The Portuguese Committee of URSI (Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale) elected new directors, following the opening of vacancies for the positions of Presidents and Vice-Presidents of several Scientific Commissions of the Portuguese Committee of URSI.

Of the members elected, distributed among the six commissions, five are researchers from the Instituto de Telecomunicações, respectively:

COMMISSION B - Waves and Fields: Electromagnetic Theory and Applications

President: Sérgio Matos (ISCTE-IUL, Instituto de Telecomunicações)

Vice-President: Filipa Prudêncio (ISCTE-IUL, Instituto de Telecomunicações)

COMMISSION D - Electronics and Photonics

President: Paulo André (Instituto Superior Técnico, Instituto de Telecomunicações)

Vice-President: João Vaz (Instituto Superior Técnico, Instituto de Telecomunicações)

COMMISSION J - Radio Astronomy

Vice-President: Domingos Barbosa (Instituto Telecomunicações)

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