The Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program supports a Visiting Faculty and Researchers Program, in which individuals holding a doctoral degree and affiliated with Portuguese Higher Education Institutions or Research Labs, can spend one term working in research, education and innovation at Carnegie Mellon University to experience its culture and best practices. The same applies to faculty members of Carnegie Mellon, who join a Portuguese university for a given period of time.
If you are a CMU Faculty member interested in going to a Portuguese Institution under the Visiting Faculty & Researchers Program and you want to know more on how to proceed please contact the Coordination office at CMU here.
The Visiting Faculty and Researchers Program builds up on the success of the Faculty Exchange Program initiated in 2007 that counted with the participation of 81 faculty members.
During their stay at CMU, visitors are exposed to the same environment and working conditions as a colleague at Carnegie Mellon University. The visiting faculty will:
Financial support and activities report
The candidates admitted to the Visiting Faculty and Researchers Program will receive an FCT “Subsídio a Atividades de Transferência de Conhecimento e Tecnologia” to cover living expenses during their stay. Health insurance during the visiting period will be reimbursed according to the announcement of the call. Any other expenses will not be supported by the CMU Portugal program.The financial support will be available for visits from 14 days to 2 months.
A contract will have to be signed with the visiting faculty. At the end of the Program, the visitor will be required to submit a report describing the activity developed during that period.
It is mandatory for the candidate to have identified a CMU faculty host that will be the faculty member responsible for the visit and for the work developed by the visiting faculty. In specific cases where candidates don´t have a clearly defined CMU faculty host, the CMU Portugal Program coordination office is available to help in the identification of that host. Please contact the CMU Portugal Program coordination office in Portugal for more information.
Candidates should carefully read the announcement and guidelines available in the Admissions and Scholarships page under “Visiting Faculty and Researchers Program”.
Alexandra Mendes
Assistant Professor at FEUP
Host at CMU: Nicolas Christin | Host Department: Software and Societal Systems
Research Area: Usable security, Blockchain usability in security software.
Diana Neves
Assistant Researcher at Técnico
Host at CMU: Granger Morgan | Host Department: Engineering and Public Policy
Research Area: Energy transition pathways, energy communities’ deployment and interaction, social acceptability.
Fernando Ramos
Associate Professor at Técnico,
Host at CMU: Justine Sherry | Host Department: Computer Science
Research Area: Programmable networks.
Filipa Correia
Assistant Researcher at Técnico
Host at CMU: Nikolas Martelaro | Host Department: Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Research Area: Human-Robot Interaction, User Experience Design.
Jácome Cunha
Associate Professor at FEUP
Host at CMU: Joshua Sunshine | Host Department: Software and Societal Systems
Research Area: Reproducibility and replicability of scientific work.
João Paulo
Assistant Researcher and Invited Professor at Universidade de Coimbra
Host at CMU: Fernando De La Torre | Host Department: Robotics Institute
Research Area: Machine Learning-based Techniques.
Rodolfo Oliveira
Associate Professor w/ Habilitation at FCT NOVA,
Host at CMU: Hyong Kim | Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Research Area: 6G networks, computer networks.
Naercio Magaia
Invited Assistant Professor at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL)
Host at CMU: Justine Sherry | Host Department: Computer Science
Paulo André
Full Professor at Técnico
Host at CMU: Elias Towe | Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Andreia Mordido
Invited Assistant Professor I Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL)
Host at CMU: Frank Pfenning I Host Department: Computer Science
Research Area: Probabilistic logic, Probabilistic satisfiability, Type theory, Formal methods.
Bongkeum Jeong
Researcher I ITI from LARSyS
Host at CMU: Jason Hong I Host Department: HCI Institute (School of Computer Science)
Research Area: interactive technologies for HCI, issues of wearable computing, mobile computing, and context-aware computing.
Bruno Direito Leitão
Postdoctoral Researcher I Universidade de Coimbra
Host at CMU: Marcel Just I Host Department: Center for Cognitive Brain Imaging (Department of Psychology)
Research Area: Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI), functional magnetic resonance imaging neurofeedback, neurorehabilitation and ML.
Élvio Rúbio Gouveia
Assistant Professor I Universidade da Madeira
Host at CMU: Daniel Siewiorek I Host Department: HCI Institute (School of Computer Science)
Research Area: Technologies for the improvement of Quality of Life (QoL).
Paulo Dias
Assistant Professor I Universidade de Aveiro.
Host at CMU: Daniel Siewiorek and Asim Smailagic I Host Department: HCI Institute (School of Computer Science)
Research Area: Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), applications and practices.
Pedro Manuel Soares Moura
Assistant Professor I Universidade de Coimbra
Host at CMU: Javad Mohammadi I Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Area: Distributed energy resources, such as electric vehicles (EV) and solar photovoltaic (PV).
Petia Georgieva
Assistant Professor I Universidade de Aveiro
Host at CMU: Pei Zhang I Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Area: Machine Learning, Control Systems, System Theory, Deep Learning.
Thomas Durieux
Postdoctoral researcher I INESC-ID
Host at CMU: Claire Le Goues I Host Department: Institute for Software Research
Research Area: Automatic program repair and self-healing.
Vânia Silvério
Postdoctoral researcher I INESC-MN
Invited Assistant Professor I Universidade de Lisboa (Técnico)
Host at CMU: Carmel Majidi I Host Department: Mechanical Engineering (Soft Machines Lab: SML)
Research Area: Microfluidics Scientist, R&D projects combining nanotechnology with simulation tools for the development of microfluidic devices and sensors.
Vasco Miguel Gomes Nunes Manquinho
Associate Professor I Universidade de Lisboa (Técnico)
Host at CMU: Ruben Martins I Host Department: Computer Science Department
Research Area: Program synthesis, usage of computational logic methods for verification.
Hermenegildo Oliveira
Assistant Professor | Universidade do Algarve
Host at CMU: Gautam Iyer | Host Department: Mathematical Sciences
Hugo Silva
Assistant Professor with Habilitation | Universidade de Trás-os-Montes
Host at CMU: Jeffrey P. Bigham | Host Department: Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Nuno Pereira
Associate Professor | Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto
Host at CMU: Anthony Rowe (ECE) | Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dulce Pacheco
Post-doc researcher | Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute
Host at CMU: Scott Stevens (CS) | Host Department: Computer Science Department
Fernando Velez
Assistant Professor | Universidade da Beira Interior
Host at CMU: Jon M. Peha (EPP) | Host Department: Engineering and Public Policy
Inês Portugal
Assistant Professor | Universidade de Aveiro
Host at CMU: Ignacio E. Grossmann (Chemical Engineering) | Host Department: Chemical Engineering
João Cunha
Associate Professor with Agregation | Faculdade de Engenharia do Porto
Host at CMU: Robert Iannucci (ECE) | Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jorge Coelho
Assistant Professor | Universidade de Coimbra
Host at CMU: Krzysztof Matyjaszewski (Chemistry) | Host Department: Chemistry
Leonel Sousa
Full Professor | Instituto Superior Técnico
Host at CMU: James C. Hoe (ECE) | Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Miguel Abrunhosa de Brito
Assistant Professor | Universidade do Minho
Host at CMU: David Garlan (ISR) | Host Department: Institute for Software Research
Arminda Lopes
Adjunct Professor | Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco/ M-ITI
Host at CMU: Daniel P. Siewiorek, Asim Saimalagic (RI) | Host Department: Robotic Institute
Fernando Silva
Full Professor | Faculdade de Ciências of the Universidade do Porto (FCUP)/ INESC TEC
Host at CMU: Priya Narasimhan (ECE) | Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
André Leal Santos
Assistant Professor | University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE IUL)/ LASIGE
Host at CMU: Brad A. Myers (HCI) | Host Department: Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Joel Perdiz Arrais
Invited Assistant Professor | Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of the Universidade de Coimbra (FCTUC)/ CISUC
Host at CMU: Ziv-Bar Joseph (ML) | Host Department: Machine Learning Department
Jorge Bernardino
Coordinator Professor | Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra (ISEC)/ CISUC
Host at CMU: David Garlan (ISR) | Host Department: Institute for Software Research
Jorge Miguel Sá Silva
Assistant Professor | Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologias da Universidade de Coimbra (FCTUC)/ LCT
Host at CMU: Pei Zhang (Silicon Valley Campus) | Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Manuel Marques
Assistant Researcher | Instituto Superior Técnico / ISR
Host at CMU: Manuela Veloso (CS) | Host Department: Computer Science
Muriela Hinard de Pádua
Researcher | Instituto Superior Técnico / IN+
Host at CMU: Granger Morgan (EPP) | Host Department: Engineering and Public Policy
Pedro Amorim
Assistant Professor | Faculdade de Engenharia of the Universidade do Porto (FEUP)/ INESC TEC
Host at CMU: Ignacio E. Grossman (CE) | Host Department: Chemical Engineering
Pedro Furtado
Assistant Professor | Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologias of the Universidade de Coimbra (FCTUC)/ CISUC
Host at CMU: David Garlan (ISR) | Host Department: Institute for Software Research
Ricardo Pereira
Assistant Professor | Instituto Superior Técnico / INESC ID
Host at CMU: Fernando de la Torre (RI) | Host Department: Robotics Institute
Vera Miguéis Silva
Assistant Professor | Faculdade de Engenharia of the Universidade do Porto (FEUP)/ INESC TEC
Host at CMU: Alan Montgomery (TSB) | Host Department: Tepper School of Business
Fernando Manuel Morgado Dias
Assistant Professor | Universidade da Madeira (UMa)/ M-ITI
Host at CMU: Mario Bergés (Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, CEE) | Host Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Mónica da Silva Cameirão
Assistant Professor Researcher | Universidade da Madeira (UMa)/ M-ITI
Host at CMU: Daniel P. Siewiorek (Quality of Life Technology Center CS/ECE) | Host Department: Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Vasco Miguel Nunes Manquinho
Assistant Professor | Instituto Superior Técnico / INESC ID
Host at CMU: Edmund Clarke (CS) | Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Alberto Manuel Rodrigues da Silva
Associate Assistant Professor | Instituto Superior Técnico (IST)/ INESCID
Host at CMU: David Garlan (ISR) | Host Department: Institute for Software Research
Ana Paiva
Associate Professor | Instituto Superior Técnico (IST)/ INESC ID
Host Department: Computer Science Department
Diogo Gomes
Assistant Professor | Universidade de Aveiro (UA)/ IT
Host at CMU: Greg Ganger (ECE) | Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ana Barros
Senior Researcher at INESC TEC, Adjunct Professor | Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)/ INESC TEC
Host at CMU: Erica Fuchs (EPP) | Host Department: Engineering and Public Policy
Cristina Gomes
Assistant Professor | Instituto Superior Técnico (IST)
Host at CMU: Ignacio E. Grossmann (CE) | Host Department: Chemical Engineering Department
Ian Oakley
Assistant Professor | Universidade da Madeira (UMa)/ M-ITI
Host at CMU: Anind Dey (HCI) | Host Department: Human Computer Interaction Institute
João Barros
Associate Professor | Faculdade de Engenharia of the Universidade do Porto (FEUP) /IT
Host at CMU: Granger Morgan (ECE/EPP) | Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineering and Public Policy
João Costa Seco
Assistant Professor | Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCT-UNL)/ CITI
Host at CMU: Frank Pfenning (CS) | Host Department: Computer Science Department
José Luís Valente Oliveira
Assistant Professor | Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)/ ILab
Host at CMU: Fernando de la Torre (RI) | Host Department: Robotics Institute
José Machado da Silva
Associate Professor | Faculdade de Engenharia of the Universidade do Porto (FEUP)/ INESC TEC
Host at CMU: Shawn Blanton (ECE, CSSI) | Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Pedro Brandão
Assistant Professor | Faculdade de Ciências of the Universidade do Porto (FCUP)/ IT
Host at CMU: Anthony Rowe (ECE/Cylab) | Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Petia Georgieva
Researcher at IEETA, Assistant Professor | Universidade de Aveiro (UA)/ IEETA
Host at CMU: Tom Mitchell (ML) | Host Department: Computer Science and Machine Learning
Ana Cristina Costa Aguiar
Assistant Professor | Faculdade de Engenharia of the Universidade do Porto (FEUP)/ IT
Host at CMU: Peter Steenkiste (CS) | Host Department: Computer Science Department
Barbara Pizzileo
Invited Assistant Professor | Universidade da Madeira (UMa)/ M-ITI
Host at CMU: Lucio Soibelman (Civil & Environmental Engineering) | Host Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Bruno Cabral
Assistant Professor | Universidade de Coimbra (UC)/ CISUC
Host at CMU: David Garlan (CS) | Host Department: Institute for Software Research
Carla Ferreira
Assistant Professor | Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of the Universidade Lisboa (FCT-UNL)/ CITI
Host at CMU: Frank Pfenning (CS) | Host Department: Computer Science Department
Carlos Manuel Gonçalves Carreira
Assistant Professor | Faculdade de Economia of the Universidade de Coimbra (FEUC)/ GEMF
Host at CMU: David Greenstreet (SDC Department) | Host Department: Tepper School of Business
Monchu Chen
Assistant Professor | Universidade da Madeira (UMa)/ M-ITIPeriod of visit: Spring 2011
Host at CMU: Don Marinelli (ETC) | Host Department: Entertaining Technology Center
Paulo Pedreiras
Assistant Professor | Universidade de Aveiro (UA)/ IEETAPeriod of visit: Spring 2011
Host at CMU: Raj Rajkumar (ECE) | Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Pedro Quelhas
Invited Assistant Professor | Faculdade de Engenharia of the Universidade do Porto (FEUP)/ INEB
Host at CMU: Jelena Kovačević (ECE) | Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Raul Barbosa
Assistant Professor | Universidade de Coimbra (UC)/ CISUC
Host at CMU: David Garlan (CS/ECE), Jonathan Aldrich (ISR), Priya Narasimhan (ECE) | Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rodolfo Alexandre Duarte Oliveira
Assistant Professor | Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCT-UNL)/ IT
Host at CMU: Ozan Tonguz (ECE) | Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rodrigo Ventura
Full Assistant Professor | Instituto Superior Técnico / ISR
Host at CMU: Manuela Veloso (CS) | Host Department: Computer Science Department
Rui Prior
Assistant Professor | Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP)/ IT
Host at CMU: Hyong Kim (ECE) | Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Sergi Bermúdez i Badia
Research Fellow Assistant Professor | Universidade da Madeira (UMa)/ MITI
Host at CMU: Daniel P. Siewiorek (CS) | Host Department: Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Susana Sargento
Assistant Professor | Universidade de Aveiro (UA)/ IT
Host at CMU: Peter Steenkiste (CS) | Host Department: Computer Science Department
Alysson Neves Bessani
Assistant Professor | Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL)/ LASIGE
Host at CMU: Greg Ganger (ECE) | Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ana Groznik
Assistant Professor | Faculdade de Ciências Económicas e Empresariais da Universidade Católica Portuguesa (CLSBE)
Host at CMU: Alan Scheller-Wolf (TSB) | Host Department: Tepper School of Business
Hans Peter Reiser
Assistant Professor | Faculdade de Ciências of the Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL)/ LASIGE
Host at CMU: David Brumley (ECE and CS) | Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Isabel Maria Pinto Ramos
Assistant Professor | Universidade do Minho (UMinho)
Host at CMU: Rahul Telang (Heinz College) and Linda Levine/Patricia Oberndorf (Software Engineering Institute) | Host Department: Software Engineering Institute
Jaime Cardoso
Assistant Professor | Faculdade de Engenharia of the Universidade do Porto (FEUP)/ INESC TEC
Host at CMU: Poe Eric Xing (CS and ML) and Marios Savvides (ECE) | Host Department: Computer Science Department
João Xavier
Assistant Professor | Instituto Superior Técnico (IST)/ ISR
Host at CMU: Prof. Bruno Sinopoli (ECE) | Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
José Maria Amaral Fernandes
Assistant Professor | Universidade de Aveiro (UA)/ IEETA
Host at CMU: David Garlan (ECE and CS) | Host Department: Institute for Software Research
Nestor Cataño
Assistant Professor | Universidade da Madeira (UMa)/ M-ITI
Host at CMU: Anind Dey (HCI Institute) | Host Department: Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Ricardo Morla
Assistant Professor | Faculdade de Engenharia of the Universidade do Porto (FEUP)/ INESC TEC
Host at CMU: Hyong Kim (ECE) | Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rui Maranhão Abreu
Assistant Professor | Faculdade de Engenharia of the Universidade do Porto (FEUP)/ INESC TEC
Host at CMU: Jonathan Aldrich (ISR) | Host Department: Institute for Software Research
Vitor Grade Tavares
Assistant Professor | Faculdade de Engenharia of the Universidade do Porto (FEUP)/ INESC TEC
Host at CMU: Shawn Blanton (ECE / CSSI) | Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Paulo Rupino
Assistant Professor | Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of the Universidade de Coimbra (FCTUC)
Host at CMU: David Garlan (ISR) | Host Department: Institute for Software Research
Licínio Roque
Assistant Professor | Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of the Universidade de Coimbra (FCTUC)
Host at CMU: David Garlan (ISR) | Host Department: Institute for Software Research
Marco Vieira
Assistant Professor | Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of the Universidade de Coimbra (FCTUC)
Host at CMU: David Garlan (ISR) | Host Department: Institute for Software Research
Mário Zenha Rela
Assistant Professor | Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of the Universidade de Coimbra (FCTUC)
Host at CMU: David Garlan (ISR) | Host Department: Institute for Software Research
Paulo Marques
Assistant Professor | Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of the Universidade de Coimbra (FCTUC)
Host at CMU: David Garlan (ISR) | Host Department: Institute for Software Research
Pedro Bizarro
Assistant Professor | Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of the Universidade de Coimbra (FCTUC)
Host at CMU: David Garlan (ISR) | Host Department: Institute for Software Research
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From 14 days to 2 months.
Admitted candidates will receive a monthly allowance during their visiting period at CMU. Health insurance during the visiting period will be reimbursed according to the announcement of the call.
- Portuguese citizens or foreign citizens with permanent residence in Portugal
- Hold a doctoral degree by the time of application
- Affiliated with a Portuguese Higher Education Institution or Research Lab
- Preference is given to candidates with professional and academic work aligned with the CMU Portugal main research areas.
- Online application form
- Detailed CV
- Statement of work
- Official Certificate of the Doctoral Degree*
- Statement from the department or institution in Portugal authorizing the extended leave
- Support statement from the host at CMU
* For candidates with degrees granted by foreign higher education institutions it is mandatory to have equivalence/recognition of the degree.
More information available at: https://www.dges.gov.pt/pt/pagina/equivalencia-reconhecimento
