2003-2007 - Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
2003-2007 - Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
2003-2007 - Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
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Networking Actions (Indicate here both national and international activities)<br />
GOCE-CT-<strong>2003</strong>-505446: MARBEF – Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning (Network of Excellence)<br />
INTERREG IIIb - 03/MAC/4.2/A2 2004: MARMAC & 05/MAC/4.2/A4 <strong>2007</strong>: MARMACII– Knowledge, promotion and valorisation for a sustainable use of marine<br />
protected areas in Macaronesia.<br />
GOCE/2005/036851-1: ESONET/NoE – European Seas Observatory Network (Network of Excellence)<br />
ENV/<strong>2007</strong>/2/2.1.6/211700: CAREX – Coordination Action for Research Activities on life in Extreme Environments<br />
SEAMBOR - Working Group on Science Dimensions of Ecosystem Approach to Management of Biotic Ocean Resources” (MB-ESF, ICES, EFARO)<br />
EURON – European Robotics Network, EU FP6 NoE Contract nº 507728, un<strong>de</strong>r which we co-coordinated the Special Interest Group on Cooperative Robotics,<br />
joining 25 institutions in Europe (http://www.aass.oru.se/Agora/EuronCoop/)<br />
FREESUB (Human Potential Research Training Network HPRN-CT-2000-00032, 2000/2004) – Autonomous Un<strong>de</strong>rwater Vehicles for Subsea Intervention (EC<br />
Human Potential Research Training Network).<br />
FREEsubNET (Marie Curie Research Training Network, MRTN-CT-2006-036186, 2006/2010)- A European research network on key technologies for intervention<br />
autonomous un<strong>de</strong>rwater vehicle (Marie Curie Research Training Network)<br />
Training Activities (Indicate here activities of the LA as a whole)<br />
ATHENS courses on “Introduction to Robotics” (<strong>2007</strong>: 2 editions; 2008: 1 edition.)<br />
Active participation in IST PhD program in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering through direct supervision of a large number of<br />
graduate stu<strong>de</strong>nts (exceeding 60). Also a significant number of lecturers give courses in this program.<br />
CMU-Portugal Program: Dual Carnegie Mellon-Instituto/Superior Tecnico, Doctoral Programs: ISR-LA has a strong involvement in the following Dual PhD<br />
programs: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Technological Change and Entrepeneurship and Engineering and Public Policy. ISR-LA members coordinate all<br />
programs, a significant share of the lecturers and most of enrolled stu<strong>de</strong>nts in aca<strong>de</strong>mic year 2008/09 are supervised by LA members<br />
MIT-Portugal Program: Doctoral Program at Instituto Superior Tecnico with the Massachusets Institute of Technology, .in Sustainable Energy Systems. The<br />
coordination of the PhD program, lecturers and stu<strong>de</strong>nts of ISR-LA are <strong>de</strong>eply involved in this program.<br />
Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST)- Ecole Politechnique Fe<strong>de</strong>ral <strong>de</strong> Lausanne (EFPL) - The LA has a major involvement in a Joint Doctoral Initiative in the area of<br />
Distributed and Cognitive Robotics.<br />
Outreach/Science and Society (Indicate here activities that the LA as a whole)<br />
- Promotion of S&T:<br />
ISR, namely its IS and MR Laboratories, has nurtured the <strong>de</strong>velopment of activities of different kinds to promote the scientific and technological culture among the<br />
citizens in general, and the youngsters in particular. Among those, the following should be pointed out:<br />
* Yearly organization of the Portuguese Robotics Open, since 2001, counting with approximately 800 participants, 700 of them being high school stu<strong>de</strong>nts and<br />
teachers<br />
* One week summer schools for stu<strong>de</strong>nts, since 2001: 170 high school stu<strong>de</strong>nts have participated so far, building and programming small robots from scratch<br />
* Talks and Conferences at High Schools, National Young Scientists Association, National Association of Informatics Engineering Stu<strong>de</strong>nts, Science Museums, incl.<br />
"Geologia no Verão"<br />
Other individual contributions from ISR members:<br />
* Isabel Ribeiro was one of the 12 scientists invited in 2004 by the Gulbenkian Foundation to give a talk on the cycle of seminars “Despertar para a Ciência”. The<br />
talk entitled “Uma viagem ao mundo dos robots” was atten<strong>de</strong>d by a large number of persons (>400), and repeated afterwards in 10 Portuguese universities and<br />
high-schools. A written version was published, as a book chapter, in “Despertar para a Ciência: novos ciclos <strong>de</strong> conferências”, Gradiva, December <strong>2007</strong>.<br />
* Isabel Ribeiro authored the entries “Robots Móveis”, “Sensores em Robótica “ and “Navegação em robótica autónoma”, of the Portuguese Encyclopedia Activa<br />
Multimédia, Technologies volume, Lexicultural (2004)<br />
* P.Lima authored the entry “O que é um Robot? Como se classificam os robots?” e “Aplicações dos Robots: para que servem os robots?”, of the Portuguese<br />
Encyclopedia Activa Multimédia, Technologies volume, Lexicultural (2004)<br />
* Isabel Ribeiro was a guest of the radio program Magazine Ciência, RDP-Antena2, on the topic of robotics perception, October 2004.<br />
* P.Lima was a guest of the TV Science Talk Show 4XCIÊNCIA, RTP-N, 24 January 2006<br />
* Education column article “Robotics Educational Activities in Portugal: A Motivating Experience”, P.Lima, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, Vol. 14, No. 2,<br />
pp 16-17, June <strong>2007</strong><br />
* Article “A Experiência Motivadora das Activida<strong>de</strong>s <strong>de</strong> Robótica em Portugal”, Ciência Hoje (online Science News), P. Lima, 19 September <strong>2007</strong><br />
F. Barriga was interviewed many times on national TV and radio, including several in 2010 Science Magazine (RTP-2) “Por Outro Lado” – Ana Sousa Dias (RTP-2)<br />
4XCiência (RTP-N) interviews on national TV news; authored one of the “Despertar para a Ciência” national conferences in the first edition (<strong>2003</strong>)<br />
- Public Service:<br />
Carlos Pinto Ferreira: Director of Education Evaluation Office of the Ministry of Education<br />
Luis Custódio: Director of the Information Systems Coordination Office of the Ministry of Education<br />
P.Lima: IST Scientific Board Deputy Vice-Presi<strong>de</strong>nt for Scientific Affairs