18 January 2023 - STOP GAZA GENOCIDE
Journal article Gato por lebre, published in Sete Margens
22, January 2024 - New paper
Paper accepted: Digital quantum simulation of non-perturbative dynamics of open systems with orthogonal polynomials at Quantum , with José D. Guimarães and Mikhail I. Vasilevskiy. 2024.
19-20, October 2023 - FACS 2023
Invited Talk on Paraconsistent components at FACS 2023 in the context of FACS 20th Anniversary. The first FACS workshop, which initiated the long Formal Aspects of Component Software conference series was held in Pisa, in 2003, twenty years ago.
October 2023 - STOP GAZA GENOCIDE
Journal article Apontamento sobre a necessidade de ver claro, published in Sete Margens
20, October 2023 - New paper
Paper accepted: Quantum privacy-preserving service for secure lane change in vehicular networks at the TASE'23: 17th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Software Engineering/a>, with Zeinab Rahmani and Armando Pinto. IET Quantum Commun. 4(3): 103-111. 2023.
8 - 13, October 2023 - IGF 2023, Kyoto
Part of the United Nations University delegation at IGF 2023. Pannelist at National digital transformation strategies in Africa Open Forum, Regional perspectives on digital governance, and discussant at the GigaNet Annual Symposium.
15 - 16, September 2023 - DaLí, Tbilisi
The real meeting on dynamic logic: DaLí: Dynamic Logic – New trends and applications Workshop, took place in Tbilisi, Georgia.
13 - 14, September 2023 - WADGOV Forum, Banjul
The West Africa Digital Governance Forum met in Bajul, The Gambia, for the first time, organised by UNU-EGOV and the Gambia Government, supported by UN ECA. See the Banjul Recommendations here.
5 - 6, August 2023 - IFIP WG 1.3 Meeting at ETAPS, Paris.
Keynote talk at AILA'2023, the AI Logics and Applications International Conference hosted by Jilin University, in Changchun, China. Slides here.
24-25, July 2023, Paris - IFIP WG 1.11/2.17 on Quantum Foundations
First meeting of the new IFIP Working Group on Foundations of Quantum Computation, took place at INIRIA, Paris --- the inaugural moment!
21 - 28, May 2023 - UNU Mission to Palestine
UNU-EGOV mission to Palestine to plan possible cooperation in the area of Digital Governance, and discuss the LOSI assessment made.
30, April 2023 - New paper
Paper accepted: Stepwise development of paraconsistent processes at the TASE'23: 17th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Software Engineering/a>, with Juliana Cunha and Alexandre Madeira. (to appear) 2023.
24-25, April 2023 - IFIP WG 1.3 Meeting at ETAPS, Paris.
My original IFIP Working Group on Foundations of Systems Specification, IFIP WG1.3 met at ETAPS'2023, Paris, Campus Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne Université. I gave a talk on Paraconsitent modal logics.
23, April 2023 - Two new papers finally published
Published: Policy gradients using variational quantum circuits at Quantum Machine Intelligence 5, 2023, with A. Sequeira amd L. P. Santos, and Modelling and control of manufacturing systems subject to context recognition and switching at Int. J. Prod. Res. 61(10), 2023, with L. Southier et al.
6, January 2023 - New paper
Paper accepted: Structured specification of paraconsistent transition systems at the FSEN'23: Fundamentals of Software Engineering 2023, with Juliana Cunha and Alexandre Madeira. (to appear) 2023.
28, December 2022 - MSc dissertation in Physics Enginnering concluded:
Gilberto Cunha: Quantum Bayesian Reinforcement Learning (28 December)
17-21, October 2022 - UNU Mission to Cabo Verde
Field work to prepare the Action Plan for the implementation of the National Digital Governance Strategy
28, September 2022 - Talk UNESCO IDUAI, Tashkent
Pannelist at the UNESCO Conference on International Day for Universal Access to Information , in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
1, July 2022 - An Anniversary Suprise
I am deeply grateful for the fantastic anniversary workshop Logics and Calculi for All, colocated to WADT 2022
27, May 2022 - A New Doctor: Carlos Tavares concluded a PhD on Computer Science (MAP-i)
with a thesis on "Foundations for quantum algorithms and complexity". Congratulations, Carlos!
8, April 2022 - A New Doctor: Leandro Gomes concluded a PhD on Computer Science (MAP-i)
with a thesis on "Weighted computations: Semantics and program logics". Congratulations, Leandro!
16, January 2022 - New paper
Paper accepted: Guarded weighted synchronous automata in Mathematical Structures in Computer Science, with Leandro Gomes and Alexandre Madeira. (to appear) 2022.
15, January 2022 - Talk at A. Baltag's Anniversary Workshop
The talk, entitled Paraconsistent transition systems and their logics, will be available from the event webpage Exploring Baltag's Universe
3, January 2022 - New paper
Paper accepted: A logic for paraconsistent transition systems at the NCL'22: Non-Classical Logics - Theory and Applications 2022, with Ana Cruz and Alexandre Madeira. (to appear) 2022.
1, January 2022 - New research project
A new FCT-funded research project was launched with the new year under coordination of Renato Neves. Project IBEX: Quantitative methods for cyber-physical programming, gives a new push on this line of research at HASLab, whose show-room is the Lince tool.
24, December 2021 - Relected Chair of IFIP TC1
Relected for a second term as chair of IFIP TC1, the Technical Committee on Foundations of Computer Science.
3, December 2021 - MSc dissertation in Physics Enginnering concluded:
Ana Luzia Cruz: Exploring paraconsistent logics for quantum programs (3 December)
8, November 2021 - New Gulbenkian grant
Gilberto Cunha, MSc Physics Engineering, won a prestigious Gulbekian Grant for New Talents in Quantum Technologies. The third such grant in our group on Quantum Software Engineering.
20, October 2021 - Two new MSc dissertation in Physics Enginnering concluded:
Paulo Ribeiro: Regular expressions for timed automata (20 October)
Bernardo Faria: Combining paraconsistent and dynamic logic for Qiskit (20 October)
26, September 2021 - New paper
Paper accepted: Quantum Tree-Based Planning, with André sequeira and Luis Paulo Santos. IEEE Access, 9: 125416--125427. 2021.
20, October 2021 - A new MSc dissertation in Physics Enginnering concluded:
Jaime Santos: Quantum random walks (20 September)
27, August 2021 - New paper
Paper accepted: Towards a specification theory for fuzzy modal logic, with Manisha Jain, Leandro Gomes and Alexandre Madeira. Proc. TASE 2021 (International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Software Engineering), IEEE: 175-182. 2021.
20, March 2021 - New paper
Paper accepted: Quantum Bayesian decision-making, with Michael de Oliveira. Foundations of Science, Springer. 2021.
25, February 2021 - New paper
Paper accepted: A semantics and a logic for Fuzzy Arden Syntax, with Leandro Gomes and Alexandre Madeira. Soft Comput. 25(9): 6789-6805. 2021.
22, February 2021 - New paper
Paper accepted: Generalised quantum tree search, with André Sequeira and Luis Paulo Santos. Proc. Q-SE 2021, Second International Workshop on Quantum Software Engineering at ICSE 2021. IEEE, 2021.
14, January 2021 - A new MSc dissertation in Physics Enginnering concluded:
André Sequeira: Quantum-enhanced reinforcement learning (14 January)
4, September 2020 - New paper
Paper published: Simulation of nonradiative energy transfer in photosynthetic systems using a quantum computer, with osé Diogo Guimarães, Carlos Tavares, Luís Soares Barbosa, Mikhail I. Vasilevskiy, at Complexity,3510676, pp 1-12. 2021.
2, September 2020 - TTCS post-proceedings published
The post-proceedings for TTCS'2020, the IFIP WG 1.8 International Conference on Topics in Theoretical Computer Science, I co-edited with M. Ali Abam, appeared at Springer, as LNCS 12281.
30, July 2020 - New paper
Paper published: Data governance: Organizing data for trustworthy Artificial Intelligence, with Marijn Janssen, Paul Brous, Elsa Estevez, and Tomasz Janowski, at Government Information Quarterly, Elsevier, 37(3) pp 141-184. 2019.
29, July 2020 - Two MSc dissertations in Physics Enginnering concluded:
Sofia Oiveira: Flexible molecular alignment: An industrial case study on quantum algorithmic techniques (29 July)
José Diogo Guimarães: Simulation of Quantum Biology: Quantum simulation of photosynthesis (6 July)
29, February 2020 - New paper
Paper accepted: A component-based framework for certification of components in a cloud of HPC services, with Allberson Dantas and Heron de Carvalho. Science of Computer Programming, 191, Elsevier, 2020.
15, February 2020 - A New Doctor: Daniel Figueiredo concluded a PhD on Maths
with a thesis on "Logic foundations and computational tools for synthetic biology", partly developed in the context of the KLEE project. Congratulations, Daniel!
20, January 2020 - DaLí post-proceedings published
The post-proceedings for DaLí 2019, the second international workshop on Dynamic Logic, I co-edited with Alexandru Baltag, appeared at Springer, as LNCS 12005.
, 17, January 2020 - Strategy for Digital Governance for S. Tomé e Princípe
First version of the National Strategy for Digital Governance for S. Tomé e Princípe concluded, by a team I lead from UNU-EGOV and INIC (further details here)
31, December 2019 - New paper
Paper published: Generalizing KAT for verifying weighted computations, with Leandro Gomes and Alexandre Madeira, at ICFEM'19. Scientific Annals of Computer Science, XXIX (2), pp 141-184. 2019.
20, December 2019 - Two MSc dissertations in Physics Enginnering concluded:
Michael Oiveira: On quantum Bayesian networks (18 December)
Vítor Fernandes: Integration of time in a quantum process algebra (20 December)
18, October 2019 - Jubilation ceremony José Manuel Esgalhado Valença
Quotying from the preface to the JLAM Special Issue: A tribute to a professor, in the deepest sense of the word, a colleague and a friend, but above all to a long and inspiring academic journey that has so profoundly shaped the development of Informatics as a scientific area in Portugal. A scientific area that, as he taught us, needs to be understood broadly: not only as an independent research domain, but also as an educational pilar, a strategy for social and economic development, a foundation for a multifaceted professional career. Link for the JLAMP Special Issue.
20, September 2019 - Quantum Masterclass
Coordination of a Masterclass on Quantum Computing: Principles, algorithms and applications, as part of the UT Austin Portugal Program Conference – Create Knowledge, Foster Change: Towards a New Decade of Joint Achievements, at UMinho.
11, September 2019 - MSc Physics Engineering
Step down as Director of Studies for the MSc on Physics Engineering at UMinho, on copmpletion of a two-years mandate. The degree performed excepetionally well wrt to new admissions: although the number of places raised to 35, the minimum access mark in the 2019 national contest for our degree also raised to 16.72 (out of 20). Moreover, we received the student with a highest classification to join the University in 2019 - Hélder Martins (19.66). I am most grateful to all students, lecturers and administrative staff for their support along this journey.
1, September 2019 - Quantum Software Engineering Group at INL
Joining INL (International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory), to lead the new Quantum Software Engineering Group.
1, August 2019 - New paper
Paper accepted: On the generation of equational dynamic logics for weighted imperative programs, with Leandro Gomes and Alexandre Madeira, at ICFEM'19. To appear in Springer LNCS (11582).
24-28, June 2019 - UNU Mission to S. Tomé e Princípe
UNU-EGOV Mission to S. Tomé e Princípe, following up an invitation of the Government to support the design of the National Strategy for Digital Governance.
6, June 2019- New paper
Paper accepted: Introducing synchrony in fuzzy automata, with Leandro Gomes and Alexandre Madeira, at LSFA'19. To appear in Elsevier ENTCS.
6, May 2019 - Keynote lecture on Coalgebraic Logic at EBL'2019
Keynote speaker at EBL'2019, the 19th Brazilian Logic Conference, 6-10 May, Joao Pessoa, Brazil --- speaking on "What coalgebra can do for you?"
25, April 2019 - New paper
Paper published: Reactive models for biological regulatory networks, with Daniel Figueiredo. Springer LNCS (11415), pp 74-88.
11-12, April 2019 - Quantum activities
Organization of the Quantum Days, a joint CMAT and INESC TEC innitiative. Along March and April, I dave talks on Quantum Computation at CEiiA (6 March), OET (22 March), and CIONET (23 April).
2, April 2019 - Two new papers on digital transformation
At ICEGOV'2019, with Nuno Carvalho, "Deep learning powered question-answering framework for organizations digital transformation", ACM (in print).
At DTGS'2019, with Ali Al-Lawati, "A framework for intelligent policy decision making based on a government data hub", Springer LNCS (in print).
28, February 2019 - At CWI, Amsterdam, for Jan Rutten's workshop and dinner
7, February 2019
At the intercalar meeting of the Gulbenkian Fellowship Programme on "New Talents in Quantum Tecnhologies".
24, January 2019 - election to TC1
Elected chair of IFIP Tecnhical Committee TC1, on Foundations of Computer Science.
17-18, December 2018 - at MLCSB18, Santiago de Chile.
Presented a paper at MLCSB18 - International Symposium on Molecular Logic and Computational Synthetic Biology, the first international conference co-promoted by the KLEE - Coalgebraic modeling and analysis for computational synthetic biology project.
3-6, December 2018 - at UN DESA Expert Group Meeting, New York
Joined the Expert Group Meeting on Role of public institutions on the transformative impact of new technologies, United Nations Headquarters, New York.
30, November 2018 - New paper
Paper published: Hierarchical hybrid logic, with Alexandre Madeira, Renato Neves and Manuel Martins, Electr. Notes Theor. Comput. Sci., Elsevier, 338, pp 167-184. 2018.
12, November 2018 - A New Doctor in the group: Guillermina Cledou concluded a PhD on "A Virtual Factory for Smart City Service Integration"
With a PhD thesis on "A Virtual Factory for Smart City Service Integration", Guillermina Cledou became a new doctor in the group. Erik de Vink, and Marijn Janssen, served as main opponents in the jury. Congratulations, Guille!
5, November 2018 - A New MSc in the group: Afonso Rodrigues concluded a MSc in Physics Engineering with a dissertation "Validation of Quantum Simulations"
For his dissertation Afonso won a New Talents in Quantum Tecnhologies Gulbenkian Fellowship, a quite prestigiuos and competitive programme. Congratulations, Afonso!
30, October 2018 - Michael Oliveira won a Gulbenkian Fellowship "New Talents in Quantum Tecnhologies"
Michael is a 5th year student in Physics Engineering, starting a MSc dissertation on "Quantum Bayesian Networks" under my supervision. The New Talents in Quantum Tecnhologies Gulbenkian Fellowship is a higly prestigious programme for undergraduate studets in this exciting area. Well done Michael!
29, October 2018 - Representing the Portuguese MCTES in the launching of the Quantum Flagship in Wien
A festive, most relevant event for the Quantum Technologies community in Europe. I represented Minister Manuel Heitor in the high level policy debate on perspectives for Quantum Technologies in Europe.
23-24, October 2018
Co-organised the IBM-QuantaLab Quantum Computing School, at INL, the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory.
15, October 2018 - First MSc dissertation on Quantum Computation in the group.
Ana Neri defended her MSc dissertation in Physics Engineering entitled "Towards Quantum Program Calculation", jointly supervised by José Nuno Oliveira (UMinho) and Rui Soares Barbosa (Oxford). Congratulations, Ana!
16, July 2018 - New paper
Paper published: On infinitary equational hybrid logic, with Manuel Martins, and Alexandre Madeira, as a chapter in "Aftermath of the Logical Paradise", Beziau, J-Y.; Costa-Leite, A; D'Ottaviano, I. M. L. (eds), CLEF, vol 81, pp 173-202. 2018.
6-7, July 2018
IFIP WG 1.3 meeting at Royal Holloway, London.
1-5, July 2018
Representing UNU-EGOV in the IBEI-CEPAL-CAF Summer School on Digital Transformation for Latin America, Barcelona.
22, June 2018 - A New Doctor in the group: Renato Neves concluded a PhD on "Hybrid Programs"
With a PhD thesis on "Hybrid Programs", Renato Neves became the youngest doctor in the group. The jury pointed out his work as an outstanding contribution, denoting a comprehensive knowledge and solid mathematical maturity. E.-E. Doberkat, Tarmo Uustalu, served as main opponents in a jury which also included Marcello Bonsangue, Gabriel David, Jose Nuno Oliveira and myself. Well done, Renato!
25, May 2018 - Farhahd Arbab Festschrift at CWI, Amsterdam
Paper published: A note on reactive transitions and Reo connectors, with Daniel Figueiredo and Manuel Martins. in "It's All About Coordination" ---Essays to Celebrate the Lifelong Scientific Achievements of Farhad Arbab, Springer LNCS, 10865. 2018
22, April 2018
Representing UNU-EGOV in the meeting of the Director Committee for PASP-TL, in Praia, Cabo Verde.
6, April 2018 - New funded project
New project approved DaVinci - Distributed architectures: Variability and interaction for cyber-physical systems. Funding: FCT; Partner: HASLab (ARCA) at INESC TEC; Budget: 239K€; Starting date: 1 July 2018.
4, April 2018
Panelist at the "Public sector ICT and modernisation in Sub-Saharan Africa" at ICEGOV 2018. Key objective of the session was to highlight the potential of ICT as a tool, linking vision, strategy, action plans, active monitoring, measurement, and sustainable business models.
15, March 2018
Paper published: A logic for the stepwise development of reactive systems, with Alexandre Madeira, Manuel Martins, and Rolf Hennicker Theoretical Comp. Sci. (in print).
20, February 2018 - New paper
Paper published: Languages and models for hybrid automata: A coalgebraic perspective, with Renato Neves Theoretical Comp. Sci. (in print).
10, February 2018 - New funded project
New project approved KLEE - Coalgebraic modeling and analysis for computational synthetic biology, in the first round of FCT call. Partners: HASLab (ARCA) at INESC TEC, and CIDMA, at Aveiro University; Budget: 238K€; Starting date: 1 June 2018.
