Environmental requirements and regulations have been increasing in an effort to address the climate crisis, one of society’s main concerns in recent years. These goals, however urgent, can be challenging to meet. In a partnership with INESC-ID, Nova SBE and…
Closing the year, the INESC-ID Awards 2025 brought together researchers, students and staff to recognise three outstanding contributions to the institute’s scientific life and impact. Hosted by the President of the Scientific Council, Rodrigo Rodrigues, the packed hybrid ceremony awarded…
From unlocking our phones with facial recognition to self-driving cars, AI-based computer vision is increasingly part of the technologies we use. Yet there is still much to learn from how we see the world. To address this gap, researchers from…
There are many places that provide a home for these microscopic communities we call the “microbiome”. One such location is none other than the human gut, where the microorganisms play a crucial role in a range of processes such as…
In the house of democracy, all sorts of games are played. But on October 22, a few members of parliament and advisors only had to cross the street from Assembleia da República to Casa do Parlamento, an interactive and multimedia…
Long queues outside corner shops and bakeries. Supermarkets closed. Anxious people carrying gas cylinders, bags of charcoal, batteries, and candles. In an instant, and for several hours, the fast, digital rhythm of 21st-century life was unplugged. The unprecedented Iberian blackout…
INESC-ID PhD student Filipe Altoe, MSc student Sérgio Pinto, and researcher Sofia Pinto, also a Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, are behind a new fact-checking AI model that was recently featured in national media, including Expresso, Observador, and SIC Notícias. …
Sahar Moradi Cherati, one of our PhD Students in High-Performance Computing Architectures and Systems (HPCAS) was awarded the “Best Student Paper Award” during the IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (Very-large-scale integration). Sahar’s work “MSDF-Based Hardware Accelerators for Energy-Efficient…
One year ago, Portugal launched its first university satellite into space, aboard the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Ariane 6 rocket, with the mission of testing its ability to detect aircraft in remote areas. The commemorative event took place this July…
INESC ID is currently inviting Expressions of Interest from researchers interested in applying for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA PF 2025), with INESC-ID as their host institution. We welcome highly motivated postdoctoral candidates of any nationality interested in…