- October 2017: EMBRACE Kickoff workshop at UFMG
- Participation of all partners and invited researchers from UFAL
- February 2017: Creation of EMBRACE Associated Team at Inria
- September 2017: starting of EMBRACE for two Brazilian FAPs – FAPEG (concerning UFG) and Fundacao Araucaria (concerning URFPR)
- UFMG (main Brazilian institution) does not got any starting/budget signal from FAPEMIG