NEWS-ID will be back in September!
NEWS-ID, our monthly newsletter, will be back in September! 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 content on computer science and electrical and computer engineering….
New prize established by INESC and Público will recognize young talents in ICT
INESC and the Portuguese newspaper Público have established a new award — Vencer o Adamastor (roughly translating to “Beating Adamastor”, a reference to the mythical stone giant who guarded maritime passage through the Cape of Good Hope and is featured in Luis de Camões’ Os…
First quantum communication network segment in Portugal approved for implementation
PTQCI is the name of the national application for the implementation of the first segment of a quantum communication network in Portugal, submitted in March 2022 and recently approved, through a consortium that includes relevant Portuguese organizations in the area of Technology and Security, belonging…
“Treme-treme” recognized as a Best Practice by ObservIST 2022
Treme-treme — an educational game that engages children aged 7 to 9 years-old with seismic risk — has been recognized as one of twenty best practices by the 7th edition of ObservIST (which aims to identify and disseminate best practices at Instituto Superior Técnico). Developed…
Ana Sara Costa receives Doctoral Dissertation Award
Ana Sara Costa, an early career researcher who finished her PhD in Engineering and Management at Instituto Superior Técnico in 2020 (supervised by Professor José Figueira from CEG-IST and Professor José Borbinha from INESC-ID) has recently received the Doctoral Dissertation award at the 26th International…
Tell me what your proteome is and I’ll tell you what you are: the proteomic maps of 949 human cancer cell lines
Emanuel Gonçalves — INESC-ID Automated Reasoning and Software Reliability (ARSR) computational biology researcher — has published a groundbreaking study in the journal Cancer Cell (published online 14 July 2022). In the article Pan-cancer proteomic map of 949 human cell lines, the last study resulting from…
Isabel Trancoso featured in “90 Segundos de Ciência” radio program
Isabel Trancoso has been featured in 90 Segundos de Ciência, a popular science radio program broadcast by Antena 1 and co-produced by the radio station, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA) and Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas (FCSH NOVA). In…
The July 2022 INESC-ID newsletter is out!
The July 2022 issue of NEWS-ID — the INESC-ID Newsletter — is out! 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 content on computer science and…
INESC-ID researcher Francisco C. Santos elected vice-president of FCT
Francisco C. Santos — INESC-ID Artificial Intelligence for People and Society (AIPS) researcher and Full Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of Instituto Superior Técnico — has been elected as the new vice-president of FCT, the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology…
Rui Prada completes his Habilitation in Computer Science and Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico
Rui Filipe Fernandes Prada — INESC-ID researcher within the Artificial Intelligence for People and Society Research Area and Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of Instituto Superior Técnico — has today successfully completed his Habilitation (Agregação) in Computer Science and Engineering….
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.”