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INESC-ID Researchers among Stanford Elsevier’s World’s Top 2% Most Influential Scientists in 2024
Stanford has released the Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List 2025, which feature 20 INESC-ID researchers, among the most cited scientists in the world.
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Rain or shine, INESC-ID brought science to the European Researchers’ Night
Not even the threat of tropical cyclone Gabrielle discouraged the hundreds of families and curious visitors who filled the Marina of Oeiras for another edition of the European Researchers’ Night (NEI). And last Friday, September 26, brought its reward: the announced storm turned into a perfect autumn afternoon and evening. Once again, the marina became a stage for live science, with more than 35 institutions, interactive experiments, games, conversations, and performances for all ages.
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On the Road to a Connected Community: INESC-ID PhD Students have their #2 Annual Meeting
After a very successful first edition in 2024, the INESC-ID PhD Student Community dedicated the morning of September 24 to their second Annual Meeting, in a room packed with almost fifty people and many activities prompting discussion of relevant themes and mingling between the students.
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Joaquim Jorge Elected 2027 IEEE Computer Society President
INESC-ID researcher Joaquim Jorge, from the Graphics and Interaction scientific area, has been elected President of the IEEE Computer Society for 2027, after serving on the Society’s Board of Governors and leading multiple initiatives in the field of computing.
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Powered by Research: INESC-ID goes the extra mile at the Tejo Run 2025
It was just after 8 a.m. on a sunny Sunday, September 14, and several members of the INESC-ID running group were already warming up, chatting, and sharing laughs near Algés station, a meeting point for thousands of runners and enthusiasts of all ages ahead of the Tejo Run 2025.
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After the lights went out: MIT and INESC-ID researchers team up to prevent the next blackout
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.
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In the Media: “The Scientists of the future?” Arlindo Oliveira reflects on AI systems and their role in science
“Will artificial intelligence systems of the (near or far) future be capable of creating new knowledge?” is the central question in the most recent opinion article by Arlindo Oliveira*, INESC-ID researcher and professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, published in Público, one of the main national newspapers.
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In the Media: Luís Caires questions the future of Portugal’s science policy in Público
“Is this the end of the science that we need?” That’s the question Luís Caires*, INESC-ID researcher and professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, raises in a recent opinion piece for Público, one of Portugal’s main national newspapers. The article addresses the Portuguese government’s announcement to dissolve the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) and the Agência Nacional de Inovação (ANI), replacing them with a new agency.
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In the Media: Helping journalists verify facts faster with trustworthy AI
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.
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