Maria Inês Conceição wins first place at SIRESP Desafio Inovação 2023
Maria Inês Conceição has won first place at SIRESP Desafio Inovação 2023 (SIRESP Innovation Challenge 2023). Maria Inês was awarded for her project “Lightweight indoor environment mapping using micro aerial vehicles (MAVS)” at the second edition of the SIRESP Tech Days, on 02 June 2023….
Renata Castelo Branco selected for the TNC23 Future Talent Programme
Renata Castelo Branco was one of two Portuguese PhD students selected to take part in the TNC23 Future Talent Programme, which took place earlier this month in Tirana, Albania. Together with João Brandão (a student at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto),…
José Borbinha elected to the Lisbon Academy of Sciences
José Borbinha has been elected a Corresponding Member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences. A researcher of the INESC-ID Information and Decision Support Systems (IDSS) research area, as well as a Full Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico…
Book presentation: “Ciência, Tecnologia e Sociedade” by Arlindo Oliveira
Professor Arlindo Oliveira is presenting his new book — Ciência, Tecnologia e Sociedade (Science, Technology and Society) — on 26 June 2023, 6:30pm at El Corte Inglés. Professor Oliveira is President of INESC, Distinguished Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico as well as a researcher at…
Ana Paiva discusses Artificial Intelligence @ “Sociedade Civil”
Ana Paiva recently participated in RTP’s television program Sociedade Civil. A researcher within the INESC-ID Artificial Intelligence for People and Society research area and Full Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico (as well as the Katherine Hampson Bessell Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute), Professor Paiva joined…
INESC-ID researchers receive António Brandão Vasconcelos Award
INESC-ID researchers Rui Prada, Diogo Rato and Pedro M. Fernandes have received the first ever António Brandão Vasconcelos Award. Set up in honour of the founder of the iLLP@Técnico – Innovation Lean LaunchPad, the acceleration programme that became Lab2Market@Tecnico, the António Brandão Vasconcelos Award recognises…
Two new keynotes announced for ISD 2023
Two new keynotes have been announced for ISD 2023: Professor Arlindo Oliveira (IST / University of Lisbon) and Professor Geert Poels (Ghent University). The 31st International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD 2023) provides a major forum for research and developments in the field of…
The May 2023 INESC-ID newsletter is out!
The May 2023 issue of NEWS-ID — the INESC-ID Newsletter — is out! You can read it here. Containing recent news from our researchers and their projects, open positions and some extra bits of content, our monthly newsletter is a great one-stop spot for great…
INESC-ID student Catarina Botelho wins “3 Minutos de Tese”
Catarina Botelho has been crowned winner of the first ever edition of 3 Minutos de Tese at the University of Lisbon. A PhD student in the INESC-ID Human Language Technologies (HLT) research area and Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Catarina won 1st place in yesterday’s live…
Ana Teresa Freitas receives 2023-2024 Fulbright Portugal Award
Ana Teresa Freitas has been named one of this year’s Fulbrighters by the Fulbright Portugal Program. A researcher in the Information and Decision Support Systems (IDSS) INESC-ID research area, as well as strategic coordinator of the Life and Health Technology thematic line, and Full Professor…
Upcoming Events
NII International Internship Programme Presentation and Q&A by Emmanuel Planas
On April 30, Emmanuel Planas, the acting director of the Global Liaison Office (GLO) and responsible for the internationalisation program at the National Institute of Informatics (NII) in Tokyo, Japan, will give a presentation to introduce the NII and its internship program to INESC-ID students and IST’s Master’s in Computer Science students.
Date & Time: April 30, 14h00
Where: Sala Polivalente, Técnico – Taguspark
“The NII International Internship Program is an exchange activity with students from institutions with which NII has concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreement. This incentive program aims at giving interns the opportunity for professional and personal development by engaging in research activities under the guidance and supervision of NII researchers.
The NII Internship Program is open to Research Master’s and PhD students who are currently enrolled at one of the partner institutions that have signed an MOU agreement with NII.”
Educational Workshop on Responsible AI for Peace and Security (UNODA)
On June 6 and 7, The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) are offering a selected group of technical students the opportunity to join a 2-day educational workshop on Responsible AI for peace and security.
The third workshop in the series will be held in Porto Salvo, Portugal, in collaboration with GAIPS, INESC-ID, and Instituto Superior Técnico. The workshop is open to students affiliated with universities in Europe, Central and South America, the Middle East and Africa, Oceania, and Asia.
Date & Time: June 6 a 7
Where: IST – Tagus Park, Porto Salvo
Registration deadline: April 8
Summary: “As with the impacts of Artificial intelligence (AI) on people’s day-to-day lives, the impacts for international peace and security include wide-ranging and significant opportunities and challenges. AI can help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals, but its dual-use nature means that peaceful applications can also be misused for harmful purposes such as political disinformation, cyberattacks, terrorism, or military operations. Meanwhile, those researching and developing AI in the civilian sector remain too often unaware of the risks that the misuse of civilian AI technology may pose to international peace and security and unsure about the role they can play in addressing them. Against this background, UNODA and SIPRI launched, in 2023, a three-year educational initiative on Promoting Responsible Innovation in AI for Peace and Security. The initiative, which is supported by the Council of the European Union, aims to support greater engagement of the civilian AI community in mitigating the unintended consequences of civilian AI research and innovation for peace and security. As part of that initiative, SIPRI and UNODA are organising a series of capacity building workshops for STEM students (at PhD and Master levels). These workshops aim to provide the opportunity for up-and-coming AI practitioners to work together and with experts to learn about a) how peaceful AI research and innovation may generate risks for international peace and security; b) how they could help prevent or mitigate those risks through responsible research and innovation; c) how they could support the promotion of responsible AI for peace and security.”