The CMU Portugal collaboration is based on a contractual arrangement between CMU and the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT).
The program’s governance structure begins with the Board of Directors, who are responsible for policy oversight, approval of the annual plan and budget allocation for any proposed activities. An external review committee (ERC) shall review the specified objectives and may suggest changes. The Board of Directors, ERC, Program directors, scientific directors and the coordination office all work in conjunction as a unified body of leaders and manager to ensure that the program works effectively.
The Board of Directors comprises the following four members:
– The President of the FCT or his/her designee (who shall chair the Board)
– A representative of the Portuguese University partner institutions participating in
– The CMU Portugal Program or his/her designee, designated by the FCT
– The President of CMU or his/her designee, and the Dean of CMU’s College of Engineering or his/her designee.
In addition, one or more representative(s) of the main Industrial and Institutional Affiliates, may also be members of the Board. The Program Directors in Portugal and at CMU are non-voting members of the Board of Directors.
The ERC’s duties shall consist of reviewing the CMU Portugal Program’s programs (i.e., substantive scientific auditing and independent evaluation of the programs and the activities carried out and producing an evaluation report to the FCT and to the ICTI Board of Directors) and in connection therewith, may suggest specific changes.
The ERC is comprised of four members who shall be independent members from the international scientific community (none of whom employed by FCT or CMU), and is appointed by and in the sole discretion of the FCT.
Chair of the Board of Directors
President, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
Rector, Catholic University of Portugal
Provost, Carnegie Mellon University
Dean of the College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University
President, Portuguese Association for Development of Communications (APDC)
Representative of Industry
The External Review Committee is annually appointed by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT). This committee reviews the yearly activities implemented by ICTI and the Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program in general; it has an advisory role oriented towards the independent evaluation of the activities of ICTI and the Carnegie Mellon-Portugal Program.
University College London, United Kingdom
Chairman, SERC, A*STAR, Singapore
Dean of Engineering, EPFL School of Engineering
VP and Engineering Fellow at Google
Senior Researcher, Founding Director, Italian Institute of Technology.
Professor and Director, Centre of Excellence in Human-Computer Interaction, University College London
National Co-director at Portugal of the Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program
National Co-director at Portugal of the Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program
Director at CMU of the Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
Instituto de Telecomunicações & Universidade da Beira interior
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto
Instituto Superior Técnico da Universidade de Lisboa
CTO of Feedzai
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
Universidade de Aveiro
Executive Director
Project Officer
Education Officer
Events Officer
Senior Communications and Events Officer
Associate Director
Administrative Coordinator
