Seventy years after the term Artificial Intelligence (AI) was first proposed at the Dartmouth Conference, the technology has finally moved from academia into society. It is no longer a promise or an experimental tool reserved for tech giants and it…
The ”la Caixa” Foundation has awarded 100 new doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships to outstanding researchers during its Award Ceremony in Barcelona earlier this month. INESC-ID PhD student, Lucian Popescu was present at the ceremony along with fellow awardees to receive…
Earlier this month, the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) announced its 2026 Call for PhD Studentships, an opportunity for students to fund the research activities of their PhD degree. Seizing the momentum, our PhD Student Meetup focused…
Two thousand cyberattacks per week, that is the estimated number of attacks targeting Portugal, according to a recent Check Point study. As conflicts evolve, battlefields now stretch beyond land, air, and sea into the cyber domain. In a recent news…
Last week, from 11 to 13 March, the auditorium of INESC-ID was the stage for the first PhD Symposium between INESC-ID, Fachhochschule Münster (FH Münster) and Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology (Fraunhofer SIT). About 20 researchers and PhD students…
From surgical helmets with augmented reality to AI powered tools, new technologies are entering operating rooms, diagnostic examinations, and everyday clinical decisions. A recent study reveals that Portuguese doctors lead in enthusiasm for the future of artificial intelligence in healthcare.…
INESC-ID join the 40th edition of the INESC Brussels HUB Winter Meeting, which took place on 28–29 January 2026 in Coimbra, gathering European policymakers, Portuguese authorities, university rectors, research leaders, and the broader INESC community. The first day began with…
Luísa Coheur, INESC-ID researcher in Human Language Technologies and professor at Técnico ULisboa, was honoured with the ULisboa Pedagogical Innovation Award, recognising her distinction for “consistent, thoughtful and well-founded teaching practices”. The award-winning initiative, developed in collaboration with Inês Lynce, INESC-ID…
A new year means new ideas, new resolutions, and maybe even new paths in the horizon? For the first INESC-ID PhD Student Meetup of 2026, we welcomed Diogo Rato, co-founder of Testwaves, and Miguel Freire, co-founder and CEO of Neuralshift…
“The work is being done well, but it takes time because it’s very difficult”, Pedro Carvalho told CNN Portugal, a point he also reiterated in interviews with Observador and SIC Notícias, about the restoration of the national power grid in…