Collaborative study on innovative breast cancer surgery with augmented reality selected for Elsevier’s World Cancer Day article collection
Breast cancer surgery with augmented reality, a clinical research paper published in April 2021 in the medical journal The Breast, has been selected for inclusion in Elsevier’s World Cancer Day 2022 article collection. This collection includes a curated line-up of some of the top research…
New book on electricity production from renewable energy sources
Rui Castro — a researcher in the Sustainable Power Systems Group at INESC-ID and Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Instituto Superior Técnico — has published a new book: Electricity Production from Renewables (Springer Nature, 2022). In Electricity Production from…
SenToy stars in IST’s “110 Histórias | 110 Objetos” podcast
This week’s episode of the “110 Histórias | 110 Objetos” podcast (which roughly translates to “110 Stories | 110 Objects”) features SenToy: a faceless, genderless and ageless toy, developed to communicate emotions to a computer and interact with a video game. SenToy originated in a…
INESC-ID coordinates a European project on electric mobility
The EV4EU project, with a duration of 4 years, is funded by the European Union in 9 million euros through Horizon Europe, the new research and innovation programme for the period 2021-2027. Studies indicate that the massive use of electric vehicles will significantly contribute to…
New exploratory research projects at INESC-ID supported by FCT and CMU Portugal program
The CMU Portugal Program supports the launch of Exploratory Research Projects (ERPs) on a regular basis, with the main objective of promoting Portugal’s international competitiveness and innovation capacity in Science and Technology (S&T) in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). In the 2021 call, from a…
Research project ID-GAMING awarded by Erasmus+ Agency for Education and Training
The ID-GAMING research project was awarded by the Erasmus+ National Agency Education and Training. The Inclusive E+ Awards ceremony will be on November 30th. This Erasmus+ international project, which principal researcher at INESC-ID is Rui Prada, expects to increase the competences of persons with intellectual…
Best Paper Award at the Human-Agent Interaction 2021
The paper “Fitting the room: Social Motivation for Context-aware Agents” by Diogo Rato, Marta Couto and Rui Prada was awarded the Best Paper Award at the Human-Agent Interaction 2021.
HeartGenetics recognised as the Digital Health Company of the Year – Portugal
HeartGenetics was one of the winners of the “Global Health & Pharma’s Healthcare & Pharmaceutical Awards 2021”. HeartGenetics, an INESC-ID startup and member of the IST Spin-off Community, was recognised as the Digital Health Company of the Year -Portugal. The Portuguese startup was one of…
INESC-ID researchers among the World’s Top 2% Scientists list
The Stanford University recently released an update of the World’s Top 2% Scientists list, which includes more than 100,000 researchers. 124 Técnico researchers were included in the ranking of the world most influential researchers in their fields, which represents a substantial increase compared to 2020. The…
Leonel Sousa appointed to the ACM Distinguished Speakers Program Committee
Leonel Sousa, researcher at INESC-ID and professor at the Instituto Superior Técnico, was appointed to the ACM Distinguished Speakers Program Committee, and is among the 8 nominees who will be part of the committee responsible for the oversight of the program. “After an excellent experience,…