Publication date: 4 de November, 2024

João Magalhães is the new co-director of the Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program

João Magalhães coordinator of the Multimodal Systems Group and Full Professor at the Department of Computer Science from Universidade NOVA de Lisboa,  was appointed in October 2024,  as the new National Co-director of the CMU Portugal Program by  Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT). João Magalhães now shares the leadership of the international partnership with Inês Lynce from INESC-ID.

The Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program (CMU Portugal) is a platform for education, research and innovation that brings together Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and several Portuguese universities, research institutions and companies.

CMU Portugal’s mission is to place Portugal at the forefront of research and technological development in the area of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), by promoting an innovation ecosystem with a tight coupling between cutting-edge research, world-class graduate education, and highly innovative companies in the data-driven economy.

The activities of the CMU Portugal Program are financed by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia  (FCT), the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, supported by the Conselho de Reitores das Universidades Portuguesas (CRUP) and co-financed by industry partners and by Carnegie Mellon University.