Maria received her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Universidad Simón BolÃvar (USB) in 2022. After graduation, she continued collaborating with Dr. Carlos Mastalli (Heriot-Watt University) on the optimal control robotics library Crocoddyl. In 2024, she began working as a Research Assistant in the LeDuc Lab at CMU.
Master’s in Computer Science with specializations in Cybersecurity and Distributed Systems from Instituto Superior Técnico (University of Lisbon). Now pursuing a dual-degree Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at CMU and IST, focusing on program analysis and software security.
Graduate researcher in AI and Robotics with expertise in generative models, fairness in machine learning, and medical image analysis. MSc from Instituto Superior Técnico. Recently completed a research stay at Carnegie Mellon University, where I developed methods to de-bias deep models using synthetic data.
I completed my Integrated Master’s degree in Informatics Engineering at the University of Minho in 2022. Currently, I am enrolled in the Doctoral Program in Informatics at the same university. Through this program, I am expanding my knowledge in the area of distributed systems, specifically in decentralized algorithms that can be applied to federated learning and exploring the benefits of these methods, particularly in terms of their performance and communication costs.
Nila Bagheri completed a bachelor’s in electrical engineering, focusing her research on Photonics and designing gates based on photonic crystals. She finished my Master in Telecommunications, specifically in Antenna Design, particularly fractal antennas. Currently, a Ph.D. student in Electrical Engineering at the University of Beira Interior in Portugal, deeply passionate about exploring uncharted territories in wireless systems. Her research focus includes pioneering advancements in Spectrum Sharing, Cell-free mMIMO, Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces, and Photonic Crystal Antennas. She is motivated by thrill of discovery, committed to contributing to the relentless advancement of wireless technology.
José Pedro Gomes is a Ph.D. student working in the intersection of computer graphics, computer vision, and deep learning. Aiming to push the boundaries of generative models to create visually stunning and immersive virtual environments. José is supervised by Prof. Fernando De La Torre at CMU and Prof. Alexandre Bernardino in Portugal.
Pedro Cachim holds a dual Masters degree in Aerospace Engineering from IST and ISAE-SUPAERO and works as a guidance, navigation and control engineer at GMV. His PhD research will focus on the provably safe and performant implementation of optimization-based guidance and control algorithms.
Marta Calisto Freitas is a Biomedical Engineer currently pursuing a Dual Degree PhD at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Coimbra, researching soft and printed electronics to develop novel solutions for soft medical robotics.
