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Visiting Faculty and Researchers Program

The Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program supports a Visiting Faculty and Researchers Program, in which individuals holding a doctoral degree and affiliated with Portuguese Higher Education Institutions or Research Labs, can spend one term working in research, education and innovation at Carnegie Mellon University to experience its culture and best practices. The same applies to faculty members of Carnegie Mellon, who join a Portuguese university for a given period of time.

Applications are CLOSED

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.

The Visiting Faculty and Researchers Program builds up on the success of the Faculty Exchange Program initiated in 2007 that counted with the participation of 97 faculty members,  including the 2024 visitors. 

During their stay at CMU, visitors are exposed to the same environment and working conditions as a colleague at Carnegie Mellon University. The visiting faculty will:

  • Receive a formal appointment as a visiting faculty member;
  • Be hosted by a research group;
  • Join a teaching team of a course (undergraduate or graduate level) in a specific area of interest, and
  • Be invited to participate in various activities.

     

    Financial support and activities report

The candidates admitted to the Visiting Faculty and Researchers Program will receive an FCT “Subsídio a Atividades de Transferência de Conhecimento e Tecnologia” to cover living expenses during their stay. Health insurance during the visiting period will be reimbursed according to the announcement of the call. Any other expenses will not be supported by the CMU Portugal program.The financial support will be available for visits from 14 days to 2 months.

A contract will have to be signed with the visiting faculty. At the end of the Program, the visitor will be required to submit a report describing the activity developed during that period.

Identification of the CMU faculty host

It is mandatory for the candidate to have identified a CMU faculty host that will be the faculty member responsible for the visit and for the work developed by the visiting faculty. In specific cases where candidates don´t have a clearly defined CMU faculty host, the CMU Portugal Program coordination office is available to help in the identification of that host. Please contact the CMU Portugal Program coordination office in Portugal for more information.

How to apply

Candidates should carefully read the announcement and guidelines available  in the Admissions and Scholarships page under “Visiting Faculty and Researchers Program”.

Previous edition

Alcides Fonseca, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon
Host at CMU: 
Christopher S. Timperley | Host Department:  Robotics Institute and the National Robotics Engineering Center

Research Area: Applying software verification techniques to prevent misconfigurations in ROS,   

Alessandro Gianola, Assistant Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico
Host at CMU: Ruben Martins | Host Department: Computer Science Department

Research Area: Establish standardized and optimized SAT-based methods for the automatic analysis of DAPs.

Ana Isabel Neto, Researcher at Interactive Technologies Institute Laboratory of Robotics Host at CMU: Reid Simmons | Host Department: Robotics Institute

Research Area: Human-robot interaction, robots acting as social mediators 

Anna Bernard, Assistant Researcher at Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics,
Host at CMU: Michael D. Smith | Host Department: Heinz College


Research Topic: Intersection of cultural and digital economics; policy piracy, intellectual property, and technological disruption

Fabio Chalub, Associate Professor at Nova School of Science and Technology
Host at CMU:  Robert Pego | Host Department: Mathematical Sciences

Research Area: Using modern techniques in kinetic models to define spatial models in epidemiology

João Ferreira, Associate Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico
Host at CMU: 
 Limin Jia | Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research Area: Language-based security, and automated program repair

José Pereira, Associate Professor at University of Minho, Host at CMU: Andy Pavlo| Host Department: Computer Science

Research Area: Database systems, collaboration network, dependable distributed systems

Nuno Rodrigues
: Associate Professor at Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave
Host at CMU: 
 John Stamper | Host Department: Human-Computer Interaction Institute

Research Area: Large Language Model (LLM) in the Osler project with medical algorithms

Alexandra Mendes
Assistant Professor at FEUP
Host at CMU: Nicolas Christin | Host Department: Software and Societal Systems 

Research Area: Usable security, Blockchain usability in security software.       

Diana Neves
Assistant Researcher at Técnico
Host at CMU: Granger Morgan | Host Department: Engineering and Public Policy 

Research Area: Energy transition pathways, energy communities’ deployment and interaction, social acceptability.

Fernando Ramos
Associate Professor at Técnico,
Host at CMU: Justine Sherry | Host Department: Computer Science

Research Area: Programmable networks. 

Filipa Correia
Assistant Researcher at Técnico
Host at CMU: Nikolas Martelaro | Host Department: Human-Computer Interaction Institute

Research Area: Human-Robot Interaction, User Experience Design.

Jácome Cunha
Associate Professor at FEUP
Host at CMU: Joshua Sunshine | Host Department: Software and Societal Systems

Research Area: Reproducibility and replicability of scientific work.

João Paulo
Assistant Researcher and Invited Professor at Universidade de Coimbra
Host at CMU: Fernando De La Torre | Host Department: Robotics Institute

Research Area: Machine Learning-based Techniques.

Rodolfo Oliveira
Associate Professor w/ Habilitation at FCT NOVA,
Host at CMU: Hyong Kim | Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

Research Area: 6G networks, computer networks.

Naercio  Magaia
Invited Assistant Professor at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL)
Host at CMU: Justine Sherry  | Host Department: Computer Science

Paulo André
Full Professor at Técnico
Host at CMU: Elias Towe | Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Andreia Mordido
Invited Assistant Professor I Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL)
Host at CMU: Frank Pfenning I Host Department: Computer Science
Research Area: Probabilistic logic, Probabilistic satisfiability, Type theory, Formal methods.

Bongkeum Jeong
Researcher I ITI from LARSyS
Host at CMU: Jason Hong I Host Department: HCI Institute (School of Computer Science)
Research Area: interactive technologies for HCI, issues of wearable computing, mobile computing, and context-aware computing.

Bruno Direito Leitão
Postdoctoral Researcher I Universidade de Coimbra
Host at CMU: Marcel Just I Host Department:  Center for Cognitive Brain Imaging (Department of Psychology)
Research Area: Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI), functional magnetic resonance imaging neurofeedback, neurorehabilitation and ML.

Élvio Rúbio Gouveia
Assistant Professor I Universidade da Madeira
Host at CMU: Daniel Siewiorek I Host Department: HCI Institute (School of Computer Science)
Research Area: Technologies for the improvement of Quality of Life (QoL).

Paulo Dias
Assistant Professor I Universidade de Aveiro.
Host at CMU: Daniel Siewiorek and Asim Smailagic I Host Department: HCI Institute (School of Computer Science)
Research Area: Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), applications and practices.

Pedro Manuel Soares Moura
Assistant Professor I Universidade de Coimbra
Host at CMU: Javad Mohammadi I Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Area: Distributed energy resources, such as electric vehicles (EV) and solar photovoltaic (PV).

Petia Georgieva
Assistant Professor I Universidade de Aveiro
Host at CMU: Pei Zhang I Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering 
Research Area:  Machine Learning, Control Systems, System Theory, Deep Learning.

Thomas Durieux
Postdoctoral researcher I INESC-ID
Host at CMU: Claire Le Goues I Host Department: Institute for Software Research
Research Area: Automatic program repair and self-healing.

Vânia Silvério
Postdoctoral researcher I INESC-MN
Invited Assistant Professor I Universidade de Lisboa (Técnico)
Host at CMU: Carmel Majidi I Host Department: Mechanical Engineering (Soft Machines Lab: SML)
Research Area: Microfluidics Scientist, R&D projects combining nanotechnology with simulation tools for the development of microfluidic devices and sensors.

Vasco Miguel Gomes Nunes Manquinho
Associate Professor I Universidade de Lisboa (Técnico)
Host at CMU: Ruben Martins I Host Department: Computer Science Department
Research Area: Program synthesis, usage of computational logic methods for verification.

 

Hermenegildo Oliveira
Assistant Professor  |  Universidade do Algarve
Host at CMU: Gautam Iyer  |  Host Department: Mathematical Sciences

Hugo Silva
Assistant Professor with Habilitation  |  Universidade de Trás-os-Montes
Host at CMU: Jeffrey P. Bigham  |  Host Department: Human-Computer Interaction Institute

Nuno Pereira
Associate Professor  |  Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto
Host at CMU: Anthony Rowe (ECE)  |  Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dulce Pacheco
Post-doc researcher  |  Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute
Host at CMU: Scott Stevens (CS)  |  Host Department: Computer Science Department

Fernando Velez
Assistant Professor  |  Universidade da Beira Interior
Host at CMU: Jon M. Peha (EPP)  |  Host Department: Engineering and Public Policy

Inês Portugal
Assistant Professor  |  Universidade de Aveiro
Host at CMU: Ignacio E. Grossmann (Chemical Engineering)  |  Host Department: Chemical Engineering

João Cunha
Associate Professor with Agregation  | Faculdade de Engenharia do Porto
Host at CMU: Robert Iannucci (ECE)  |  Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jorge Coelho
Assistant Professor  |  Universidade de Coimbra
Host at CMU: Krzysztof Matyjaszewski (Chemistry)  |  Host Department: Chemistry

Leonel Sousa
Full Professor  |  Instituto Superior Técnico
Host at CMU: James C. Hoe (ECE)  |  Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Miguel Abrunhosa de Brito
Assistant Professor  |  Universidade do Minho
Host at CMU: David Garlan (ISR)  |  Host Department: Institute for Software Research

Arminda Lopes
Adjunct Professor  |  Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco/ M-ITI
Host at CMU: Daniel P. Siewiorek, Asim Saimalagic (RI)  |  Host Department: Robotic Institute

Fernando Silva
Full Professor  |  Faculdade de Ciências of the Universidade do Porto (FCUP)/ INESC TEC
Host at CMU: Priya Narasimhan (ECE)  |  Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Arminda Lopes
Adjunct Professor  |  Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco/ M-ITI
Host at CMU: Daniel P. Siewiorek, Asim Saimalagic (RI)  |  Host Department: Robotic Institute

Fernando Silva
Full Professor  |  Faculdade de Ciências of the Universidade do Porto (FCUP)/ INESC TEC
Host at CMU: Priya Narasimhan (ECE)  |  Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering

André Leal Santos
Assistant Professor  |  University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE IUL)/ LASIGE
Host at CMU: Brad A. Myers (HCI)  |  Host Department: Human-Computer Interaction Institute

Joel Perdiz Arrais
Invited Assistant Professor  |  Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of the Universidade de Coimbra (FCTUC)/ CISUC
Host at CMU: Ziv-Bar Joseph (ML)  |  Host Department: Machine Learning Department

Jorge Bernardino
Coordinator Professor  |  Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra (ISEC)/ CISUC
Host at CMU: David Garlan (ISR)  |  Host Department: Institute for Software Research

Jorge Miguel Sá Silva
Assistant Professor  |  Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologias da Universidade de Coimbra (FCTUC)/ LCT
Host at CMU: Pei Zhang (Silicon Valley Campus)  |  Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Manuel Marques
Assistant Researcher  |  Instituto Superior Técnico / ISR
Host at CMU: Manuela Veloso (CS)  |  Host Department: Computer Science

Muriela Hinard de Pádua
Researcher  |  Instituto Superior Técnico / IN+
Host at CMU: Granger Morgan (EPP)  |  Host Department: Engineering and Public Policy

Pedro Amorim
Assistant Professor  |  Faculdade de Engenharia of the Universidade do Porto (FEUP)/ INESC TEC
Host at CMU: Ignacio E. Grossman (CE)  |  Host Department: Chemical Engineering

Pedro Furtado
Assistant Professor  |  Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologias of the Universidade de Coimbra (FCTUC)/ CISUC
Host at CMU: David Garlan (ISR)  |  Host Department: Institute for Software Research

Ricardo Pereira
Assistant Professor  |  Instituto Superior Técnico / INESC ID
Host at CMU: Fernando de la Torre (RI)  |  Host Department: Robotics Institute

Vera Miguéis Silva
Assistant Professor  |  Faculdade de Engenharia of the Universidade do Porto (FEUP)/ INESC TEC
Host at CMU: Alan Montgomery (TSB)  |  Host Department: Tepper School of Business

Fernando Manuel Morgado Dias
Assistant Professor  |  Universidade da Madeira (UMa)/ M-ITI
Host at CMU: Mario Bergés (Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, CEE)  |  Host Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Mónica da Silva Cameirão
Assistant Professor Researcher  |  Universidade da Madeira (UMa)/ M-ITI
Host at CMU: Daniel P. Siewiorek (Quality of Life Technology Center CS/ECE)  |  Host Department: Human-Computer Interaction Institute

Vasco Miguel Nunes Manquinho
Assistant Professor  |  Instituto Superior Técnico / INESC ID
Host at CMU: Edmund Clarke (CS)  |  Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Alberto Manuel Rodrigues da Silva
Associate Assistant Professor  |  Instituto Superior Técnico (IST)/ INESCID
Host at CMU: David Garlan (ISR)  |  Host Department: Institute for Software Research

Ana Paiva
Associate Professor  |  Instituto Superior Técnico (IST)/ INESC ID
Host Department: Computer Science Department

Diogo Gomes
Assistant Professor  |  Universidade de Aveiro (UA)/ IT
Host at CMU: Greg Ganger (ECE)  |  Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Ana Barros
Senior Researcher at INESC TEC, Adjunct Professor  |  Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)/ INESC TEC
Host at CMU: Erica Fuchs (EPP)  |  Host Department: Engineering and Public Policy

Cristina Gomes
Assistant Professor  |  Instituto Superior Técnico (IST)
Host at CMU: Ignacio E. Grossmann (CE)  |  Host Department: Chemical Engineering Department

Ian Oakley
Assistant Professor  |  Universidade da Madeira (UMa)/ M-ITI
Host at CMU: Anind Dey (HCI)  |  Host Department: Human Computer Interaction Institute

João Barros
Associate Professor  |  Faculdade de Engenharia of the Universidade do Porto (FEUP) /IT
Host at CMU: Granger Morgan (ECE/EPP)  |  Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineering and Public Policy

João Costa Seco
Assistant Professor  |  Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCT-UNL)/ CITI
Host at CMU: Frank Pfenning (CS)  |  Host Department: Computer Science Department

José Luís Valente Oliveira
Assistant Professor  |  Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)/ ILab
Host at CMU: Fernando de la Torre (RI)  |  Host Department: Robotics Institute

José Machado da Silva
Associate Professor  |  Faculdade de Engenharia of the Universidade do Porto (FEUP)/ INESC TEC
Host at CMU: Shawn Blanton (ECE, CSSI)  |  Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Pedro Brandão
Assistant Professor  |  Faculdade de Ciências of the Universidade do Porto (FCUP)/ IT
Host at CMU: Anthony Rowe (ECE/Cylab)  |  Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Petia Georgieva
Researcher at IEETA, Assistant Professor  |  Universidade de Aveiro (UA)/ IEETA
Host at CMU: Tom Mitchell (ML)  |  Host Department: Computer Science and Machine Learning

Ana Cristina Costa Aguiar
Assistant Professor  |  Faculdade de Engenharia of the Universidade do Porto (FEUP)/ IT
Host at CMU: Peter Steenkiste (CS)  |  Host Department: Computer Science Department

Barbara Pizzileo
Invited Assistant Professor  |  Universidade da Madeira (UMa)/ M-ITI
Host at CMU: Lucio Soibelman (Civil & Environmental Engineering)  |  Host Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Bruno Cabral
Assistant Professor  |  Universidade de Coimbra (UC)/ CISUC
Host at CMU: David Garlan (CS)  |  Host Department: Institute for Software Research

Carla Ferreira
Assistant Professor  |  Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of the Universidade Lisboa (FCT-UNL)/ CITI
Host at CMU: Frank Pfenning (CS)  |  Host Department: Computer Science Department

Carlos Manuel Gonçalves Carreira
Assistant Professor  |  Faculdade de Economia of the Universidade de Coimbra (FEUC)/ GEMF
Host at CMU: David Greenstreet (SDC Department)  |  Host Department: Tepper School of Business

Monchu Chen
Assistant Professor  |  Universidade da Madeira (UMa)/ M-ITIPeriod of visit: Spring 2011
Host at CMU: Don Marinelli (ETC)  |  Host Department: Entertaining Technology Center

Paulo Pedreiras
Assistant Professor  |  Universidade de Aveiro (UA)/ IEETAPeriod of visit: Spring 2011
Host at CMU: Raj Rajkumar (ECE)  |  Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Pedro Quelhas
Invited Assistant Professor  |  Faculdade de Engenharia of the Universidade do Porto (FEUP)/ INEB
Host at CMU: Jelena Kovačević (ECE)  |  Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Raul Barbosa
Assistant Professor  |  Universidade de Coimbra (UC)/ CISUC
Host at CMU: David Garlan (CS/ECE), Jonathan Aldrich (ISR), Priya Narasimhan (ECE)  |  Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Rodolfo Alexandre Duarte Oliveira
Assistant Professor  |  Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCT-UNL)/ IT
Host at CMU: Ozan Tonguz (ECE)  |  Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Rodrigo Ventura
Full Assistant Professor  |  Instituto Superior Técnico / ISR
Host at CMU: Manuela Veloso (CS)  |  Host Department: Computer Science Department

Rui Prior
Assistant Professor  |  Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP)/ IT
Host at CMU: Hyong Kim (ECE)  |  Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Sergi Bermúdez i Badia
Research Fellow Assistant Professor  |  Universidade da Madeira (UMa)/ MITI
Host at CMU: Daniel P. Siewiorek (CS)  |  Host Department: Human-Computer Interaction Institute

Susana Sargento
Assistant Professor  |  Universidade de Aveiro (UA)/ IT
Host at CMU: Peter Steenkiste (CS)  |  Host Department: Computer Science Department

Alysson Neves Bessani
Assistant Professor  |  Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL)/ LASIGE
Host at CMU: Greg Ganger (ECE)  |  Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Ana Groznik
Assistant Professor  |  Faculdade de Ciências Económicas e Empresariais da Universidade Católica Portuguesa (CLSBE)
Host at CMU: Alan Scheller-Wolf (TSB)  |  Host Department: Tepper School of Business

Hans Peter Reiser
Assistant Professor  |  Faculdade de Ciências of the Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL)/ LASIGE
Host at CMU: David Brumley (ECE and CS)  |  Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Isabel Maria Pinto Ramos
Assistant Professor  |  Universidade do Minho (UMinho)
Host at CMU: Rahul Telang (Heinz College) and Linda Levine/Patricia Oberndorf (Software Engineering Institute)  |  Host Department: Software Engineering Institute

Jaime Cardoso
Assistant Professor  |  Faculdade de Engenharia of the Universidade do Porto (FEUP)/ INESC TEC
Host at CMU: Poe Eric Xing (CS and ML) and Marios Savvides (ECE)  |  Host Department: Computer Science Department

João Xavier
Assistant Professor  |  Instituto Superior Técnico (IST)/ ISR
Host at CMU: Prof. Bruno Sinopoli (ECE)  |  Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering

José Maria Amaral Fernandes
Assistant Professor  |  Universidade de Aveiro (UA)/ IEETA
Host at CMU: David Garlan (ECE and CS)  |  Host Department: Institute for Software Research

Nestor Cataño
Assistant Professor  |  Universidade da Madeira (UMa)/ M-ITI
Host at CMU: Anind Dey (HCI Institute)  |  Host Department: Human-Computer Interaction Institute

Ricardo Morla
Assistant Professor  |  Faculdade de Engenharia of the Universidade do Porto (FEUP)/ INESC TEC
Host at CMU: Hyong Kim (ECE)  |  Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Rui Maranhão Abreu
Assistant Professor  |  Faculdade de Engenharia of the Universidade do Porto (FEUP)/ INESC TEC
Host at CMU: Jonathan Aldrich (ISR)  |  Host Department: Institute for Software Research

Vitor Grade Tavares
Assistant Professor  |  Faculdade de Engenharia of the Universidade do Porto (FEUP)/ INESC TEC
Host at CMU: Shawn Blanton (ECE / CSSI)  |  Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Paulo Rupino
Assistant Professor  |  Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of the Universidade de Coimbra (FCTUC)
Host at CMU: David Garlan (ISR)  |  Host Department: Institute for Software Research

Licínio Roque
Assistant Professor  |  Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of the Universidade de Coimbra (FCTUC)
Host at CMU: David Garlan (ISR)  |  Host Department: Institute for Software Research

Marco Vieira
Assistant Professor  |  Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of the Universidade de Coimbra (FCTUC)
Host at CMU: David Garlan (ISR)  |  Host Department: Institute for Software Research

Mário Zenha Rela
Assistant Professor  |  Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of the Universidade de Coimbra (FCTUC)
Host at CMU: David Garlan (ISR)  | Host Department: Institute for Software Research

Paulo Marques
Assistant Professor  |  Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of the Universidade de Coimbra (FCTUC)
Host at CMU: David Garlan (ISR)  |  Host Department: Institute for Software Research

Pedro Bizarro
Assistant Professor  |  Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of the Universidade de Coimbra (FCTUC)
Host at CMU: David Garlan (ISR)  |  Host Department: Institute for Software Research

Learn more about our previous editions.

Duration

From 14 days to 2 months.

Finantial Support

Admitted candidates will receive a monthly allowance during their visiting period at CMU. Health insurance during the visiting period will be reimbursed according to the announcement of the call.

Candidate profile

- Portuguese citizens or foreign citizens with permanent residence in Portugal
- Hold a doctoral degree by the time of application
- Affiliated with a Portuguese Higher Education Institution or Research Lab

- Preference is given to candidates with professional and academic work aligned with the CMU Portugal main research areas.

Application requirements

- Online application form
- Detailed CV
- Statement of work
- Official Certificate of the Doctoral Degree*
- Statement from the department or institution in Portugal authorizing the extended leave
- Support statement from the host at CMU

* For candidates with degrees granted by foreign higher education institutions it is mandatory to have equivalence/recognition of the degree.

More information available at:  https://www.dges.gov.pt/pt/pagina/equivalencia-reconhecimento