Francisco Melo completes his “Agregação” in Computer Science and Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico
Francisco António Chaves Saraiva de Melo — INESC-ID researcher within the Artificial Intelligence for People and Society Research Area and Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of Instituto Superior Técnico — has today successfully completed his Agregação in Computer Science and…
Filipa Correia receives best PhD thesis award in Robotics
Filipa Correia has been awarded the best national PhD thesis prize by the Portuguese Society for Robotics (Sociedade Portuguesa de Robótica) for her work “Group Intelligence in Social Robots”, supervised by Professor Ana Paiva and Professor Francisco Melo (INESC-ID researchers and professors at Instituto Superior…
Nuno Lopes receives research grants from Google and Woven Alpha
Nuno Lopes — researcher within the High Performance Computing Architectures and Systems Research Area at INESC-ID and Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico — has been awarded research grants from Google and Woven Alpha (a subsidiary of…
INESC-ID celebrates Técnico’s 111th birthday with an afternoon of technology outreach
Today — 23 May 2022 — Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) celebrates its 111th birthday while hosting Dia do Técnico, its annual Open Day. INESC-ID took part in Dia do Técnico by hosting games and activities on conservation biology, augmented reality and telecommunications with the collaboration…
INESC-ID researchers honoured with Universidade de Lisboa / Caixa Geral de Depósitos Scientific Awards
Three INESC-ID researchers have been honoured at this year’s Universidade de Lisboa / Caixa Geral de Depósitos Scientific Awards (Prémios Científicos Universidade de Lisboa / Caixa Geral de Depósitos). The awardees lists recognised Professor Leonel Augusto Pires Seabra de Sousa (Full Professor at the Department…
INESC-ID represented at Encontro Ciência ’22
INESC-ID researchers and their work were showcased at Encontro Ciência ’22, which took place at Centro de Congressos de Lisboa this week. On 16 May Professor Inês Lynce, INESC-ID researcher and Full Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, as well as co-director of the CMU Portugal…
NII International Internship Program (Tokyo) – Applications open until 20 May 2022
The International Internship Program at the National Institute of Informatics (NII), Tokyo, is back following limitations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The NII International Internship Program is an exchange activity with students from institutions with which NII has concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreement,…
INESC-ID present at SciComPT 2022
Across three days, 11-13 May, INESC-ID was present at SciComPT 2022, the Portuguese science communication congress, held this year in São Miguel island, in the Azores. The yearly SciComPT meetings are a great chance for science communication professionals to share best practices and projects across…
Geometry Friends — join the competition!
Geometry Friends is a 2-player cooperative puzzle-platformer game, developed within the Artificial Intelligence for People and Society (AIPS) Research Area at INESC-ID, where two players control two characters — a circle and a rectangle — with distinct characteristics, that try to collect some diamonds in…
World Password Day: see how you can improve yours
Today, 05 May, we celebrate World Password Day. As Security and Privacy is one of the main research foci at INESC-ID, and one of the institute’s major Thematic Lines, we wanted to give our contribution to improving the strength and performance of everyone’s passwords. Miguel…
Upcoming Events
OLISSIPO Workshop: “How to design a graphical abstract” with Dr. Rita Félix (CNC-UC)
On April 19, the OLISSIPO project will host an 8-hour workshop titled “How to design a graphical abstract” with Dr. Rita Félix, a science communicator, illustrator and designer from CNC Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (Coimbra, Portugal). Registration is free and seating is limited.
Registration Deadline: April 5 | Register here (free but mandatory)
Date & Time: April 19, 09h00-18h00 ( 8-hours)
Where: INESC-ID, R. Alves Redol 9, 1000-029 Lisboa | Room 9 (Auditorium), Ground Floor
Summary: “How to design a graphical abstract” Workshop aims to explain what a graphical abstract is, and give you design tools and tips on how to create a better, clear and engaging graphical abstract. This workshop is tailored to give you tools and improve your graphical abstract, without having to learn how to use a new software program (like Adobe Illustrator). Bring your graphical abstract, share it with the class, work on it and take home a new version.
Short Bio: Rita Félix is a science communicator, illustrator and designer, with life sciences research experience. Currently working as the Institutional Communication Manager and Designer at CNC-UC. She completed her PhD in Neuroscience in 2020, in the Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme. After that, she enrolled in a Digital Illustration Specialization Course to further develop her visualization and design skills. Worked as a Scientific Graphic Designer at Science Crunchers, a science communication company, where she developed multiple graphical abstracts, article figures, infographics, diagrams, illustrations, visual identity, logos and webdesign for companies, scientific institutions and Horizon 2020 consortia. More information at https://ritallfelix.wixsite.com/portfolio .
INESC-ID talk: “Rise of the AI-Empowered End User Software Engineer” by Ed Ayers and Andy Gordon (Cogna)
On April 19, INESC-ID will host a talk by Ed Ayers and Andy Gordon from the startup Cogna. The talk is titled “Rise of the AI-Empowered End User Software Engineer” and is organised by INESC-ID researcher Nuno Lopes.
Date & Time: April 19, 15h00 -16h00
Where: INESC-ID, Rua Alves Redol, 9, 1000-029 Lisboa | Room 9 (Auditorium), Ground Floor
Summary:
“What if natural language really is the new programming language? Inspired by the transformation of professional software engineering by generative AI, let’s take the next step: empowering end users. We can boost their productivity with hyper-customized software generated from natural language. This challenge needs research right across software engineering: requirements, architecture, coding, testing, verification, repair, and maintenance. We will survey current progress and open research questions in this exciting new area of programming language research.”
(Photo: Cogna website)