More than just “personal recognition,” the Career Award from Galp and the Academy of Engineering, presented to Arlindo Oliveira, is a “tribute” to the institutions where he has worked, said the INESC-ID researcher.

The President of INESC and Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico spoke at the award ceremony, which took place on February 25 at Galp’s headquarters in Lisbon. The selection of Arlindo Oliveira as the award recipient was based on the “social and economic relevance of his career” as well as the “excellence of his contributions to engineering.”

During the ceremony, the researcher from the Information and Decision Support Systems scientific area took the opportunity to share insights on ongoing discussions in AI, emphasizing that “the idea of mechanizing reasoning is not new.” He highlighted that “Alan Turing had already answered everything in 1950—he just didn’t have a computer.” He also reinforced the idea that “there is nothing in intelligence that is not computable.”

In a recorded message, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of Portugal, praised the awardee’s “outstanding scientific career at both national and international levels” and recognized him as “a pioneer in the field of AI in our country.”

The jury for the Career Award included Eduardo Marçal Grilo, João Paulo Oliveira, and Maria da Graça Carvalho, representing the Academy of Engineering, as well as Georgios Papadimitriou, Ana Casaca, and Manuel Andrade from Galp. The jury was chaired by Sebastião Feyo de Azevedo, President of the Academy of Engineering.

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*Adapted from the original published by Instituto Superior Técnico