News & Events
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.
INESC TEC researcher is finalist of Sonae Media Art Award
Rui Penha, researcher at INESC TEC’s Centre for Telecommunications and Multimedia (CTM), is one of the five finalists of the first edition of the Sonae Media Art Award, which awards national artistic creations in the area of media art.
INESC TEC helps create "Shop of the Future"
Project provides technology to Textile and Clothing sector What if you could try on clothes without having to undress? What if you had a virtual assistant that would give you information on different outfits according to your profile?
INESC TEC researcher is associate editor of journal on audio, speech, and language processing
Matthew Davies, researcher at INESC TEC’s Centre for Telecommunications and Multimedia (CTM), was appointed associate editor of IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing. Matthew Davies is now one of the members of the editorial board that will be coordinating the publication of this journal on audio, speech and language processing over the next three years.
INESC TEC studies application of new immersive functionalities in different scenarios
INESC TEC’s Centre for Information and Computer Graphics Systems (CSIG) is currently developing a project as part of the 2014-2015 Innovation Plan, in partnership with and funded by PT Inovação e Sistemas.
UNICAMP joins INESC Brazil Network
The prestigious State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), located in the State of São Paulo, has recently joined the INESC Brazil Network. The partnership between INESC TEC and INESC P&D Brasil (INESC R&D Brazil) was signed by UNICAMP’s director.
FCT rates INESC TEC as “Excellent”
After the second evaluation stage of R&D Units, conducted by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), INESC TEC was rated as "Excellent", obtaining a score of 24 points (out of 25). As a result, INESC TEC will be receiving almost 2.6 million euros/year.
INESC TEC researcher joins editorial board of TRPRO
Jorge Freire de Sousa, researcher at INESC TEC’s Centre for Industrial Engineering and Management (CEGI), was invited to join the editorial board of the new journal Transportation Research Procedia (TRPRO).
INESC TEC creates knowledge platform for the Galicia-North of Portugal Euroregion
INESC TEC’s Centre for Information Systems and Computer Graphics designed a webpage for the European group for cross-border cooperation between Galicia and the North of Portugal (GNP-AECT). Called Euroregion Information Office (GIE), the webpage contains information on the Euroregion.
INESC TEC organises executive programme on lean startup with Silicon Valley coach
Build, measure and learn – this is the combination of words that best describes the lean startup thought born at Silicon Valley, a worldwide renowned innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem in the United States, which hosts some of the largest and most dynamic IT companies and technology-based startups.
Portuguese researchers develop maritime search and rescue technology
According to the news website Ciência 2.0, a team from the Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering – Technology and Science (INESC TEC) is leading the development of maritime search and rescue technology. This technology is being developed as part of project ICARUS – Integrated Components for Assisted Rescue and Unmanned Search operations, and will be demonstrated in Portugal in the summer of next year.
Work developed at INESC TEC receives Best Master Thesis Award
The paper “Analysis of expressiveness of Portuguese Sign Language Speakers”, written by Maria Inês Rodrigues, former collaborator at INESC TEC’s Centre for Telecommunications and Multimedia (CTM), received the 2014 Best Master Thesis Award from the Portuguese Association for Pattern Recognition (APRP).
