Silvia Bessa

Silvia Bessa is a Co-founder and Research Director at Open Impact Foundation, where Silvia co-leads a charitable foundation focused on empowering Digital Public Goods for sustainable social impact.

Silvia specializes in AI and Computer Vision, driving crypto-friendly fundraising initiatives and establishing a cutting-edge research agenda in blockchain, decentralized technologies, and artificial intelligence applications.

Previously, Silvia held significant roles at Protocol Labs, including Lead Program Manager of Research Roadmaps and Manager of Research Teams and Initiatives, where Silvia pioneered collaborative decision-making frameworks for web3 science and managed AI-enhanced research tools.

Silvia's experience also includes product development for Discourse Graphs, serving as Scientific Advisor and Go-to-Market lead for Compute Over Data (COD), and managing novel funding mechanisms, including the first Quadratic Funding mechanism on the Filecoin Network.

Silvia holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science with a focus on Machine Learning and Computer Vision from Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto and a Master's degree in Bioengineering from Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto.

Currently, Silvia is focused on advocating open science and pushing research boundaries in decentralized knowledge and AI.

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