Leonel Sousa was invited by IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) to present a webinar entitled “Unconventional Computer Arithmetic for Emerging Applications and Technologies”.
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Category: Highlights
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“INESC: 40 Years Promoting Science and Knowledge”
Instituto Superior Técnico went back to 1978 to celebrate INESC’s 40th anniversary.
The article recently published “INESC: 40 years promoting Science and Knowledge”, also includes the testimonials of Professor José Tribolet, founder and President of the Institution, Professor Inês Lynce, President of INESC-ID, Engº Fernando Moreira, President of INESC Innovation and Professor Susana Freitas, co-director of INESC MN.
Read the full article here.
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Público Newspaper Highlights INESC’s 40th Anniversary
Público newspaper highlighted INESC’s 40th anniversary covering the last 40 years of the Institution.
This article also emphasises five projects developed at INESC’s research units. -
RESEARCH 4 COVID19: INTAKE
The project coordinated by INESC-ID’s researcher Arlindo Oliveira is one of the projects approved under FCT call “RESEARCH 4 COVID19” .
The INTAKE project will integrate mobile location data to improve existing models for the geographical spread of COVID-19.
The integration of this information will use mobility indexes and machine learning methods that model the strength of interconnections between municipalities. The improved model will enable a smarter and more detailed monitoring of the pandemic.
CERENA, LarSys, INSA and a telecommunications operator are also involved in this project, which has already started and will present results within the next months.
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40 Years of Science and Knowledge
Celebrating INESC 40th anniversary, three sessions will take place in Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra:
- Porto – Empowering companies to face new challenges – July 6
- Lisbon – Creating new technology-based companies – October 8
- Coimbra – Relation with the academic world – October
The first session is also associated with INESC TEC 35th anniversary, and will take place on July 6, at 2:30 pm, at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto. This session will be transmitted by Zoom Webinar.
The event is free, but a registration is required in order to receive a link.
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Springer Pusblishes the Book “Optimal Impulsive Control for Cancer Therapy”
Springer recently published the book “Optimal Impulsive Control for Cancer Therapy “, written by João Pedro Belfo and João Miranda Lemos.
The book approaches the optimization of cancer therapies based on optimal impulsive control.The book is available here.
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INESC-ID Researchers in the Ranking of the World’s Best Scientists in Computer Science
Three researchers from INESC-ID were recognized in the 6th edition of the annual ranking for the world’s best scientists in Computer Science and Electronics, released by Guide2Research.
The researcher’s Ana Paiva, Joaquim Jorge, and Luís Rodrigues were distinguished together with thirteen Portuguese scientists.
This ranking from Guide2Research has the goal to inspire researchers, entrepreneurs, and decision-makers around the world to explore where leading experts are heading and also provide an opportunity for all of us to know the principal experts in diverse research areas, different countries, and research institutions.
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Ana Paiva Selected as Radcliffe Fellow
Researcher Ana Paiva was recently selected as Radcliffe Fellow for 2020-2021. The Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program selects and supports, each year, scholars, artists, and scientists from different countries who “have both exceptional promise and have demonstrated accomplishments.”
The full list of fellows is available here.
Congratulations!
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Inesc Position Paper on Synergies Between European, National and Regional Funds and Programmes for Research, Development and Innovation
INESC fully supports a RD&I framework programme based on excellence. However, we believe this can only be achieved across Europe if, among other, synergies between European programmes and instruments are effectively and /de facto/ implemented, supported by strong incentives and with a simplified framework.
Read all about it here.
