The 16th Lisbon Machine Learning Summer School highlights a week of AI, NLP, and scientific debate
The 16th Lisbon Machine Learning Summer School (LxMLS 2026) wrapped up last week after six days of learning, debate, and hands‑on experiments in machine learning and natural language processing (NLP). Held from 20 – 25 July at Instituto Superior Técnico, the event brought together researchers,…
INESC-ID joins AISHA to help build Europe’s AI Skills Academy
INESC-ID is a partner in AISHA – Artificial Intelligence Skills Hub Academy, a Digital Europe Programme initiative to build a pan-European ecosystem of Generative AI and advanced AI skills. AISHA was designed to tackle the growing gap between AI’s rapid transformation of industries and public…
From SAIL to AMALIA: INESC-ID at Encontro Ciência e Inovação 2026
INESC-ID marked a strong presence at Encontro Ciência 2026, the largest annual event dedicated to science and innovation in Portugal, which took place on 15–16 July at the Lisbon Congress Center. The institute contributed to multiple sessions throughout the programme, showcasing its ongoing work across…
Ana Paiva elected to Lisbon Academy of Sciences
Ana Paiva, senior researcher in Artificial Intelligence for People and Society at INESC-ID and full professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, has been elected a corresponding member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences, joining the 8th Section – Information Sciences and Technologies. The official swearing-in ceremony…
AMALIA was officially launched and is now ready for open use
The AMALIA (Automatic Multimodal Language Assistant with Artificial Intelligence) was officially presented on 1 July at Técnico Innovation Center, a ceremony attended by INESC-ID, as part of the research team. The presentation was met with very positive feedback and a clear recognition of the work…
Making their way across the universe: two space missions to join ISTSat-1
After two years in orbit, the ISTSat-1 remains fully operational and is now expecting company. Two missions are being prepared by IST NanoSatLab, in which INESC-ID participates, and set to join the first Portuguese university nanosatellite, with one of them scheduled to fly as early…
Cláudia S. Constantino distinguished with SNMMI 2026 International Best Abstract Award for Portugal
During her participation in the Annual Congress of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) (SNMMI 2026), held in Los Angeles from 30 May and 2 June, Cláudia S. Constantino was distinguished with the SNMMI 2026 International Best Abstract Award for Portugal. Her…
INESC-ID joins PRECISE, a pan-European initiative to predict cancer vulnerabilities
INESC-ID is a partner in PRECISE, a new pan-European initiative to predict, rather than simply catalogue, cancer vulnerabilities, formally launched today with the publication of its scientific vision in a commentary in Nature Genetics. Cancer cells often depend on specific genes or pathways to survive,…
INESC-ID Advisory Board visit: a day of institutional dialogue and exchange
On 3 July, INESC-ID welcomed members of its Advisory Board for an on-site visit to the institute, the first since November 2022. The very hot summer day didn’t stop the Advisory Board members, most coming from across the Atlantic, from visiting INESC-ID’s headquarters at Alves…
Professor Luís Vidigal Award 2025 goes to Pedro Lobo
A month after winning the APDC award, Pedro Lobo, former INESC-ID master’s student, was honoured with the Professor Luís Vidigal Award! It recognises the innovative work developed during his master’s thesis “Supporting Raw Data Copies in the LLVM Intermediate Representation”, under supervision of Nuno Lopes,…