Arlindo Oliveira is a scholar and researcher with extensive experience in computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and bioinformatics. He has made significant contributions to education, scientific research, and technological innovation and has served as the president of Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon, where he is now a distinguished professor. He is also a distinguished invited professor at MUST and executive chairman of the Institute for Computer and Systems Engineering (INESC) group.

Arlindo Oliveira obtained his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, in 1986 and 1989 respectively. In 1994, he earned his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley. Arlindo Oliveira’s expertise lies in algorithm design, machine learning, bioinformatics, artificial intelligence, computer-aided design, and other related fields. He has authored five books, translated into multiple languages and has published over 250 conference and journal articles in the fields of algorithms, artificial intelligence, machine learning, bioinformatics, and computer architecture.

Since 1995, he has been a senior researcher at INESC R&D (Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Research and Development). Since 2005, he has been a full professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon and, since 2020, distinguished professor. He is, since 2020, a board member of Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD), Portugal's largest bank, and the founder and principal investigator of the Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery Group of INESC R&D.

He has served on the boards of several companies and institutions and has held positions as the President of Instituto Superior Técnico, chairman of INESC R&D (Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, R&D in Lisbon), and president of the Portuguese Association for Artificial Intelligence (APPIA). He was a visiting professor at MIT and a visiting researcher at the University of Tokyo. He is a member of the Portuguese Academy of Engineering and of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS) and a past member of the National Council for Science, Technology and Innovation and of the Advisory Board of the European Parliament's Science and Technology Options Assessment (STOA) Panel, as well as a member of IEEE and ACM.

He has received several awards and honors, including the 2009 Technical University of Lisbon / Santander Research Excellence Award, the 2024 GALP / Academy of Engineering Career Award and the 2024 Portuguese Association for the Digital Economy career award.