Four decades of innovation and entrepreneurship
On October 8th, the second session celebrating the 40 years of INESC will take place. Few things have remained unchanged in these four decades, as witnessed by those who are reading these lines and have participated in the creation of the institution, in the 1980s….
INESC-ID researchers distinguished with two awards at CAADRIA 2020
INESC-ID researchers recently received two awards at CAADRIA 2020. The presentation “Visual meets Textual: A Hybrid Programming Environment for Algorithmic Design”, co-authored by Renata Castelo-Branco and António Leitão, was distinguished with Best Presentation Award. The second award, Best Presentation – Runner Up Award, was granted…
40th Anniversary of INESC
On October 8, Lisbon will welcome the 2nd of 3 sessions to celebrate INESC’S 40th anniversary. The event will take place at Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, and will be made available live and online. Save the date! Website
QUATIC’2020 – Online Conference
The 13th International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology (QUATIC’2020) will be held virtually, from 9 to 11 September 2020. QUATIC is a forum for disseminating advanced methods, techniques and tools for supporting quality approaches to ICT engineering and management where practitioners…
INESC-ID researcher Andreas Wichert new book
World Scientific recently published the 2nd edition of “Principles of Quantum Artificial Intelligence: Quantum Problem Solving and Machine Learning”, written by INESC-ID researcher Andreas Wichert. This book provides an introduction to problem solving, information theory, statistical machine learning, stochastic methods and quantum computation. The book…
“Explain it like I’m 5”: Arlindo Oliveira
Can machines think? Arlindo Oliveira is the next guest of “Explain it like I’m 5 – talks at Técnico for children and other curious people of all ages”. The talk takes place live at Instituto Superior Técnico Facebook, on September 5, at 11am. Website
Gender&Diversity Breakfast Webinars: September 8, 9 and 11
Organized by INESC Brussels Hub, ‘Gender&Diversity Breakfast Webinars’ will take place next week, on September 8, 9 and 11. Program: Register here until September 4.
40 years of science and knowledge
Celebrating INESC’s 40th anniversary, a special programme with three sessions is available to the general public. Next session will take place on October 8th, at 5 p.m., at Auditório II of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, and will be made available online streaming. Event is free,…
Ricardo Chaves Speaks About Facial Recognition Technology
INESC-ID’s researcher Ricardo Chaves was interviewed for ‘Notícias Magazine’ about facial recognition technology. This brief interview is focused on the rise of facial recognition technology together with artificial intelligence, and highlights two very important questions: reliability and privacy. Read the article here.
Article in ERCIM News Magazine
INESC-ID’s researcher Leonel Sousa recently published in ERCIM News, titled “Can 5G and Machine Learning Replace the Global Positioning System?”. The article is co-written with João Gante and Gabriel Falcão, from the University of Coimbra. Read the article here.
