Joaquim Jorge leads new UNESCO Chair on Artificial Intelligence and Extended Reality
Joaquim Jorge – INESC-ID researcher within the Graphics and Interaction Research Area and Full Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of Instituto Superior Técnico – has been awarded leadership of a new UNESCO Chair on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Extended Reality (XR),…
NII International Internship Program (Tokyo) — 2nd 2022 call
The International Internship Program at the National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, is back. A new call for 2022 is open. The internship activities should extend for a period of 2 to 6 months. A scholarship of about 171,000 yen per month is granted. However, the…
Joaquim Jorge elected to the Board of Governors of the IEEE Computer Society
Joaquim Jorge — researcher at INESC-ID’s Graphics and Interaction Research Area and Professor of Computer Science at Instituto Superior Técnico — has been elected to the 2023-2025 Board of Governors of the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE CS), a leadership position and honour conferred to some…
André Ribeiro and Alberto Rodrigues da Silva receive “Most Influential Paper” Award at QUATIC’22
André Ribeiro — former masters student in computer science and engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) — and Alberto Rodrigues da Silva — Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Engineering at IST and researcher at INESC-ID — have received the “Most Influential Paper” Award…
The September 2022 INESC-ID newsletter is out!
The September 2022 issue of NEWS-ID — the INESC-ID Newsletter — is out! Containing recent news from our researchers and their projects, open positions and some extra bits of content, our monthly newsletter is a great one-stop spot for great content on computer science and…
INESC-ID 2022 Annual Meeting: a day of sharing great ideas and research
The 2022 INESC-ID Annual Meeting took place yesterday, 12 September 2022, in the beautiful and inspiring setting of Sociedade Portuguesa de Geografia — a not coincidental space that has witnessed many a discussion of exploration and discovery. During a day packed full of activities, INESC-ID…
Arlindo Oliveira writes about “Vencer o Adamastor” in Público
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…
INESC-ID awarded $300K by the USA Air Force to investigate human-robot interactions
INESC-ID has been awarded $300K by the USA Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) to investigate human-robot interactions. The funded project — “Trustworthy Ad Hoc Teamwork” — officially starts today, 01 September 2022, and will be funded for two years. This project is led…
The 21st EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence takes place at IST
The 21st edition of the EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence (EPIA 2022) started today at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), taking place until 02 September. The EPIA conference promotes research in all areas of AI, covering both theoretical/foundational issues and applications, and the scientific exchange among…
Ana Teresa Freitas confirmed as a keynote speaker at ECCB2022
Ana Teresa Freitas — Information & Decision Support Systems (IDSS) researcher at INESC-ID and Full Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico — has been confirmed as a keynote speaker at the 21st European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB2022). Under the motto “Planetary Health and Biodiversity” and…
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.”