In the news

2019 - AI in the corporate context

I was invited to inaugurate the Distinguished Speaker Series, created by the CU Denver Business School and sponsored by Transamerica. I talked about the potential and challenges of applying Reinforcement Learning in the corporate world. Coverage by the School is available here.

2016 - Motivational talk

Sixteen years later, I returned to my middle school to give a motivational talk about how important education is to guarantee an individual can “go up the ladder”. www.noticiasdeaveiro.pt was presented and wrote an article (copy available here).

2014 - Portuguese diaspora in the USA

Two years and a half after I moved from Portugal to the US, the local newspaper of my home town (Diario de Aveiro) interviewed me about my experience in a foreign country. They published this article based on that interview.

2003 - Ibero-American Chemistry Olympiad

I ranked 2nd place in the 2003 edition of the Portuguese Chemistry Olympiad. That gave me the opportunity to integrate the Portuguese delegation competing in the International Chemistry Olympiad in Athens, Greece, and in the Ibero-American Chemistry Olympiad in Curnavaca, Mexico. I won a bronze medal in the latter and the local newspaper of my home town (Diario de Aveiro) covered the event. The article is available here).