{"id":26953,"date":"2026-02-19T11:51:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T11:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acad-ciencias.pt\/?post_type=mec-events&p=26953"},"modified":"2026-03-18T15:51:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:51:29","slug":"mathematics-and-hope-levers-of-innovation","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/www.acad-ciencias.pt\/eng\/events\/mathematics-and-hope-levers-of-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Mathematics and Hope: Levers of Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Matem\u00e1tica e esperan\u00e7a: alavancas da inova\u00e7\u00e3o<\/p>\n\n

Local: Faculdade de Ci\u00eancias da Universidade do Porto<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Assista remotamente atrav\u00e9s dos links<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Sess\u00e3o:\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/u-JdclMNwf4?is=kxJdLNUVWWVIIBIY<\/a>

<\/span>Mesa-redonda: https:\/\/youtu.be\/dg0tPNLabMc<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Fotografias do evento dispon\u00edveis nas redes sociais:\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,<\/span>\u00a0Instagram<\/span>.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Programa:<\/p>\n\n

14h30 – 14h40 | Abertura e apresenta\u00e7\u00e3o do evento Presidentes da Academia das Ci\u00eancias de
Lisboa e do Centro Internacional de Matem\u00e1tica<\/p>\n\n

14h40 – 14h55 | Jean-Pierre Bourguignon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

14h55 – 15h10 | Jo\u00e3o Ribeiro<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

15h25 – 15h40 | Nguyen Tien Zung<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

15h40 – 15h55 | Eug\u00e9nio Rocha<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

16h00 – 16h15 | Pedro Camanho <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

16h15 – 17h00 | Mesa redonda com todos os oradores e Fernando Alexandre<\/strong>, Ministro da Educa\u00e7\u00e3o, Ci\u00eancia e Inova\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/p>\n\n

O evento do Dia Internacional da Matem\u00e1tica (Dia do Pi) \u00e9 organizado pela Academia das Ci\u00eancias de Lisboa (ACL), pelo Centro Internacional de Matem\u00e1tica (CIM) e pelo Centro de Matem\u00e1tica da Universidade do Porto (CMUP).
A matem\u00e1tica desempenha um papel fundamental e muitas vezes invis\u00edvel no desenvolvimento da ci\u00eancia, da tecnologia e da inova\u00e7\u00e3o. Desde avan\u00e7os te\u00f3ricos at\u00e9 aplica\u00e7\u00f5es no mundo real, as ideias matem\u00e1ticas sustentam o progresso numa ampla gama de campos, incluindo intelig\u00eancia artificial, engenharia, ci\u00eancia de dados e otimiza\u00e7\u00e3o industrial.
Simultaneamente, a matem\u00e1tica promove o pensamento rigoroso, a criatividade e a vis\u00e3o de longo prazo \u2014 ingredientes essenciais para enfrentar desafios complexos e moldar um futuro sustent\u00e1vel.
“Matem\u00e1tica e Esperan\u00e7a: Alavancas da Inova\u00e7\u00e3o” pretende sensibilizar o p\u00fablico para o papel central da matem\u00e1tica como for\u00e7a motriz da inova\u00e7\u00e3o e do desenvolvimento cient\u00edfico. Ao reunir investigadores com trajet\u00f3rias diversas \u2014 abrangendo investiga\u00e7\u00e3o fundamental, trabalho interdisciplinar, ind\u00fastria e lideran\u00e7a cient\u00edfica \u2014, o programa destaca a matem\u00e1tica como uma alavanca poderosa para a cria\u00e7\u00e3o de conhecimento, o progresso tecnol\u00f3gico e o impacto social.
A sess\u00e3o consistir\u00e1 em breves apresenta\u00e7\u00f5es de convidados, seguidas de uma mesa redonda sobre como a matem\u00e1tica contribui para a inova\u00e7\u00e3o, a oportunidade e a esperan\u00e7a. Esta iniciativa conta com o apoio do Institut Fran\u00e7ais du Portugal, da Sociedade Matem\u00e1tica Portuguesa e da Universidade do Porto.

Jean-Pierre Bourguignon<\/strong> \u00e9 um matem\u00e1tico franc\u00eas cujo trabalho em geometria diferencial teve uma influ\u00eancia duradoura na \u00e1rea. Formado pela \u00c9cole Polytechnique e pela Universidade Paris Diderot, onde concluiu o seu doutoramento sob a orienta\u00e7\u00e3o de Marcel Berger, combinou contribui\u00e7\u00f5es cient\u00edficas profundas com uma lideran\u00e7a excecional em matem\u00e1tica. Foi diretor do Institut des Hautes \u00c9tudes Scientifiques (IH\u00c9S) durante quase duas d\u00e9cadas. Foi o segundo presidente da Sociedade Matem\u00e1tica Europeia e, mais tarde, tornou-se presidente do Conselho Europeu de Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o. Amplamente reconhecido pelo seu papel na promo\u00e7\u00e3o da excel\u00eancia matem\u00e1tica e da vis\u00e3o cient\u00edfica a longo prazo, recebeu v\u00e1rias distin\u00e7\u00f5es internacionais e \u00e9 membro honor\u00e1rio ou estrangeiro de v\u00e1rias academias e sociedades cient\u00edficas.

Jo\u00e3o Ribeiro<\/strong> \u00e9 professor auxiliar no Departamento de Matem\u00e1tica do Instituto Superior T\u00e9cnico (ULisboa) e investigador no Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es. O seu percurso acad\u00e9mico liga a matem\u00e1tica, a ci\u00eancia da computa\u00e7\u00e3o, e a engenharia eletrot\u00e9cnica atrav\u00e9s da sua forma\u00e7\u00e3o em matem\u00e1tica aplicada, ci\u00eancia da computa\u00e7\u00e3o e um doutoramento pelo Imperial College London. A sua investiga\u00e7\u00e3o centra-se na teoria de c\u00f3digos, criptografia, teoria da informa\u00e7\u00e3o e pseudoaleatoriedade, \u00e1reas em que ideias matem\u00e1ticas profundas sustentam a seguran\u00e7a e a comunica\u00e7\u00e3o digitais modernas. Ap\u00f3s um trabalho de p\u00f3s-doutorado na Carnegie Mellon University e estadias de investiga\u00e7\u00e3o em v\u00e1rias institui\u00e7\u00f5es internacionais de renome, foi recentemente galardoado com uma bolsa ERC Starting Grant, destacando o potencial inovador da investiga\u00e7\u00e3o matem\u00e1tica na ci\u00eancia da computa\u00e7\u00e3o e na engenharia eletrot\u00e9cnica.<\/p>\n\n

Nguyen Tien Zung<\/strong> \u00e9 um matem\u00e1tico reconhecido internacionalmente pelas suas contribui\u00e7\u00f5es para a topologia simpl\u00e9tica, sistemas hamiltonianos integr\u00e1veis e geometria de Poisson. O seu trabalho clarificou a estrutura geom\u00e9trica e topol\u00f3gica de sistemas din\u00e2micos com singularidades, enfatizando o papel central da simetria e das a\u00e7\u00f5es de toro. Ap\u00f3s uma carreira acad\u00e9mica de sucesso, incluindo cargos na Fran\u00e7a e na \u00c1sia, fundou a Torus AI em 2019, onde atua como CEO e diretor cient\u00edfico. Atrav\u00e9s da Torus AI, aplica o pensamento matem\u00e1tico \u00e0 intelig\u00eancia artificial, ao processamento de sinais e a modelos generativos, promovendo ativamente uma vis\u00e3o \u00e9tica e orientada para o impacto da tecnologia. A sua trajet\u00f3ria exemplifica como uma profunda compreens\u00e3o matem\u00e1tica pode impulsionar a inova\u00e7\u00e3o para al\u00e9m do meio acad\u00e9mico.<\/p>\n\n

Eug\u00e9nio Rocha<\/strong> \u00e9 professor associado de Matem\u00e1tica na Universidade de Aveiro e atual presidente da Sociedade Matem\u00e1tica Portuguesa. Com forma\u00e7\u00e3o acad\u00e9mica em intelig\u00eancia artificial, matem\u00e1tica e teoria de controlo n\u00e3o-linear, o seu trabalho abrange tanto a matem\u00e1tica te\u00f3rica como a aplicada. Tem v\u00e1rias publica\u00e7\u00f5es em \u00e1reas como equa\u00e7\u00f5es diferenciais, otimiza\u00e7\u00e3o, teoria de controlo e modela\u00e7\u00e3o matem\u00e1tica, com aplica\u00e7\u00f5es que v\u00e3o da biologia e epidemiologia \u00e0 engenharia, economia e educa\u00e7\u00e3o. Paralelamente \u00e0 sua atividade acad\u00e9mica, tem desempenhado um papel central na coordena\u00e7\u00e3o de equipas multidisciplinares em projetos de grande escala nas \u00e1reas da manufatura, log\u00edstica, ci\u00eancia de dados e aprendizagem autom\u00e1tica (machine learning), ilustrando como a matem\u00e1tica serve de ponte entre a teoria, a computa\u00e7\u00e3o e a inova\u00e7\u00e3o no mundo real.<\/p>\n\n

Pedro Camanho<\/strong> \u00e9 professor catedr\u00e1tico de Engenharia Mec\u00e2nica na Universidade do Porto e especialista internacionalmente reconhecido em mec\u00e2nica de materiais comp\u00f3sitos avan\u00e7ados. Obteve o seu doutoramento no Imperial College London e liderou investiga\u00e7\u00f5es influentes sobre deforma\u00e7\u00e3o, fratura e modela\u00e7\u00e3o multiescala de estruturas compostas leves para aplica\u00e7\u00f5es aeroespaciais e de engenharia. O seu trabalho baseia-se fortemente na modela\u00e7\u00e3o matem\u00e1tica e na mec\u00e2nica computacional, tendo sido transposto com sucesso para a ind\u00fastria, com m\u00e9todos implementados em software de engenharia amplamente utilizado. Antigo l\u00edder de importantes institui\u00e7\u00f5es e programas de investiga\u00e7\u00e3o, recebeu in\u00fameras distin\u00e7\u00f5es internacionais, incluindo uma recente bolsa ERC Advanced Grant, na vanguarda da inova\u00e7\u00e3o tecnol\u00f3gica.<\/p>\n\n

A inscri\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e9 obrigat\u00f3ria e pode ser efetuada aqui<\/a>. Por motivos log\u00edsticos, solicitamos que os participantes efetuem a sua inscri\u00e7\u00e3o at\u00e9 ao dia 10 de mar\u00e7o.<\/p>\n

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Video recording of the session: https:\/\/youtube.com\/live\/u-JdclMNwf4?feature=share<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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Video recording of the round table:https:\/\/youtu.be\/dg0tPNLabMc<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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Pictures of the event are accessible here: LinkedIn<\/span><\/a>, Facebook<\/span><\/a>, Instagram<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n\n

Programme

14h30 – 14h40 | Opening and presentation by the Presidents of the Academia das Ci\u00eancias de Lisboa and of the Centro Internacional de Matem\u00e1tica.<\/p>\n\n

14h40 – 14h55 | Jean-Pierre Bourguignon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

14h55 – 15h10 | Jo\u00e3o Ribeiro<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

15h25 – 15h40 | Nguyen Tien Zung<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

15h40 – 15h55 | Eug\u00e9nio Rocha<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

16h00 – 16h15 | Pedro Camanho <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

16h15 – 17h00 | Round table discussion with Fernando Alexandre<\/strong>, Ministro da Educa\u00e7\u00e3o, Ci\u00eancia e Inova\u00e7\u00e3o<\/p>\n

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This event of the International Mathematics Day (Pi Day) is jointly organised by the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon (ACL), the International Center of Mathematics (CIM) and the Centre of Mathematics of the University of Porto (CMUP).
Mathematics plays a fundamental and often invisible role in the development of science, technology, and innovation. From theoretical advances to real- world applications, mathematical ideas underpin progress across a wide range of fields, including artificial intelligence, engineering, data science, and industrial optimisation. At the same time, mathematics fosters rigorous thinking, creativity, and long-term vision \u2014 essential ingredients for addressing complex challenges and shaping a sustainable future.
\u201cMathematics and Hope: Levers of Innovation\u02ee aims to raise public awareness of the central role of mathematics as a driving force behind innovation and scientific development. By bringing together researchers with diverse trajectories \u2014 spanning fundamental research, interdisciplinary work, industry, and scientific leadership \u2014 the programme highlights how mathematics serves as a powerful lever for knowledge creation, technological progress, and societal impact.
The session will consist of short invited talks followed by a round- table discussion, encouraging dialogue between different perspectives on how mathematics contributes to innovation, opportunity, and hope. This initiative has the support of the Institut Fran\u00e7ais du Portugal, the Portuguese Mathematical Society and the University of Porto<\/p>\n

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Jean-Pierre Bourguignon<\/strong> is a French mathematician whose work in differential geometry has had a lasting influence on the field. Trained at the \u00c9cole Polytechnique and Paris Diderot University, where he completed his PhD under Marcel Berger, he has combined deep scientific contributions with exceptional leadership in mathematics. He served as Director of the Institut des Hautes \u00c9tudes Scientifiques (IH\u00c9S) for nearly two decades. He was the second\u00a0President of the European Mathematical Society and later he became President of the European Research Council. Widely recognised for his role in promoting mathematical excellence and long-term scientific vision, he has received several international distinctions and is an honorary or foreign member of multiple academies and learned societies.<\/p>\n\n

Jo\u00e3o Ribeiro<\/strong> is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Instituto Superior T\u00e9cnico (ULisboa) and a researcher at the Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es. His academic path bridges mathematics and computer science, with training in applied mathematics, computer science, and a PhD from Imperial College London. His research focuses on coding theory, cryptography, information theory, and pseudorandomness, areas where deep mathematical ideas underpin modern digital security and communication. After postdoctoral work at Carnegie Mellon University and research stays at several leading international institutions, he was recently awarded an ERC Starting Grant, highlighting the innovative potential of mathematically driven research in theoretical computer science.<\/p>\n\n

Nguyen Tien Zung<\/strong> is a mathematician internationally recognised for his contributions to symplectic topology, integrable Hamiltonian systems, and Poisson geometry. His work has clarified the geometric and topological structure of dynamical systems with singularities, emphasising the central role of symmetry and torus actions. After a successful academic career, including positions in France and Asia, he founded Torus AI in 2019, where he serves as CEO and scientific director. Through Torus AI, he applies mathematical thinking to artificial intelligence, signal processing, and generative models, while actively promoting an ethical and impact-driven vision of technology. His trajectory exemplifies how deep mathematical insight can drive innovation beyond academia.<\/p>\n\n

Eug\u00e9nio Rocha<\/strong> is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at the University of Aveiro and the current President of the Portuguese Mathematical Society. With academic training in artificial intelligence, mathematics, and nonlinear control theory, his work spans both theoretical and applied mathematics. He has published extensively in areas such as differential equations, optimisation, control theory, and mathematical modelling, with applications ranging from biology and epidemiology to engineering, economics, and education. Alongside his academic activity, he has played a central role in coordinating multidisciplinary teams in large-scale projects related to manufacturing, logistics, data science, and machine learning, illustrating how mathematics serves as a bridge between theory, computation, and real-world innovation.<\/p>\n\n

Pedro Camanho<\/strong> is a Full Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Porto and an internationally recognised expert in the mechanics of advanced composite materials. He obtained his PhD from Imperial College London and has led influential research on deformation, fracture, and multiscale modelling of lightweight composite structures for aerospace and engineering applications. His work relies heavily on mathematical modelling and computational mechanics and has been successfully transferred to industry, with methods implemented in widely used engineering software. A former leader of major research institutions and programmes, he has received numerous international distinctions, including a recent ERC Advanced Grant, in the cutting-edge of technological innovation.<\/p>\n\n

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