Luís Marnoto Lopes

AI researcher and computer engineer focused on model architectures, datasets, agentic systems, and product-oriented AI.

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Profile

Portuguese AI researcher and engineer from Sintra, with BSc and MSc training from Instituto Superior Técnico in Electrical and Computer Engineering. My work combines AI research, model and dataset development, full-stack systems engineering, and product experimentation across interactive media, real-world systems, and enterprise applications.

Now

Continual MI continualmi.com

Mar 2026 – Present

Founder

AI research and product company advancing machine intelligence through more efficient model architectures, toward systems capable of continual learning.

Turner & Townsend turnerandtownsend.com

Jul 2026 – Present

Project Manager Digital

Working on cutting-edge agentic AI solutions for project management.

Education

MSc Electrical and Computer Engineering

2023 – 2025 (completed)

Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa

Control, Robotics and AI | Computing Systems

BSc Electronics Engineering

2020 – 2023 (completed)

Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa

Research

Master's Thesis

Generalized Referring Expression Segmentation on Aerial Photos

Status: Concluded

Project page: luispl77.github.io/aerial-d | Paper

Awards

E.Awards@Técnico — Edition 2023/24 — EduAI: AI chatbot tailored to university courses

2024

Honorable Mention by Accenture — Competition details