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INESC-ID Stands out in ACM CHI Conference
Our institute made waves last week during the ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) CHI 2025 conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, with several contributions presented.
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INESC-ID researchers receive ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award at ICSE 2025
João F. Ferreira, INESC-ID researcher and professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (DEI) at Instituto Superior Técnico, and Nuno Saavedra, PhD student and INESC-ID researcher, have received the prestigious ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award at the International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) 2025—the premier global event in software engineering.
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INESC-ID rated “Excellent” in FCT evaluation with top scores in all categories
INESC-ID has been awarded the highest possible rating—“Excellent”—in the latest national evaluation of Research and Development (R&D) Units by the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT). Our research center achieved the maximum score in all evaluation criteria, highlighting the quality, merit, and societal relevance of its research activities.
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INESC-ID researchers win awards at EuroSys 2025
Two papers co-authored by INESC-ID researchers, professors, and students from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (DEI) at Instituto Superior Técnico were distinguished at EuroSys 2025, a leading European conference in computer systems, held in Rotterdam from March 30 to April 3.
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Finding his corner of the beach: Ricardo Rei’s path to an award-winning Ph.D.
When Ricardo Rei started his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering, he already knew he wanted to work in AI. But it was the people who led the former INESC-ID researcher to pursue his master’s in dialogue systems and chatbots. Under the supervision of João Graça, Unbabel’s CTO at the time — a company Ricardo discovered during Semana Empresarial e Tecnológica — he came into close contact with automatic translation algorithms. It was then he realised how hard it was to evaluate the quality of chatbots or, as we may put it, to separate the wheat from the chaff.
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Overcoming the Adamastor: INESC-ID PhD Student wins third edition of the award “Vencer o Adamastor”
In an effort to reduce the time spent correcting errors in coding, Pedro Orvalho, who recently concluded his PhD thesis, at INESC-ID and Instituto Superior Técnico, and is now at the University of Oxford, has developed the artificial intelligence tool MENTOR, which has earned him the third edition of the award “Vencer o Adamastor” (“Overcoming the Adamastor”). On winning this recognition, the researcher shared that “it is an honour for me to receive this award, as it recognises the impact, both at a scientific and societal level, of the research work I developed during my PhD in collaboration with my supervisors, Vasco Manquinho here at INESC-ID, and Mikoláš Janota at CIIRC, at the Czech Technical University in Prague.”
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Arlindo Oliveira receives Honorary Doctorate from Macau University of Science and Technology
“A distinguished engineer who has made outstanding contribution: in Al, algorithms and complexity, and computational biology. He actively promotes China-Portugal scientific cooperation leveraging on Macao as an important bridge.“ It was with these words that Professor Joseph-Hun-wei Lee, President of Macau University of Science and Technology, justified the attribution of the title of Doutor Honoris Causa by the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) to the INESC-ID researcher and Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, Arlindo Oliveira. The event occurred on March 27, during the university’s 25th anniversary ceremony.
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Joaquim Jorge Inducted into IEEE VGTC Virtual Reality Academy
After being recently appointed IEEE Fellow 2025, INESC-ID researcher in the area of Graphics & Interaction, Joaquim Jorge, has now been inducted into the IEEE VGTC (Visualization and Graphics Technical Community) Virtual Reality Academy. The distinction acknowledges professionals whose contributions, in advanced human-computer interaction, surpass the usual award criteria, promoting technical and scientific excellence in Virtual Reality (VR) technologies.
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Arlindo Oliveira receives the Galp and Academy of Engineering Career Award
More than just “personal recognition,” the Career Award from Galp and the Academy of Engineering, presented to Arlindo Oliveira, is a “tribute” to the institutions where he has worked, said the INESC-ID researcher.
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