The Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute (M-ITI) is a teaching and research institute of the

University of Madeira The University of Madeira (''UMa''; pt, Universidade da Madeira, ) is a Portuguese public university, created in 1988 in Funchal, Madeira. The university offers first, second cycle and Doctorate academic degrees in a wide range of fields, in acc ...

, headquartered in

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History

It was formerly a state-run

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and research institute. It was conceived in 2000, formally integrated as a research group in 2007, and established as an Innovation Institute in 2010. It resulted from a collaborative connection between the

, Madeira Tecnopolo, and

Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of its predecessors was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools; it became the Carnegie Institute of Technology ...

. M-ITI has also been a member of the National Associated Laboratory for Robotics and Systems in Engineering and Science (LARSyS) since 2011.

Partnership with Carnegie Mellon University

M-ITI operated in the interdisciplinary domain of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), with contributions from the disciplines of

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli ...

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and

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, and

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. It had a partnership with the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) at Carnegie Mellon University (US), which was founded by computer science pioneers

Allen Newell Allen Newell (March 19, 1927 – July 19, 1992) was a researcher in computer science and cognitive psychology at the RAND Corporation and at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science, Tepper School of Business, and Department ...

(Turing Award) and

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(Turing Award and Nobel Prize in Economics). The HCII at Carnegie Mellon is recognized as a worldwide leader in HCI research. M-ITI grew through this collaboration, which was made possible by the Carnegie Mellon - Portugal International Partnership, an initiative conducted by the Portuguese national government that supports collaborative teaching and research between universities in Portugal and Carnegie Mellon University.

Educational programs

*Masters in Computer Sciences *PhD in Informatics Engineering *PhD in Digital Media (new 2015) partnership between FEUP (Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto), FCT-UNL (Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa), and the UT (University of Texas) in Austin, US. Program Co-orientation and co-supervision at M-ITI *PhD in Networked Interactive Cyber Physical Systems (NETSyS) (new 2015) – partnership between IST-UL (Instituto Superior Técnico da Universidade de Lisboa) with CMU Portugal (Carnegie Mellon University) and LARSyS. Program Co-orientation and co-supervision at M-ITI *Professional Masters In Human Computer Interaction (MHCI under the Carnegie Mellon , Portugal International Partnership)° *Masters in Entertainment Technology (MET under the Carnegie Mellon , Portugal International Partnership)° * Bridging-Program in Human Aspects of Technology ° These programs were taught partially in Funchal, in University of Madeira – Portugal, and partially in Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA – US.

External evaluation

These have been recognized by several independent evaluation committees, in particular the External Review Committee of the programme composed by Professors Sir John O'Reilly, Vice-Chancellor of Cranfield U. (UK); Luigia Aiello, of Sapienza U. of Roma (Italy); Tariq Durrani, of Strathclyde U. (UK); and Joel Moses, Former Provost of MIT (US).

References

External links

* {{authority control Organisations based in Madeira 2009 establishments in Portugal Educational institutions established in 2009