Speakers

Meet the global voices that are shaping SINFO's excellence.

Luisa Coheur

Professor, Researcher, Instituto Superior Técnico, INESC-ID

Luísa Coheur holds a degree in Applied Mathematics and Computing from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) and a PhD jointly awarded by IST and Université Blaise-Pascal, in the field of Natural Language Processing. In 2023, she completed a one-year postgraduate program in Higher Education Pedagogy, offered by the Instituto de Educação, Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa). She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at IST and a researcher at INESC-ID, in the Human Language Technologies group. She has been recognized as an Excellent Professor more than 20 times according to the IST QUC classification, and in 2023 she was awarded the IST Outstanding Teaching Award by IST’s Pedagogic Council. She won the Best INESC-ID Researcher Award 2025 and the first edition of the Pedagogical Innovation Award from ULisboa (2025). Luísa Coheur loves teaching and is passionate about good stories. She has published three books and two short stories (non-scientific).

Sessions

24 Apr 2026
13:30 - 14:20
Main Stage

AI in Healthcare Panel

At SINFO, we believe technology is all about evolving and adapting. What better way to do that than by putting AI to the service of health? Join us to hear from these incredible minds: Ana Santos Almeida Principal Investigator, Microbiome in Health and Disease Translational Lab, GIMM Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon João Santinha Principal Investigator, Champalimaud Foundation Ricardo Rei Head of AI Research, Sword Health Moderared by Luísa Coheur, Researcher at INESC-ID, this panel will be a great opportunity to explore the latest research and ideas shaping the future of AI in health! With experts in LLMs, microbiology and medical imaging, this conversation promises to be truly eye-opening.

Luisa Coheur