João Barros, former CMU Portugal national director (2009-2012) and Associate Director of CMU-Africa, will preside over the Board of Directors of the new Agency for Research and Innovation (AI2). João Barros will be supported by Teresa Pinto Correia and Maria Moura Oliveira as Vice‑Presidents, and António Bob Santos and Luís Sarmento as Executive Members. The Board of Directors takes office on May 1st for a five-year term.
AI2 is a new entity that brings together the responsibilities previously assigned to the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the National Innovation Agency (ANI). It will enable strategic and coordinated funding of research and innovation throughout the entire project lifecycle, from knowledge produced in universities and research centres to its application in companies.
João Barros was faculty member of Technische Universitaet München, MIT, Stanford, and Cornell. In Portugal, he was a full professor at FEUP and the founding director of Instituto de Telecomunicações. He co-founded and served as CEO for CMU Portugal startups Streambolico and Veniam (acquired by Nexar in 2022). As a CMU Portugal faculty member, he has advised Ph.D. students in Engineering and Public Policies, Electrical Computer Engineering, and Computer Science.
In the media (in Portuguese): Jornal Económico, Jornal de Negócios, Notícias ao Minuto, Observador, Público.
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