Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute


The Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute was conceived in 2000, formally integrated as a research group in 2007, and established as an Innovation Institute in 2010.
It resulted from a collaborative connection between the University of Madeira, Madeira Tecnopolo, and Carnegie Mellon University. M-ITI has also been a member of the National Associated Laboratory for Robotics and Systems in Engineering and Science since 2011.
M-ITI operates in the interdisciplinary domain of Human-Computer Interaction, and contributions from the disciplines of Computer Sciences, Psychology and Social Sciences, and Design. It has a partnership with the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, which was founded by computer science pioneers Allen Newell and Herbert A. Simon. The HCII at Carnegie Mellon is recognized as a worldwide leader in HCI research. M-ITI grew through this collaboration, which was made possible by the Carnegie Mellon | Portugal International Partnership, an initiative conducted by the Portuguese national government that supports collaborative teaching and research between universities in Portugal and Carnegie Mellon University.

Educational programs

° These programs are taught partially in Funchal, in University of Madeira – Portugal, and partially in Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA – US.

External evaluation

These have been recognized by several independent evaluation committees, in particular the External Review Committee of the programme composed by Professors Sir John O'Reilly, Vice-Chancellor of Cranfield U. ; Luigia Aiello, of Sapienza U. of Roma ; Tariq Durrani, of Strathclyde U. ; and Joel Moses, Former Provost of MIT.