News & Events
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.
MIRES: from EU project for music industry roadmap to global Music Tech Festival
As part of the EU-funded scientific project MIRES, INESC TEC has participated in the development of a roadmap about the future of music technology research. INESC TEC is the only Portuguese partner involved in the project. The roadmap is available at http://www.mires.cc/files/MIRES_Roadmap_ver_1.0.0.pdf. Due to its innovative features, this initiative has been highlighted by the European Commission, more specifically at the official webpage of Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the European Commission. The Music Tech Fest, one of the most important results of this project, was launched in London in 2012. In 2014, the event will take place in various cities, such as Wellington, Boston, Berlin, Paris and New York.
INESC TEC wins international competition on optimal power flow problem solving
INESC TEC was the grand winner of the international competition “Application of Modern Heuristic Optimization Algorithms for Solving Optimal Power Flow Problems”, promoted by the Power & Energy Society of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). Vladimiro Miranda, director of INESC TEC, and Leonel Carvalho, researcher at the Centre for Power and Energy Systems (CPES), competed with an original meta-heuristic approach created at INESC TEC which proved to be the best.
MIRES: from EU project for music industry roadmap to global Music Tech Festival
As part of the EU-funded scientific project MIRES, INESC TEC has participated in the development of a roadmap about the future of music technology research. INESC TEC is the only Portuguese partner involved in the project. The roadmap is available at http://www.mires.cc/files/MIRES_Roadmap_ver_1.0.0.pdf. Due to its innovative features, this initiative has been highlighted by the European Commission, more specifically at the official webpage of Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the European Commission. The Music Tech Fest, one of the most important results of this project, was launched in London in 2012. In 2014, the event will take place in various cities, such as Wellington, Boston, Berlin, Paris and New York.
INESC TEC helps implement innovative assembly line
INESC TEC is part of the Production Technologies Cluster (PRODUTECH), which demonstrated the new assembly line of the company ADIRA, the ADIRA Production System. The entire manufacturing system was designed and implemented with innovative technology, including software to optimise production and autonomous vehicles that supply each work station with the materials necessary to assemble customised orders. INESC TEC’s Centre for Enterprise Systems Engineering (CESE) and Centre for Robotics and Intelligent Systems (CROB)* developed almost the entire manufacturing system.
NESC TEC highlights maritime safety at the Sea Forum
INESC TEC has once again participated in the Sea Forum, which took place between 28 and 30 May, at EXPONOR, in Portugal. At the event, the institute from Porto had the opportunity to showcase its competences in unmanned systems – used to improve maritime safety and to reduce cross border irregular entries – by organising two workshops on the theme. Other highlights included the NATO seminar, also supported by INESC TEC, the TEC4SEA, an offshore lab led by INESC TEC, and the signing of a protocol with the Portuguese Ministry of Defence.
