News & Events
At the forefront of aquatic robotics
Portugal is one of the world powers in aquatic robotics, according to Matos, researcher in underwater robotics at the Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering of Porto and professor at the University of Porto.
INESC TEC integrates Portuguese consortium that will bring companies and European services closer
INES TEC is part of a new consortium, the Enterprise Europe Network – Portugal (EEN-Portugal), where the goal is to provide information and consulting services to companies in Europe. The idea is to promote business opportunities and cooperation, and participations in RDI projects, as well as provide access to new markets, with about 600 points of contact in over 50 countries.
INESC TEC researchers develop Bragg network using innovative methods
Now that 20 years have passed since Francisco Araújo, researcher at INESC TEC’s Centre for Applied Photonics (CAP), developed the first Bragg network in April 1994 (see Figure 1), the CAP researchers Paulo Marques (coordinator) and Daniel Alexandre fabricated the first Bragg network using a femtosecond laser (impulses lasting 200x10-15s, that is, one millionth of one billionth of a second), purchased recently as part of the BEST CASE (Figure 2) project.
Project CARLoS originates first prototype of mobile manipulating robot
Between 11 and 12 November, INESC TEC hosted the first integration workshop on project CARLoS (CooperAtive Robot for Large Spaces manufacturing), where the goal is to develop a mobile manipulating robot for fit-out and coating applications, or to be used inside superstructure blocks in ships.
Workshop discusses network of suppliers for the aeronautics industry
INESC TEC’s Centre for Enterprise Systems Engineering (CESE) was one of the organisers and participants of the workshop “Fostering Global Supply Networks for the Aeronautics Industry in Portugal”, which took place on 16 January. In the session, the participants analysed several critical issues for the development of the aeronautics industry, such as the contribution of small technology-based companies to the aeronautics industry and the use of 3D metallic printing in this sector.
INESC TEC researchers win Best Paper Award
The INESC TEC researchers Pedro Strecht (Centre for Enterprise Systems Engineering - CESE), Carlos Soares (CESE) and João Moreira (Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support – LIAAD) received a Best Paper Award for their paper "Merging Decision Trees: a case study in predicting student performance".
INESC TEC wins FCT’s Digital Inclusion and Literacy Award
Ramiro Gonçalves, researcher at INESC TEC’s Centre for Information Systems and Computer Graphics (CSIG) and associate professor in IT at the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, has won the Digital Inclusion and Literacy Award, promoted by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), with the project “Barometer for Web accessibility in Portugal”.
INESC TEC researchers develop Bragg network using innovative methods
Now that 20 years have passed since Francisco Araújo, researcher at INESC TEC’s Centre for Applied Photonics (CAP), developed the first Bragg network in April 1994 (see Figure 1), the CAP researchers Paulo Marques (coordinator) and Daniel Alexandre fabricated the first Bragg network using a femtosecond laser (impulses lasting 200x10-15s, that is, one millionth of one billionth of a second), purchased recently as part of the BEST CASE (Figure 2) project.
INESC TEC and S. João Hospital Centre sign collaboration protocol
On 29 December, INESC TEC signed a protocol with the S. João Hospital Centre (CHSJ) to promote cooperation in various areas: information systems (sustaining artificial intelligence and other techniques to support Business Intelligence), energy efficiency, logistics, and biomedical engineering.
INESC TEC helps Kyaia install prototype that manufactures shoes pair by pair
Did you know that you can now order a customised pair of shoes online and have it on your doorstep in 24 hours? Thanks to a partnership between technology-based companies and R&D institutions, including INESC TEC, the technology makes it possible to produce footwear units, and is now installed at Kyaia, in Guimarães.
INESC TEC creates tool that estimates the reliability of wind turbines
INESC TEC’s Centre for Enterprise Systems Engineering (CESE) and Centre For Industrial Management and Engineering (CEGI) are developing a tool to estimate the reliability of wind turbines using advanced statistical models. The goal is to identify the factors that influence reliability.
INESC TEC is part of Raw Materials Consortium of European Institute of Innovation and Technology
INESC TEC was recently selected by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) to join the Raw Materials consortium. INESC TEC is the sole Portuguese research centre to be part of this team. Three years after creating the Knowledge Innovation Communities (KICs) for the areas of climate change, renewable energy and ICT, Raw Materials are the new challenge of EIT, in which Portugal is represented by INESC TEC.
INESC TEC: 30 years of accomplishments
In 2015, INESC will be celebrating 30 years of existence in Porto – three decades of knowledge production and technology transfer.
INESC TEC adopts output evaluation model of the European Space Agency
In order to evaluate the technology readiness of its scientific outputs, as part of the FCT’s evaluation, which took place in late 2014, INESC TEC has adopted the model of the European Space Agency. This model uses a scale of TRL – Technology Readiness Levels, which define the maturity of technology developed within each R&D project, always aiming to transfer technology to the market.
INESC TEC Centre awards research ideas in internal competition
INESC TEC’s Centre for Telecommunications and Multimedia (CTM) has awarded three innovative project ideas which will be developed throughout the ear.
INESC TEC paper receives “Best Student Paper Award”
The paper “oAdaBoost – An AdaBoost Variant for Ordinal Classification”, written by João Costa (former collaborator) and Jaime Cardoso, of INESC TEC’s Centre for Telecommunications and Multimedia (CTM), received a “Best Student Paper Award” at the 2015 International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods (ICPRAM).
Portuguese technology plays fundamental role in sports
National sports are not just made of athletes and coaches. Outside the fields, the Porto-based startup, Kinematix, has been playing a pivotal role in sports by creating medical systems that make it possible to improve the performance of athletes or prevent injuries. The Portuguese technology has already been used by the Chelsea FC team.
State University “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” joins INESC Brazil Network
The State University “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP) is the most recent member of the INESC Brazil Network, a cooperation for research, development and innovation managed by INESC P&D Brasil (IB, INESC R&D Brazil). This was confirmed at the agreement signing ceremony, at the Reitoria of UNESP, in São Paulo, which welcomed the University’s Vice-President Marilza Cunha Rudge, and the Director-President of INESC P&D Brasil, Vladimiro Miranda.
Carlos Moedas visits INESC TEC
On 12 December, the European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, Carlos Moedas, was at INESC TEC as part of a visit to Research Units within the University of Porto. This was the first official visit since the commissioner took office.
