On November 21, the student Fabian Näf successfully defended the thesis "Smart Electronic Platform for Interfacing With Magneto-Resistive Sensor Arrays", under the supervision of Professor Susana Isabel Pinheiro Cardoso de Freitas and Professor Gonçalo Nuno Gomes Tavares, obtaining the PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. The examination took place in the PA-3 amphitheater, in the Mathematics Pavilion.

The jury was chaired by Doctor Helena Maria dos Santos Geirinhas Ramos, Full Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon; Doctor Diego Ramirez Muñoz, Full Professor, University of Valencia, Spain; Doctor Srinjoy Mitra, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom; Doctor Luís Soldado Granadeiro Rosado, Assistant Professor, DEEC, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon; Doctor Paulo Jorge Peixeiro de Freitas, Full Professor, DF, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon; and Doctor Gonçalo Nuno Gomes Tavares, Assistant Professor, DEEC, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon.