News: In the Media

Peter Steenkiste said: “The cars on Auto Pilot are no Longer Science Fiction”
Interview with Peter Steenkiste. Professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). Peter Steenkiste is one of the scientific coordinators of the Carnegie Mellon Portugal program. He is working on a research project called DRIVE-IN, to developing a network of communication between cars, which will allow future significant improvements in safety and traffic management. This wireless networking expert agrees that there is still a long way until the two cars alone decide which one should stop at an intersection.

Read the Portuguese article at Público – Público Porto (July 17, 2011).

Pedro Oliveira’s Paper Received the 2 nd prize of Best Paper Award Innovation Management 2011
A paper written by Pedro Oliveira, professor of the Catholic University – Lisbon School of Business and Economics and coordinator of the dual degree Ph.D. program in Entrepreneurship and Technological Change in this institution, and a professor from MIT received the 2 nd prize of Best Paper Award Innovation Management 2011, awarded by EBS Business School, Germany.

Read the Portuguese article at Dinheiro Vivo (August 9, 2011), Ciência PT (August 9, 2011), Human Online (August 15, 2011), Canal Up Online (August 19, 2011), MSN Online (August 23, 2011).

António Cruz Serra, president of the IST/UTL, said “Last year, the Best Student in the Examinations for Admission to the PhD in Electrical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon was from the IST”
The President of the Instituto Superior Técnico da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa leads us on a tour of the most important events associated with the history of this prestigious institution. “Schools of Engineering and the top research centers seem to have fulfilled its role: they continue to teach students with quality comparable to the best in the world, they perform research projects which financing is obtained in competition with their European counterparts; they protect knowledge that is produced and publish it in the most prestigious scientific journals and with the selection process of articles more demanding”, says António Cruz Serra. And he exemplifies: “Last year, the best student in the examinations for admission to the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon was from the IST.”

Read the Portuguese article at Elite – Negócios & Lifestyle (July 1, 2011).

Priya Narasimhan Leads Intel’s New Center at CMU

Priya Narasimhan and Gregory Ganger, professors at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), will lead the two new Intel Science Research Centers, located at the institution at the areas of ‘cloud computing’ and embedded systems. Each center involves several universities and will receive 15 million dollars over the next five years. Priya Narasimhan is involved in the Vital Responder project, carried out in the scope of the Carnegie Mellon Portugal program.

Read the Portuguese article at Ciência Hoje Online (August 17, 2011), Fibra Online and Ciência PT Online (August 16, 2011).

Fundraising: Carnegie Mellon Commends

The focus on the connection and engagement of alumni with the university, the investment in personal contacts or the monitoring of students and their development in the business world, were some of the recommendations made ​​by the three experts from Carnegie Mellon University who recently were in Portugal, invited by the Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program and Novabase. Christine Thebes, Michael Ransom and Lori Spears explained that in the US raising funds from former students is a common practice.

Read the Portuguese article at the Newspaper OJE and OJE Online (June 28, 2011).

Engagement of the Students is a Key Factor for Fundraising in Universities

In the United States, raising funds from former students is a common practice. Christine Thebes, Michael Ransom and Lori Spears participated in the workshop “Alumni Management and Fundraising in Higher Education”, on June 17 th . This event was organized by the Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program and Novabase, industrial partner of the partnership, and brought together more than 40 people – deans, vice presidents, directors.

Read the Portuguese article at CiênciaPT Online (June 26, 2011).

Technology Transfer in Motion

Experts from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) were recently at the Technology Transfer Unit (UATEC) of the Universidade de Aveiro to share some of the best practices associated with the negotiation and valuation of goods created in the academic context – new products, services and start-ups. Co-organized by the UTEN Portugal and the Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program, this two-day event allowed the participants to discuss different aspects related to start-ups created within the universities.

Read the Portuguese article at Semana Informática (June 24, 2011).

Universities. Race for donations has arrived to Portugal.
Three experts in fundraising from Carnegie Mellon University gave a workshop to explain how fundraising works in this private university. The newspaper “i” spoke with Christine Thebes, Michael Ransom and Lori Spears to know a few tricks about this activity that is usual in American higher education system but that in Portugal usually serves only to finance research. To create a strong connection with students is essential. The event was co-organized by the Carnegie Mellon Portugal program and Novabase, industrial partner of this partnership.

Read the Portuguese article at Jornal I (June, 2011).

Music and cinema industries are desperate. With the rising presence of Internet in our day to day lives more people start to think that there is no sense in buying music or movie tickets when it’s possible to have that content for free, despite being illegal. Trying to understand or even solve this rising problem was Alexandre Mateus’ goal in his thesis. The former student of Instituto Superior Técnico is 31 years old.

Read the Portuguese article at Diário Económico – Universidades (June 21, 2011).