News & Events
Maths helps mobiles & tablets match eyes ability to switch from sunshine to shadow
Researchers have pushed the boundaries of High Dynamic Range (HDR) video to match our own eyes' ability to cope with the real world's ever rapidly changing light intensity - such as sun simply going behind clouds. Now researchers at WMG at the University of Warwick, have found a way to compress and stream HDR video directly to monitors and mobile devices, such as an iPad, bringing enormous benefits to industries including gaming and security.
HEARBO Robot Has Superhearing
We live in a world of sounds, full of beautiful music, birds chirping, and the voices of our friends. It's a rich cacophony, with blaring beeps, accented alarms, and knock-knock jokes. The sound of a door opening can alert us to a friend's arrival, and a door slamming can alert us to an impending argument.
Bewarket looks for funding at Silicon Valley
Social trade project wants to obtain venture capital funding by the end of the year.
Young Portuguese entrepreneurs conquer Silicon Valley
Bewarket is the name of the social trade project created by a group of young Portuguese entrepreneurs. The project was highlighted at the “Portugal Inovador” (Innovative Portugal) pavilion of the “Plug and Play Tech Center”, the largest incubator at Silicon Valley. By the end of the year, the Portuguese team wants to become stronger in California and obtain a North American venture capital investment.
Robotics Route – ‘Porto City of Science’
On 30 November and 1 December, INESC TEC will be participating in the “Robotics Route”, an initiative promoted by the Câmara Municipal do Porto (Porto City Council), through the Porto Social Foundation – ‘Porto City of Science’.
FEUP/INESC TEC robotic sailboat wins international competition
The FAST sailboat, created by students and researchers from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) and INESC TEC’s Robotics ad Intelligent Systems Unit (ROBIS), has won the title of ‘Robotic Sailboats’ world champion. The sailboat won first place in the 5th World Robotic Sailing Championship, which took place between 17 and 21 September in Cardiff, Whales. The participation in this event was supported by FEUP, INESC TEC, the AFCEA Educational Foundation (as part of the "Science Teaching Tools" programme), the Clube Naval de Leça and the Escola Naval da Marinha.
Experts discuss regional innovation at event organised by INESC TEC
Regional innovation policies – this was the main theme of the international seminar organised by INESC TEC that brought to the city of Porto 120 experts from all over the world.
INESC TEC signs protocol with the University of Minh
The University of Minho (UMinho) is officially part of INESC TEC – INESC Technology and Science, a leading associate laboratory which hosts 12 R&D units and 600 researchers. The complex in Minho is called HASLab – High Assurance Software Laboratory, in Braga, which was created in 2010. The protocol was signed as part of the 37th anniversary of the University of Minho’s School of Engineering.
IbPRIA 2013: 6th Iberian Conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis
INESC TEC is organising the sixth edition of the Iberian Conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis (IbPRIA 2013), which will take place between 5 and 7 June 2013, at the Pestana Casino Park Hotel, in Madeira, Portugal.
VISUM 2013 – VISion Understanding and Machine intelligence
O INESC TEC está a organizar a primeira edição da escola VISUM 2013 - VISion Understanding and Machine intelligence, que se realiza entre 5 e 12 de julho de 2013, nas instalações da Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP).
INESC TEC at the European Researchers’ Night
On 28 September, the University of Porto (U.Porto) organised in Porto the “European Researchers’ Night – NEI 2012”, which was dedicated this year to the theme “The Body”. INESC TEC joined this initiative, which took place simultaneously in more than 30 European countries. At this event, those who visited the Reitoria building of U.Porto had the opportunity to get familiarised with some of the research projects and innovative products developed at the Associate Laboratory.
Music technology highlighted at INESC TEC
Sound and music computing was the main theme of the ISMIR Conference - International Society for Music Information Retrieval, which brought hundreds of experts to the city of Porto.
INESC TEC highlighted at the ASD Convention
INESC TEC participated, between 10 and 12 October, in the Convention of the Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD), which took place at the Centro de Congressos in Lisbon.
INESC TEC develops project with Tomorrow Options
INESC TEC and Tomorrow Options will be joining this November to start the LOCUS project. The aim with this project is to develop a technological solution that makes it possible to detect people in local environments without access to satellite navigation.
INESC TEC starts project with MOG Technologies
INESC TEC’s Telecommunications and Multimedia Unit (UTM) has recently initiated a collaboration with the company MOG Technologies for the provision of services as part of an NSRF (National Strategic Reference Framework) project, recently approved by the IAPMEI (the Institute to Support Small and Medium Enterprises and Innovation).
FAIM 2013 - International Conference Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing
INESC TEC is organising the 23rd International Conference Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM), which will take place between 26 and 28 June 2013 in Porto, Portugal.
Executive Training on Foundations of Government Information Leadership
A joint effort between the Department of Informatics at the University of Minho, the High Assurance Software Laboratory (HASLab - INESC TEC & UM) and the Center for Electronic Governance at UNU-IIST, the training is addressed to policy-makers, decision-makers, public managers, and Chief Information Officers from government and intergovernmental organizations (GCIO) and from the private sector, responsible for planning, managing and sustaining Electronic Governance (EGOV) and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) initiatives.
UMinho signs protocol with INESC TEC
The University of Minho (UMinho) is officially part of INESC TEC – INESC Technology and Science, a leading associate laboratory which hosts 12 R&D units and 600 researchers. The complex in Minho is called HASLab – High Assurance Software Laboratory, in Braga, which was created in 2010 and was already a privileged partner of INESC TEC. The protocol was signed on Friday as part of the 37th anniversary of the UMinho School of Engineering.
EMAF 2012 - International Fair of Machinery, Equipment and Services for Industry
INESC TEC will be participating in the 14th edition of EMAF – the International Fair of Machinery, Equipment and Services for Industry, which will take place between 21 and 24 November at Exponor, in Porto.
Critical Manufacturing/INESC Porto Partnership
Critical Manufacturing partners with INESC Porto to deploy a new Advanced Planning and Scheduling Solution to high-tech manufacturing
