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Nicolas Francisco Lori. Completed the Doutoramento in MAPi program in 2020/06/26 by Universidade do Minho, Licenciatura in Licenciatura in 1993/12/14 by Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia and Doktor (PhD) in PhD in Physics in 2001/05/18 by Washington University in Saint Louis. Is Auxiliary Researcher in Universidade do Minho. Published 25 articles in journals. Has 11 section(s) of books. Has received 1 awards and/or honors. Works in the area(s) of Exact Sciences with emphasis on Computer and Information Sciences. In their professional activities interacted with 148 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence; Robotics and Cyber-Physical Systems; Sustainable Computation; Intelligent Materials; Manufacturing and Services; Information Systems; Computing Technologies; Electronics; Energy; Robotics; Computer Networks; Pervasive Computing; Operational Research; Industrial Eng & Management; Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine; Biomaterials; biodegradables and biomimetics; Microbiology and Immunology of Infection; Neurosciences; Aging and Surgical Sciences. In the 6 previous years, the focus has been in Quantum Computing, Imaging Neurosciences, and Artificial Intelligence.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Nicolas Francisco Lori

Citation names

  • Lori, Nicolas
  • Lori, Nicolas F.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
6A16-A163-3ED0
ORCID iD
0000-0002-5895-0880

Email addresses

  • nicolas.lori@algoritmi.uminho.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 253510180 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Escola de Engenharia – Universidade do Minho, Campus Azurém, 4800-058, Guimarães, Guimarães, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Dutch Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Italian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2014/09/29 - 2020/06/26
Concluded
MAPi program (Doutoramento)
Major in Computer Science
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"From Deep Learning in Imaging Neuroscience to Nuclear Physics in Quantum Computing" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1996/01/19 - 2001/05/18
Concluded
PhD in Physics (Doktor (PhD))
Major in Diffusion MRI applied to neuroscience and medicine
Washington University in Saint Louis, United States
"Diffusion Tensor Tracking of Neuronal Fiber Pathways in the Living Human Brain" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
19
1988/10/12 - 1993/12/14
Concluded
Licenciatura (Licenciatura)
Major in Física
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Application of dimensional regularization and renormalization to Quantum field theory" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2020/02/11 - Current Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019/05/01 - 2020/01/31 Researcher (Research) INOV INESC INOVAÇÃO - Instituto de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal
INOV INESC INOVAÇÃO - Instituto de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal
2019/01/02 - 2019/04/30 Researcher (Research) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
2019/01/15 - 2019/04/14 Researcher (Research) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
2017/10/01 - 2018/09/30 Researcher (Research) Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2016/04/01 - 2017/07/31 Coordinating Researcher (Research) Grupo Oroño, Argentina
Fundación INECO, Argentina
2013/06 - 2013/12/31 Science and Technology Management Lógica EM SA, Portugal
Lógica EM SA, Portugal
2008/01/02 - 2012/12/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2007/10/01 - 2007/12/31 Visiting Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2003/09/01 - 2005/03/01 Postdoc (Research) Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, United States
Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, United States
2001/06/01 - 2003/05/31 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Algeria
Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives Service Hospitalier Frédéric Joliot, France

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution
Employer
2005/08/01 - 2007/05/15 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) University of Southern California, United States
University of Southern California Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, United States
2005/03/01 - 2005/07/31 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) The University of Iowa, United States
The University of Iowa Roy J and Lucille A Carver College of Medicine, United States
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2011 - 2014 Identification of biomarkers in Huntington disease: application of machine-learning pattern classification algorithms to structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2009/10 - 2013/03 New methodological advances in Diffusion Spectrum MRI and its implications for structure-function correlations in brain imaging. Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2010 - 2013 A visual view on the reading deficit in dyslexia. Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2009/09 - 2012/08 Vision and action processing in neurodevelopmental disorders: from disease mechanisms to new interventional strategies Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2011 - 2012 STRATEGIC PROJECT - UI 3282 - 2011-2012 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2009 - 2012 Neural correlates of implicit contextual cueing: the role of the basal ganglia Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2008 - 2011 MECHANISMS OF NEUROSENSORIAL INHIBITION ASSOCIATED WITH THE COGNITIVE DEFICITS IN NEUROFIBROMATOSIS TYPE 1: PSYCHOPHYSICS, NEUROPHYSIOLOGY AND FUNCTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL NEUROIMAGING Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Intelligent Systems Associate Laboratory
LA/P/0104/2020
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro de Matemática, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Inteligência Artificial e Ciência de Computadores, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Unidade de Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Engenharia Mecânica e Industrial, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Tecnologias e Sistemas, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Tecnologia Mecânica e Automação, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Instituto de Polímeros e Compósitos, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Engenharia Eletrónica e Informática de Aveiro, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico do Porto Centro de Investigação em Sistemas Computacionais Embebidos e de Tempo-Real, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 ALGORITMI Research Centre
UID/CEC/00319/2019
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 ICVS/3B’s - Associate Laboratory, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute / Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics Research Group
UID/Multi/50026/2019
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/01/02 - 2013/01/01 White Matter Fiber Tracking and BOLD Functional MRI integration
CONT_DOUT/19/UC/3282/6545/ 3/2006
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1995/05/01 - 1999/04/30 FÍSICA TEÓRICA REDES NEURONAIS
PRAXIS XXI/BD/3861/94
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Lori, Nicolas; Pais-Vieira, Miguel; Manuel Curado; Machado, Jose. "Paper-Based Electronics for Brain-Machine Interface Home Supercomputer". 454-459. Springer International Publishing, 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-68017-6_68
  2. Ana Coimbra; Cristiana Neto; Diana Ferreira; Júlio Duarte; Daniela Oliveira; Francini Hak; Filipe Gonçalves; et al. "Review of Trends in Automatic Human Activity Recognition in Vehicle Based in Synthetic Data". 368-376. Springer International Publishing, 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-62365-4_35
  3. Nicolas Lori; Diana Ferreira; Victor Alves; José Machado. "Bridging the Gap of Neuroscience, Philosophy, and Evolutionary Biology to Propose an Approach to Machine Learning of Human-Like Ethics". 309-321. Springer International Publishing, 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-62365-4_30
  4. Lori, Nicolas. "Review of Trends in Automatic Human Activity Recognition Using Synthetic Audio-Visual Data". 549-560. Springer International Publishing, 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-62365-4_53
  5. Neves, J.; Maia, N.; Marreiros, G.; Neves, M.; Fernandes, A.; Ribeiro, J.; Araújo, I.; et al. "Entropy and Organizational Performance". In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 206-217. 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-030-29859-3_18
  6. Fonseca, L.; van Pul, C.; Lori, N.; van den Boom, R.; Andriessen, P.; Buijs, J.; Vilanova, A.. "Automatic Atlas-Based Segmentation of Brain White Matter in Neonates at Risk for Neurodevelopmental Disorders". In Modeling, Analysis, and Visualization of Anisotropy, 355-372. Springer International Publishing, 2017.
    10.1007/978-3-319-61358-1_15
  7. Lori, N.F.; Alves, V.. "Wormhole approach to control in distributed computing has direct relation to physics". In Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, 105-115. 2017.
    10.1007/978-3-319-43671-5_10
  8. Lori, N.F.; Lavrador, R.; Fonseca, L.; Santos, C.; Travasso, R.; Pereira, A.; Rossetti, R.; Sousa, N.; Alves, V.. "Reducing computation time by Monte Carlo method: An application in determining axonal orientation distribution function". In Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 95-105. 2016.
    10.1007/978-3-319-31307-8_10
  9. Lori, N.F.. "Brownian motion: From quantum decoherence to diffusion MRI medical imaging". In Brownian Motion: Theory, Modelling and Applications, 363-376. 2011.
  10. Lavrador, R.; Caldeira, L.; Lori, N.F.; Janela, F.. "Intensity inhomogeneity corrections in MRI simulated images for segmentation". In Technology and Medical Sciences - TMSi 2010, 151-156. 2011.
  11. Costa Branco, P.J.; Lori, N.; Dente, J.A.. "New approaches on structure identification of fuzzy models: Case study in an electro-mechanical system". In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 104-143. 1996.
Conference paper
  1. Lori, N.; Neves, J.; Alves, V.. "Some considerations on the estimation of the value associated to a clinical act". 2020.
    10.1016/j.procs.2020.03.076
  2. Lori, N.F.; Ramalhosa, I.; Marques, P.; Alves, V.. "Deep learning based pipeline for fingerprinting using brain functional MRI connectivity data". 2018.
    10.1016/j.procs.2018.10.129
  3. Santos, C.; Lavrador, R.; Caetano, G.; Lori, N.F.; Travasso, R.D.M.; Santos, Carlos; Lavrador, Rui; et al. "Use of Shannon information to relate function and structure in the brain using diffusion spectrum imaging MRI". Paper presented in 2012 IEEE 2nd Portuguese Meeting in Bioengineering (ENBENG), Coimbra, 2012.
    10.1109/ENBENG.2012.6331344
  4. Mendes, P.; Caldeira, L.; Janela, F.; Lori, N.F.; Secca, M.F.. "Pipeline for spatial distortion correction in MRI". 2011.
    10.1145/2093698.2093748
  5. Lori, N.F.; Santos, C.. "Use of Shannon information in treatment of high resolution diffusion MRI". 2010.
    10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626569
  6. Lori, N.; Branco, P.J.Costa. "Autonomous mountain-clustering method applied to fuzzy systems modeling". 1995.
  7. Costa Branco, P.J.; Lori, N.; Dente, J.A.. "Autonomous approach to the mountain-clustering method". 1995.
Journal article
  1. Nicolas Lori; Clovis Jacinto de Matos. "Mass creation in superconductors by Physics-cells quantum gravity". Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2023.1354317.
    10.1016/j.physc.2023.1354317
  2. Nicolas Lori. "Darwinian standard model of physics obtains general relativity". Quantum Information Processing 21 3 (2022): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-022-03455-3.
    10.1007/s11128-022-03455-3
  3. Nicolás Lori; José Neves; José Machado. "Quantum Field Theory Representation in Quantum Computation". Applied Sciences (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/app112311272.
    10.3390/app112311272
  4. Regina Sousa; Rui Miranda; Ailton Moreira; Carlos Alves; Nicolas Lori; José Machado. "Software Tools for Conducting Real-Time Information Processing and Visualization in Industry: An Up-to-Date Review". Applied Sciences 11 11 (2021): 4800-4800. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11114800.
    10.3390/app11114800
  5. José Neves; Nuno Maia; Goreti Marreiros; Mariana Neves; Ana Fernandes; Jorge Ribeiro; Isabel Araújo; et al. "Employees balance and stability as key points in organizational performance". Logic Journal of the IGPL (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jigpal/jzab010.
    10.1093/jigpal/jzab010
  6. Lori, N.F.; Neves, J.; Blin, A.H.; Alves, V.. "Some considerations on quantum computing at sub-atomic scales and its impact in the future of moore’s law". Quantum Information and Computation 20 1-2 (2020): 0001-0013. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85079121951&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  7. Adrián Yoris; Sofía Abrevaya; Sol Esteves; Paula Salamone; Nicolás Lori; Miguel Martorell; Agustina Legaz; et al. "Multilevel convergence of interoceptive impairments in hypertension: New evidence of disrupted body–brain interactions". Human Brain Mapping 39 4 (2018): 1563-1581. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.23933.
    10.1002/hbm.23933
  8. Adrián Yoris; Sofía Abrevaya; Sol Esteves; Paula Salamone; Nicolás Lori; Miguel Martorell; Agustina Legaz; et al. "Cover Image". Human Brain Mapping 39 4 (2018): i-i. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.23781.
    10.1002/hbm.23781
  9. Ibáñez, A.; Zimerman, M.; Sedeño, L.; Lori, N.; Rapacioli, M.; Cardona, J.F.; Suarez, D.M.A.; et al. "Early bilateral and massive compromise of the frontal lobes". NeuroImage: Clinical 18 (2018): 543-552. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85042768598&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.nicl.2018.02.026
  10. Sedeño, L.; Piguet, O.; Abrevaya, S.; Desmaras, H.; García-Cordero, I.; Baez, S.; Alethia de la Fuente, L.; et al. "Tackling variability: A multicenter study to provide a gold-standard network approach for frontotemporal dementia". Human Brain Mapping 38 8 (2017): 3804-3822. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85018728488&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/hbm.23627
  11. Lori, N.F.; Ibañez, A.; Lavrador, R.; Fonseca, L.; Santos, C.; Travasso, R.; Pereira, A.; et al. "Erratum to: Processing Time Reduction: an Application in Living Human High-Resolution Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data (Journal of Medical Systems, (2016), 40, 11, (243), 10.1007/s10916-016-0594-2)". Journal of Medical Systems 41 3 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85010876668&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10916-016-0683-2
  12. Lori, N.F.; Ibañez, A.; Lavrador, R.; Fonseca, L.; Santos, C.; Travasso, R.; Pereira, A.; et al. "Processing Time Reduction: an Application in Living Human High-Resolution Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data". Journal of Medical Systems 40 11 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84989926299&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10916-016-0594-2
  13. Seehaus, A.; Roebroeck, A.; Bastiani, M.; Fonseca, L.; Bratzke, H.; Lori, N.; Vilanova, A.; Goebel, R.; Galuske, R.. "Histological validation of high-resolution DTI in human post mortem tissue". Frontiers in Neuroanatomy 9 JULY (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84940987135&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fnana.2015.00098
  14. João C. R. Caetano; Lori, Nicolas. "Digital Information Networks and the Future of Online Learning". Internet Learning (2015): http://dx.doi.org/10.18278/il.4.1.4.
    10.18278/il.4.1.4
  15. Prado, J.A.; Simplício, C.; Lori, N.F.; Dias, J.. "Visuo-auditory Multimodal Emotional Structure to Improve Human-Robot-Interaction". International Journal of Social Robotics 4 1 (2012): 29-51. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84856799639&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s12369-011-0134-7
  16. Lori, N.F.. "On Definitions of Information in Physics". Foundations of Science 16 4 (2011): 311-314. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80255138066&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10699-010-9205-8
  17. Lori, N.F.; Blin, A.H.. "Application of Quantum Darwinism to cosmic inflation: An example of the limits imposed in Aristotelian logic by information-based approach to Gödel's incompleteness". Foundations of Science 15 2 (2010): 199-211. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77952561688&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10699-010-9174-y
  18. Gonçalves, O.F.; Marques, T.R.; Lori, N.F.; Sampaio, A.; Branco, M.C.. "Obsessive-compulsive disorder as a visual processing impairment". Medical Hypotheses 74 1 (2010): 107-109. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70450230467&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.mehy.2009.07.048
  19. Smith, C.D.; Lori, N.F.; Akbudak, E.; Sorar, E.; Gultepe, E.; Shimony, J.S.; McKinstry, R.C.; Conturo, T.E.. "MRI diffusion tensor tracking of a new amygdalo-fusiform and hippocampo-fusiform pathway system in humans". Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 29 6 (2009): 1248-1261. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-66749110398&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/jmri.21692
  20. Lori, N.F.. "Contemporary physics and free will: An application of quantum existentialism". Mind and Matter 7 1 (2009): 111-129. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84884326100&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  21. Lori, N.F.; Conturo, T.E.; Bihan, D.L.. "Definition of displacement probability and diffusion time in q-space magnetic resonance measurements that use finite-duration diffusion-encoding gradients". Journal of Magnetic Resonance 165 2 (2003): 185-195. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0344464759&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jmr.2003.08.011
  22. Lori, N.F.; Akbudak, E.; Shimony, J.S.; Cull, T.S.; Snyder, A.Z.; Guillory, R.K.; Conturo, T.E.. "Diffusion tensor fiber tracking of human brain connectivity: Aquisition methods, reliability analysis and biological results". NMR in biomedicine 15 7-8 (2002): 494-515. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0347612200&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/nbm.779
  23. Nicolas Lori; Joshua Shimony; Abraham Snyder; Erbil Akbudak; Thomas Conturo. "Numerical modeling of accuracy and precision in human diffusion tensor tracking". NeuroImage 13 6 (2001): 28-28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1053-8119(01)91371-0.
    10.1016/s1053-8119(01)91371-0
  24. Conturo, T.E.; Lori, N.F.; Cull, T.S.; Akbudak, E.; Snyder, A.Z.; Shimony, J.S.; Mckinstry, R.C.; Burton, H.; Raichle, M.E.. "Tracking neuronal fiber pathways in the living human brain". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 96 18 (1999): 10422-10427. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033621134&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1073/pnas.96.18.10422
  25. Shimony, J.S.; McKinstry, R.C.; Akbudak, E.; Aronovitz, J.A.; Snyder, A.Z.; Lori, N.F.; Cull, T.S.; Conturo, T.E.. "Quantitative diffusion-tensor anisotropy brain MR imaging: Normative human data and anatomic analysis". Radiology 212 3 (1999): 770-784. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032849475&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
Activities

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2020/05/12 - Current Open Computer Science (2299-1093) De Gruyter Open Sp. z o.o.
2016/11/30 - Current Frontiers in Physics (2296-424X) Frontiers Media SA
Distinctions

Award

1995 Fulbright
Fulbright Association, United States