According to Nicholas S. Zeppos, Chancellor of Vanderbilt University and President of the Southeastern Conference, this award is given to “world-renowned faculty teaching in the 14 universities of the SEC. This year’s winners represent some of the brightest and experienced professionals in their areas of expertise, so I congratulate them.”

It is important to stress that in 2015 José Carlos Príncipe was appointed Professor of the Year at the University of Florida, the most important and the oldest recognition awarded to faculty teaching at that university.

Specialised in electrical engineering and IEEE Fellow, José Carlos Príncipe teaches  advanced signal processing and machine learning. He is also the founding director of the University of Florida’s Computational Neuro-Engineering Laboratory (CNEL). Besides his teaching areas, his research interests include brain-machine interfaces, and modelling and application of cognitive systems.

José Carlos Príncipe graduated in Electrical Engineering at the University of Porto, having completed his master’s and PhD in the same area at the University of Florida, where he has been teaching since 1987.

INESC TEC, May 2016