PhD Open Days – Pitch Competition
On the fourth edition of the IST PhD Open Days initiative, that took place on March 21st and 22nd at Salão Nobre of IST, Phd Students Renata Castelo Branco and Filipa Correia got, respectively, first and second place in the Pitch Competition. Renata´s pitch, “Illustrated Algorithmic Design”, …
Workshop at INESC Coimbra
On March 13, INESC I&DT units participated in workshop “Systems and technologies to support institutions in occurrence management and territorial planning” in Coimbra. The aim of the event was to present projects under development and under preparation related to the theme. Presentations were made by…
International Women’s Day: Researchers inspire students at the Lisbon Academy of Sciences
On the International Women’s Day, Isabel Trancoso, researcher at INESC-ID, talked to students from Pedro Nunes and Passos Manuel High Schools at the Lisbon Academy of Sciences. Among five others prestigious scientists (Cláudia Cavadas, Maria Salomé Pais, Maria João Bebianno, Zita Martins and Amarilis de Varennes)…
INESC-ID researchers publish a paper in Nature
Fernando P. Santos and Francisco C. Santos from INESC-D/GAIPS, together with Jorge Pacheco from the University of Minho, developed a new computational model that shows how simple moral principles need to be to maximize cooperation, even in complex environments. The results of this study were…
Professor Luís Vidigal Award
The ceremony for the prestigious Prize “Prémio Prof. Luís Vidigal” and diploma was held within the 18th Electrical and Computer Engineering Conference on March 5, 2018, Monday, at 14:00, at the IST Congress Center. The ceremony was attended by Prof. Luís Miguel Silveira, researcher…
IT MEDEX @ JEEC 2018
The team of the project IT MEDEX attended the Electrical and Computer Engineering Conference (JEEC). The IT-MEDEX project conducts front-line research within collaborative healthcare scenarios where 3D medical images play an important role. This project is devoted to the study and advancement of uses…
Rui Prada speaks at TSF
Rui Prada, researcher at INESC-ID, spoke on TSF about the toys of the future. Get to know his forecast Programa Pais e Filhos
HeartGenetics selected as a EIT Health success story!
The European EIT Health program selected HeartGenetics as one of its most successful startups. This Success Story has now been published on the EIT Health webpage https://www.eithealth.eu/-/heartgenetics. Ana Teresa Freitas, Researcher at INESC-ID and CEO of Heartgenetics, explains why this merit award is so important for…
Silicongate | PME Excelência 2017
Every year, IAPMEI, Agência para a Competitividade e Inovação, distinguish SMEs with a recognition of its merit and contribution to the results of the economy. This award distinguishes companies relating to their surroundings – suppliers, customers, financial system, national and regional authorities – on a…
Publication first prize of the Blue Sky Awards at AAAI 2018, New Orleans
The paper “Engineering Pro-sociality with Autonomous Agents” (co-authored by Ana Paiva with Fernando Santos and Francisco C. Santos), presented at AAAI’18 this year, won the first prize of the Blue Sky Awards sponsored by the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) at the AAAI-18 Senior Member Presentation Track. The goal…