Furiosa AI to open European headquarters in Lisbon, with Nuno Lopes from INESC-ID appointed director
The South Korean company Furiosa AI has chosen Lisbon to establish its European headquarters, and Nuno Lopes, INESC-ID researcher in high-performance computing architectures and systems, was appointed director of what he anticipates will become a unique strategic centre of Furiosa AI’s operations. The facility will…
Happy International Girls in ICT Day
Today we celebrate our female students and researchers who are shaping the digital future across the many areas of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). From computer science to electrical engineering, their expertise and every contribution, adds to INESC-ID’s relevance in the field of ICT. With…
INESC-ID brings AI and sustainability to the largest edition of Técnico Open Day
With AI powered robots, a Lego miniature displaying sustainable solutions for ports, and a trusty team of volunteers, INESC-ID was present once again at the Técnico Open Day, which took place on 18 April and brought over 3300 visitors to the Alameda campus of Instituto…
INESC-ID joins EARTO as Full European Member
INESC-ID has officially joined the European Association of Research and Technology Organisations (EARTO) as a Full European Member, strengthening its position within the European research and innovation landscape. The institute now becomes part of a network of over 350 Research and Technology Organisations (RTOs) across…
CMU Portugal Open Calls for Mobility Initiatives – Visiting Faculty & Researchers and Visiting Students
The Carnegie Melon University (CMU) Portugal Program has open calls for Mobility Initiatives – Visiting Faculty & Researchers and Visiting Students – focused on research, innovation and education in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). The calls, funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia…
Smart charging in the Azores: EV4EU presents V2X results from Portuguese demonstrator
Around 47% of new vehicles acquired in the Azores last year are electric, with an estimated 6000 electric vehicles (EVs) already used across the archipelago. With these promising numbers, the INESC-ID led EV4EU project (“Electric Vehicles Management for carbon neutrality in Europe”), held the final…
No longer invisible: PiCaSSo brings pediatric palliative care data to Portugal’s hospitals
In Portugal, 7,828 children require palliative care. Their clinical data still lives in Excel spreadsheets, scattered across doctors and hospitals. Maria João Palaré, a specialist at Hospital de Santa Maria, decided it was time to change that. “In February 2024, we were contacted by a…
Tomás Lopes wins Distinguished Winner in the Swift Student Challenge
INESC-ID master’s student, Tomás Lopes, was one of the only 50 students awarded “Distinguished Winner” in Apple’s Swift Student Challenge. The challenge is an international competition that recognises students who create innovative apps specifically for Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS. “Signal”, developed by Tomás, is an…
INESC-ID Distinguished Lectures return with Stanford’s Professor Mark Horowitz
The INESC-ID Distinguished Lectures have made an eagerly-awaited comeback, with the first session, on 23 March, featuring Professor Mark Horowitz from Stanford University, recognised as one of the leading scholars of his generation in integrated circuits and systems design. His research on high-speed CMOS data…
In the Media: Inês Lynce and Luísa Coheur on 70 years of AI and the society we want to build
Seventy years after the term Artificial Intelligence (AI) was first proposed at the Dartmouth Conference, the technology has finally moved from academia into society. It is no longer a promise or an experimental tool reserved for tech giants and it is now a ubiquitous, silent…