About ICTI

The Information Communication Technology Institute (ICTI) is an international virtual organization by which, the Government of Portugal, through the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT), a public body of the Ministry for Science and Technology and Higher Education arranged under the laws of the Government of Portugal; and Carnegie Mellon University, a United States institution of higher education located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; manage a joint international partnership to collaborate on research and educational programs in key areas of mutual interest.

The objectives, framework and structure of the collaboration were developed during 2006 study conducted by Carnegie Mellon which concluded that the excellence of the research identified in Portuguese research centers throughout the assessment exercise recommended that Carnegie Mellon foster collaborations with Portuguese institutions. Highlights of the study note that, "...Carnegie Mellon has recognized from the beginning the goals of the Portuguese government and of the Portuguese universities and research institutions, their quality and international reputation, as well as the excellence of their faculty...we recognize that universities and research institutions in Portugal are of high quality and are internationally recognized, and their faculty include first-rate researchers."

ICTI has two operating poles; one at Carnegie Mellon University in the United States (ICTI@CMU), and the other in Portugal (ICTI@Portugal). ICTI@CMU resides at the university's Carnegie Institute of Technology; its mission is to lead and coordinate at Carnegie Mellon the implementation of activities required by the CMU-Portugal collaborative agreement. Portugal's pole of ICTI (ICTI@Portugal) resides in the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation; it is the coordinating unit in Portugal responsible for leading the implementation and coordination of Portuguese partner institutions' activities. The activities of ICTI are divided in two major groups: Research activities that include the research and PhD programs, and the educational activities that include the different advanced degree programs.

The intellectual focus theme of the CMU-Portugal partnership is information and communication technologies. Its four broad areas of focus are: Information Processing and Networking, Critical Infrastructure and Risk Assessment, Technology Change and Innovation, and Basic Sciences, each of which is divided as follows:

Other areas and programs may be developed. ICTI encourages participating faculty and researchers to further sharing of education and scientific results.

ICTI Governance

The Board of Directors

Members of the Board of Directors

ICTI's current Board of Director includes the following members:

External Review Committee

The External Review Committee is annually appointed by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT). This committee reviews the yearly activities implemented by ICTI and the Carnegie Mellon-Portugal Program in general; it has an advisory role oriented towards the independent evaluation of the activities of ICTI and the Carnegie Mellon-Portugal Program.

Directors of ICTI and of the CMU-Portugal Program

The Directors' main purpose is to assist the Board of Directors and to facilitate ICTI's daily management and operations.

ICTI Education Directors

ICTI Area Research Directors

The Directors' main purpose is to assist the Board of Directors and to facilitate ICTI's daily management and operations.