Sérgio Pequito

Sérgio Pequito is an Associate Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, and a principal investigator at the Institute for Systems and Robotics – Lisbon. His research explores large-scale system behavior, spanning neuroscience and biomedicine, leveraging control theory for brain dynamics and personalized medicine.

Alex Gaudio

Alex Gaudio researches explainable machine learning, signal processing and the analysis of heart and lung sounds. Alex is a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University. In 2023, he received a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), a Ph.D. from the University of Porto, and an M.S. from CMU. He was honored as a Champion of Social Justice for his non-profit, NYC Makerspace in 2018, and he worked as a data scientist and engineer in New York City for seven years (2011-2018). He received a B.A. in jazz performance and composition at Bard College, during which time he also worked as an Emergency Medical Technician in ambulances and in a hospital.