The 2022 INESC-ID Annual Report is out!
The 2022 INESC-ID Annual Report is out! Our newly re-designed report, published in Portuguese, features all the details and relevant data that tell the story of the innovative and forward-facing Information and Communications Technologies research environment that INESC-ID is. You can download our 2022 Annual…
Diogo Nunes featured in Público’s article series by PhD students
What can a computational analysis of the language of pain tell us about the lived experience of chronic pain? Diogo Nunes, a PhD student at INESC-ID’s Human Language Technologies (HLT) research area and Instituto Superior Técnico, tells us a great many things about his doctoral…
Mário Silva featured in “90 Segundos de Ciência” radio program
Mário Silva has been featured in 90 Segundos de Ciência, a popular science radio program broadcast by Antena 1 and co-produced by the radio station, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA) and Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas (FCSH NOVA). In…
The 13th Lisbon Machine Learning School will take place at IST in July
The Lisbon Machine Learning Summer School (LxMLS 2023) will take place at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) as a 6-day event (14-20 July, 2023), scheduled to take place in-person. The school covers a range of machine learning topics, from theory to practice, that are important in…
Inês Lynce discusses AI and ChatGPT in “Comunicações” magazine
Inês Lynce — Automated Reasoning and Software Reliability researcher at INESC-ID, as well as President of its Board of Directors, and Full Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico — discussed AI and one of its most recently notorious outputs, ChatGPT, in the recent issue of Comunicações…
Carolina Carreira awarded Huawei scholarship
Carolina Carreira has been awarded an extremely competitive Huawei scholarship, becoming one of 50 awardees selected among 5300 applicants. An Early Stage Researcher (ESR) in the Automated Reasoning and Software Reliability (ARSR) Research Area, Carolina is developing her PhD research on usable security under the…
The March 2023 INESC-ID newsletter is out!
The March 2023 issue of NEWS-ID — the INESC-ID Newsletter — is out! You can read it here. Containing recent news from our researchers and their projects, open positions and some extra bits of content, our monthly newsletter is a great one-stop spot for great…
Andreas Wichert completes his Habilitation in Computer Science and Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico
Andreas Wichert — INESC-ID researcher within the Artificial Intelligence for People and Society Research Area and Auxiliary Professor at the Department for Computer Science and Engineering of Instituto Superior Técnico — has today successfully completed his Agregação (Habilitation) in Computer Science and Engineering. Across two sessions,…
Inês Lynce talks to “Jornal de Negócios” on AI and sustainability
Our President and Automated Reasoning and Software Reliability researcher Inês Lynce, Full Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, spoke to Jornal de Negócios on the myriad uses and challenges of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, particularly in ensuring a greener and more sustainable future, prompted by the…
Luísa Coheur takes part in International Day of Mathematics celebrations
Our Human Language Technologies researcher Luísa Coheur recently took part in a roundtable discussion at Pavilhão do Conhecimento for the International Day of Mathematics, celebrated each year on Pi Day: March 14 — i.e., 3.14. Accompanied by colleagues from ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics…
Upcoming Events
NII International Internship Programme Presentation and Q&A by Emmanuel Planas
On April 30, Emmanuel Planas, the acting director of the Global Liaison Office (GLO) and responsible for the internationalisation program at the National Institute of Informatics (NII) in Tokyo, Japan, will give a presentation to introduce the NII and its internship program to INESC-ID students and IST’s Master’s in Computer Science students.
Date & Time: April 30, 14h00
Where: Sala Polivalente, Técnico – Taguspark
“The NII International Internship Program is an exchange activity with students from institutions with which NII has concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreement. This incentive program aims at giving interns the opportunity for professional and personal development by engaging in research activities under the guidance and supervision of NII researchers.
The NII Internship Program is open to Research Master’s and PhD students who are currently enrolled at one of the partner institutions that have signed an MOU agreement with NII.”
Educational Workshop on Responsible AI for Peace and Security (UNODA)
On June 6 and 7, The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) are offering a selected group of technical students the opportunity to join a 2-day educational workshop on Responsible AI for peace and security.
The third workshop in the series will be held in Porto Salvo, Portugal, in collaboration with GAIPS, INESC-ID, and Instituto Superior Técnico. The workshop is open to students affiliated with universities in Europe, Central and South America, the Middle East and Africa, Oceania, and Asia.
Date & Time: June 6 a 7
Where: IST – Tagus Park, Porto Salvo
Registration deadline: April 8
Summary: “As with the impacts of Artificial intelligence (AI) on people’s day-to-day lives, the impacts for international peace and security include wide-ranging and significant opportunities and challenges. AI can help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals, but its dual-use nature means that peaceful applications can also be misused for harmful purposes such as political disinformation, cyberattacks, terrorism, or military operations. Meanwhile, those researching and developing AI in the civilian sector remain too often unaware of the risks that the misuse of civilian AI technology may pose to international peace and security and unsure about the role they can play in addressing them. Against this background, UNODA and SIPRI launched, in 2023, a three-year educational initiative on Promoting Responsible Innovation in AI for Peace and Security. The initiative, which is supported by the Council of the European Union, aims to support greater engagement of the civilian AI community in mitigating the unintended consequences of civilian AI research and innovation for peace and security. As part of that initiative, SIPRI and UNODA are organising a series of capacity building workshops for STEM students (at PhD and Master levels). These workshops aim to provide the opportunity for up-and-coming AI practitioners to work together and with experts to learn about a) how peaceful AI research and innovation may generate risks for international peace and security; b) how they could help prevent or mitigate those risks through responsible research and innovation; c) how they could support the promotion of responsible AI for peace and security.”