INESC-ID Researchers in the Ranking of the World’s Best Scientists in Computer Science
Three researchers from INESC-ID were recognized in the 6th edition of the annual ranking for the world’s best scientists in Computer Science and Electronics, released by Guide2Research. The researcher’s Ana Paiva, Joaquim Jorge, and Luís Rodrigues were distinguished together with thirteen Portuguese scientists. This ranking…
Ana Paiva Selected as Radcliffe Fellow
Researcher Ana Paiva was recently selected as Radcliffe Fellow for 2020-2021. The Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program selects and supports, each year, scholars, artists, and scientists from different countries who “have both exceptional promise and have demonstrated accomplishments.” The full list of fellows is available here. Congratulations!
Inesc Position Paper on Synergies Between European, National and Regional Funds and Programmes for Research, Development and Innovation
INESC fully supports a RD&I framework programme based on excellence. However, we believe this can only be achieved across Europe if, among other, synergies between European programmes and instruments are effectively and /de facto/ implemented, supported by strong incentives and with a simplified framework. Read all…
Instituto Superior Técnico Celebrates 109 Years
On May 22, Instituto Superior Técnico celebrates its 109th anniversary with an online event in live streaming, starting at 2 pm. Join us to celebrate with Técnico! More information here.
National Scientists Day
On the national scientists day, we highlight the work of our team, which has evolved a lot over the last 20 years. Our scientists develop technologies every day to serve you!
‘The Insider’ Podcast With Inês Lynce
Inês Lynce, President of INESC-ID, was invited to the 3rd episode of “The Insider” podcast. “The Insider” is made in Brussels and was created by INESC Brussels HUB to talk about research and innovation in Europe. The interview is available here.
5 New Pojects Approved at CMU Call 2019
INESC-ID had just recently approved 5 research projets under the FCT Call for the Carnegie Mellon Portugal program, under a total of 7 research projets that will be funded under this call. These 5 exploratory research projects where submitted in 2019 and will be supported…
EPEEC Article in Scientific Computing World Magazine
The Scientific Computing World Magazine published an article about the progress in the project EPEEC – European Programming Environment for Programming Productivity of Heterogeneous Supercomputers. This article is an interview with Antonio Peña, project coordinator, and Senior Researcher from Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC). The project EPEEC, coordinated…
iv4XR: Artificial Intelligence to test Extended Reality
The European project iv4XR brings together experts from 8 different countries, to research and develop novel ways to test Extended Reality (XR) systems using Artificial Intelligence (AI). XR systems are interactive systems such as Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR), which combines real and…
MOOD – Dealing With Emerging Diseases: Rethinking How We Monitor Global Health
The MOOD Project started in January 2020 and intends to improve epidemic intelligence tools and services. It is is part of the European programme H2020, and has a budget of 14 million euros. At the moment, the project is very focused on COVID-19. In the next…
Upcoming Events
Mathematics, Physics & Machine Learning Seminar Series (Online)

The Mathematics, Physics & Machine Learning seminar series has started on October 2020 and runs until March 2021.
The seminars aim to bring together mathematicians and physicists interested in machine learning (ML) with ML and AI experts interested in mathematics and physics, with the goal of introducing innovative Mathematics and Physics-inspired techniques in Machine Learning and, reciprocally, applying Machine Learning to problems in Mathematics and Physics.
Attendance is free but registration is required.
More information is available here.
International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing

The 27th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2021) will take from August 30 to September 3 2021 in Lisbon.
Euro-Par is the prime European conference covering all aspects of parallel and distributed processing, ranging from theory to practice, from small to the largest parallel and distributed systems and infrastructures, from fundamental computational problems to full-fledged applications, from architecture, compiler, language and interface design and implementation, to tools, support infrastructures, and application performance aspects.
The 2021 edition of Euro-Par will be organized as a collaboration between INESC-ID and Instituto Superior Técnico (IST).
Important Dates:
– Abstract Submission: February 5, 2021
– Paper Submission Deadline: February 12, 2021
– Author Notification: April 30, 2021
– Camera-Ready Papers: June 6, 2021
More information is available here.