Rita Carneiro and Bruno Vaz have been selected to participate in TNC 2022 as part of the Lightning Talks challenge. This will be an opportunity to share their work, particularly how it utilizes technological resources in IT and computing networks.
Share a story or project in a 5-minute presentation at the largest annual networking conference. This is the challenge launched by GÉANT and FCCN in Portugal to all higher education students as part of the challenge. Lightning TalksFour applications were submitted by FCCN to the program, with Rita Carneiro, from the Catholic University of Portugal, and Bruno Vaz, from the University of Porto, decided to participate and were chosen by the challenge jury to share their work.
Rita Carneiro is a PhD student in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Property at the School of Arts of the Catholic University of Portugal and will present her work with use of Artificial Intelligence technologies to characterize and categorize collections of digital heritage archives.
Bruno Vaz, in turn, is a master's student in Data Science at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, and will share how he has been working the use of generative adversarial networks (GAN) in the detection of fake news models, through the creation of synthetic data sets.
Before the presentation held during the TNC – scheduled for June 14th – the selected students have the opportunity to participate in workshops to prepare for public speaking, as well as support in creating an effective presentation. This guidance is provided by GÉANT, as well as travel and accommodation costs to Trieste, where the conference is taking place.
So far, the experience has been "super rewarding," says Rita Carneiro. The doctoral student believes the program is improving her communication and presentation skills: “[The trainer] Michael Koenka is an excellent professional”, he adds, before concluding: “It keeps us motivated and helps us in every area we need.”
For Bruno Vaz, the experience so far has been enriching, “both personally and professionally.” “I have gradually become better at sharing my technical ideas in simple, clear terms.”, explains the student, who also highlights the contact with students of different nationalities and the knowledge about other projects and ideas such as “extremely instructive”.
You can learn more about the Lightning Talks challenge and scheduled presentations on the TNC website.
