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  • Pedro Souto (PhD student in Computer Science, IST, U Lisbon, lecturer at NOVA-SBE, Lisbon)
  • Henrique Fonseca (PhD student in Computer Science, IST, U Lisbon)
  • Carlos Garrido (BI-FCT fellow and MSc student in Physics, IST, U Lisbon)

past PhD students


  • João Aparício (2022-2025)
    PhD student at INESC-ID and LNEC, Lisbon
    Next step: Adviser to the Secretary of State for Science and Senior AI engineer at OutSystems.
  • Ramona Merhej (2020-2022)
    PhD student at INESC-ID and ATP-group, Lisbon
    Next step: Research Scientist at Google DeepMind.
  • Elias Fernández Domingos (2017-2020)
    PhD student (advisor), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), and visiting researcher at INESC-ID /IST, Lisbon
    Next step: FNRS Postdoctoral researcher at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
  • Andreia Sofia Teixeira (2014-2019)
    PhD student at INESC-ID and ATP-group, Lisbon
    Next step: Postdoctoral Researcher at Indiana University Bloomington, Center for Social and BioMedical Complexity and at IU Network Science Institute (IUNI), Indiana, USA
    Current position: Assistant Professor at FCUL, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Fernando P. Santos (2014-2018)
    PhD student at GAIPS/INESC-ID, Lisbon
    - Recipient of the AAMAS Victor Lesser Distinguished Dissertation Award 2019.
    - Recipient of the 2019 APPIA (Portuguese AI association, member of EurAI) Best PhD dissertation award (more information here)
    - Recipient of the 2018 INESC-ID Best PhD student award;
    Next step: James S. McDonnell Postdoctoral Fellow @ Princeton University, USA
    Current position: Recipient of a ERC-Starting Grant, Associate Professor, University of Amsterdam (check his personal webpage), co-head of the Socially Intelligent Artificial Systems (SIAS) group at the Informatics Institute, University of Amsterdam.
  • Vítor V. Vasconcelos (2013-2017)
    PhD student at GAIPS/INESC-ID, Lisbon
    - Recipient of the Braganca Gil Prize for the best PhD thesis in 2018, Portuguese Physics Association.
    Next step: Postdoctoral researcher at the Levin Lab, Princeton University, USA
    Current position: Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam, working at the Computational Science Lab at the Informatics Institute (IvI) and the Institute of Advanced Studies, and Director of the Master's program in ‘Complex Systems and Policy’ at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies; Vitor remains as Visiting Research Scholar at the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment and the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, at Princeton University.
  • Flávio L. Pinheiro (2012-2016)
    PhD student at GAIPS/INESC-ID and ATP-group, Lisbon
    Next step: post-doc at the MIT Media Lab, USA, followed by an assistant professor position at NOVA-IMS, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Marta Santos (2008-12)
    PhD student at CMAF-UL and ATP-group
    Next step: FCT post-doc at University of Aveiro and Science communicator at FCUL
  • Sven Van Segbroeck (2007-10)
    PhD student at the Machine Learning Group (MLG), Université Libre de Bruxelles
    next step: FNRS researcher, Computer Science Dep., Université Libre de Bruxelles and Solution architect @ Televic Rail

past MSc students


  • Alexandre Silva Pires (MSc student in Computer Science, IST, U Lisbon, 2023)
  • José António Nave (MSc Student in Computer Science, IST, U Lisbon)
  • Óscar Sampaio Ribeiro (MSc student in Applied Mathematics, IST, U Lisbon, 2022)
  • Lourenço Passos Teodoro (MSc Student in Computer Science, IST, U Lisbon, 2022)
  • José Miguel Gomes (MSc Student in Computer Science, IST, U Lisbon, 2022)
  • Lourenco Teodoro(MSc student in Computer Science,IST, U Lisbon, 2022)
  • Madalena Galrinho (MSc student in Computer Science,IST, U Lisbon, 2021)
  • Tomas Vieira (MSc student in Computer Science, IST, U Lisbon, 2021)
  • André Vitorino Ribeiro (MSc student in Computer Science,IST, U Lisbon, 2021)
  • André Guerra (MSc student in Computer Science,IST, U Lisbon, 2021)
  • Francisco Carvalho (MSc student in Computer Science,IST, U Lisbon, 2021)
  • Carolina Paes de Faria (MSc student in Biomedical Engineering, IST, 2021, U Lisbon)
  • Antonio Medeiros Fernandes (MSc student in Physics, 2021, IST, U Lisbon)
  • Guilherme Crespo Correia (MSc student in Computer Science, 2021,IST, U Lisbon)
  • Joõo Alves (MSc student in Computer Science, 2021, IST, U Lisbon)
  • Goncalo Simões (MSc student in Computer Science, 2021, IST, U Lisbon)
  • Guilherme Ramadas Nogueira (MSc student in Computer Science 2020-21, IST, U Lisbon)
  • Bruno Mesquita de Sousa (BI-FCT fellow and MSc student in Computer Science 2020-21, IST, U Lisbon)
  • Manuel Galamba (BI-FCT fellow and MSc student in Computer Science 2019-20, IST, U Lisbon)
  • Luis Sousa (BI-FCT fellow and MSc student in Computer Science 2019-20, IST, U Lisbon)
  • Paulo de Albuquerque Sardinha (MSc student in Data Science 2019-20, NOVA-IMS, Lisbon)
  • Diogo L. Pires (BI-FCT Fellow and MSc Student in Physics 2018-19, IST, U Lisbon)
  • Henrique Fonseca (MSc Student in Computer Science, 2018-19, IST, U Lisbon)
  • Pedro Rocha Fernandes (MSc Student in Computer Science, 2018-19, IST, U Lisbon)
  • João Vítor Barbosa (MSc Student in Computer Science, 2018-19, IST, U Lisbon)
  • Pedro Ferreira (MSc Student in Mathematics, 2018-19, IST, U Lisbon)
  • Sofia Boavida Brito (MSc Student in Mathematics, 2018-19, IST, U Lisbon)
  • Thiago Sousa (MSc Student in Computer Science Eng, 2018-19, IST, U Lisbon)
  • José Miguel Ramos (2018-19, Calouste Gulbenkian Found. AI program fellow at INESC-ID/IST, U Lisbon)
  • Marta Couto (MSc Student in Physics, 2017-18, IST, U Lisboa)
  • Pedro C. Souto (MSc Student in Computer Science Eng., 2017-18, IST, U Lisbon)
  • Diogo Abreu (MSc Student in Computer Science 2017-18, IST, U Lisbon)
  • Miguel Dziergwa de Carvalho (MSc Student in Computer Science Eng., 2017-18, IST, U Lisbon)
  • António Miguel Góis (MSc Student in Computer Science Eng., 2017-18,, IST, U Lisbon)
  • Pedro Dias (MSc Student in Telecommunications and Informatics, 2017-18, IST, U Lisbon)
  • Carina Antunes (MSc Student in Computer Science Eng., 2016-17)
  • Hugo Salgado Braz (MSc Student in Computer Science Eng., 2016-17)
  • Mateus Cordeiro (MSc Student in Computer Science Eng., 2016-17)
  • Francisco Pedro Durão (MSc Student in Computer Science Eng., 2015-16)
  • Volodymyr Balytskyy (MSc Student in Computer Science Eng., 2014-15)
  • Fernando P. Santos (MSc Student in Computer Science Eng., IST, U Lisbon, 2012-2013)
  • Vítor V. Vasconcelos (MSc Student in Physics, 2011-2012, Gulbenkian Prize Stimulus to research, for the best MSc thesis 2012)
  • Flávio L. Pinheiro (MSc Student in Computational Physics, University of Lisbon, 2010-11)
  • João Moreira (MSc Student, University of Lisbon, 2010-11; next step: PhD student at Amaral Lab, Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems, US)
  • Francisco Pipa (MSc Student in Cognitive Sciences, University of Lisbon, 2009-10)
  • Ken Van den Enden (MSc Student in Computer Science, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, 2008-09)
  • supervision and co-supervision of 17 research fellowships in the context of FCT-Portugal research projects, and 7 bachelor's dissertations (2009-14) .

past postdoctoral researchers


  • João Sacramento (2014-15)
    postdoctoral researcher at INESC-ID, IST, U Lisbon
    next step: post-doc at the the University of Bern)
  • Sven Van Segbroeck (2007-10)
    FNRS chargé de recherches at the Machine Learning Group, Université Libre de Bruxelles