Category: Awards

Ana Paiva, INESC-ID researcher in Artificial Intelligence for People and Society, has recently been appointed President by the European Association for Artificial Intelligence (EurAI). The appointment was confirmed during the EurAI General Assembly, which took place in Bremen. By taking on this role, Ana Paiva…

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…

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…

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,…

VEREFY, a project developed by INESC-ID students, was awarded the António Brandão de Vasconcelos award during the Lab2Market at Técnico! Developed by PhD student Filipe Altoe, master’s student Sérgio Pinto and INESC-ID researcher Sofia Pinto, this AI model can antecipate which narratives have the potential…

Nuno Verdelho Trindade, INESC-ID researcher in the Graphics and Interaction scientific area, was granted the professional distinction of “Engenheiro Conselheiro” by the Ordem dos Engenheiros (Portuguese Order of Engineers). “Engenheiro Conselheiro” is the highest professional qualification level granted by the Order, reserved for senior engineers…

The results of the Universidade de Lisboa/Caixa Geral de Depósitos Scientific Awards were recently announced, and INESC‑ID researchers were once again among the awardees, joining a group of 57 researchers recognised across their respective fields. Hugo Morais, Sustainable Power Systems researcher, and professor at Instituto…

INESC-ID researcher in Distributed, Parallel and Secure Systems, João Barreto, was honoured with an Excellent Technical Coordination Award by Huawei! The distinction recognises the work carried out by the researcher and his team during a cooperation project with the company. The award was presented at…

Research.com has released its 2026 edition of the Best Scientists in Computer Science, and 13 INESC-ID researchers are included, representing 25% of Portugal’s Top 50 . Our featured researchers in this ranking are: Ana Paiva (AIPS) Joaquim Jorge (GI) Miguel Pupo Correia (DPSS) Luís Rodrigues (DPSS)…

Pedro Lobo, former INESC-ID master’s student, received the Best Thesis Award 2026 from APDC – Associação Portuguesa para o Desenvolvimento das Comunicações (Portuguese Association for Communications Development). The award recognises the value and relevance of his master’s thesis work, titled “Towards removing undef values from…