Ana Paiva is one of 2022’s “50 women in robotics you need to know about”
Ana Paiva has been selected as one of 2022’s “50 women in robotics you need to know about”. Once a year, in celebration of Ada Lovelace Day (held on the second Tuesday of October), the Women in Robotics network — a global community of women…
Joaquim Jorge leads new UNESCO Chair on Artificial Intelligence and Extended Reality
Joaquim Jorge – INESC-ID researcher within the Graphics and Interaction Research Area and Full Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of Instituto Superior Técnico – has been awarded leadership of a new UNESCO Chair on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Extended Reality (XR),…
NII International Internship Program (Tokyo) — 2nd 2022 call
The International Internship Program at the National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, is back. A new call for 2022 is open. The internship activities should extend for a period of 2 to 6 months. A scholarship of about 171,000 yen per month is granted. However, the…
Joaquim Jorge elected to the Board of Governors of the IEEE Computer Society
Joaquim Jorge — researcher at INESC-ID’s Graphics and Interaction Research Area and Professor of Computer Science at Instituto Superior Técnico — has been elected to the 2023-2025 Board of Governors of the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE CS), a leadership position and honour conferred to some…
André Ribeiro and Alberto Rodrigues da Silva receive “Most Influential Paper” Award at QUATIC’22
André Ribeiro — former masters student in computer science and engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) — and Alberto Rodrigues da Silva — Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Engineering at IST and researcher at INESC-ID — have received the “Most Influential Paper” Award…
The September 2022 INESC-ID newsletter is out!
The September 2022 issue of NEWS-ID — the INESC-ID Newsletter — is out! 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 content on computer science and…
INESC-ID 2022 Annual Meeting: a day of sharing great ideas and research
The 2022 INESC-ID Annual Meeting took place yesterday, 12 September 2022, in the beautiful and inspiring setting of Sociedade Portuguesa de Geografia — a not coincidental space that has witnessed many a discussion of exploration and discovery. During a day packed full of activities, INESC-ID…
Arlindo Oliveira writes about “Vencer o Adamastor” in Público
Arlindo Oliveira — Distinguished Professor at Técnico, INESC-D researcher and Coordinator of the institute’s Life and Health Technology Thematic Line, as well as President of INESC — has written on the “Vencer o Adamastor” Award for the newspaper Público. In his piece, published on 05…
INESC-ID awarded $300K by the USA Air Force to investigate human-robot interactions
INESC-ID has been awarded $300K by the USA Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) to investigate human-robot interactions. The funded project — “Trustworthy Ad Hoc Teamwork” — officially starts today, 01 September 2022, and will be funded for two years. This project is led…
The 21st EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence takes place at IST
The 21st edition of the EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence (EPIA 2022) started today at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), taking place until 02 September. The EPIA conference promotes research in all areas of AI, covering both theoretical/foundational issues and applications, and the scientific exchange among…
