HeartGenetics: A new big step

Our researcher Ana Teresa Freitas, CEO and co-founder of HeartGenetics, will continue to serve as CEO of the company and will support the development of the Company and its integration with the ImpactLab group.
“In 2013, we had the vision of creating a company that could use genetic data and computational tools to improve health for everybody. The acquisition of HeartGenetics by ImpactLab is an amazing and unique opportunity to build upon that vision, enhance our digital and bioinformatics capabilities, and deepen our roots in the personalized medicine field. For a startup in the diagnosis field, this acquisition represents a major achievement for the healthcare Portuguese startup ecosystem” stated Ana Teresa Freitas.
Upcoming Events
Mathematics, Physics & Machine Learning Seminar Series (Online)

The Mathematics, Physics & Machine Learning seminar series has started on October 2020 and runs until March 2021.
The seminars aim to bring together mathematicians and physicists interested in machine learning (ML) with ML and AI experts interested in mathematics and physics, with the goal of introducing innovative Mathematics and Physics-inspired techniques in Machine Learning and, reciprocally, applying Machine Learning to problems in Mathematics and Physics.
Attendance is free but registration is required.
More information is available here.
International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing

The 27th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2021) will take from August 30 to September 3 2021 in Lisbon.
Euro-Par is the prime European conference covering all aspects of parallel and distributed processing, ranging from theory to practice, from small to the largest parallel and distributed systems and infrastructures, from fundamental computational problems to full-fledged applications, from architecture, compiler, language and interface design and implementation, to tools, support infrastructures, and application performance aspects.
The 2021 edition of Euro-Par will be organized as a collaboration between INESC-ID and Instituto Superior Técnico (IST).
Important Dates:
– Abstract Submission: February 5, 2021
– Paper Submission Deadline: February 12, 2021
– Author Notification: April 30, 2021
– Camera-Ready Papers: June 6, 2021
More information is available here.