Irene Pimenta Rodrigues is an Associate Professor at Informatics Department of the University of Évora (UE) School of Science and Technology since 2002, Senior Researcher at NOVA LINCS and member of Scientific Council of the School of Science and Technology. She has. a PhD in Informatics from Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (1995), and a BSc in Informatics Engineering from Universidade Nova de Lisboa (1987). Irene has successfully supervised 3 doctoral theses and is currently directing 3. She participates or participated as a project member or Principal Investigator in nationally and European funded projects, including Ajusta, DigiCHE-Asia, Episa, Golem and EUGREEN.