Joana Martinho Costa is the Director of the Master's in Digital Transformation in Teaching and Learning and of the Bachelor's in Educational Digital Technologies at the School of Applied Digital Technologies (Iscte-Sintra), where she is a member of the Installing Committee. She coordinates the Distance Learning Implementation Project, is the scientific coordinator of the Digital Education project, and is the deputy coordinator of the Information Systems Research Group at ISTAR. She holds a PhD in Education, specialising in Information and Communication Technologies in Education, from the University of Lisbon, a Master's in Computer Science Teaching and a Bachelor's in Computer Engineering from NOVA University Lisbon. Her scientific output comprises 17 articles, of which 15 are publications in Scopus-indexed journals (Q1 and Q2), and co-authorship of an international book. Her research focuses on computer science education, educational technology, technology-mediated learning, and information systems in education.

João Henriques is a Visiting Professor at Iscte-IUL's School of Sociology and Public Policy, and  Sintra School of Social and Business Sciences. He has a PhD in Sociology at Iscte-IUL, funded by FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology). His initial academic training is in the area of ​​Civil Engineering (Bachelor and Master), and later in Sociology (Master) and Data Analysis (Post-graduation). His master's and doctoral research topics focused on European identity and social cohesion in the EU. He is a researcher at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES) where he has participated in studies in various thematic areas, such as social inequalities, environment and sustainable development, social cohesion, education, employment, family and work, and communication fo science.

João Pedro Calado Barradas Branco Pavia received his PhD in Information Sciences and Technologies in 2022.  The topic of his thesis was the design of wireless communication schemes for ultrafast communications in the millimetre wave and THz bands. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Applied Digital Technologies of the School of Applied Digital Technologies at ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon. His research interests include wireless communication networks, cybersecurity, big data and machine learning. He is a member of IEEE and he is also a member of COST - European Cooperation in Science and Technology, where he collaborates with professionals from several countries to develop solutions centred on the domain of intelligent radio communications for seamless inclusive interactions. In addition, another of his collaborations is related to the development of physical layer security solutions for reliable and resilient 6G systems. He has been involved as local organiser and reviewer in several conferences and symposia. He is also a reviewer for several journals of the information and communications technology area. 

I’ve studied physics and mathematics for a while at the at the University of Lisbon, but ended up graduating in Antropology, in 1996, at the Nova University of Lisbon. Then I began working as an IT consultant for a printing company. In 2007, I left the private sector and started teaching Mathematics at the Higher School for Elementary Teachers Maria Ulrich, where I stayed for seven years. In 2014, I got my doctoral degree in Philosophy of Contemporary Thought, at the University Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, with a thesis about volition and human intelligence simulation, using AI. In 2015, I joined the Centre for the Philosophy of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (CFCUL, now closed), where I came up with the wave-memory interpretation of Quantum Mechanics and started working on the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence, focusing on the social aspects of AI. Recently (2022, 2024) I have co-organized the first and the second Portuguese Symposiums in Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence, participated in public events and given interviews to the media about AI and society. Presently, I am a Professor in the ISCTE-Sintra School of Digital Technologies, where I teach about the societal and ethical impacts of digital technologies and AI on contemporary societies. My actual interests (and concerns) are AI surveillance and human freedom impact, political manipulation using disinformation, virtual and augmented reality design and artificial consciousness.

Spatial data analyst with academic and professional background in architecture, urbanism and data science. With strong interest in innovation, technology, information management and smart cities, keen on using her technical expertise to tackle complex data challenges.Her research focuses on scientific understanding of cities through simulation, data analytics and visualisation. Her main areas of expertise are machine learning for geo-spatial data, network science, complex networks and urban informatics.

Luís Manuel Nobre de Brito Elvas, with a degree in Computer Engineering and a Master's degree in Integrated Decision Support Systems, is a researcher at the Technologies and Architecture Research Center (ISTAR) and at the Association for Research and Development of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (AIDFM).In the context of health informatics, he has worked on data mining techniques, computer vision and artificial intelligence, to extract data patterns, perform image classification and text reports, respectively. In 2022 his work was distinguished by the Portuguese Order of Engineers. He is also Chair of IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Student Branch Chapter at iscte.

Margarida Santos is a guest assistant professor at Iscte-Sintra in the fields of Health Psychology and Educational Psychology. She is the Director of the Bachelor's Degree in Digital Technologies and Health, the Coordinator of the Master's Degree in Digital Transformation Management in the Health Sector, as part of the international project ManagiDITH coordinated by Iscte, and she is a member of the Specialized Commission on Pedagogical Affairs at Iscte-Sintra. Since 2015, she has been coordinating a research-action project in the health sector, promoting the engagement of individuals with illnesses and their representatives in decision-making processes in healthcare. This project is responsible for the Charter for Public Participation in Health (Law No. 108/2019, September 9). With a Ph.D. in Psychology, a Master's degree in Social and Organizational Psychology, and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Iscte-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, her research has focused on decision-making processes and public participation, especially in the field of public policies (e.g., municipal participatory budgeting). She is the author or co-author of more than 20 scientific publications in this domain.

Mário Melo is Invited Assistant Professor of Multimedia Communication at ISCTE-Sintra. His research focuses on the design and validation of digital educational resources for teaching Physics, based on the 4C/ID instructional design model. In this context, he is also interested in the development of meta-analysis studies on the efficiency of the 4C/ID model on the ability to transfer learning. The design and validation of multimedia resources built on R. Mayer's Theory of Multimedia Learning and Sweller's Cognitive Load Theory are also preponderant in his research activity.

Architect, MSc in architecture and PhD student at ISCTE-IUL. Operates in the area(s) of Humanities with an emphasis on Arts, namely in Architecture and Urbanism. Her PhD topic “Housing Co-design: A framework definition based on generative design systems” aims at synthetizing the potentials of generative design to address the customization of houses in a co-design process. In her master's thesis “Ver a Arquitetura através das tecnologias digitais” Raposo designed supported the development and tested an augmented reality app SeeARch for city information on architecture. Research Interests: - Digital technologies applied to architectural design and architectural visualization - Methods of analysis of flows in built space - Housing Design - Participatory design processes