<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> </head> <body style="background-color:#fff;margin:0;padding:0;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;text-size-adjust:none" class="body"> <div class="moz-forward-container"><br> -------- Forwarded Message -------- <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="moz-email-headers-table"> <tbody> <tr> <th valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap">Subject: </th> <td>CMU Portugal: News from the Fence #37 | June 2025</td> </tr> <tr> <th valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap">Date: </th> <td>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 10:15:26 -0000</td> </tr> <tr> <th valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap">From: </th> <td>CMU Portugal <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:info@cmuportugal.org"><info@cmuportugal.org></a></td> </tr> <tr> <th valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap">Reply-To: </th> <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" 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<div style="display: none !important; mso-hide:all;">The latest news from the CMU Portugal Program</div> <img style="display: none !important; mso-hide:all;" src="https://images.e2ma.net/images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1" alt="The latest news from the CMU Portugal Program" moz-do-not-send="true"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="nl-container" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;background-color:#fff" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="row row-1" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="row-content stack" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:640px;margin:0 auto" width="640"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="column column-1" 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This initiative is addressed at students who wish to study at a Portuguese University with a research period at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) up to one year. </p> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" class="button_block block-3" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="pad"> <div align="left" class="alignment"><a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/xkl0uk/xw6s46/x40pgfb" style="color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"> <span class="button" style="background-color: #000000; border-bottom: 0px solid transparent; border-left: 0px solid transparent; border-radius: 3px; border-right: 0px solid transparent; border-top: 0px solid transparent; color: #ffffff; display: inline-block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; mso-border-alt: none; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-top: 5px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; text-align: center; width: auto; word-break: keep-all; letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="word-break: break-word; line-height: 21px;">Read more</span></span> </a></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="row row-4" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="row-content stack" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:640px;margin:0 auto" width="640"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="column column-1" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top" width="100%"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image_block block-1" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="pad" style="width:100%"> <div align="center" class="alignment"> <div style="max-width:640px"><a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/xkl0uk/xw6s46/tp2pgfb" style="outline:none" tabindex="-1" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><img alt="" height="auto" src="https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20250612/ee/a7/4c/b5/00b52675a49ac6e2a0a3501a.png" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" title="" width="640" moz-do-not-send="true"></a></div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" class="paragraph_block block-2" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="pad"> <div style="color:#000;direction:ltr;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0;line-height:1.5;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:20px"> <p style="margin:0"> The Calls for Applications for the CMU Portugal Mobility Initiatives - <strong><a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/xkl0uk/xw6s46/9h3pgfb" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;" moz-do-not-send="true">Visiting Faculty & Researchers</a> </strong>and <strong><a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/xkl0uk/xw6s46/pa4pgfb" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;" moz-do-not-send="true">Visiting Students</a></strong> - are open until<strong> June 17th, 2025</strong><strong>, </strong>under the scope of the CMU Portugal Program with the support of Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT). These initiatives allow faculty members, researchers, and MSc students or recent graduates to spend between 2 weeks and 2 months at Carnegie Mellon University. </p> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" class="button_block block-3" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="pad"> <div align="left" class="alignment"><a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/xkl0uk/xw6s46/524pgfb" style="color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"> <span class="button" style="background-color: #000000; border-bottom: 0px solid transparent; border-left: 0px solid transparent; border-radius: 3px; border-right: 0px solid transparent; border-top: 0px solid transparent; color: #ffffff; display: inline-block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; mso-border-alt: none; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-top: 5px; padding-left: 20px; 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F. Moura Receives IEEE Haraden Pratt Award</h1> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" class="paragraph_block block-2" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="pad"> <div style="color:#000;direction:ltr;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0;line-height:1.5;text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:20px"> <p style="margin:0"> José M. F. 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