31 March 2011
Portuguese Carnegie Mellon University professor of computer science Manuela Veloso is known for her contributions to the development of cognition, perception and action in autonomous robot teams. She has studied how autonomous agents can work cooperatively in complex environments and has pioneered work on robotic soccer playing. Most recently Manuela Veloso has developed the CoBo […]
31 March 2011
Steve Lewis, a former Microsoft executive, is behind the Living PlanIT project to build a brand new smart-city in Paredes, Portugal. Smart cities have intelligence and remote sensors built into the very fabric of the city – its buildings use computing power to monitor and constantly adjust for optimal efficiency. According to the The Wall Street […]
31 March 2011
The National Organization of Portuguese Americans (NOPA) announced the launching of a webpage at the organization’s website dedicated to the fine arts and culture of Portugal and the Portuguese-American artists making a difference in their communities. According to the announcement, “NOPA’s initiative intends to promote our artists and bring awareness to the public about their […]
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31 March 2011
Neurologist and author Atónio Damásio, Director of the Brain and Creativity Institute and Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Southern California, is the keynote speaker at the Neuroscience Janssen Award ceremony taking place, today, March 31, at the Centro de Congressos de Lisboa, where he will address “The origins of consciousness.” His current work involves the […]
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30 March 2011
The Center for Intercultural Studies (CEI) at Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto (ISCAP), Portugal, has announced the 2nd International Conference in Intercultural Studies, to take place from May 25 to May 27, 2011. Presentations are in Portuguese, English, French, German or Spanish. The previous ISCAP’s International Conference on Intercultural Studies took place in 2008 with the […]
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30 March 2011
Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura, 58 years old, a native of Porto, is the 2011 Pritzker Architecture Prize winner, the world’s most prestigious architecture honor. Moura is the second Portuguese architect distinguished with the prize. The first was Alvaro Siza honored in 1992. Souto de Moura worked for Alvaro Siza for five years before […]
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