I’m a PhD student at LTI@CMU and IST. I’m interested in machine learning and natural language processing, with a particular focus on machine translation and interpretability.
Patrick Fernandes
Rudolph Santarromana
Rudolph Santarromana’s research focuses on the social, political, and regulatory challenges to deploying low-carbon technologies. He received his B.S. from the University of Illinois, M.S from Instituto Superior Técnico, and finished his PhD in 2024 in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University and Instituto Superior Técnico, receiving an award for “Outstanding Dissertation”. Prior to starting his PhD, he worked on projects with several organizations including EDP Renewables, the United Nations, and grassroots advocacy organizations.
Neil Metha
Maria Casimiro
Maria da Loura Casimiro is a Software Engineering PhD student at the Distributed, Parallel and Secure Systems (DPSS) of INESC-ID, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon and at the Institute for Software Research, Carnegie Mellon University. She received her BSc. (2016) and MSc. (2018) in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico, having a major in Computers and a minor in Systems, Decision and Control. Her research interests include cloud optimization, machine learning, self-adaptation of systems and planning.
Luís Borges
Luís Borges is a CMU Portugal student in Language Technologies, having started his PhD in 2019. His Master’s degree was focused on the application of Natural Language Processing and Deep Learning techniques on the topic of fake news detection. For his PhD, he is working on Neural Information Retrieval, also leveraging NLP and Deep Learning tools.
Wang Ling
Zita Marinho
Robert Simione
Rodrigo Belo
Rodrigo holds a PhD in Technological Change and Entrepreneurship from Carnegie Mellon University, an MSc in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University, and a BSc in Computer Science and Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon. Before joining academia, Rodrigo worked as a software engineer and analyst in the transportation and government sectors.