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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)
  • Ines Chinita Pereira (PhD student in Computer Science, IST, U Lisbon)
  • Carlos Garrido (BI-FCT fellow and MSc student in Physics, IST, U Lisbon)
  • Artur Mendes Leitão (BI-FCT fellow and MSc student in Applied Mathematics, IST, U Lisbon)

past PhD students


  • 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, Assistant Professor the 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: Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam, working at the Computational Science Lab at the Informatics Institute (IvI) and the Institute of Advanced Studies, and a 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