INESC-ID awarded €27.2 Million to Establish the Sustainable Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL) Centre of Excellence
Led by INESC-ID, the Sustainable Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL) will be a transformative project that will upgrade INESC-ID into a world-class Centre of Excellence (CoE) dedicated to the development of state-of-the-art, sustainable, and trustworthy Artificial Intelligence. To achieve its goals, INESC-ID is teaming up with…
Grant agreement signed for CHORYS, the first INESC-ID Hop-On project
INESC-ID has recently signed a grant agreement for the CHORYS project, its first Hop-On project to be secured. The Hop-On Facility is a funding mechanism within Horizon Europe, allowing countries with research and innovation (R&I) indicators below the European average to join consortia of projects…
Integrating post-quantum cryptography technologies into real defence systems – The ORQESTRA project
The results of the European Defence Fund (EDF) 2024 Call for Proposals have recently been published, with the ORQESTRA project, featuring INESC-ID as a partner, among those selected within the topic of Disruptive Technologies – Quantum. “Orchestrating the Operational Deployment of Quantum Resistant Services for…
Doubling the Power: SOLAR-MOVE and PVSmile had their kick-off in November
The European Parliament has set targets to reduce CO2 emissions from vehicles by 2040. Although Vehicle-Integrated Photovoltaic (VIPV) technologies have the potential to play an important role in this reduction, particularly in the electrification of the road transport sector, there are several challenges in achieving…
The return of EV4EU, Shift2DC and U2DEMO to Enlit 2025
After last year’s success, EV4EU, Shift2DC and U2DEMO made a comeback to the Enlit Europe, which took place in Bilbao, Spain, from November 18 to 20. One of Europe’s most influential events in the energy sector, Enlit gathered more than 15000 energy professionals to discuss…
Stepping up for Europe: INESC-ID at Encontro Ciência 2025
In a fractured, fast-changing world, Europe is facing urgent questions about security, sustainability and technological sovereignty. At Encontro Ciência 2025, Portugal’s largest annual science and technology gathering, we brought those questions into the room. Held from July 9 to 11 at NOVA SBE in Carcavelos,…
INESC-ID and CMU team up to advance Conversational AI
With the goal of launching a new research collaboration, for the development of Adaptive Conversational Engines, a research team led by Shinji Watanabe, Associate Professor at the Language Technologies Institute (CMU) traveled to Lisbon from June 15 to 18. This falls under the scope of…
In the Media: Research with societal impact – INESC-ID featured on CNN Inovação
“If someone had told me, when I started, that this would be the future, I wouldn’t have easily believed it”, reflects Inês Lynce at the opening of this week’s CNN Inovação – a sentiment that captures how far INESC-ID has come. INESC-ID was featured in…
POEMS: Portugal having a word in semiconductor innovation
INESC-ID is one of the 16 members of POEMS – the Portuguese Competence Centre in Semiconductors, a national initiative set to position Portugal in the field of microelectronics and semiconductor innovation. Launched under the Chips for Europe Initiative and co-funded by Fundação para a Ciência…
Getting ready for the quantum era. INESC-ID joins European effort to strengthen cybersecurity and quantum resilience
Quantum computing is a serious threat to today’s cryptographic systems. A strong reason for the European Defence Fund (EDF) to invest in the development of quantum-resistant solutions for the defense sector. One of these initiatives is project SEQURED: Strengthening Defense Networks for the Quantum Era,…