Brian Ebiyau is a Ph.D. student whose research lies at the intersection of computer vision, deep learning, and embedded systems. His research focuses on developing efficient machine learning methods and models for edge computing environments. He is supervised by Professor Jaime S. Cardoso in Portugal and Professor Anthony Rowe at CMU.
I am a CMU Portugal dual-degree ECE PhD student at Carnegie Mellon and FEUP, holding an M.S. in Engineering AI from CMU-Africa. My research focuses on the mechanistic interpretability of vision-language models, visual grounding, and medical AI explainability.
I’m a dual-degree PhD student in AI and robotics, working on generative modeling and representation learning. I hold an MSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico and was a visiting researcher at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute. My research focuses on developing structured and controllable generative models, with applications in computer vision.
Américo Alves is an ECE PhD student at NOVA FCT with a strong background in data acquisition, control theory, signal processing, and telecommunications. His research at IT/NOVA integrates these foundations into AI/ML solutions to enhance the resilience of next-generation wireless communication systems against adversarial attacks.
Filipa Mota is a Ph.D. candidate in Electronic and Computer Engineering at the University of Minho, working in NEMS technology. She earned both her B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Engineering Physics from the same institution. Between 2023 and 2025, she worked as a Research Assistant in the Hanay Research Group at the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) in Braga, Portugal, where she focused on the design, microfabrication, and characterization of MEMS devices.
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 is a PhD candidate at Instituto Superior Técnico, within the Department of Electrotechnic Engineering. His topic is Optical Quantum Memories and applications to Quantum Communication, exploring quantum information and light-matter interaction. He holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Engineering Physics from Instituto Superior Técnico.
