Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute

Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute
Other name
M-ITI
Type Public university institutes
Established December 2009
President Nuno Jardim Nunes[1]
Vice-president Valentina Nisi[2]
Director Elise Leclerc[3]
Academic staff
40
Students 175
Postgraduates 25
150
Location Funchal, Portugal
32°39′32″N 16°55′28″W / 32.65889°N 16.92444°W / 32.65889; -16.92444Coordinates: 32°39′32″N 16°55′28″W / 32.65889°N 16.92444°W / 32.65889; -16.92444
Campus Suburban
Website www.m-iti.org

The Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute (M-ITI) 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 University of Madeira, Madeira Tecnopolo, and Carnegie Mellon University. M-ITI has also been a member of the National Associated Laboratory for Robotics and Systems in Engineering and Science (LARSyS) since 2011.

M-ITI operates in the interdisciplinary domain of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), and contributions from the disciplines of Computer Sciences, Psychology and Social Sciences, and Design. It has a partnership with the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) at Carnegie Mellon University (USA), which was founded by computer science pioneers Allen Newell (Turing Award) and Herbert A. Simon (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

° These programs are taught partially in Funchal, in University of Madeira - Portugal, and partially in Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA - USA.

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 (USA).

References

  1. "Nuno Nunes, PhD". m·iti. Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute. 11 December 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  2. "Valentina Nisi, PhD". m·iti. Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute. 9 December 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  3. "Elise Leclerc". m·iti. Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
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