“A distinguished engineer who has made outstanding contribution:  in Al, algorithms and complexity, and computational biology. He actively promotes China-Portugal scientific cooperation leveraging on Macao as an important bridge.“ It was with these words that Professor Joseph-Hun-wei Lee, President of Macau University of Science and Technology, justified the attribution  of the title of Doutor Honoris Causa by the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) to the INESC-ID researcher and Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, Arlindo Oliveira. The event occurred on March 27, during the university’s 25th anniversary ceremony.

Arlindo who is also President of INESC is the first Portuguese citizen to receive this distinction from MUST.

The event also honoured two Nobel laureates: Professor Samuel Ting, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1976 for the discovery of the J particle, and Professor Sir Paul Nurse, who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2001 for his work on cell cycle regulation.

With a distinguished career in artificial intelligence, algorithms, computational complexity, and computational biology, Arlindo Oliveira has played a leading role in advancing scientific research and education in Portugal and beyond.

One example of this is the promotion of a partnership between China and Portugal, that resulted in the creation of the Joint Laboratory on AI and Public Health Technologies, a collaborative effort between INESC-ID, Guangzhou Laboratory, Guangzhou Medical University and MUST.