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Workshop at INESC Coimbra

On March 13, INESC I&DT units participated in workshop "Systems and technologies to support institutions in occurrence management and territorial planning"   in Coimbra. The aim of the event was to present projects under development and under preparation related to the theme. Presentations were made by members of INESC TEC, INESC ID, INESC Coimbra, INESC MN and  INESC INOV, followed by a wide discussion on possible opportunities, paths to follow and  collaboration between the various units, in order to develop systems and methodologies that can meet the needs of Portuguese institutions and companies.

International Women’s Day: Researchers inspire students at the Lisbon Academy of Sciences

On the International Women's Day, Isabel Trancoso, researcher at INESC-ID, talked to students from Pedro Nunes  and Passos Manuel High Schools at the Lisbon Academy of Sciences.

INESC-ID researchers publish a paper in Nature

Fernando P. Santos and Francisco C. Santos from INESC-D/GAIPS, together with Jorge Pacheco from the University of Minho, developed a new computational model that shows how simple moral principles need to be to maximize cooperation, even in complex environments. The results of this study were published in Nature on March 8, 2018.

Professor Luís Vidigal Award

The ceremony for the prestigious Prize "Prémio Prof. Luís Vidigal"  and diploma was held within the 18th Electrical and Computer Engineering Conference on March 5, 2018, Monday, at 14:00, at the IST Congress Center.

IT MEDEX @ JEEC 2018

Rui Prada speaks at TSF

 Rui Prada, researcher at INESC-ID,  spoke on TSF about the toys of the future.

HeartGenetics selected as a EIT Health success story!

The European EIT Health program selected HeartGenetics as one of its most successful startups.

Silicongate | PME Excelência 2017

Every year, IAPMEI, Agência para a Competitividade e Inovação,  distinguish SMEs with a recognition of its merit and contribution to the results of the economy. This award distinguishes companies relating to their surroundings - suppliers, customers,  financial system, national and regional authorities - on a basis of trust that uplevel the development of their business. The "PME Excelência" status is particularly relevant, being a guarantee of the solidity and sustainability of the companies with a quality stamp recognizing the merit and excellence of its financial performance.

Publication first prize of the Blue Sky Awards at AAAI 2018, New Orleans

The paper “Engineering Pro-sociality with Autonomous Agents” (co-authored by Ana Paiva with  Fernando Santos and Francisco C. Santos), presented at  AAAI’18 this year, won the first prize of the Blue Sky Awards sponsored by the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) at the AAAI-18 Senior Member Presentation Track. The goal of this track was to present ideas and visions that can stimulate the research community to pursue new directions, such as new problems, new application domains, or new methodologies.