News
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Workshop: AI in health, wellbeing and sport — ethical, legal and social challenges
A half-day workshop at the Reitoria in Funchal on 3 December 2026, with keynotes from Rui Garcia (University of Porto) and Maurício Corrêa da Veiga, and a participatory round table on civic engagement with AI. Held in Portuguese.
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Study with informal caregivers wins best poster at MobileHCI 2026
Beatriz Jardim Peres, Hildegardo Noronha, Pedro F. Campos and Élvio Rúbio Gouveia evaluated a commercial emotional well-being app with ten informal caregivers. The paper received a best poster award at MobileHCI ’26 in Swansea.
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G[ai]A-ALFA workshop brings Coimbra and Lisbon researchers to Funchal
Three days of laboratory visits, fieldwork on the Ponta de São Lourenço trail and scientific sessions at the Rectorate — closing with concrete lines for joint applications to national and European calls.
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Calls open for 17 G[ai]A-ALFA research grants
Three post-doctoral grants, ten PhD studentships and four MSc studentships at ITI/LARSyS, University of Madeira. Applications close on 29 July 2026.
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G[ai]A-ALFA begins: applied AI research for an outermost region
The project has started. Over 36 months it will develop applied AI for the energy transition, health and wellbeing, and civic preparedness in Madeira — with 17 research positions to fill in the opening phase.