Fernando Jorge Ferreira Macieira, PhD student at NOVA IMS, was distinguished with the Best Student Paper Award at the 7th International Conference on Finance, Economics, Management and IT Business (FEMIB 2025), held in Porto.

The awarded paper — “Bits and Biases: Exploring Perceptions in Human-like AI Interactions Using the Stereotype Content Model” — was co-authored by Diego Costa Pinto, Tiago Oliveira, and Mitsuru H. Yanaze. The study examines how users perceive anthropomorphic AI using the Stereotype Content Model, a framework that evaluates social perception through the dimensions of warmth and competence.

This award highlights the quality of the doctoral research carried out at NOVA IMS and MagIC, particularly in the areas of AI perception, ethics, and user-centred technology design.

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