The President points out Portugal as “a case of progress” in the field of science and technology, considering desirable and expected that the scientific community has a growing presence in the business.
“In one generation, Portugal was able to overcome much of their structural scientific backwardness in comparison with other European countries. Portugal is in fact a case of progress in a short time, on science and technology, “he said this morning head of state, at the ceremony of the 25th anniversary of the Scientific Prize IBM, which took place in the Champalimaud Foundation in Lisbon.
Recognizing that the quality of science and Portuguese scientists is “a very positive result” of betting public investment in science and technology policies and one of the results of this investment was an improvement in the ability to educate and prepare the new generations, Cavaco Silva alert, however, to the existence of a gap between universities and businesses.
“It is desirable and expected, therefore, that the activity and the scientific community knowledge production will have an increasing presence in our business sector, with benefits for the creation of wealth and employment,” argues .
In his speech, the President also spoke of “evolution brilliant” science, noting that the impact of science on society is now clearly visible at the level of health and increased life expectancy in progress in education levels, communications and transport, among other areas.
On the other hand, he continued, should also consider the values inherent in the scientific spirit and its impact on society, because “science encourages critical thinking done by observation, experimentation, questioning and doubt. “
” In the scientific spirit, disputes are resolved not by force but by enlightened dialogue. Science is built not by arguments of authority, but by cooperation and mutual respect, “he said, considering the company should cultivate more intensely those values.
” A more democratic and open society is, Also, a more scientific society. In turn, a more scientific society is a freer society and more rational, “he added.
Cavaco Silva delivers the Scientific Prize IBM 2014 to Ricardo Cabral, a researcher at the Higher Technical Institute
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The winner of the Scientific Prize IBM – which distinguished work in the field of computer science. – this year was the Ricardo da Silveira Cabral researcher with the work “Unification of low-rank models for visual learning problems”
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