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Isabel Trancoso joins international panel on Technology and Regulation at Católica event
Isabel Trancoso, senior researcher at INESC-ID, from Human Language Technologies scientific area, and a leading expert in speech technologies, participated in the Atlantic Dialogues on Technology and Regulation, held on April 3–4 at Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Lisbon.
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INESC-ID opens minds at Técnico Open Day: exploring AI, robotics, chips and sustainability
An AI-powered robot dog, a European-made high-performance chip, a sustainability-focused game co-designed with People with Intellectual Disabilities (PID), a small AI robot that helps identify dangerous mushrooms, and even a tool that video-tracks camouflaged sea creatures — these are the projects INESC-ID presented at this year’s Técnico Open Day, held on April 5, drawing in curious minds of all ages.
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R.617: INESC-ID PhD students cut the ribbon on their new room
Located on the 6th floor of the Alves Redol building, room 617 started as a storage room, with spare furniture lying around. In the past few months, however, it was subject to a complete makeover. Under the guidance of the Communications and Outreach Office, students from the PhD Volunteer team measured the space, mapped it out and brainstormed ideas for furniture, decoration and even board games. After a year-long long process, and counting with the strong support from the Board of Directors, the new exclusive PhD Students Room was finally ready, waiting for the big inauguration.
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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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The Calm before the TecStorm – INESC-ID participates in TecSummit 2025
TecSummit, a unique event focused on entrepreneurship and technology, took place on March 28, at the Técnico Innovation Center (TIC), preceding the weekend-long TecStorm’25, the largest national university-level technology competition, organised by JUNITEC. The afternoon started with a roundtable on AI Frontiers, setting the scene for the following panels, which counted with our President of the Board, Inês Lynce as a speaker, alongside Paulo Dimas (CRAI) and moderated by João Martins (NOESIS).
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