HeartGenetics: A new big step
INESC-ID’s startup HeartGenetics – Genetics and Biotechnology, S.A. was recently acquired by ImpactLab, the largest genetic laboratory provider in Italy in oncology and pre-/post-natal genetic testing. By being part of ImpactLab group, HeartGenetics will be able to continue its expansion in the B2B business model…
European Researchers’ Night 2020
We are glad to be able to participate in another edition of European Researchers’ Night. This year, for the first time, the conference will be held virtually, bringing together more than 200 activities, such as games, quizzes, applications, videos, live demonstrations, talks, etc. INESC-ID’s researchers…
INESC-ID’S team received IEEE Access Best Multimedia Award 2019
INESC-ID’s researchers João Vieira, Rui P. Duarte, and Horácio Neto, were awarded the IEEE Access Best Multimedia Award 2019 part 2. The video recently distinguished in this award is associated with the article “kNN-STUFF: kNN STreaming Unit for Fpgas”. K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) is an algorithm used…
IFIP Internet of Things Virtual Conference
The IFIP International Internet of Things (IoT) Conference is an annual event of IFIP entirely dedicated to IoT research, innovations, and applications. The 3rd IFIP IoT will take place virtually on November 5th and 6th, 2020. The conference brings together researchers from 6 countries to…
INESC-ID at National Science Summit’20
The National Science Summit’20 will take place from November 3rd to 4th, 2020, at the Lisbon Congress Centre. Rodrigo Rodrigues, INESC-ID’s researcher, will moderate the session: “CMU Portugal – defining new frontiers in Technology within the health sector”, on November 4 at 2 p.m. Several…
ISCA honored Isabel Trancoso with Special Service Medal
INESC-ID’s researcher Isabel Trancoso has recently been honored with the International Speech Communication Association’s (ISCA) Special Service Medal for ‘sustained service for ISCA and the Speech Communication community in terms of leadership, outreach, and society recognition’. Over the last 20 years, ISCA has only attributed…
HeartGenetics wins HINTT Award: Startup Innovation
Image credits: Glintt INESC-ID’s startup company, HeartGenetics, was recently distinguished by Glintt in the HINTT Awards, on the category ‘Startup Innovation’. This award distinguishes the project ‘MyPharmaGenes’, developed by the company. HeartGenetics, founded in 2013, is specialized in cardiovascular genetics and develops new high-tech bioinformatics…
INESC celebrates 40 years
INESC celebrated its 40th anniversary on October 8th at Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. Carlos Moedas (Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian) was the invited keynote speaker for this special session, which was livestreaming for hundreds of remote participants.A webinar session focused on creating new technology-based companies, gathered CEOs of…
INESC-ID joins Lisbon Unit for Learning and Intelligent Systems (LUMLIS)
We are proud to be part of the Lisbon Unit for Learning and Intelligent Systems, LUMLIS, along with Instituto Superior Técnico, Instituto de Telecominicações (IT) and Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR – Lisboa). LUMLIS, the Lisbon Unit of the European Laboratory for Learning and…
National Science Summit 2020 – warm up
In this month, three warm up sessions will introduce Science Summit 2020. The first session takes place on October 14th, in Lisbon, with the participation of INESC-ID’s researcher Rodrigo Rodrigues. Register is free and required. More information here.
Upcoming Events
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.”