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Madeira-ITI Researchers receive Best Article Award at EICS’2013

Madeira-ITI Researchers receive Best Paper Award at EICS’2013
Rui Alves and Pedro Valente, doctoral students at Madeira Interactive Technologies Instititute (M-ITI), have received the Best Article Award at the EICS’2013, which is one of the main scientific conferences in the field of human/computer interaction. The article was written in cooperation with CGI/Logica Service Design Lab, a research initiative developed under the Madeira-ITI – Carnegie Mellon Portugal partnership.

Read the full article at LOCAL.PT (July 10, 2013).

Pedro Oliveira created a social network for patients

Pedro Oliveira created a social network for patients
Pedro Oliveira and his team are developing a social network where anyone will be able to share experiences about a disease that someone may have. The aim is, above all, mutual assistance and sharing of knowledge. This platform is being developed by a total of 50 researchers from Germany, Austria, Italy, Brazil, United States and Portugal. It is based user innovation and is financed by the German foundation Pribilla Peter, the Foundation for Science and Technology and the partnership programs between Portugal and by the Universities of Carnegie Mellon (CMU) and MIT.

Read the full article at Jornalismo Porto Net (June 25, 2013) and Sapo Saúde (June 14, 2013).

Finding people for business is a major challenge

“Finding people to the business is a big challenge”
One of the biggest challenges for technology startups is “to find people for business,” said Reed McManigle, manager of business development at the Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation of Carnegie Mellon University. It is about discovering executives willing to take the risk of developing a business of a small firm with an innovation. Probably it is “perhaps more difficult than to arrange financing,” said McManigle in a conference promoted by Carnegie Mellon Portugal program.

Read the full article at Computerworld (June 20, 2013).

Carnegie Mellon Portugal debates Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Carnegie Mellon Portugal debates Innovation and Entrepreneurship
“Innovation and Entrepreneurship in ICT: The Paths to Commercialization” is the main topic for an informal conversation between national and international guests. Tomorrow, at the Pavilion of Knowledge, in Lisbon, it will be shared stories in the first person of entrepreneurs who made (or are making) technology transfer from the university to the market, and also to discuss the challenges of intellectual property management, putting together the perspectives from Portuguese and American academia with the several businesses.

This article has statements from João Claro, national director of the Carnegie Mellon Portugal program, and Susana Sargento, co-founder of Veniam’Works, a startup created within this partnership.

Read the full article at Ciência Hoje (June 19, 2013) and at comstore (June 18, 2013).

DRIVE-IN at TSF

DRIVE-IN at TSF
DRIVE-IN project in the Portuguese radio station TSF. Interview with Susana Sargento, researcher at the Universidade de Aveiro and one of the principal investigators of the project which aims to improve user experience and the overall efficiency of vehicle and road utilization through a pioneer vehicle-to-vehicle communication system. DRIVE-IN was developed by researchers of the Universidade de Aveiro, Universidade do Porto and Carnegie Mellon University, as part of the CMU Portugal program.

Listen to the broadcast at TSF (June, 2013).

Investing in storage can reduce electricity costs

Investing in storage can reduce electricity costs
Renewables and new consumer-producers pose unprecedented challenges to energy systems. The storage is one of the solutions. In this article about the REN Prize 2013, the National Director of CMU Portugal, João Claro, gives his opinion about the importance of the connection between research and economy.

Read the full article in Portuguese at Diário Económico (May 2013).