Hugo Silva, MSc in Electrical and Computers Engineering from the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon (UL). Since 2004, he is a researcher at the Pattern and Image Analysis (PIA) group at the Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT); in 2012 he was a visiting researcher at the University of Florida, integrated in the Computational NeuroEngineering Laboratory (CNEL), and collaborating with the Center for the Study of Attention and Emotion (CSEA). Hugo is a co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of PLUX, where he has participated in more than 10 national and European projects, funded by grants from the 7th Framework Programme (EU-FP7), the National Strategic Reference Framework (QREN/NSRF), and several other private and public institutions. His work has been recognised in several occasions, which include the nomination as a top talent for 2014 by Notícias Magazine, the selection as one of only 10 semi-finalists worldwide at the Engadget Expand New York Insert Coin 2013, and the Life Sciences Award in 2010 at a venture competition co-promoted by the MIT.
