Luis T. Magalhães
PRESENTLY:
in Portugal: Professor of Mathematics at IST – Instituto Superior Técnico of University of Lisbon (formerly of Technical University of Lisbon) (1993-), Jubilado desde 1.JAN.2022;
Associate Member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences (2019-), Corresponding Member (1995-2019);
Elected Honorary Member of the Portuguese Mathematics Society (2022-).
at OECD:
Member of the OECD Committee on Digital Economy Policy (CDEP) (formely Committee on Information,
Computers and Communication Policy (ICCP)) since 2005.
FORMERLY:
IN PORTUGAL:
President of the Knowledge Society Agency (UMIC), the Portuguese governmental agency with the mission of coordinating national Information Society and ICT policy (Jul 2005-Jan 2012);
President of the Science and Technology Foundation (FCT), the Portuguese Research Council and National Research Funding Organization (1997-2002);
President of the General Council of the University of Algarve (May 2013-Jun 2017);
Member of the Governing Boards of the international partnership programs MIT – Portugal (2006-11),
Carnegie Mellon University – Portugal (2006-11), University of Texas at Austin – Portugal (2007-11),
Harvard Medical School – Portugal (2009-11);
Member of the Steering Committee of the Fraunhofer – Portugal Program (2007-12);
Chair of National Coordinatoing Team of the 6th Portuguese Research Units International Assessment promoted by FCT (2017-19),
which included evaluation visits to 343 research units of universities and nonprofit reseqarch institutes by 29
evaluation panels involving close to 200 foreign scientists, and was performed in March 2018-May 2019;
Member of the Strategy Council of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of IST (2016-2020)
Member of the Evaluation Panel of the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture of IST,
with Francis-Luc Perret (Chair, EPFL, Switzerland) and Carlos Mota Soares (Dep. of Mechanical Engineering, IST), 2016.
Member of the General Council of the FCCN – Foundation for National Scientific Computing,
the Portuguese National Research and Education Network organization (2009-12);
Member of the Portuguese Economic and Social Council (2006-11);
Member of the Lisbon Strategy and Technological Plan Coordination Network (2005-11);
Member of the Luso-American Foundation for Development Consultative Council (1997-2011);
Member of the
Scientific and Technological Council of Taguspark – Science and Technology Park (1997-2013);
Member of the Advisory Council of COTEC Portugal (2006-12);
Manager of the Science Technology and Innovation Operational Program (2000-02) of the Community Support Program III (CSP III);
Manager of the Praxis XXI Program (1999-2002) of the CSP II;
Head of Portugal Delegation for Negotiation with the European Commission of the Operational Programs "Science Technology and Innovation" and
"Information Society" of the CSP III which obtained a global funding of 1.8 billion Euros (1999-2000);
President of the Scientific and Technological Council of Taguspark – Science and Technology Park (2000-04);
Member of the Portugal EXPO 2000 Hannover General Commissariat (1998-2000);
National Coordinator of the Portuguese Research Units International Assessment (1996-97),
which included evaluation visits to 270 research units of universities and nonprofit reseqarch institutes by 21
evaluation panels involving more than 100 foreign scientists, and was performed in May-November 1996;
Chairman of the Department of Mathematics of IST (1993-97);
Director and founder of the Center of Mathematical Analysis, Dynamical Systems and Applications to Engineering (1991-97),
which in 1997 was renamed Center for Mathematical Analysis, Geometry and Dynamical Systems;
Co-Founder with João Sentieiro of the Systems and Robotics Institute and Deputy Director of its Lisbon branch (1991-97);
Member of the IST Senate (1992-97);
Member of the Coordination Committee of Exact and Natural Sciences of the National Board of Scientific and Technological Research (JNICT) (1992-94);
Coordinator (1991-93) and Head of Research Line (1988-93) of the Center for Signal Analysis and Processing (CAPS) of the National Institute of Scientific Research (INIC);
Coordinator of the Council of Centers Secretaries of the Interdisciplinary Complex I of INIC in 1991 and 1993;
Coordinator of the IST post-graduate program in Mathematics – Master in Applied Mathematics (1990-93);
Coordinator of the Mathematics Session of the Scientific and Technological Research National Days of JNICT (1987);
1st Coordinator of the IST undergraduate program in mathematics – Applied Mathematics and Computing (1986-90);
Secretary of the IST Scientific Council (1985-88);
Head of Research Line of the Center for Mathematics and Fundamental Applications (CMAF) of INIC (1984-88);
Coordinator of the Mathematical Analysis and Algebra Section of the Department of Mathematics of IST (1983-93);
AT INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS:
President of the Council of INL – International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, established by Treaty between Portugal and Spain (2008-12);
President of the General Assembly of the INL Installation Commission (2007-11);
Member of the Council of the EGI – European Grid Initiative Council (2009-12);
Member of the General Assembly of the AAL – Ambient Assisted Living Association (2007-12);
Member of the Governing Council (2000-02) and of the General Assembly (1997-2002) of the ESF – European Science Foundation;
AT UNITED NATIONS:
Member of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) (2009-12);
Member of the Working Group on Improvements to the IGF – Internet Governance Forum (2011-12);
Member of the MAG – Multistakeholder Advisory Group for the UN IGF – Internet Governance Forum, appointed by the UN Secretary General (Sep-Dec 2007);
Head of Portugal Delegation to the IGF – Internet Governance Forum (2007-11);
AT OECD:
Chair of the OECD Working Party on Measurement and Analysis of the Digital Economy (MADE)
(formerly Working Party on Indicators for the Information Society (WPIIS)) (Jan 2011-Dec 2016);
Vice-Chair of the OECD Committee on Information, Computer and Communication Policy (ICCP) (2009, 2010, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020), ando of its Extended Bureau (2009-2020);
Member Elected of the Steering Group of the Horizontal Project Going Digital! (2017-2020), which was the biggest OECD Horizontal Project ever incolving almost all
OECD Committees, and Acting Chair of the majority of the Steering Group Meetings at the request of the Chair of the Steering Group and of CDEP, Wonki Min, who at the time
was Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Science and ICT of the Republic of Korea, and at his request represented him as CDEP Chair in three of the annual meetings with the OECD
Secretary General, Angel Gurria, for preparation of the annual OECD Ministerial Committee, which in those years had agendas with emphasis in aspects of
Digital Transformation of Society.
Member of the OECD Science and Technology Policy Committee and of the OECD Global Science Forum (1998-2002);
AT EUROPEAN UNION:
European co-Chair of the EU-Africa 8th Partnership – Science, Information Society, Space
and Chair of the European Expert Group of the EU-Africa 8th Partnership (2011, 2012);
Chair of the European Union Horizon 2020 Advisory Board on Research Infrastructures Including e-Infrastructures (Feb 2016-Jul 2018),
Acting Chair (Feb 2015-Feb 2016) and Vice-Chair (Oct 2013-Feb 2016)
Member of the Horizon 2020 Advisory Group on International Cooperation (2014-2016);
Member of the Digital Agenda for Europe High Level Group (2010-12);
Member of the National ICT Research Directors Forum (2005-2012), of the FIF – Future Internet Forum of the European Union (2009-12),
of the National ICT Research Directors Forum Working Group on FET – Future and Emerging Technologies Flagships (2010-12);
Member of the HLIG – High Level Group on Internet Governance (2005-12);
Member of the CREST – Committee of Scientific and Technical Research at Director-Generals level (2007-11);
Member of the i2010 High Level Group (2005-10);
Member of the eGovernment Subgroup and of the e-Government Ad-hoc Group of the i2010 High Level Group (2005-06);
AT ICANN:
Member of the Strategy Panel on ICANN's Role in the Internet Governance Ecosystem, chaired by Vint Cerf (2013-2014);
Head of Portugal Delegation to the GAC – Governmental Advisory Committee of the ICANN – Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (2009-2012).
INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
IST – Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon (2012-, 2002-05, 1972-97);
Knowledge Society Agency, UMIC (Jul 2005-Jan 2012);
Science and Technology Foundation, FCT (1997-2002);
Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications, University of Minnesota, USA (1982-83, 1985);
Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University, USA (1978-82);
Biology Center of the Gulbenkian Institute of Science (1972-78).
UNIVERSITY DEGREES:
PhD in Applied Mathematics, Brown University, USA (1982), with equivalence to Doctor in Mathematics by Technical Unbiversity of Lisbon (1983);
MSc in Applied Mathematics, Brown University, USA (1980);
Electrical Engineer – Telecommunications and Electronics, IST, Technical University of Lisbon (1975).
BOOKS:
Hale, Jack K., Magalhães, Luis T., Oliva, Waldyr M., Dynamics in Infinite Dimensions, Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002.
Equadiff95 - International Conference on Differential Equations, eds. Magalhães, L., Rocha, C., Sanchez, L., World Scientific, Singapore, 1988.
Magalhães, Luis T., Integrais em Variedades e Aplicações, 2ª edição, Texto Editora, 1999.
Magalhães, Luis T., Integrais Múltiplos, 3ª edição, Texto Editora, 1998.
Magalhães, Luis T., Álgebra Linear como Introdução a Matemática Aplicada, 8ª edição, Texto Editora, 1998.
Hale, Jack K., Magalhães, Luis T., Oliva, Waldyr M., An Introduction to Infinite Dimensional Dynamical Systems – Geometric Theory,
Springer-Verlag, New York, 1984.
RESEARCH AREA:
Dynamical systems, differential equations and nonlinear analysis,
especially regarding infinite dimensional systems defined by functional differential equations with delays or partial differential equations,
having mainly in mind applications to nnlinear systems analysis and continuum mechanics.