"We have a duty to open doors for the future generation of working women"
During the month of March, the FCCN Unit joins the GÉANT #WomenInSTEM campaign, sharing the opinions of several of its employees on this topic.
“Greater gender diversity can complete our way of being, existing and working”
Network Services Area team member Gonçalo Lopes offers his contribution to the GÉANT #WomenInSTEM campaign, highlighting examples from his professional career that illustrate the importance of making a change. During the month of March, the FCCN Unit will share the opinions of several of its employees on gender diversity and the important role of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
“We will continue to strengthen technologies that accelerate knowledge”
The General Coordinator of the FCCN Unit of the Foundation for Science and Technology, João Nuno Ferreira, reviews 2022 and looks towards the new year with confidence.
“Programming is a different way of solving problems”
Manager of the Digital Identity Service at the FCCN Unit, she shares her experience pursuing her interests and passions, talks about the work of the team she manages, and the women who inspire her in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
“I hope more and more girls choose technology fields”
Isabel Ribeiro, a researcher at the Institute of Systems and Robotics (ISR-Lisbon) / IST, shares her experience on her own role and the importance of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. During the month of March, the FCCN Unit is joining the GÉANT #WomenInSTEM campaign, presenting, in an interview, the
“Look for good mentors and colleagues, our mutual support is very important.”
Clara Ferreira, a neuroscientist at the Champalimaud Foundation, shares her experience in science.
“Society must create an environment in which the decision to become scientists is natural.”
Sandra Tavares, a cancer biology researcher at I3S, tells us how she discovered that cancer biology was the field she wanted to pursue her research in.
“Research answers many questions and can have very positive impacts on society.”
Carina Soares-Cunha, researcher and neuroscientist at the Institute of Research in Life and Health Sciences, University of Minho, awarded the L'Oréal Medal of Honor for Women in Science, is another guest of the Women in STEM Campaign.
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Open AI at RNCA with Albertina PT-*
Opinion of António Branco, Professor at the Faculty of Science of Lisbon and General Director of PORTULAN CLARIN Research Infrastructure for Language Science and Technology, on the Albertina PT-* project