[AllUsers-ISR] CMU Portugal: October 2025 - Open Call for up to 10 Dual Degree Ph.D. scholarships+ 12 visiting research scholars to Carnegie Mellon in 2025

Fri Oct 17 12:20:03 WEST 2025

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Subject: 	CMU Portugal: News from the Fence #39 | October 2025
Date: 	Fri, 17 Oct 2025 11:07:18 -0000
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The latest news from the CMU Portugal Program
The latest news from the CMU Portugal Program

      *#39 | Oct. 2025*

  Open Call for up to 10 Dual Degree Ph.D. scholarships

<https://t.e2ma.net/click/pmhc4k/xw6s46/hg3i8fb>

The CMU Portugal Program has**an**Open Call for up to 10 Dual Degree 
Ph.D. scholarships 
<https://t.e2ma.net/click/pmhc4k/xw6s46/x83i8fb>***for the 2026/2027 
academic year *on cutting-edge areas of *Information and Communication 
Technologies (ICT), *funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT).

Dual Degree Doctoral students *conduct their studies both in Portugal* 
(3 years at a Portuguese-affiliated University) and*the United States 
*(2 years at CMU).

Read more <https://t.e2ma.net/click/pmhc4k/xw6s46/d14i8fb>

<https://t.e2ma.net/click/pmhc4k/xw6s46/9l6i8fb>

  CMU Portugal will soon take 12 visiting research scholars to Carnegie
  Mellon in 2025

In 2025, CMU Portugal will host 12 visiting research scholars from 
Portuguese Institutions to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in the field 
of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT): *5 faculty & 
researchers *and *7 master’s students & recent master’s graduates.*

Read more <https://t.e2ma.net/click/pmhc4k/xw6s46/pe7i8fb>

<https://t.e2ma.net/click/pmhc4k/xw6s46/lz8i8fb>

  CMU Portugal student is a “Ph.D. Rising Research Star” according to
  FOCI 2025

*João Afonso Vilalonga*, CMU Portugal Affiliated Ph.D. student in the 
area of Computer Science at NOVA School of Science and Technology (NOVA 
FCT) and researcher at NOVA LINCS, received the *“Rising Star Research” 
2025 Award* by the Free and Open Communications on the Internet 
(FOCI) community.

Read more <https://t.e2ma.net/click/pmhc4k/xw6s46/1r9i8fb>

<https://t.e2ma.net/click/pmhc4k/xw6s46/xcbj8fb>

  CMU Portugal project PI awarded with a prestigious ERC starting Grant

*João Ribeiro*, Assistant Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico and 
researcher at Instituto de Telecomunicações, was awarded a European 
Research Council (ERC), worth approximately €1.5 million. The grant will 
enable advancing the study of**synchronization loss errors in 
communications.

The researcher is currently leading CMU Portugal's exploratory research 
project,* “**Fully-Homomorphic Encryption from Post-Quantum Code-Based 
Assumptions”, *launched in 2025.

Read more <https://t.e2ma.net/click/pmhc4k/xw6s46/d5bj8fb>

<https://t.e2ma.net/click/pmhc4k/xw6s46/9pdj8fb>

  European Central Bank Selects Feedzai to safeguard the Digital Euro

*Feedzai, *a CMU Portugal start-up and industry-affiliated partner, was 
chosen by the European Central Bank (ECB) t*o safeguard the digital 
euro* with its fraud detection and prevention mechanism, coinciding with 
the week its*valuation hit the $2 billion mark*.

Read more <https://t.e2ma.net/click/pmhc4k/xw6s46/piej8fb>

<https://t.e2ma.net/click/pmhc4k/xw6s46/l3fj8fb>

  CMU Portugal members are among Forbes Portugal’s Most Powerful Women
  in Business

CMU Portugal faculty members *Irene Fonseca**and* *Manuela Veloso*, have 
once again been featured in Forbes Portugal’s list of the Most Powerful 
Women in Business, in recognition of their scientific contributions and 
achievements.

The list also recognizes *Isabel Capeloa Gil*, member of CMU Portugal’s 
Board of Directors.

Read more <https://t.e2ma.net/click/pmhc4k/xw6s46/1vgj8fb>

<https://t.e2ma.net/click/pmhc4k/xw6s46/xgij8fb>

  Team RedTWIZ Wins 2nd Place in Global Amazon Nova AI Challenge

After six intense months of designing, testing, and engaging in 
adversarial models, *Team RedTWIZ, *representing NOVA FCT and featuring 
CMU Portugal Ph.D. students,* Diogo Silva* (team leader) and *Diogo 
Tavares*, alongside other FCT NOVA students, *secured 2nd place at 
the** 2025 **Amazon Nova AI Challenge Trusted AI*, a worldwide 
university AI competition.

Read more <https://t.e2ma.net/click/pmhc4k/xw6s46/d9ij8fb>

  * 5th Conference of Advanced Computing
    <https://t.e2ma.net/click/pmhc4k/xw6s46/9tkj8fb> | October 22-23, Aveiro
  * National Workshop on Quantum Technologies
    <https://t.e2ma.net/click/pmhc4k/xw6s46/pmlj8fb> | October 24, Coimbra
  * Técnico PhD Open Days 2025
    <https://t.e2ma.net/click/pmhc4k/xw6s46/5emj8fb> | October 27-28, Lisbon
  * 2nd edition of the Atlantic Convergence
    <https://t.e2ma.net/click/pmhc4k/xw6s46/l7mj8fb> | October 28-30, Lisbon
  * Award "Vencer o Adamastor"
    <https://t.e2ma.net/click/pmhc4k/xw6s46/1znj8fb> | Applications
    deadline: October 20
  * SPARK 25 - Responsible AI Student Awards
    <https://t.e2ma.net/click/pmhc4k/xw6s46/hsoj8fb> | Applications
    deadline: November 3

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  us know what is happening by sending an e-mail to info at cmuportugal.org.

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