António Lopes

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I'm an Assistant Professor at the Lisbon University Institute (ISCTE-IUL), in Portugal, and I currently teach the following courses of the Department of Information Sciences and Technologies:
  • Introduction to Programming (1st year - 1st semester)
  • Algorithms and Data Structures (1st year - 2nd semester)

I'm also an Artificial Intelligence PhD student at the Lisbon University Institute, with a PhD scholarship grant provided by FCT (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology). My research focuses on Distributed Coordination in Unstructured Intelligent Agent Societies.

My research interests are related to Intelligent Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, which are part of the wider research area of Artificial Intelligence, more particularly the creation of a synergy of intelligence by combining the different, yet complementary, capabilities of multiple autonomous agents.

I've received a MSc degree for my research work on agent technology for context-aware execution of semantic web services, more specifically, the development of SEA (Service Execution Agent), a semantic web services execution agent that uses context information to adapt the execution process to a specific situation, thus improving its effectiveness and providing a better service.

Recent Weblog Posts

  • What NOT to do in a presentation It's no coincidence that I'm writing this just as I got back from a 3-day conference. I enjoy going to conferences because there's always interesting people ...
    Posted Jan 25, 2010 2:40 AM by António Lopes
  • Apparently, I have the profile of a terrorist I'm in Valencia, Spain, for a few days for a conference on Artificial Intelligence and just arrived this morning. Having some time to kill, I decided to go for ...
    Posted Jan 21, 2010 8:07 AM by António Lopes
  • Flashforward - TV Show vs. the book The new hit TV show, Flashforward, has raised some hype but even though I liked the episodes aired so far (it's still on its first season), somehow I wasn ...
    Posted Jan 6, 2010 6:48 AM by António Lopes
  • Avatar - stunning visual effects, a lot of clichés I went to see the 3D version of Avatar, last night. There isn't that much to say about the movie that hasn't been said before. Yes, its visual ...
    Posted Jan 3, 2010 8:02 AM by António Lopes
  • Dexter, your friendly serial killer NOTE: this post may contain some spoilers for the TV show and the related books. If you haven't seen/read them yet, please be advised.Dexter has been one ...
    Posted Jan 6, 2010 4:11 AM by António Lopes
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