Ana Paiva featured in Ciência Viva’s “Mulheres na Ciência”
Ana Paiva has been featured in Ciência Viva’s Mulheres na Ciência (“Women in Science”). Now in its fourth edition, the 2023 volume of Mulheres na Ciência gathers 101 portraits of researchers across fields of knowledge in a beautifully edited book featuring photographic portraits by Alípio…
Arlindo Oliveira featured in radio program on Artificial Intelligence
Arlindo Oliveira — INESC-D researcher, President of INESC and Distinguished Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico — participated in a radio program for the Portuguese radio network Rádio Renascença where he spoke on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and one of its newest outputs, ChatGPT. An AI-based chatbot…
CMU Portugal Program announced 2023/2024 call for PhD scholarships
The Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program (CMU Portugal), supported by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), will have an OPEN CALL between February 15 and March 31, 2023, under the “Affiliated Ph.D. Programs”. This initiative is addressed to students who wish to study at a Portuguese University with a research period at Carnegie…
The February 2023 INESC-ID newsletter is out!
The February 2023 issue of NEWS-ID — the INESC-ID Newsletter — is out! You can read it here. 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…
Ana Paiva elected Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
Ana Paiva has been elected Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). A researcher within the INESC-ID Artificial Intelligence for People and Society Research Area and Full Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico (as well as the Katherine Hampson Bessell Fellow at…
INESC Brussels HUB Winter Meeting 2023: at the forefront of innovation
The 2023 INESC Brussels HUB Winter Meeting took place over the past two days, 30 and 31 January 2023, at Instituto Superior Técnico. Co-organized with Science Business (a network that strives to bridge industry, research and policy nationally and at the EU level), the 2023…
Nuno Lopes receives HiPEAC Tech Transfer Award 2022
Nuno Lopes is one of the winners of the 2022 HiPEAC Tech Transfer Awards. Lopes — a Researcher at the High Performance Computing Architectures and Systems (HPCAS) Research Area — was awarded this distinction for Alive2, an automatic compiler verification tool. On winning the award,…
The January 2023 INESC-ID newsletter is out!
The January 2023 issue of NEWS-ID — the INESC-ID Newsletter — is out! You can read it here. 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…
EV4EU’s new website is up: more on the massification of electric vehicles
The EV4EU project (“Electric Vehicles Management for carbon neutrality in Europe”) — a 4-year venture funded by the European Union in 9 million euros through Horizon Europe and coordinated by INESC-ID — has a brand new website! Detailing how EV4EU will implement user-centric Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X)…
INESC-ID Early Stage Researcher Talks: by students, for students
Yesterday, 11 January 2022, saw the first session of the INESC-ID Early Stage Researcher (ESR) Talks. Designed specifically to provide students, as well as early-stage postdocs, with an exclusive space that is their own, where they can present, chat and discuss any topic of their…
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)
Técnico Open Day 2024
Técnico Open Day 2024
On April 20, Instituto Superior Técnico will host the Técnico Open Day 2024, at the Alameda Campus. The event will consist of a science fair, guided visits, and interaction with members of the IST community.
Date & Time: April 20, 10h00-17h00
Where: Instituto Superior Técnico – Alameda Campus (Free Entry)
Summary: The 2024 edition of the Técnico Open Day will count with over 60 activities within the science fair, guided visits to the campus, including teaching and research laboratories, and contact with professors, researchers and students from IST. The event will be an opportunity to hold an interactive exhibition, displaying more than 40 research and innovation projects, and allowing all attendees to become more familiar with the School and its initiatives.
EV4EU will be part of the Open Day “Science Fair”, representing the project at the INESC-ID info stand from 10am to 5pm. Project researchers Cindy P. Guzman and Larissa Montefusco will be at the Info booth to share with visitors an overview of the project, its main goals and latest developments. Under the title “Electric Vehicles Management for Carbon Neutrality: Discover how Electrical Vehicles can contribute to the fight against climate change”, the EV4EU team will focus on explaining how can EV4EU plan solutions, and support the massification of electrical vehicles while contributing to the decrease of carbon emissions and global warming.
Full agenda of the event here
Know more about the project here
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.”