Javier Bezos
Title
Recent developments in LaTeX
Abstract
LaTeX2e recently celebrated its 30th anniversary. For the first two decades, the kernel remained largely stable, with minimal bug fixes, but in 2015 development changed significantly: from adding features primarily through standalone packages to directly updating the core system. This shift led to the integration of the original LaTeX3 programming code (known as expl3) in 2020 and, more recently, the adoption of LuaTeX as the recommended engine. We will highlight some of the latest developments, especially the progress of the LaTeX Tagged PDF project, which aims to automatically create PDF/UA-compliant documents.
Short Bio
Javier Bezos is passionate about typography, science, language, and writing systems, as well as about computer programming. As a computer programmer, he has developed tools for technical documentation, automatic typesetting and copyediting, XML, and localization. It is this last facet that he develops most actively as a member of the LaTeX Project Team. He has participated as an author on several style manuals, has published the book “Tipografía y notaciones científicas” and has contributed to “The LaTeX Companion”, 3rd edition. He is na honorary member of the Unión de Correctores, the Spanish professional association of copyeditors, and the Real Sociedad Matemática Española, and currently works at FundéuRAE, a foundation linked to the Real Academia Española.
Paulo Quaresma
Title
AI Agents versus Agentic AI: state of the art
Abstract
In this talk an overview of the current state of the art of agentic artificial intelligence systems will be presented. Recent advancements in the field, highlighting how these systems can be developed and applied to different domains, will be discussed.
A special focus will be done on the comparison between AI agents and Agentic AI systems and the existing challenges and limitations associated with the development of trustworthy AI agentic systems.
Short Bio
Paulo Quaresma is a Full Professor at the Department of Informatics of the University of Évora. In 2021 he was Member of the Board of Directors of FCT – Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. At the University of Évora, he was Vice-Rector for Research from 2014 to 2018 and from 2022 to 2025 and Director of the School of Science and Technology from 2009 to 2013. He holds a PhD in Informatics from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, specialized in Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing. He was responsible or coordinator of several research projects, funded by Portuguese and European entities and published more than 100 scientific articles in international journals and conferences.