Daragh Byrne, Associate Professor in the School of Architecture, visited Portugal in October 2025, combining working sessions on two doctoral research projects with embedded participation in ITI’s research culture.

Laurie Heller, Professor of Psychology at Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences and director of the AuditoryLab, was a guest lecturer at Universidade de Coimbra for CogBooster’s research team, during her visit to Portugal in November 2025.

Nikolas Martelaro, Assistant Professor at Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII), conducted a visiting research period at the University of Lisbon and the University of Madeira in Funchal.

Visiting Portugal

sThe CMU Portugal Program at CMU may support visiting research periods in Portugal by CMU faculty. CMU faculty may spend a research period at a Portuguese higher education or research institution to experience its culture and best practices.

Previous editions

2025

Nikolas Martelaro, Assistant Professor, Human Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University
Host in Portugal: Nuno Jardim Nunes | Interactive Technologies Institute, Tecnico – University of Lisbon

Daragh Byrne, Associate Teaching Professor, Architecture Department at Carnegie Mellon University
Host in Portugal: Nuno Nunes & Valentina Nisi | Interactive Technologies Institute (ITI)

Zachary Manchester, Associate Professor, Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University
Host in Portugal: Instituto Superior Técnico

Laurie Heller, Teaching Professor, Psychology Department at Carnegie Mellon University
Host in Portugal: Ana C. Pires & Pedro F. Campos | Interactive Technologies Institute (ITI) / LARSyS, University of Madeira

Michael Tarr, Professor, Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University
Host in Portugal: Daniel Mcnamee & Caroline Haimerl | Natural Intelligence Group & Theoretical Neuroscience Group; Champalimaud Foundation

Alon Lavie, Distinguished Career Professor, Language Technologies Institute at Carnegie Mellon University
Host in Portugal: Instituto Superior Técnico

2023

Hiro Shirado, Associate Professor, Human Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University
Host in Portugal: Ana Paiva | Department of Computer Science and Engineering of IST, University of Lisbon

Learn more about the Visiting Faculty Program in the CMU Portugal latest Annual Report available here.

How to apply

If you are a CMU faculty member interested in a Visiting Research Period at a Portuguese Institution under the Visiting Faculty & Researchers Program, please submit an inquiry here.

Any questions may be sent to CMUPortugal@andrew.cmu.edu.