Invited speakers

Goreti Marreiros

Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto

Artificial Intelligence in Teaching and Learning: Challenges and Opportunities.

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Goreti Marreiros is a Coordinator Professor with Aggregation at the Department of Computer Engineering at the Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP) – Instituto Politécnico do Porto (IPP), Director of GECAD - Research Group on Intelligent Engineering and Computing for Innovation and Development, and President of APPIA (Portuguese Association for Artificial Intelligence). She is the Deputy Director of the Master's in Engineering and Artificial Intelligence (MEIA) and Director of the postgraduate course in BigData & Decision Making at ISEP. Her research focuses on the scientific field of Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Systems, with applications in different areas: Tourism (e.g. projects GIGADESSEA, EKRUCAmI, TheRoute, GROUPLANNER, SmarTravel, ATT); Industry 4.0 (e.g. projects MANTIS, InVALUE, INVALUE_PT, NIS, PIANISM, Cyberfactory, SECOIIA, Ferrovia 4.0, Produtech_R3); Healthcare and well-being (e.g. projects such as EKRUCAmI, PHE, AIRDOC, Inno4health, Secur-e-Health, FoodFriend). She is a co-author of more than 200 scientific articles published in international journals and conferences, and books. She has co-organized more than 20 international conferences, workshops, and seminars in the field of Artificial Intelligence. She has served as an expert for the Foundation for Science and Technology, National Innovation Agency, among other entities.

Alexandra M. Araújo

Departamento de Psicologia e Educação – Universidade Portucalense, Porto

Student Observatories in Higher Education: Pathways for Monitoring and Promoting Academic Success.

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Alexandra M. Araújo, holds a degree in Psychology from the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences at the University of Porto, as well as a PhD in Psychology and a Postdoctoral degree in Educational Sciences (specializing in Educational Psychology) from the University of Minho, both funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). She is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Department of Psychology and Education at Portucalense University (UPT). She teaches courses in educational psychology, vocational psychology, research methodology, and advanced data analysis. At Portucalense University, she is also a member of the Pedagogical Innovation Office and oversees the UPT Student Observatory. Her main research interests focus on the transition and adaptation to higher education, student learning, well-being, and social and emotional development, as well as lifelong career development. She has participated in nationally and internationally funded research projects and is the (co-)author of over 100 publications, including scientific journal articles, books, chapters, and conference proceedings in these fields. Alexandra Araújo holds a specialist title in educational psychology and in vocational and career psychology from the Portuguese Psychologists Association, with more than 20 years of training and experience working with higher education students. She has also served on the Jurisdictional Council of the Portuguese Psychologists Association. Additionally, she is a founding member and board member of the Association for the Development of Research in Educational Psychology (ADIPSIEDUC), which includes researchers from Angola, Brazil, Spain, Mozambique, and Portugal.