success in this new chapter and express full confidence in the agency's mission and leadership, looking forward to continued collaboration!

Read the story at https://cmuportugal.org/8l3c

14/05/2026

💬 Sahil Kumar, a recent MSc graduate from NOVA FCT, spoke about his valuable experience as a Visiting Student in 2024.💥

At CMU, Sahil was supervised by Hong Shen at the CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute.

⏰The clock is ticking! Applications close TODAY, May 14th!
Don't miss the opportunity to do research at Carnegie Mellon University for up to 2️⃣months! 🔍🏫

👉 More information about the call at https://cmuportugal.org/yevd

13/05/2026

🔴 We are Live!! "Research Unplugged @ CMU Portugal" with Paulo Dimas (Center for Responsible AI)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDyKxUtQnAM

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