A Community in the Making: sharing challenges and building solutions at the 1st INESC-ID PhD Students Annual Meeting
Beginnings often carry symbolic meaning. October 25 marked a memorable moment for INESC-ID’s PhD students with the holding of the first official PhD Students Annual Meeting, bringing together around 40 PhD students from 10 different Scientific Areas, across two campuses of INESC-ID. The special event…
INESC Lisboa Annual Meeting: A Day of Reflection, Recognition, and Future Directions in Research
“It is an important event for the entire community, especially for young researchers. An opportunity to think about things we don’t usually consider,” said Arlindo Oliveira, INESC-ID researcher and President of INESC, at the closing session of the INESC Lisboa meeting, held on Friday, October…
INESC-ID powers up Enlit Europe with three innovative Horizon Europe projects in energy and mobility
INESC-ID made a strong impact at the 2024 edition of Enlit Europe, one of the leading energy conferences and exhibitions in Europe, proudly showcasing the Horizon Europe projects EV4EU, Shift2DC, and U2Demo. This year’s event, held from October 22 to 24 in Milan, set a…
“Only with investment can we build more resilient infrastructures ready for the increasing number of cyberattacks”
In light of the recent cyberattacks on the Agência para a Modernização Administrativa (AMA), we spoke with INESC-ID researcher Ricardo Chaves, from High-performance Computing Architectures and Systems. Cyberattacks are becoming increasingly frequent, as was the case with the attack on AMA. Why is that?Cyberattacks are…
How to achieve a Guinness World Record: the backstage of the largest programming lesson
A line spiralling around the building of the Técnico Innovation Center (TIC), at eight in the morning of an otherwise lazy Saturday, was a good hint that we were about to experience something we had never seen before. Something worthy of the Guinness World Records….
In the Media: Rodrigo Rodrigues talks about how data centres impact our planet on RTP’s “Biosfera”
Have you ever thought about the environmental impact of asking ChatGPT a question, casually scrolling through social media, or binge-watching a series on Netflix? These everyday activities of our technological society are made possible by the vast amounts of data being exchanged in an increasingly…
In the Media: Ana Teresa Freitas diagnoses the future of medicine in October’s National Geographic
Featured in the cover theme of this October’s edition of National Geographic, Ana Teresa Freitas, a senior INESC-ID researcher and coordinator of INESC-ID’s Life and Health Technology Thematic Line, shared valuable insights and predictions about the revolution of medicine currently underway. Unlike TV shows like…
In the Media: Jorge Fernandes on the “90 Segundos de Ciência” Podcast
Jorge Fernandes, INESC-ID researcher in the area of Nano-Electronic Circuits and Systems, and CMU Portugal Faculty member at Instituto Superior Técnico, has recently participated in an episode of the Antena 1 podcast, “90 Segundos de Ciência” (“90 Seconds of Science”). The focus, during the one…
INESC-ID Researchers among Stanford Elsevier’s World’s Top 2% Most Influential Scientists 2023
Stanford has released the World’s Top 2% Most Influential Scientists lists, which feature 18 INESC-ID researchers, among the 200 thousand most cited scientists in the world. The recognition consists of two lists naming top scientists, doctors, engineers, and mathematicians. One list refers to the 2023…
In the Media: Inês Lynce Interviewed in the “Diálogos Convergentes” Podcast
“Curiosity, discovery and critical thinking are what’s behind science, and what sets us apart”. That is the take of Inês Lynce, President and researcher at INESC-ID, who recently participated in an episode of “Diálogos Convergentes” (“Convergent Dialogues”), a podcast by Gerador. In this episode, Inês…