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INESC TEC leads European energy project as part of the H2020
Until 2017, all homes will benefit from an intelligent metering technology that will allow significant energy savings.
INESC TEC concluded European project that made communications in space more effective
SCREEN - Space Cognitive Radio for Electromagnetic Environment management – is the name of the European project whose goal was to improve communications in space.
Two INESC TEC researchers receive award for Best Pitch
Sofia Cruz Gomes (Centre for industrial Engineering and Management) and Dario Messina (Centre for Enterprise Systems Engineering), researchers at INESC TEC, received the award for Best Pitch at the 8th Industrial Engineering and Management Symposium (IEMS ’17).
INESC TEC organises International Symposium on Bulk Power Systems Dynamics and Control
Espinho was the location chosen by INESC TEC to hold the 10th Bulk Power Systems Dynamics and Control Symposium – IREP’2017, devoted to the theme “The Power System of the Future: Global Dynamics arising from Distributed Actions”, which took place between the 27th of August and the 1st of September.
Office for Brazilian Affairs of INESC TEC organises visit of Brazilian Companies
INESC TEC welcomed, between the 11th and the 15th of September, Brazilian companies Alupar and TBE, which got to know the R&D&I ecosystem of INESC TEC and visited some companies using those technologies.
INESC TEC presents Innovation and Technology Transfer model in Morocco
INESC TEC, together with the University of Washington, was invited to participate in the UM6P - Innovation Technology Transfer Framework Workshop, which took place at the OCP in Casablanca, Morocco, on 2 November. This event focused on two areas: the concept of Mission Research and Innovation and Technology Transfer. The first part of the workshop was dedicated to existing systems in Morocco and abroad. The second part was devoted to models for the Moroccan Research Centres in general, and for the Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique (UM6P) in particular.
Project CE4Blind improves quality of life of the visually impaired
INESC TEC, in collaboration with the University of Texas at Austin, in the United States, and ACAPO (the Portuguese Association for the Visually Impaired), has developed a mobile digital platform capable of improving the quality of life of the visually impaired in a non-invasive manner.
Member of the Board of INESC TEC joins PSDP IEEE
João Abel Peças Lopes, member of the Board of INESC TEC and full professor at FEUP, has been appointed member of the Power System Dynamic Performance Committee (PSDP) of the IEEE – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
INESC TEC is partner in international 3G energy management platform
Managing energy in a global perspective, including different variables such as levels, facilities, geographies, tariffs or technologies, is the challenge INESC TEC's Centre for Enterprise Systems Engineering (CESE) proposes to address in project 3Genergy.
INESC TE researcher publishes new book on Android programming
«Android – Bases de Dados e Geolocalização» (in English: «Android - Databases and Geolocation») is the title of the new book published by Ricardo Queirós, a member of INESC TEC’s Centre for Research in Advanced Computing Systems (CRAS).
Experts in collaborative networks meet in Porto
INESC TEC’s Centre for Enterprise Systems Engineering (CESE) organised the 17th edition of the IFIP Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, which took place at the Palácio do Freixo, Porto, between 3 and 5 October.
INESC TEC in COST Action on atmospheric electricity
INESC TEC’s Centre for Information Systems and Computer Graphics (CSIG) is involved in a COST Action on atmospheric electricity, a multi-disciplinary subject that deals with the electric field of the Earth's atmosphere and how this influences the Earth and biological systems. The COST Action kicked off on 4 October and is expected to last four years.
INESC TEC researcher awarded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Vítor Amorim, researcher at INESC TEC’s Centre for Applied Photonics (CAP), was one of the researchers to receive the “Prémio Estímulo à Investigação 2015” (award to foster research), awarded in November by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. This award distinguishes annually the research proposals with high creative potential in different scientific areas.
INESC TEC researcher edits special issue on Multimedia
Paula Viana, a researcher at INESC TEC's Centre for Telecommunications and Multimedia (CTM), has recently been invited to edit a special issue of Springer's Multimedia Tools and Applications (MTAP) journal, published in October 2016.
Second Portuguese with Registered Technology Transfer Professional certification is INESC TEC researcher
Catarina Maia, head of INESC TEC’s Technology Licensing Office (SAL) and researcher at the Centre for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CITE), is the second Portuguese to be certified as Registered Technology Transfer Professional (RTTP) by the Alliance of Technology Transfer Professionals (ATTP).
INESC TEC develops software to diagnose breast and prostate cancer
ExpertBayes is the name of the software created by INESC TEC that can help health professionals, more specifically doctors, to diagnose illnesses such as breast and prostate cancer.
INESC TEC joins European communications consortium
Innovative ultra-BROadband ubiquitous Wireless communications through terahertz transceivers (iBROW) is the name of a project in which INESC TEC is involved where the goal is to develop new, low-cost, and energy-efficient wireless transmitters capable of supporting the increasing requirements in data transmission. The project started in January 2015 and is being developed by a consortium of 11 partners.
INESC TEC researcher participates in UN Conference at Google
João Paulo Cunha, coordinator of INESC TEC’s Centre for Biomedical Engineering Research, was the only Portuguese at the conference organised by the United Nations, which took place on 21 and 22 March at Google’s headquarters in Montain View (USA).
Retail sales can go up by 21%
The future of the retail industry will involve the use of RFID (radio frequency identification) technology, which makes it possible to optimise the retail cycle management. It was based on this technology that the platform ‘CreativeRetail’ was created, and it not only improves customer satisfaction, but also increases sales between 4 and 21% in stores or store chains. The CreativeRetail was developed by Creativesystems, together with INESC TEC.
INESC TEC participates in the Brazilian Congress of Agri-Informatics
INESC TEC and INESC P&D Brasil participated in the 11th edition of the Brazilian Congress of Agri-Informatics (SBIAgro 2017), which took place at the Convention Centre and Lake House of UNICAMP, in Brazil, between the 2nd and 6th of October.
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