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Yes, ISTSat-1 solar panels are charging in space
It is confirmed! The ISTSat-1 solar panels are working properly and charging the batteries. "It made my day," says João Paulo Monteiro, a researcher at IST Nanosat Lab, minutes after the team received another piece of data from the first university CubeSat entirely developed and built in Portugal, launched on July 9.
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Electric Vehicles vs. Climate Change: INESC-ID at Técnico Open Day 2024 with EV4EU Project
INESC-ID marked its presence at the Técnico Open Day 2024, held on April 20 at Instituto Superior Técnico, in Lisbon, showcasing the Horizon Europe project EV4EU. The day was filled with lectures, interactive experiences, guided tours, and a science fair with 40 research projects on display, offering visitors a unique opportunity to discover the school and its initiatives.
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ISTSat-1: Portugal’s First University CubeSat Satellite Ready for Summer Space Launch
The first University CubeSat satellite, entirely conceived and developed in Portugal, is set to launch this summer. The ISTSat-1 project was developed by a collaborative team coordinated by Rui Rocha, which includes INESC-ID researchers Gonçalo Tavares and Moisés Piedade, along with students from Instituto Superior Técnico, marking a significant achievement for Portugal’s technological presence in the international space sector.
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INESC ID Interview with Aleksandar Ilic and Ricardo Nobre from the HPCAS Research Group
The High-Performance Computing Architectures and Systems (HPCAS) Research Group at INESC-ID, works on state-of-the-art topics in High-Performance Computing (HPC), performance modeling, and bioinformatics. This includes epistasis detection which involves identifying combinations of specific gene mutations that may increase the likelihood of expressing a disease and have adverse effects on health (e.g. Alzheimer’s disease, breast cancer, and others). Epistasis analysis in disease research is proving crucial for a better understanding of complex illnesses.
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The expression of hate speech against Afro-descendant, Roma, and LGBTQ+ communities in YouTube comments
What's in a word, and especially one mobilized for online hate speech (OHS)? A team of INESC-ID researchers has asked exactly that.
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INESC-ID researchers receive António Brandão Vasconcelos Award
INESC-ID researchers Rui Prada, Diogo Rato and Pedro M. Fernandes have received the first ever António Brandão Vasconcelos Award.
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INESC-ID takes part in new Horizon Europe Project SYCLOPS
Eight leading European organizations join forces to bring together RISC-V and SYCL standards to demonstrate ground-breaking advances in scalability of extreme data analytics via fully-open AI acceleration.
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ID-GAMING: Making a difference for persons with intellectual disabilities
A group of six institutions, across the social solidarity and information and communication technologies (ICT) sectors, have partnered up to improve the quality of life of persons with intellectual disabilities through “serious games”. Preliminary results are in — and they are promising.
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How and when viruses move: predicting the spread of COVID-19 using neural network models
A group of researchers, led by Arlindo Oliveira, has proposed a new method to compute the spatio-temporal dynamics of COVID-19 infections.
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