EV4EU project at the final event of the Portuguese demonstrator
Around 47% of new vehicles acquired in the Azores last year are electric, with an estimated 6000 electric vehicles (EVs) already used across the archipelago. With these promising numbers, the INESC-ID led EV4EU project (“Electric Vehicles Management for carbon neutrality in Europe”), held the final…
No longer invisible: PiCaSSo brings pediatric palliative care data to Portugal’s hospitals
In Portugal, 7,828 children require palliative care. Their clinical data still lives in Excel spreadsheets, scattered across doctors and hospitals. Maria João Palaré, a specialist at Hospital de Santa Maria, decided it was time to change that. “In February 2024, we were contacted by a…
Tomás Lopes wins Distinguished Winner in the Swift Student Challenge
INESC-ID master’s student, Tomás Lopes, was one of the only 50 students awarded “Distinguished Winner” in Apple’s Swift Student Challenge. The challenge is an international competition that recognises students who create innovative apps specifically for Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS. “Signal”, developed by Tomás, is an…
INESC-ID Distinguished Lectures return with Stanford’s Professor Mark Horowitz
The INESC-ID Distinguished Lectures have made an eagerly-awaited comeback, with the first session, on 23 March, featuring Professor Mark Horowitz from Stanford University, recognised as one of the leading scholars of his generation in integrated circuits and systems design. His research on high-speed CMOS data…
In the Media: Inês Lynce and Luísa Coheur on 70 years of AI and the society we want to build
Seventy years after the term Artificial Intelligence (AI) was first proposed at the Dartmouth Conference, the technology has finally moved from academia into society. It is no longer a promise or an experimental tool reserved for tech giants and it is now a ubiquitous, silent…
“La Caixa” awards 100 new fellowships during Award Ceremony in Barcelona
The ”la Caixa” Foundation has awarded 100 new doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships to outstanding researchers during its Award Ceremony in Barcelona earlier this month. INESC-ID PhD student, Lucian Popescu was present at the ceremony along with fellow awardees to receive his Doctoral INPhINIT fellowship, which…
“Workshop your FCT Application for PhD Studentships”: INESC-ID PhD Students Meetup #12
Earlier this month, the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) announced its 2026 Call for PhD Studentships, an opportunity for students to fund the research activities of their PhD degree. Seizing the momentum, our PhD Student Meetup focused on the daunting task of…
In the Media: Miguel Pupo Correia warns about cyberwarfare and Europe’s need for cybersecurity on RTP
Two thousand cyberattacks per week, that is the estimated number of attacks targeting Portugal, according to a recent Check Point study. As conflicts evolve, battlefields now stretch beyond land, air, and sea into the cyber domain. In a recent news broadcast on the national TV…
1st PhD Symposium bringing INESC-ID, FH Münster and Fraunhofer SIT together
Last week, from 11 to 13 March, the auditorium of INESC-ID was the stage for the first PhD Symposium between INESC-ID, Fachhochschule Münster (FH Münster) and Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology (Fraunhofer SIT). About 20 researchers and PhD students from the three institutes came…
In the Media: Ana Teresa Freitas reflects on new health technologies, trust and the future of doctor-patient relationships on RTP’s Sociedade Civil
From surgical helmets with augmented reality to AI powered tools, new technologies are entering operating rooms, diagnostic examinations, and everyday clinical decisions. A recent study reveals that Portuguese doctors lead in enthusiasm for the future of artificial intelligence in healthcare. Yet this enthusiasm comes with…