News: Success Stories

Philipo Cagnetti: Post-Doc in Mathematics Department

What project are you developing? I am a Post-Doc in the Mathematics Department under the supervision of Irene Fonseca and Giovanni Leoni. At the moment I am working on lower semi continuity of higher order functionals. This will be useful in treating rigorously several mathematical models that have been introduced by physicists and engineers. _________ “I hope I will become both a good researcher and a good professor and that I will wake up every day happy to go to work!” ___________

How has your experience been so far?
Amazing, in many ways. The academic side of my time here has been what I expected it to be: I had the opportunity to work with extremely talented people and I found my mentors both kind and helpful. This has made every working day very pleasant.

When will you go to Portugal?
My time in Portugal officially begins on September 1st, but I am spending the month of July in Lisbon, both to start my work with Diogo Gomes at the Instituto Superior Técnico and to attend some conferences. This means no rest during the summer!

Bet on innovation and new technologies
Thursday, February 12, 2009

Joao Cunha e Silva stressed in the presentation of projects worth 1.7 million Vice President of the Government, João Cunha e Silva, presided yesterday in Madeira Tecnopolo. The presentation sessions of the three projects for Research and Technological Development (RTD), will be coordinated by Madeira Tecnopolo and developed in partnership with the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) program and Zon Multimedia. Read the article online from Jornal da Madeira. Read the story online.

Faculty wins award for best papers in operations management
Tuesday, April 28, 2009

The Award for Best Scientific Article published internationally in the field of operations management in 2008 was awarded to Professor Francisco Veloso. Professor Veloso is currently sharing his time between the Business and Economics School at Universidade Catolica in Lisbon and the department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. He is one of the members of the coordinating team of ICTI@CMU. Read article in pdf.

UA hosts information sessions on opportunities for students
Tuesday, February 17, 2009

This week, the UA students have the opportunity to discover new opportunities to close the level of training, scholarships and employment. On Wednesday, day 18, there will be a session on the 2nd edition of the Master of Science in Information Networking (MSIN), provided under the agreement UA – Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) partnership, a session on the GMS Program Recruitment 2009 and one on the programs of mobility and Erasmus Campus Europaea. Read article in pdf.

The international alliance
Friday, March 20, 2009

“The international alliance” – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University and Texas-Austin are three names for reference in the world of knowledge. Under the Technology Plan, are a number of companies and educational institutions; Portuguese have ongoing joint programs with the three American universities. The CMU|Portugal program takes to be a platform for collaboration between universities and institutions of national R & D, CMU and companies are active in the ICT sector nationally. Read article in pdf.

PT supports Academy of Sciences of Mozambique with IT hardware
Friday, February 20, 2009

Portugal Telecom (PT) will contribute IT equipment to the Academy of Sciences of Mozambique, a project launched today in Maputo by the Government of Mozambique. Besides the hardware, PT signed with the Academy of Sciences of Mozambique a cooperation program in the context of the Carnegie Mellon| Portugal Program, which will support the participation of Mozambican staff in training and education. Read the aticle online from Jornal de Negocios.

UA and Carnegie Mellon promote joint Masters
Friday, January 30, 2009

The second edition of the Master of Science in Information Networking (MSIN), provided under the agreement between the University of Aveiro (UA) and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), has applications open until April 15th. On February 18th, the Institute of Telecommunications, will meet in their Amphitheater, to receive clarification on the new edition of this advanced training. Read article in pdf.

Doctoral Program in Computer Science series (MAP-i) with open nominations
Friday, March 13, 2009

“Doctoral Program in Computer Science series (MAP-i) will open nominations” – On September 28, will begin the Department of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics at the University of Aveiro for academic year 2009/2010 edition of the MAP-i, which offers programs with doctoral courses in Informatics joined by the University of Minho, Aveiro and Porto. The MAP-i is part of the partnership designed for the “dual degree” with the Carnegie-Mellon University (CMU) in the United States. Read article in pdf.

Documents confirming the agreements between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Austin, Texas, and universities, businesses, research institutes and government counterparts of the Portuguese are the basis of Lajes. In the case of Carnegie Mellon and Portugal, signed between the Portuguese government and the American university, the subject of cooperation relates to projects in the field of information processing and networking, including critical infrastructure and risk analysis as well as in areas of applied mathematics, technology, innovation and policy. Read the article online from CorreioDosAcores.