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INESC-ID joins prestigious Marie Curie Doctoral Training Network to enhance Privacy in Smart Speech Technology
How much private information can a single spoken word inadvertently reveal?
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In the Media: Inês Lynce discusses Educational and Societal challenges in Computer Science at Visão newsmagazine
In a profound interview at Visão newsmagazine, INESC-ID President, Inês Lynce, discusses the evolution of computational sciences, particularly in relation to Artificial Intelligence (AI), and why the perception of radical change might not be entirely accurate, despite visible advancements. Inês details that while the foundations of AI and machine learning have been around since 1956, the real game-changer has been the increase in computational power and the vast amounts of data now available, making these technologies much more effective.
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EV charging station optimisation – New Horizon Europe project signed by INESC-ID
INESC-ID has recently signed an agreement for a Horizon Europe project under Cluster 5: Climate, Energy and Mobility. The AHEAD project (AI-informed Holistic Electric Vehicles Integration Approaches for Distribution Grids), aims to not only determine the most convenient location to place electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, but also optimise both the usage of the power grid resources, and the charging stations located in urban and rural areas. Within this call, two other projects will be launched.
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Navigating the Grey Areas: AI and Uncertainty at IPMU 2024
Almost nothing in life is black or white, rather a diversity of shades of grey. This is to say that uncertainty is everywhere, including in computational problems. But most of the time, engineers ignore this component of uncertainty, transforming it into zero/one solutions. “And then mistakes happen,” notes João Paulo Carvalho, from the Human Language Technologies research area, a board member of INESC-ID and a professor at Técnico. “When we move to real life, uncertainty takes on a different significance.”
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“Our dependence on IT systems is growing, and therefore, the problems affect us more, seem to happen more, and have more visibility”
Millions of computers affected, with airports, supermarkets, and TV stations worldwide having their activities compromised. All due to a software failure. INESC-ID board member Miguel Pupo Correia, from the Distributed Parallel and Secure Systems research area and head of the Computer Science and Engineering Department of Técnico explains what we can do to prevent such a blackout and reveals what has been learned from this episode, which was not the first of its kind and certainly will not be the last.
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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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In the Media: Inês Lynce discusses the “summer of AI” in the Podcast “Futuro do Futuro”
Is the Summer of AI Here to Stay?
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In the Media: Paula Carvalho analyses the different “faces” of hate in the Podcast “Cortar o Mal pela Raiz”
Which forms can hate speech take? How to recognise them? Paula Carvalho, an INESC-ID researcher and member of the Project KNOwHATE team, joined Amanda Lima, journalist and editor of Diário de Notícias Brasil, in the second episode of the podcast “Cortar o Mal pela Raiz” (Cut the Evil at its Root), moderated by Cláudia Semedo. In this episode, the three participants discussed and analysed the complexity, multiple facets and subtleties of direct and indirect hate speech.
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Addressing Gender Imbalance in Academia: Insights from CMU’s Jeria Quesenberry
“Fighting gender imbalance is not hard. In fact, it is much easier than nuclear physics or Artificial Intelligence,” states Jeria Quesenberry, professor of Information Systems at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and author of the book “Kicking Butt in Computer Science: Women in Computing at Carnegie Mellon University". Jeria was speaking during the roundtable that followed the talk “Breaking Barriers in Technology: Women in Computing at Carnegie Mellon and Global Perspectives,” held on June 26 at Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon, an event co-organized by INESC- ID and the Técnico Gender Balance Group.
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