Arlindo Oliveira — Distinguished Professor at Técnico, INESC-D researcher and Coordinator of the institute’s Life and Health Technology Thematic Line, as well as President of INESC — has written on the “Vencer o Adamastor” Award for the newspaper Público.

In his piece, published on 05 September, Professor Oliveira discusses how INESC and Público decided to create this award and recognize innovative work by young scientists, developed in Portugal, in the fields of Information and Communications Technology (ICT), including electrical engineering and computation.

Vencer o Adamastor will be awarded to the candidate who demonstrates not only a clear ability to produce high quality scientific work, a vision for future scientific and technological developments in their respective area of ​​research, as well as the potential to make a significant contribution to the future scientific development of the country, as a researcher, a scientist, a teacher and a future leader.

More details on the award are available here and the its regulations here, with an application deadline of 31 October 2022.