H | Visions of the Future | The first issue of the e-magazine of INESC Brussels HUB
Discover our newest publication: Visions of the future, the first issue of the e-magazine of INESC Brussels HUB. It brings you fresh ideas on the most important issues in scientific research and technology today, together with the stories of those who will develop the…
INESC-ID researchers awarded ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper
A joint team of researchers including INESC-ID researchers Vasco Manquinho and Pedro Orvalho will receive an ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award for their work on a new analysis engine for the popular Alloy modeling language. The paper “AlloyMax: Bringing Maximum Satisfaction…
CIMPLE: Countering Creative Information Manipulation with Explainable AI
What’s the role that Artificial Intelligence can play in fighting misinformation? CIMPLE project aims to research and develop innovative social and knowledge driven creative AI explanations, and testing it in the domain of detection and tracking of manipulated information, while taking into account social, psychological,…
Lusa e Inesc-ID convidam cidadãos a apoiar construção de ferramenta contra desinformação
A agência Lusa e o Inesc-ID convidam os cidadãos a participarem na construção de uma ferramenta que ajudará a combater a desinformação, através da resposta a um inquérito para aferir a perceção sobre credibilidade dos conteúdos noticiosos. O inquérito, que está disponível em http://inforadar.inesc-id.pt/inquerito/#artigo, é…
Project to develop quantum communication networks for European Defence
The project “Disruptive SDN secure communications for European Defence” (DISCRETION) was one of the 26 projects selected by the European Commission under the 2020 call of the European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP). The DISCRETION proposal, in which Professors Ricardo Chaves, researcher at INESC-ID, and…
Sentence End and Punctuation Prediction in NLG Text at SwissText2021
A group of researchers from INESC-ID, in partnership with Unbabel, are one of the winning teams of the Shared Task “Sentence End and Punctuation Prediction” at SwissText2021. “This was a very competitive and in the end we are really pleased to be one of the…
Digital Anatomy: Applications of Virtual, Mixed and Augmented Reality
New book brings together 2 INESC-ID researchers: Joaquim Jorge and Daniel Lopes and other specialists in a unique interdisciplinary work The first book on digital anatomy, written in close cooperation between doctors, anatomists, and computer scientists, addresses Extended Reality applied to Clinical and…
INESC-ID researchers are among the best scientists in the world in the field of Computer Science
5 INESC-ID researchers are among the world’s top computer scientists, according to the 7th edition of Top Scientists Ranking for Computer Science & Electronics, released by Guide2Research. Once again, the highest number of Portuguese scientists is affiliated with Instituto Superior Técnico. Among the 24 Portuguese…
José Teixeira de Sousa was elevated to IEEE Senior member
IEEE recently elevated José Teixeira de Sousa to Senior Member of the organization, an honor bestowed only to those who have made significant contributions to the profession. IEEE is the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. “Being…
HATE COVID-19.PT: a project that will automatically detect online hate speech in Portuguese
Direct verbal insults. Offensive and insulting words with intent to depreciate. Physical threats to the lives of others or their families. Statistics show that Covid-19 has led to an increase in hate speech. Several European and international institutions have issued recommendations on combating racism, xenophobia…
