Open Day CTM 2018
This year’s edition of Open Day CTM, dedicated to Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the context of Telecommunications and Multimedia, has as main speaker Arlindo Oliveira, president of Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), researcher at INESC-ID, expert in AI and author of the book “The Digital Mind:…
INESC-ID Researchers Talks @ TEDxIST
On March 3rd 2018 took place another edition of TEDxIST 2018 at Taguspark. This year with equilibrium as a theme, INESC-ID researchers, Ana Paiva and Ana Teresa Freitas, talked about artificial intelligence and genetic data. If you missed this edition or just want to hear…
Portugal Smart Cities Summit 2018
Only 4 days away for the Portugal Smart Cities Summit 2018, an event dedicated to the future of smart cities! Check the latest video of the Biklio Project and App and come and meet us at Lisbon Congress Center between 11th and 13th of April….
INESC-ID at Portugal Smart Cities/Green Business Week
The Portugal Smart Cities Summit took place in Lisbon between 11th and 13th of April at the Centro de Congressos de Lisboa. This is an event that brought together opportunities and exhibitions for conferences and networking, sharing knowledge about all sectors that involve the emerging…
PhD Open Days – Pitch Competition
On the fourth edition of the IST PhD Open Days initiative, that took place on March 21st and 22nd at Salão Nobre of IST, Phd Students Renata Castelo Branco and Filipa Correia got, respectively, first and second place in the Pitch Competition. Renata´s pitch, “Illustrated Algorithmic Design”, …
Workshop at INESC Coimbra
On March 13, INESC I&DT units participated in workshop “Systems and technologies to support institutions in occurrence management and territorial planning” in Coimbra. The aim of the event was to present projects under development and under preparation related to the theme. Presentations were made by…
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.”