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Portuguese researchers develop maritime search and rescue technology
A team from the Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering of Porto – Science and Technology (INESC TEC) is leading the development of technologies to support search and rescue operations at sea in the context of the European project ICARUS – Integrated Components for Assisted Rescue and Unmanned Search operations. The maritime component will be demonstrated in Portugal in the summer of 2015.
INESC TEC researchers are finalists in the “Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge 2014”
Gilberto Bernardes and Pydi Ganga, both researchers at INESC TEC’s Centre for Telecommunications and Multimedia (CTM), have come second and third, respectively, in the competition “Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge 2014”, in the PhD category.
INESC TEC receives award for paper on data mining techniques to predict malfunctions
The paper “Failure Prediction - an Application in the Railway Industry”, written by Pedro Mota Pereira, Rita Ribeiro and João Gama, researchers at INESC TEC’s Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support (LIAAD), has received the Carl H. Smith Student Paper Award at the conference Discovery Science 2014.
German HBM acquires spin-off FiberSensing
The German company Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH (HBM), a world reference in testing and measurement equipment, has acquired FiberSensing – Sistemas Avançados de Monitorização S.A., an INESC TEC spin-off. According to the CEO and co-founder of FiberSensing, Luís Ferreira, this is “a fantastic opportunity for us to expand the use of optical fibre monitoring technology at an unprecedented level”.
Wine production and technology go hand in hand to assert Portugal’s wine producing status
INESC TEC is technological partner to modernise the sector
Stroke: Virtual Reality and "smart" sensors for the therapies of the future
Virtual reality, “serious” games, or smart sensors – all these concepts are related to the latest technological inventions used for cognitive and motor rehabilitation after a stroke. In the world stroke day, we travel to the (very near) future to see how we can recover from the condition.
INESC P&D Brasil and Chilean University define goals for South America
INESC P&D Brasil (IB) and the Metropolitan University of Technology in Chile (UTEM) met between 13 and 16 October in two strategic locations of the INESC Brazil Network. The purpose of this meeting was to continue the activities set out in the agreement signed between IB and UTEM, and design proposals for joint R&D activities in Chile.
INESC TEC participates in project in the area of aeronautics
The Centre for Enterprise Systems Engineering (CESE) at INESC TEC is participating in the Entrepreneurial Research Initiative (ERI) “Innovation Dynamics in Aeronautics and Embraer in Évora: Towards a Distributed Platform for Entrepreneurial Initiatives, New Employment and Skills Development”. This ERI will analyze the increasing complexity and uncertainty of technological advances, supply chains and business settings in the aeronautics industry.
INESC TEC researcher co-edits scientific journal on Operational Research
José Fernando Oliveira, a researcher at INESC TEC’s Centre for Industrial Engineering and Management (CEGI), will be one of five co-editors of the European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR) that includes scientific papers on Operational Research.
INESC TEC coordinates European project on Service Design and Innovation
INESC TEC’s Centre for Industrial Engineering and Management (CEGI) will be the coordinator of the European project Service Design for Innovation (SDIN) – Marie Curie Innovative Training Network. Starting in January of next year, the goal with the project is to create an advanced training and research programme in the area of service design and innovation.
Director of INESC TEC on the editorial board of scientific journal
The director of INESC TEC, João Peças Lopes, was invited to join the editorial board of the new international publication Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks (SEGAN). The journal addresses theoretical and applied research in the areas of energy, including smart grids, from micro to super grids.
INESC TEC optimises transportation of food products
INESC TEC’s Centre for Industrial Engineering and Management (CEGI) is currently working on a project called FRESHPACK where the goal is to optimise the Ship-Pack (transportation unit between warehouses and stores), which transports fresh products for Sonae MC, the food retailer of the Sonae Group.
FEUP/INESC TEC autonomous vessels win international competition
A team formed by researchers from INESC TEC’s Centre for Robotics and Intelligent Systems (CROB), and by professors and students of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), have participated in the 7th International Robotic Sailing Conference (IRSC), which included the World Robotic Sailing Championship (WRSC), where the team won two of the most important rounds.
KINEMATIX introduces wearable technology to the O&P sector
Kinematix, an INESC TEC/FEUP spin-off, today announced ORTHOMONiTOR, a wearable sensing device that can be embedded in orthotics and prosthetics to measure wear-time compliance and provide evidence of clinical efficacy. Combining sensor technologies, wireless communication and user-friendly apps & reporting, the aim of ORTHOMONiTOR is to increase patient engagement and shorten treatment cycles while supporting reimbursement. ORTHOMONiTOR continuously analyses and reports activity including strides, cadence and periods of use and provides evidence not just if a corrective orthotic is being used, but how it is being used. ORTHOMONiTOR’s evidence-based approach offers new options and insights to the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers, stroke rehabilitation and other posture and mobility disorders.
INESC TEC paper awarded in conference on ultrawide band technology and systems
The paper “An Energy Study on IR-UWB Transmitter Using Integration-and-Fire Modulation” received a best student paper at the IEEE International Conference on Ultra-WideBand (ICUWB 2014). The paper was written by INESC TEC researchers Iman Kianpour, Bilal Hussain, Vítor Grade Tavares, Cândido Duarte (Centre for Telecommunications and Multimedia – CTM), Hélio Mendonça (Centre for Robotics and Intelligent Systems – CROB) and invited researcher José Carlos Príncipe.
INESC TEC puts Portuguese media on the European map
INESC TEC, together with the TICE.PT – Tecnologias da Informação Comunicação e Electrónica (Centre for Information and Communication Technology and Electronics) and ADDICT – Agência para o Desenvolvimento das Indústrias Criativas (Agency for the Development of Creative Industries), created the platform “NEM Portugal,” which mirrors the European NEM (New European Media).
INESC TEC develops immersive tools and contents for education and vocational training
The Centre for Telecommunications and Multimedia (CTM) and the Centre for Information Systems and Computer Graphics (CSIG) at INESC TEC have recently concluded project CNG (New Generation Contents), whose main result was to develop a prototype for an interactive game that could be used by both teachers and students to help them teach and learn mathematics.
INESC TEC concludes project on optical beam dynamics in nonlinear structures
The Centre for Telecommunications and Multimedia (CTM) and the Centre for Applied Photonics (CAP) at INESC TEC have recently completed the project “Steering of light in nonlinear waveguides with resonant interactions” (Steering). Essentially theoretical, the project has contributed to the development of devices for optical signal processing and optical communications systems.
INESC TEC project leads to Music Technology roadmap and festival
Completed last year at INESC TEC’s Centre for Telecommunications and Multimedia (CTM), European Project MIReS - Music Information ReSearch focused on the future impact that research in music technology on industry and academia. And the project has already left a mark – in addition to a roadmap of research in the area, the project originated the Music Tech Fest, which next year will be expanded to eight countries and welcome hundreds of participants.
