An ISEP student participates in GÉANT's Future Talent Programme with support from the National Scientific Computing Unit. Luís Sampaio's Lightning Talk presents his research on synthetic telepathy integrated into messaging applications, conducted in collaboration with his colleague Fábio Lourenço.
As expected, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Lightning Talks of students scheduled for TNC20 have taken an online format. The premise, however, remains the same: “share ideas and study/research projects in the area of technologies, namely IT or computing networks”.
This was the sharing made by the master's student in Computer Engineering at the Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Luís Sampaio, in a video released by GÉANT. In a 5-minute multimedia presentation, the student frames the relevance of the work carried out together with colleague Fábio Lourenço.
Likewise, GÉANT made available presentations by other participants in this initiative. In total, six students share the main results and objectives of their research, coming from several countries: Ireland, Cyprus, Italy and Russia.
You can access these presentations on the page GÉANT Future Talent Program. The themes are varied and range from cquantum cryptography to the Internet of Things, passing through iartificial intelligence applied to drug development and the development of a application of crowdfunding, for example.
Effective communication
The research carried out by Portuguese students focuses on the various applications of synthetic telepathy technology, that is, the use of the brain's electrical activity in creating an interface contactless for messaging applications.
To convey the key ideas of the presentation 'Synthetic telepathy for human-machine interaction on decentralized messaging applications', Luís Sampaio and Fábio Lourenço had the support of GÉANT's Future Talent Programme, with specific training on ways to ensure effective communication.
"[In this initiative] we learned that a presentation isn't just about reporting and talking about slides. It's about conveying a message, captivating the audience, and getting them to identify with the topic being discussed," the students explain, emphasizing storytelling, providing examples, and maintaining an informal, accessible, and respectful approach.
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