Evaluation INESC-ID
As Associate Laboratory since 2004, INESC-ID is periodically evaluated by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). This status is reserved for research institutions of great merit that have been recognized in external assessments as having the “capacity to cooperate in a stable, competent and…
New project SLICE – Combining social agent architectures and machine learning
Slice (Social Learning for Intelligent Characters) is one of the most recent projects of INESC-ID. This project’s objective is to develop and validate an authoring-friendly framework for the creation of transparent social intelligent agents capable of being deployed as virtual characters in training simulations or…
INESC-ID participates in Workshop “Robotics in healthcare”
INESC-ID Researchers Francisco Melo and Miguel Faria, participated in the workshop “”Robotics in health”” organized by the shared Services in Ministry of Health, EPE that took place on July 17th in Lisbon. This workshop brought together several national project that aims to provide better healthcare…
Google Faculty Research Award for Rodrigo Rodrigues
INESC-ID Researcher, Rodrigo Miragaia Rodrigues, received the Google Faculty Research Awards 2017, being the only Portuguese contemplated within this prestigious list of winners 2017. This award aims to recognize and support world-class, permanent faculty pursuing cutting-edge research in areas of mutual interest. The goal…
HeartGenetics in “Exame Informática”
The latest issue of “Exame Informática” highlights national startups that stand out in the healthcare fields. We are proud to announce that one of the focused startups is an INESC-ID startup: HeartGenetics, the digital health company that adds intelligence to…
INESC-ID researchers publish a paper in Nature
Fernando P. Santos and Francisco C. Santos from INESC-D/GAIPS, together with Jorge Pacheco from the University of Minho, developed a new computational model that shows how simple moral principles need to be to maximize cooperation, even in complex environments. The results of this study were…
Professor Luís Vidigal Award
The ceremony for the prestigious Prize “Prémio Prof. Luís Vidigal” and diploma was held within the 18th Electrical and Computer Engineering Conference on March 5, 2018, Monday, at 14:00, at the IST Congress Center. The ceremony was attended by Prof. Luís Miguel Silveira, researcher…
IT MEDEX @ JEEC 2018
The team of the project IT MEDEX attended the Electrical and Computer Engineering Conference (JEEC). The IT-MEDEX project conducts front-line research within collaborative healthcare scenarios where 3D medical images play an important role. This project is devoted to the study and advancement of uses…
Rui Prada speaks at TSF
Rui Prada, researcher at INESC-ID, spoke on TSF about the toys of the future. Get to know his forecast Programa Pais e Filhos
HeartGenetics selected as a EIT Health success story!
The European EIT Health program selected HeartGenetics as one of its most successful startups. This Success Story has now been published on the EIT Health webpage https://www.eithealth.eu/-/heartgenetics. Ana Teresa Freitas, Researcher at INESC-ID and CEO of Heartgenetics, explains why this merit award is so important for…
Upcoming Events
NII International Internship Programme Presentation and Q&A by Emmanuel Planas
On April 30, Emmanuel Planas, the acting director of the Global Liaison Office (GLO) and responsible for the internationalisation program at the National Institute of Informatics (NII) in Tokyo, Japan, will give a presentation to introduce the NII and its internship program to INESC-ID students and IST’s Master’s in Computer Science students.
Date & Time: April 30, 14h00
Where: Sala Polivalente, Técnico – Taguspark
“The NII International Internship Program is an exchange activity with students from institutions with which NII has concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreement. This incentive program aims at giving interns the opportunity for professional and personal development by engaging in research activities under the guidance and supervision of NII researchers.
The NII Internship Program is open to Research Master’s and PhD students who are currently enrolled at one of the partner institutions that have signed an MOU agreement with NII.”
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.”