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…
The 12th Lisbon Machine Learning School – LxMLS 2022
All those interested in Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing are invited to attend the 12th Lisbon Machine Learning School – LxMLS 2022, 24-29 July 2022, in-person at Instituto Superior Técnico. LxMLS 2022 will cover a range of machine learning topics important in solving natural…
INESC-ID welcomes ETH Zürich Olissipo researchers
This past week, April 26-29, the INESC-ID Olissipo team received some of the members of the ETH Zürich team, including Professor Niko Beerenwinkel (in addition to members from the Inria team Professors Marie-France Sagot and Ariel Silber). This Staff Exchange included scientific presentations by both…
INESC-ID celebrates the International Girls in ICT Day 2022 with hundreds of students
Today, 28 April 2022, INESC-ID is celebrating the International Girls in ICT Day 2022 by engaging hundreds of students with fun activities on Artificial Intelligence. Set at Pavilhão Casal Vistoso in Areeiro, Lisbon, 9th to 12h grade students from across the country were mobilized in…
INESC Lisboa — Identifying synergies
INESC Lisboa — Synergies, a seminar several months in the making, took place in Lisbon today. In a day packed full of cross-disciplinary talks and poster sessions on Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering, Microsystems and Nanotechnology and Innovation in Information and Communication Technologies,…
Manuel Lopes completes his “Agregação” in Computer Science and Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico
Manuel Lopes — INESC-ID researcher within the Artificial Intelligence for People and Society Research Area and Associate Professor at the Department for Computer Science and Engineering of Instituto Superior Técnico — has today successfully completed his Agregação in Computer Science and Engineering. Across two sessions,…
“Artes e Tecnologia” — Andreas Wichert’s new Art&Technology exhibition at IST
Today, 26 April 2022, a new Art&Technology exhibition is inaugurated. Consisting in a collection of digital paintings authored by Andreas Wichert, INESC-ID researcher within the Artificial Intelligence for People and Society Research Area and Professor Auxiliar at Instituto Superior Técnico, “Artes e Tecnologia” (“Arts and…
“Treme-treme” now live at the new earthquake-themed experience “Quake”
Treme-treme — an educational game that engages children aged 7 to 9 years-old with seismic risk — is now live at Quake, the newly inaugurated Lisbon-based experience on the 1755 great Lisbon earthquake. An immersive mix of technology and art, Quake was brought together, amongst…
Looking at life in context: computational biology and artificial intelligence break new ground
Earlier this year, EMBL – the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, a collaborator in some of INESC-ID’s research programs, including OLISSIPO – launched its new strategic programme for 2022-2026, Molecules to Ecosystems, calling it “a new era for European molecular biology”, under which EMBL proposes to…
The fifth issue of Faraday News is out
The fifth issue of Faraday News — a publication of Instituto Superior Técnico’s Faraday Museum — is out. Co-edited and co-coordinated by Moisés Piedade (INESC-ID Emeritus Researcher and retired IST Full Professor Moisés Piedade), Faraday News is packed full of content on electrical engineering 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.”