News & Events
16th EUROMICRO Conference on Digital System Design
Call for Papers Dates: September, 4-6 Venue: Santander, Spain
International Workshop for Printed Electronics & Digital Fabrication
On 4th March, from 9:00 - 18:30, in V.N. Famalicão (CITEVE Auditorium )
Researcher at INESC TEC edits book on electric vehicles
João Peças Lopes, senior scientist in the Power and Energy Unit and director of INESC Porto, edited the book Electric Vehicle Integration into Modern Power Networks, together with Rodrigo Garcia Valle of the Technical University of Denmark.
INESC R&D Brazil on the path for consolidation
Formalised only seven months ago, INESC R&D Brazil is now on the path for consolidation. The steps formalised with the Brazilian academy and industry are still shy, but as a child takes its first steps, there is enough determination to “shake” the market of the sister country and to boost INESC TEC’s technological activity in Portugal.
INESC TEC researchers awarded by FEUP
Eight INESC TEC researchers were awarded by the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), as part of the celebrations of the Faculty Day, which took place on 16 January. José Ruela, former manager of INESC TEC’s Telecommunications and Multimedia Unit (UTM) was also honoured at the ceremony.
Awards received in 2012 are proof of INESC TEC’s high level research
In 2012, BIP featured several (good) news about researchers awarded for their work in different components. Literary awards, Best Papers Awards, winning projects and other distinctions, they all illustrate the research potential of this Associate Laboratory. The BIP team made a list of last year’s awards and we came up with a staggering number of 31 awards received by our collaborators. It is safe to say that excellence lives at INESC TEC!
Inaugural Symposium "Carnegie Mellon Portugal: An Entrepreneurial University-Industry Ecosystem in ICT"
The Inaugural Symposium “Carnegie Mellon Portugal: An Entrepreneurial University-Industry Ecosystem in ICT” will be held on January 21st, 2013, at Instituto Superior Técnico of the Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, in Portugal.
CISTER/INESC researcher wins award
Luís Miguel Pinho, vice-director of INESC TEC’s Research Centre in Real-Time and Embedded Computing Systems (CISTER), received an “Outstanding Ada Community Contribution Award” as part of the Conference ACM SIGAda High Integrity Language Technology, which took place between 2 to 6 December, in Boston, United States of America (USA).
Innovation by INESC TEC confirms focus on internationalisation
The Innovation and Technology Transfer Unit (UITT) has been confirming a clear focus on internationalisation and proof of that is the contract in Lithuania and in Chile.
A new painting robot that sees and learns
FLUPOL is the first Portuguese company to adopt a robotic painting system that uses artificial vision to reproduce the movements performed by a specialised worker in a robot (industrial manipulator). This technology, developed by a Portuguese consortium, will spare skilled workers of repetitive manual tasks and minimise contact with aggressive environments (paints, solvents). By saving the eight years required to train a skilled worker, FLUPOL will accelerate the internationalisation of production units to Brazil.
INESC TEC breast cancer research honoured at Senology Congress
Research in the breast cancer area conducted by researchers from INESC TEC’s Telecommunications and Multimedia Unit (UTM) was honored by the Portuguese Senology Society as part of the Senology National Congress, which took place in Porto between 17 and 19 November.
INESC TEC collaborates with Japanese Honda to create robot with "super-hearing"
Imagine that the TV is on and the kids are playing in certain room. To add to the noise caused by these two situations, the doorbell rings. Can this sound be detected by a robot? A group of researchers responsible for creating the HEARBO robot, among which is João Oliveira of INESC TEC’s Telecommunications and Multimedia Unit (UTM), ensures that the answer is yes.
Conclusion of project REIVE: INESC TEC is world leader in Smart grids
On 20 December, INESC TEC marked the conclusion of one of the most emblematic projects at INESC TEC led by the Power Systems Unit (USE), and involving also INESC TEC’s Telecommunications and Multimedia Unit (UTM) and the R&D partners LNEG e o CEEETA-ECO.
Portal for senior citizens highlighted at International Conference
The portal e-mili@, developed by INESC TEC, was presented at the International Conference for Ageing and Social Innovation, which took place on 19 and 20 November, at the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon.
INESC TEC technology highlighted at EMAF 2012
From 21 to 24 November, INESC TEC participated in the 14th edition of EMAF - International Trade Fair for Machinery, Equipment and Services Industry, which took place at Exponor in Porto. At this Fair, INESC TEC highlighted the areas of manufacturing and logistics, robotics and intelligent systems, and optoelectronics in a booth shared with the Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management (INEGI), thus strengthening the relationship between the institutions.
INESC TEC researchers at MIT and CMU
Four researchers from the Innovation and Technology Transfer Unit (UITT) and the Manufacturing Systems Engineering Unit (UESP) are developing their PhD theses at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (as part of the MIT Portugal Program) and at Carnegie Mellon University (as part of the CMU Portugal Program).
INESC TEC researcher awarded in two conferences
Carlos Soares, a researcher at the Manufacturing Systems Engineering Unit (UESP) at INESC TEC, received a Best Paper Award for two articles in which he describes the application of metalearning techniques to two different tasks: a priori selection of parameters for Support Vector Machines and selection of models for continuous flows of data (data streams).
INESC TEC creates painting robot that sees and learns
INESC TEC is part of a consortium which has developed a robotised painting system - the SMARTPAINT – that is able to "see" and imitate the movements of factory workers.
INESC TEC collaborates with Japanese Honda to create robot with "super-hearing"
Imagine that the TV is on and the kids are playing in certain room. To add to the noise caused by these two situations, the doorbell rings. Can this sound be detected by a robot? A group of researchers responsible for creating the HEARBO robot, among which is João Oliveira of INESC TEC’s Telecommunications and Multimedia Unit (UTM), ensures that the answer is yes.
New Portuguese app allows you to create music on your iPad
Piano, trumpet, double bass and drums – these are the four instruments at your disposal in the new music app developed by INESC TEC called GimmeDaBlues. This app for iPod, iPhone and iPad promises to revolutionise the interaction with virtual music instruments as it does not require music training: the end result always sounds good. The GimmeDaBlues became available at Apple’s AppStore in the beginning of December 2012.
