New FCT Grantees
FCT aims to support graduates who wish to pursue research leading to a PhD degree. PhD Scholarships support graduates who comply with the requirements to apply for PhD studies and who wish to…
Researcher Anabela Barreiro talks about project eSPERTo @antena2
Researcher Anabela Barreiro speaks at Antena 2 radio station in the program “Páginas de Português” about the project eSPERTo. The project aims to develop a paraphrasing system that recognizes and generates equivalent forms of expression, providing suggestions to say or write the same thing…
RAGE and the Innovation Radar Prize 2017: Celebrating the excellence of European innovators
RAGE was among the 20 high potential innovations from all across Europe to make the finals of the Innovation Radar Prize, which was awarded in Budapest during the ICT Proposers Day (9 November). The Innovation Radar Prize is the European Commission’s initiative which identifies high…
Demo of the Project BMS – Battlefield Management System
Researcher Augusto Casaca attented on behalf of INESC-ID, at the demonstration of the project BMS – Battlefield Management System, in the 13th Infantry Regiment (RI13), November 16th, at Vila Real. This events’ purpose was to demonstrate and validate the operational phase in mobile platforms, where…
The Games and Learning Alliance conference (GALA 2017)
The Games and Learning Alliance conference (GALA 2017) is an international conference dedicated to the science and application of serious games. It will take place in Lisbon,December 5-7, in Instituto Superior Técnico and will bring together specialists in serious games from all over the world….
Researcher Mikolas Janota wins the non-CNF track @ the QBFEVAL’17
Mikolas Janota created the Quantified Boolean Formulas (QBF) solver named QFUN, that won the non-CNF track @ the QBFEVAL’17. QBF Evaluations are a series of yearly events with the purpose of assessing the state of the art in the field of QBF solvers and…
Francisco C. Santos receives the YSA 2017
Researcher Francisco Santos was distinguished with the 2017 Young Scientist Award for Socio- and Econophysics of the German Physical Society. The Young Scientist Award for Socio- and Econophysics of the German Physical Society (DPG) recognizes outstanding original contributions that use physical methods to develop a…
new ACM Distinguished Member
Researcher Joaquim Jorge, from the VIMMI research group, was now selected as an ACM Distinguished Member, for his exceptional scientific contributions for computing.The ACM – Association for Computing Machinery recognizes 2017 distinguished members as pioneering innovators that are advancing the digital age: https://www.acm.org/media-center/2017/november/distinguished-members-2017
Biklio pitch to Lisbon’ Mayor @websummit2017
Biklio’s pitch to the Mayor of Lisbon, Fernando Medina, and his feedback:
Biklio @ websummit2017
Biklio is a new app developed within the H2020 research projet TRACE. Sustainable mobility and benefits get together for the community day life. See below the SIC news about this app: http://expresso.sapo.pt/web-summit/2017-11-07-A-Caminho-da-Web-SummitO-chef-cozinha-e-a-bicicleta-mantem-a-forma-e-ainda-da-bonus
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.”