Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute
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M-ITI |
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| Type | Public university institutes |
| Established | December 2009 |
| President | Nuno Jardim Nunes |
| Vice-president | Valentina Nisi |
| Director | Elise Leclerc |
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Academic staff
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40 |
| Students | 175 |
| Postgraduates | 25 |
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| Location |
Funchal, Portugal 32°39′32″N 16°55′28″W / 32.65889°N 16.92444°WCoordinates: 32°39′32″N 16°55′28″W / 32.65889°N 16.92444°W |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Website | www |
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.
° These programs are taught partially in Funchal, in University of Madeira - Portugal, and partially in Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA - USA.
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).
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