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Portuguese researchers discover substructures in the brain that are relevant for surgical procedures
A team led by Portuguese researchers discovered brain substructures with different connectivity profiles which affect the motor and non-motor aspects of the human body. These findings can help medical teams to improve the targets of their Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) procedures in patients with dystonia and Parkinson’s disease. The results have just been published in one of the most prestigious journals in the field of Neuroscience, Neuroimage.
Robots to fight pests and diseases in agriculture presented at AgroGlobal 2016
The robotic platforms were presented at the largest national agriculture fair - the AgroGlobal
Experts in collaborative networks meet in Porto
INESC TEC’s Centre for Enterprise Systems Engineering (CESE) organised the 17th edition of the IFIP Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, which took place at the Palácio do Freixo, Porto, between 3 and 5 October.
Doctoral thesis developed at INESC TEC awarded in Brazil
Vinicius Souza of the Institute of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, University of São Paulo (ICMC-USP), has received the "Best PhD Thesis" award for work conducted at INESC TEC. He was awarded as part of a competition which awards the best theses and dissertations in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science (CTDIAC).
Smart energy is not just found in the football fields of the Euro cup (Expresso)
There is talk of Europe and energy in June and it is not about football. There are new smart grids demonstrators and Lisbon already has one.
Portuguese researchers develop robot capable of collecting materials in automotive industry (TVI 24)
The goal is to develop smart robots (with advanced sensing, planning, part handling, autonomous navigation and integration in the factory’s execution system) to conduct picking operations in the assembly line.
3D system helps patients with epilepsy
A team led by Portuguese researchers have created the first 3D system is the world that helps doctors to diagnose and to decide on the best course of treatment for patients with epilepsy or other neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s.
Internet Access will be Possible in Remote Ocean Areas – Above 100 Km off the Coast
Cutting-edge project will provide broadband, low-cost Internet access in remote ocean areas, more than 100 km off the coast, using standard access technologies, such as Wi-Fi and 4G, to support the Blue Economy, including fisheries and maritime transportation.
INESC TEC researcher receives €1,5M grant from European Research Council
Alexandra Silva, associate researcher at INESC TEC’s High Assurance Software (HASLab) and senior lecturer at University College London, received €1.5M worth of funding from the European Research Council to programme complex computer systems, a topic related to software engineering.
INESC TEC researcher creates systems that increases the popularity of online news
A team composed of researchers from the Universities of Porto and Minho, including a researcher from INESC TEC and student of the MAP-i doctoral programme, Kelwin Fernandes, has created an intelligent system that makes it possible to increase by 15% the popularity of a news piece, and to identify the majority (73%) of news that will be most popular.
INESC TEC develops tool to optimise manufacturing in SMEs
INESC TEC’s Centre for Enterprise Systems Engineering (CESE) has developed a software prototype that allows more agile scheduling and a more flexible design and management in make-to-order manufacturing.
INESC TEC develops software to diagnose breast and prostate cancer
ExpertBayes is the name of the software created by INESC TEC that can help health professionals, more specifically doctors, to diagnose illnesses such as breast and prostate cancer.
Porto engineering wins international robotics competition in Italy
A team of INESC TEC researchers and students from the Porto School of Engineering (ISEP) won the Eurathlon Grand Challenge in Piombino, Italy, an international competition of robots used for search and rescue operations, which took place between 17 and 25 September.
INESC TEC paper highlighted in North-American professional publication
In August 2015, the paper “Knowledge sharing in project-based organizations: Overcoming the informational limbo”, written by Maria Almeida (former researcher at INESC TEC’s Centre for Enterprise Systems Engineering, CESE) and António Lucas Soares, also from CESE, was highlighted in the newsletter of the Project Management Institute Houston, one of the most important international institutes in the area of project management.
