News & Events
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
Regions are the catalysts for innovation
“Regions at the centre of the European Agenda for Innovation until 2020” is the motto for the 7th edition of the International Seminar on Regional Innovation Policies. At this international meeting, experts will be discussing the importance of the innovation produced in universities and companies to increasing regional competitiveness. Canada is presented as a success case in Regional Innovation Policies.
"It is not possible to produce quality science without an international framework"
INESC Porto has been taking important steps internationally and is already represented in Brazil, with INESC P&D (INESC R&D) Brazil.
Technology revolutionises musical experience
International Conference organised by INESC TEC, in partnership with the Teatro Nacional de São João, will bring to Porto experts to discuss the role that technology can play in music. This conference will feature concerts where computers are the main artists. The dialogue between music and sound computing is not only revolutionising the way artists produce music, but also the way we listen to, store and search music.
INESC TEC organises international conference in the field of Music
INESC TEC’s Telecommunications and Multimedia Unit (UTM) is organising the 13th Edition of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference (ISMIR 2012), which will take place between 8 and 12 October, at the Mosteiro São Bento da Victória in Porto, Portugal.
Convention of the AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD)
INESC TEC will participate in the Convention of the AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD), which will take place between 10 and 12 October at the Centro de Congressos in Lisbon. This event is organised by aicep Portugal Global and DANOTEC.
European Researchers’ Night 2012
INESC TEC will be represented at the European Researchers’ Night 2012, which will take place on 28 September at the Reitoria building of the University of Porto.
Portuguese House wants to "revolutionise the housing paradigm"
Designed by Manuel Vieira Lopes, a student at the University of Porto, the "Moving Houses" project is currently one of the most important projects worldwide in terms of sustainable architecture. A finalist of the “Solar Decathlon Europe 2012”, the biggest international competition devoted exclusively to the topic of ecological housing, which this year takes place in Madrid, Spain, the project, its creator believes," will revolutionise the housing paradigm worldwide."
Interest in project is crucial to boost exports
The 8th Edition of the Symposium on microgrids of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, of the US Department of Energy, ended after a visit to the InovCity, at the Praça de Sertório in Évora, Portugal. Vera Nunes, the communications expert responsible for disseminating the InovGrid project, accompanied the visit and was quite pleased by the interest shown by all participants, especially when the possibility was mentioned of implementing this model in other European countries. This idea was strengthened by João Peças Lopes, a professor and researcher and one of the project’s mentors. He highlighted the potential of what is now considered a case study of a global energy revolution.
Experts discuss "the latest global energy revolution"
Smart grids have been the central theme of the Symposium held in Évora, Portugal’s first city to receive a smart grid. For two days, 125 scientists and experts from around the world discussed the most important topics of the energy revolution: microgeneration, microgrids and electric mobility. The 8th Edition of the Symposium on microgrids – promoted by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy– was organised by INESC Porto, with the support of the EDP and the EFACEC.
Portugal is case study on smart grids
3 and 4 September 2012 – the Portuguese city of Évora will be hosting a Symposium on microgrids
Resistance of microgrids discussed in international symposium
Broadly presenting the “current state of the art of microgrids” is the main goal of the scientific and technical meeting which is taking place on 3 and 4 September, gathering over 125 experts. The 8th Edition of the Symposium on microgrids, promoted by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, was organised by INESC Porto.
Risk and uncertainty in renewable sources of electric power
The development of renewable energy sources poses some challenges when it comes to managing the systems. However, these challenges are not insurmountable.
What is hydro pumping and what are its benefits
Hydro Pumped Storage Power Plants operate on the market and acquire electricity during off-peak periods, at low prices, and this electricity will make the pump engines work.
