This week was marked by the conclusion of the first phase of the work of a team, in which I was included on behalf of IST, for the elaboration of a protocol between the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MAI), the IST and the Portuguese Industrial Association (AIP). This protocol aims at technologies for the area […]

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After a trip to Turin soon followed by another to London with no time for anything else besides work, I took the weekend in Lisbon to visit the exhibition “The Adventure of the Earth” that is at the Museum of Natural History since November. In this exhibition we follow the evolution of the earth over […]

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Another Maveba conference, organized by Claudia Manfredi together with a meeting of the COST 2103 project. This was the edition commemorating the 10th anniversary of this biennial meeting dedicated to voice that brings together medical doctors and engineers. My current occupation leave me little time for sightseeing in the cities that I travel on business and Florence was no exception. Fortunately, and […]

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Some time ago, I read a Time magazine article on the science of romance that referred to several scientific results seeking to explain the mating rituals of the human species. One of those was published in the journal of “Evolution and Human Behavior” that I now decided to look for. Fortunately […]

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I do not know if someone told me to do so or if I just copied the habit of my colleagues, but since I joined a research group at INESC (1984), I have kept a log book where I write my daily activities and the problems that I am working on. In 1991, when I […]

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My problem after reading a letter or any other document that I received in paper is: what to do with it now? Although it is very difficult to resist to the call of the waste-paper basket, there are some documents that require the passage of time for a more responsible evaluation of their importance. Scanning […]

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“I believe that this Nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth.”
This final note of the speech of President John F. Kennedy to the US Congress on May 25, 1961 mobilized a nation and its resources […]

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I am a fan of New Year’s resolutions. It was in the beginning of a new year that I stopped adding sugar to my coffee, finding new flavours in one of my favourite beverages. In another new year I started using the GTD methodology for the organization of my personal life. It was also […]

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I have just finished reading the book “One Person / Multiple Careers” by Marci Alboher, a contributor to the New York Times. I bought this book because, as the author, I know a growing number of people who accumulate several different professional carrers. Besides the traditional division work/private life , there are now more complex […]

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I was recently in Sunderland for a 3 day meeting in the scope of an European project. The city of Sunderland is located in the north-east coast of England and is crossed by the River Wear. During the Second War, it was heavily bombed and it was reconstructed in the architectural grey style of industrial […]

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