Success Stories
May 2013
Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program Symposium Kicks Off Phase II
Ph.D. Student Investigates New Techniques to Improve Speech Recognition
Ph.D. Student Awarded Scholarship for the Summer Academy on Sustainable Energy Finance
Sabina Zejnilovic, Dual Degree Ph.D. Student: “I would like to make a positive impact in our everyday life"
DRIVE-IN is on the Road Connecting Vehicles and Improving Safety
April 2013
Researchers Develop Energy Efficiency System for Datacenters
CMU Portugal Alumnus Receives Best Young Teacher Award from Oulu University
New Facilities of M-ITI Reflect the Commitment to the CMU Portugal Program’s Mission
March 2013
Gopala Anumanchipalli Receives IEEE Spoken Language Processing Student Grant
Byron Yu Visits Portugal to Strengthen Research Collaboration on Neuroscience
Sven Stork Ph.D. Thesis Defense in Software Engineering
Veniam ’Works Wins International Entrepreneurship Competition
The Faculty Exchange Program “Was a Very Fruitful and Successful Experience”
February 2013
Mobility Initiatives Empower Academic Community
Feedzai Achieves Profitability with Application Focus
Mambu Startup Obtains Funds to Expand its Microfinance Service
José Moura Was Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Frank Pfenning Appointed Head of Carnegie Mellon’s Computer Science Department
January 2013
James Garrett is the New Dean of the College of Engineering
November, 2012
Academia Up With Industry Improves Intelligent Surveillance Systems
Innovation and Entrepreneurship as Key Economic Drivers
October, 2012
Universidade do Porto Start’s a New Partnership with Carnegie Mellon
August, 2012
From Portuguese to English and Vice-Versa: An Innovative Speech Translation System
"These Robots are not Science Fiction," Explained Manuela Veloso
Internships in the Summer Holidays: Why Not?
July, 2012
António Casimiro Says: “To Ensure a Trustworthy Network Operation will be Crucial for Telecom Operators”
Employees as User Innovators
June, 2012
IBM Scientific Award 2011 Distinguishes Doctorate of the CMU Portugal
“Today it is Fundamental to Experience Mobility and to Work in Network”, said José Machado da Silva
National Director Successfully Completes the "Agregação"
Sérgio Pequito Receives ECE Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award at CMU
May, 2012
André Martins Gets a Ph.D. and is Hired by Priberam
March, 2012
Francisco Veloso Featured in Portuguese Newspaper
Ed Schlesinger Interviewed by Portuguese Magazine
January, 2012
Fernando Machado Wins 2010 AMA Best Paper Award
External Review Committee said: “We are impressed especially by the way the program has secured strong engagement from industry in Portugal.”
December, 2011
Internship: “A Win-Win Process to the University, to the Company, and to the Student”
Irene Fonseca Elected the President of the SIAM
Master Student wins Best Poster and Demo Awards at Videojogos 2011 Conference
November, 2011
Carla Costa’s Paper Receives an Honorable Mention for Best Paper at the 2011 SMS Conference
Carnegie Mellon’s Entertainment Technology Center donates Kids Interactive Creation Kiosk to Madeira
Master Student wins Best Poster and Demo Awards at Videojogos 2011 Conference
October, 2011
Susana Sargento said: “Knowledge Applied in Strategic Areas Can Help Companies to Go Further”
Third Annual Carnegie Mellon Portugal Conference: Strong Engagement between Universities, Companies and End Users
Manuel Beja, Novabase, said: “We are helping to Change the Academia in Portugal”
September, 2011
Ph.D. Student Develops a Math Model to Describe the Free Trials in IPTV Network
August, 2011
Pedro Oliveira's Paper Receives 2nd Best Paper Award Innovation Management 2011
July, 2011
"I want to give eyes to the CoBot Robot"
Cloud Computing and the Malicious Insider
June, 2011
Doctoral Students Do Research in Different Engineering and Public Policy Problems
May, 2011
How Should We Value the University Assets?
Portuguese CEO Gave a Lecture at the Carnegie Mellon Engineering Leadership Speaker Series
April, 2011
The Information Shared Online can be Easily Reproduced
March, 2011
The Partnership Brings Researchers Closer to Industry
Paper Introduces New Type-Based Access Control in Data-Centric Systems
February, 2011
European Newsletter Published Article about the DRIVE-IN Project
January, 2011
First Start-up Launched Within the Partnership
December, 2010
Workshop in December 2010: Frontiers in Entrepreneurship Research in Debate
Manuela Veloso Named IEEE Fellow
November, 2010
Isabel Trancoso Named IEEE Fellow
João Barros Chosen for IEEE ComSoc Young Researcher Award
October, 2010
New Paper Reveals the Importance of Vehicles as Obstacles in Vehicular Networks
Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program External Review Committee Report 2010
September, 2010
FCT Funds 12 New Carnegie Mellon Portugal Research Projects
Five Taxi Cabs Test Prototype from the DRIVE-IN Project
June, 2010
Logica Launches Service Design Lab on Madeira Island
May, 2010
Ferreira and Agyapong Examine Spillover Effects from Wiring Schools with Broadband
INTERFACES Project Responds to Security Concerns
Applications for Madeira ITI Awards
Partnership Builds Critical Mass in ICT
April, 2010
XI Annual PAPS Forum Creates Networking Opportunity for Post-Graduate Students
Novabase Academy Sends Its Best
Portuguese Firemen Begin to Test New Vital Jackets™ on the Field
March, 2010
Portuguese Universities and ICT Companies Work Closer Together
1stWorkshop on the Economics of ICTs Overview
February, 2010
Previous Carnegie Mellon|Portugal MHCI Sponsors and Projects
January, 2010
Academy on Security and Dependability
December, 2009
Paulo Veríssimo Named ACM Fellow 2009
Visiting ISQ Representatives Assess Developing Technologies
November, 2009
Three years of hard work and progress: Research, Technology, and Graduate Education
October, 2009
Carnegie Mellon|Portugal Program and Portugal Telecom Organize First Annual Forum on Cyber Security
September, 2009
Jonathan Aldrich says: “I am working on a project which has the potential to revolutionize software development.”
New Interactive Techologies Institute Kicks off in Madeira
April, 2009
Faculty wins award for best papers in operations management
February, 2009
Disadvantaged areas and science education forward in the new communications networks
Bet on innovation and new technologies
January, 2009
Training in international technology transfer
Final Project of UMA students includes next version of “MEO”
Innovation for the quality: Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto stablished a partnership with Software Engineering Institute (SEI) from Carnegie Mellon University