INESC-ID coordinates a European project on electric mobility
The EV4EU project, with a duration of 4 years, is funded by the European Union in 9 million euros through Horizon Europe, the new research and innovation programme for the period 2021-2027. Studies indicate that the massive use of electric vehicles will significantly contribute to…
New exploratory research projects at INESC-ID supported by FCT and CMU Portugal program
The CMU Portugal Program supports the launch of Exploratory Research Projects (ERPs) on a regular basis, with the main objective of promoting Portugal’s international competitiveness and innovation capacity in Science and Technology (S&T) in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). In the 2021 call, from a…
Research project ID-GAMING awarded by Erasmus+ Agency for Education and Training
The ID-GAMING research project was awarded by the Erasmus+ National Agency Education and Training. The Inclusive E+ Awards ceremony will be on November 30th. This Erasmus+ international project, which principal researcher at INESC-ID is Rui Prada, expects to increase the competences of persons with intellectual…
Best Paper Award at the Human-Agent Interaction 2021
The paper “Fitting the room: Social Motivation for Context-aware Agents” by Diogo Rato, Marta Couto and Rui Prada was awarded the Best Paper Award at the Human-Agent Interaction 2021.
Science and Technology 2021 week
Between November 25th and 26th 2021, INESC-ID will develop activities for primary and secondary schools within the scope of the Semana da Ciência & Tecnologia 2021 promoted by Ciência Viva. These activities aim to disseminate the area of Computational Biology, bring scientists closer to the…
INESC Hub Winter Meeting’21
The INESC Brussels HUB will organise its Winter Meeting 2021 in Coimbra. You will be able to hear from and discuss directly with major EU stakeholders and the European Commission!
HeartGenetics recognised as the Digital Health Company of the Year – Portugal
HeartGenetics was one of the winners of the “Global Health & Pharma’s Healthcare & Pharmaceutical Awards 2021”. HeartGenetics, an INESC-ID startup and member of the IST Spin-off Community, was recognised as the Digital Health Company of the Year -Portugal. The Portuguese startup was one of…
Interview with Ana Paiva – “90 Segundos de Ciência”
Ana Paiva in 90 Segundos de Ciência introducing the exploratory research project AGENTS, within CMU Portugal program. Ana is an INESCID researcher, coordinating the GAIPS lab and a full professor at Instituto Superior Técnico. At “90 segundos de ciência” she explains how the project is…
INESC-ID researchers among the World’s Top 2% Scientists list
The Stanford University recently released an update of the World’s Top 2% Scientists list, which includes more than 100,000 researchers. 124 Técnico researchers were included in the ranking of the world most influential researchers in their fields, which represents a substantial increase compared to 2020. The…
Iolanda Leite: the scientist who seeks to build socially competent robots
The INESC-ID and Técnico alumna is an Assistant Professor and Researcher at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology and she is passionate about robotics. Iolanda Leite has always been interested in Tamagotchis and Furby robots, and how they worked. Nowadays, she is still fascinated by…
