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Telecommunications and Multimedia

At CTM, our vision is to promote a lively and sustainable world where networked intelligence enables ubiquitous interaction with sensory-rich content. Our mission is to develop advanced systems and technologies to enable high capacity, efficient, and secure communications, media knowledge extraction, and immersive ubiquitous multimedia applications.

We work in 4 main areas of research: Optical and Electronic Technologies, Wireless Networks, Multimedia and Communications Technologies, and VCMI (Visual Computing and Machine Intelligence).

Latest News
Networked Intelligent Systems

Medical diagnosis: ensuring privacy and explaining deep learning models are the goals of a project led by INESC TEC

CAGING – Causality-driven Generative Models for Privacy-preserving Case-based Explanations – is the name of the new project led by INESC TEC, with the involvement of the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI). Funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), this project aims to create a solution that allows explaining the deep learning models used to support medical diagnosis, ensuring the privacy of patients’ data.

31st March 2023

Networked Intelligent Systems

Project will develop a solution for early and personalised diagnosis of bladder cancer

One of the main goals of the CELLo project – funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) – is the development of a portable, non-invasive, and cost-effective clinical diagnosis device to isolate and concentrate cancer cells present in urine. Led by the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP), with the participation of INESC TEC, the project features other external partners: a biotechnology company, two hospitals, the Institute for Research and Innovation in Health of the University of Porto, and the Beihang University. CELLo aims to present a solution to facilitate the early and personalised diagnosis of bladder cancer.

29th March 2023

INESC TEC joins project to address the challenges of efficient computing

The UNIFY project, launched this month, aims to develop compiler technology within the scope of new computing architectures – which can be programmed from conventional, widely used programming languages. INESC TEC is one of the partners of this project that promises to create a unified response to the technological limitations of general-purpose processors (GPPs). 

20th March 2023

Networked Intelligent Systems

INESC TEC participates in mobilising agenda for the sustainable use of plastic packaging

Researching algorithms for visual information processing and packaging quality control in the pharmaceutical industry; this is INESC TEC’s mission within the scope of the Sustainable Plastics Mobilising Agenda, led by the Logoplaste Innovation Lab and the Portuguese Plastics Industry Association (APIP), and funded by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) – namely in one of the projects part of said agenda: Neutro.bottle.

03rd March 2023

Networked Intelligent Systems

INESC TEC leads European project that combines radio communications with computer vision towards 6G

The project CONVERGE - Telecommunications and Computer Vision Convergence Tools for Research Infrastructures, led by INESC TEC, aims to develop a set of innovative tools to support research infrastructures, over the next three years. In the future, research supported by these tools is expected to play a major role in the healthcare, industry, automotive, telecommunications and media sectors.

02nd March 2023

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Featured Projects

LUCCA

AI-based Models for Lung Cancer Characterization: a Multimodal and Causal Approach

2023-2024

CONVERGE

Telecommunications and computer vision convergence tools for research infrastructures

2023-2026

CAGING

Causality-driven Generative Models for Privacy-preserving Case-based Explanations

2023-2024

Vision2Control

Controlo Qualidade Rolamentos por Visão

2022-2023

NEXUS

NEXUS - Innovation Pact - Digital and Green Transition

2022-2025

AURORA

Deteção de atividade no interior do veículo

2022-2024

NewSpacePortugal

Agenda New Space Portugal

2022-2025

Produtech R3

Agenda Mobilizadora da Fileira das Tecnologias de Produção para a Reindustrialização

2022-2025

SUSTAINABLE PLASTICS

SUSTAINABLE PLASTICS - Agenda Mobilizadora para os Plásticos Sustentáveis

2022-2025

IWOW2022

IWOW2022 - NEWFOCUS COST action meeting and workshop

2022-2022

CINDERELLA

Clinical Validation of an AI-based approach to improve the shared decision-making process and outcomes in Breast Cancer Patients proposed for Locoregional treatment

2022-2026

PFAI4_3ed

Programa de Formação Avançada Industria 4 - 3a edição

2022-2022

DivaX

Services for company Europeanisation

2022-2022

ABIS

Automated Biometric Identification System

2022-2022

FORM_I40

Formação Indústria 4.0

2022-2022

THEIA

Automated Perception Driving

2022-2023

CIRCUMSTANCE

Circulating Microbial Signatures for Early Diagnosis of Cancer

2022-2024

OpenMinds

Synchronising creative minds for social cohesion and radical inclusion

2021-2023

HfPT

Health from Portugal

2021-2025

vCardID4

Digital fingerprint enhanced model - 4

2021-2022

WaveCorkCal

Calibração do higrómetro de microondas

2021-2021

CholdaDigital

Consultoria Avançada em Sistemas de Informação e Redes de Comunicações para a Quinta da Cholda

2021-2022

CadPath

Computer-Aided Diagnosis in Pathology

2021-2022

MATinMOL

Matter Waves in Moiré Lattices

2021-2024

5GforUtilities

Tecnologia Celular 5G

2021-2022

DECARBONIZE

DEvelopment of strategies and policies based on energy and non-energy applications towards CARBON neutral cities via digitalization for citIZEns and society

2021-2023

Training4DS

Formação Avançada em Data Science - Altice Labs

2020-2020

PFAI4.0

Programa de Formação Avançada Industria 4.0

2020-2021

iiLab

Ampliação da Infraestrutura Tecnológica do INESC TEC para a Transformação Digital da Indústria

2020-2023

FLY_PT

Mobilizar a indústria aeronáutica nacional para a disrupção no transporte aéreo urbano do futuro

2020-2023

Continental FoF

Fábrica do Futuro da Continental Advanced Antenna

2020-2023

TAMI

Transparent Artificial Medical Intelligence

2020-2023

WiFi4DSO

Tecnologia Wi-Fi aplicada a cenários de um DSO

2019-2019

LeGeM

Learning Representations and Generative Models for 3D Breast Data

2019-2021

CorkNetmon

Network Infrastructure Monitoring for Remote Cork Manufacturing

2019-2020

Inphinit

Bolsa de Doutoramento ”LA CAIXA” Inphinit

2019-2022

SLID

Invitation to collaborate

2019-2022

ProLab

Consultoria profissional com recurso ao laboratório de electrónica

2019-2019

InterConnect

Interoperable Solutions Connecting Smart Homes, Buildings and Grids

2019-2024

TenisApp2

Aplicação móvel para análise de jogos de ténis - 2

2019-2021

NFCAD

Near Field Contact Antenna Development

2019-2020

EuConNeCts4

European Conferences on Networks and Communications

2019-2022

SCA

Serviço de caracterização antenas

2019-2019

RESPONDRONE

NOVEL INTEGRATED SOLUTION OF OPERATING A FLEET OF DRONES WITH MULTIPLE SYNCHRONIZED MISSIONS FOR DISASTER RESPONSES

2019-2022

STRx

Sistema de transmissão e receção de sinal de orientação eletrónica para a próxima geração de constelações de satélites (LEO e MEO).

2019-2022

InterCork

Remote Cork Manufacturing

2019-2019

CLOUD4CANDY

Cloud for CANDY

2019-2019

MetroRec

Avaliação do sistema gravação vídeo do Metro do Porto

2019-2019

Evo3DModel

Consultoria para melhoria do sistema INSIGHT

2019-2020

OpenInnoTrain

Research Translation and Applied Knowledge Exchange in Practice through University-Industry-Cooperation

2019-2024

FollicleCounter

Prestação de serviços de investigação e desenvolvimento em matéria de processamento de imagem para maior fiabilidade de aferição dos folículos implantados

2018-2021

NB-IoT

Consultoria no âmbito da tecnolofia Narrowband-internet of Things

2018-2019

XPERIMUS

Experimentação em música na cultura portuguesa: História, contextos e práticas nos séculos XX e XXI

2018-2022

Blueenergy

Blue energy generation using hybrid triboelectric/photovoltaic systems for the long term deployment of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

2018-2020

AUTOMOTIVE

AUTOmatic multiMOdal drowsiness detecTIon for smart Vehicles

2018-2021

GROW

Long-range broadband underwater wireless communications

2018-2021

HELP-MD

O poder emocional e curativo da música e da dança

2018-2022

NeurOxide

Integration of oxide thin film transistors and memristors in neuromorphic networks

2018-2022

PEPCC

Power efficiency and performance for embedded and HPC systems with custom CGRAs

2018-2021

LUCAS

Lung cancer screening - A non-invasive methodology for early diagnosis

2018-2022

HEMOSwimmers

Hemodynamic optimization around 3D swimming microbots

2018-2022

CLARE

Computer-aided cervical cancer screening

2018-2021

ENDURANCE

Underwater wireless energy and communications enabling long-term deep-sea presence

2018-2020

S-MODE

Screening of antibiotic contamination by mobile devices

2018-2021

UnWSNet

Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks

2018-2018

SIMBED

Fed4fire testbed for experimentation

2018-2019

FotoInMotion

Repurposing and enriching images for immersive storytelling through smart digital tools

2018-2020

ConnectedRefinery

Rede de comunicações sem fios para as instalações da Galp Energia em Leixões

2018-2019

5G

Componentes e Serviços para Redes 5G

2018-2021

Arquitetura_IoT

Consultoria sobre a arquitetura de referência para implementação serviços de informação baseados em IoT

2017-2018

CompMash

Music compatibility models for interactive mashup applications

2017-2019

CHIC

Cooperative Holistic view on Internet and Content

2017-2020

UGREEN

Otimização do Consumo Energético de Redes LTE-U e Wi-Fi em Cenários de Coexistência

2017-2019

SURGEONMATE

Video processing for surgery analysis

2017-2017

TERAPOD

Terahertz based Ultra High Bandwidth Wireless Access Networks

2017-2021

TEC4Sea

Modular Platform for Research, Test and Validation of Technologies supporting a Sustainable Blue Economy

2017-2022

ROMOVI

ROMOVI: Robô Modular e cooperativo para Vinhas de encosta

2017-2019

BCCT.Plan

BCCT.plan: Ferramenta 3D para o planeamento do tratamento conservador do cancro da mama

2016-2020

WI-GREEN

WI-GREEN .: Otimização do consumo energético de redes Wi-Fi sensível aos padrões de tráfego

2016-2018

RAWFIE

Road-, Air- and Water-based Future Internet Experimentation

2016-2019

Cloud-Setup

PLATAFORMA DE PREPARAÇÃO DE CONTEÚDOS AUDIOVISUAIS PARA INGEST NA CLOUD

2016-2019

EVOXANT

Bacterial evolution beyond the cultured isolates - Xanthomonas arboricola pv. juglandis as a paradigm

2016-2020

WISE

TrafficAware Flying Backhaul Mesh Networks

2016-2019

MareCom

Redes e serviços marítimos comunitários

2016-2018

CORAL-TOOLS

CORAL – Sustainable Ocean Exploitation: Tools and Sensors

2016-2018

STRONGMAR-CRAS

STRengthening MARritime Technology Research Center

2016-2018

BLUECOM+

Connecting Humans and Systems at Remote Ocean Areas using Cost-effective Broadband Communications

2015-2017

ENDURE

Enabling Long-Term Deployments of Underwater Robotic Platforms in Remote Oceanic Locations

2015-2017

FOUREYES

TEC4Growth - RL FourEyes - Intelligence, Interaction, Immersion and Innovation for media industries

2015-2019

NanoStima-RL5

NanoSTIMA - Advanced Methodologies for Computer-Aided Detection and Diagnosis

2015-2019

NanoStima-RL1

NanoSTIMA - Macro-to-Nano Human Sensing Technologies

2015-2019

SMILES

SMILES - Smart, Mobile, Intelligent and Large scale Sensing and analytics

2015-2019

VAMOS

Viable Alternative Mine Operating System

2015-2019

SCREEN

Space Cognitive Radio for Electromagnetic Environment maNagement

2015-2016

iBROW

Innovative ultra-BROadband ubiquitous Wireless communications through terahertz transceivers

2015-2018

AnyPLACE

Adaptable Platform for Active Services Exchange

2015-2018

SmarterEMC2

Smarter Grid: Empowering SG Market Actors through Information and Communication Technologies

2015-2017

SEAD

Statistically Enhanced Mixed-Signaland Analog Design

2014-2016

MDX

Simulation Models

2014-2016

Unisat

Serviços de banda-larga em simultâneo com receção de televisão por satélite

2014-2014

TWAVE

Phase conjugated twin waves to unlock the potential of future spatial division multiplexed systems (TWave)

2014-2015

HiperWireless

Microwave Point-to-Multipoint Communications in Free Hiperlan Band (17GHZ)

2014-2015

PGLobal

Desenvolvimento de software para ser integrado numa plataforma de recolha automática e selecção de conteúdos de jornais participantes de vários países

2014-2015

SUNNY

Smart UNmanned aerial vehicle sensor Network for detection of border crossing and illegal entrY

2014-2018

PCSA

Place characterisation from sensing and acting

2013-2014

SIVIC

Wearable Integrated Cardiovascular Surveillance System

2013-2015

Creation

Cognitive Radio Transceiver Design for energy Efficient Daa Transmission

2013-2016

TDT

Digital terrestrial television (DTT) signal monitoring

2013-2014

PICTURE

Patient Information Combined for the Assessment of specific surgical outcomes in breast cancer

2013-2016

Confine

Community Networks Testbed for the Future Internet

2013-2015

MAT

Media Arts and Technology

2013-2015

Sensing

Network Sensing for Critical Systems Monitoring

2013-2015

SmartGrids

Smart Grids

2013-2015

Cooperation

Cooperation and Perception for Augmented Autonomy

2013-2015

ASSIST

Retail futsal statistics

2012-2013

MOGTIDT

Station to obtain 3D images

2012-2012

MTGrid

Multi Technology Communication Infrastructure for the Smart Grid

2012-2015

RETAIL_PRO

Integrated Platform to Strategically Manage Retail Environments

2012-2015

WiSAT

Waveguide passive devices in S and Ka band

2012-2012

SARA

Asset Management System for Road Networks

2012-2015

CPT

Cartesian Polar Transmitter

2012-2014

MC-WMNs

Multiple Context-based Wireless Mesh Networks (MC-WMNs)

2012-2015

SENSEIVER

Low-cost and energy-efficient LTCC sensor/IR-UWB transceiver solutions for a sustainable healthy environment

2011-2015

MIRes

Roadmap for Music Information Research

2011-2013

AdChrono

Automatic optimisation of online advertising

2011-2013

3dBCT

3D Models for Aesthetic Evaluations and Result Predictions in Breast Cancer Procedures

2011-2014

CASA

Computational Auditory Scene Analysis Framework for Sound Segregation in Music Signals

2011-2014

SHAKEIT

Mechanisms of Musical Groove and applications

2011-2013

MultiRadioAccess

Multi-radio (HSPA and WiFi) aggregation to provide a higher rate than those of the individual networks

2011-2011

Steering

Steering of light in nonlinear waveguides with resonant interactions

2011-2014

CNG

New Generation Contents for Education and Vocational Training

2011-2014

AAL4ALL

Ambient Assisted Living for All

2011-2015

SUM

Sensing and Understanding human Motion dynamics

2011-2013

User-Tracking2.0

User-Tracking for Web traffic

2010-2011

SELF-PVP

Self-organizing power management for photovoltaic power plants

2010-2014

ImTV

On demand Immersive-TV for communities of Media Producers and Consumers

2010-2014

NeTS

Next Generation Network Operations and Management

2010-2013

EscolinhasCriativas

Creative Spaces for Creative Kids

2010-2013

Convergence

Content-centric, publish-subscribe service model for the Internet

2010-2013

SafeHomeHealthCare

Interference-free Home Health-Care Smart Spaces using Search Algorithms and Meta-Reality Reflection

2010-2013

OSP

Optical Signal Processing Using Highly Nonlinear Fibers

2010-2013

ProLimb

Electronic sensing for the prophylaxis of lower limb pathologies

2010-2013

ContextAware

Context-aware and personalized multimedia services

2010-2011

REIVE

Intelligent electric networks with plug-in electric vehicles

2010-2012

Alicante

MediA Ecosystem Deployment through Ubiquitous Content-Aware Network Environments

2010-2013

P3.net

On-line daily news platform for young people

2010-2012

LUL

Living Usability Lab for Next Generation Networks

2010-2012

Hotel3.0

Web3.0 Platform for the hospitality market

2010-2012

WOWI

Wireless-optical-wireless interfaces for picocellular access networks

2010-2013

RobVigil

Collaborative and intelligent surveillance robot for the security area

2010-2012

Daphne

Developing aircraft photonic networks

2009-2013

SWIOP

Intelligent and secure Webmail System to Support Personal Organization

2009-2011

SITMe

Metropolitan multi-technology wireless network for public transportation systems

2009-2012

Mobiles

Sustainable electric mobility - Solutions for the logistics associated with electric vehicle battery charging

2009-2012

V-SAT

Passive devices for VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) applications

2009-2009

PortalDouro

Tourism portal for the Douro region

2009-2011

KINETIC

Controller driven adaptive and dynamic music composition systems

2009-2011

ASP-RedesDomesticas

Authentication, Security and Privacy (ASP) Solutions for home networks

2009-2010

MuMoMgt

Multicast and mobility management in heterogeneous access networks

2009-2012

ReCoop

Cooperative Wireless Networks

2009-2012

SemanticPACS

Picture Archiving and Communication System with Semantic Search Engine

2009-2011

Palco3.0

Intelligent Web system to support the management of a social network on music

2008-2011

AHRS

Attitude-Heading Reference System based on MEMS technology

2008-2010

GeCLIFmcast

Management of multicast sessions for IP based services created by users

2008-2009

DR-Vids

Dynamic reconfiguration of logical resources for real time foreground/background video segmentation

2007-2010

Vector

Compilation and Synthesis of Image Processing Algorithms in MATLAB for FPGA-based Custom Vector Units

2007-2011

OMR

Optical recognition system for handwritten music scores

2007-2010

BCCT

Advanced objective method for the evaluation of the aesthetic result of Breast Cancer Conservative Treatment

2007-2010

ROFWDM

Design and Optimisation of WDM Millimetre-Wave Fibre-Radio Systems

2007-2010

EDCine

Enhanced Digital Cinema

2007-2009

VISNETII

Networked Audiovisual Media Technologies

2006-2009

Team
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Laboratories

Laboratory of Sound and Music Computing

Optical and Electronic Technologies Research Laboratory

Publications

CTM Publications

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2022

Lung Segmentation in CT Images: A Residual U-Net Approach on a Cross-Cohort Dataset

Authors
Sousa, J; Pereira, T; Silva, F; Silva, MC; Vilares, AT; Cunha, A; Oliveira, HP;

Publication
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL

Abstract
Lung cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer-related mortality, and since the majority of cases are diagnosed when the tumor is in an advanced stage, the 5-year survival rate is dismally low. Nevertheless, the chances of survival can increase if the tumor is identified early on, which can be achieved through screening with computed tomography (CT). The clinical evaluation of CT images is a very time-consuming task and computed-aided diagnosis systems can help reduce this burden. The segmentation of the lungs is usually the first step taken in image analysis automatic models of the thorax. However, this task is very challenging since the lungs present high variability in shape and size. Moreover, the co-occurrence of other respiratory comorbidities alongside lung cancer is frequent, and each pathology can present its own scope of CT imaging appearances. This work investigated the development of a deep learning model, whose architecture consists of the combination of two structures, a U-Net and a ResNet34. The proposed model was designed on a cross-cohort dataset and it achieved a mean dice similarity coefficient (DSC) higher than 0.93 for the 4 different cohorts tested. The segmentation masks were qualitatively evaluated by two experienced radiologists to identify the main limitations of the developed model, despite the good overall performance obtained. The performance per pathology was assessed, and the results confirmed a small degradation for consolidation and pneumocystis pneumonia cases, with a DSC of 0.9015 ± 0.2140 and 0.8750 ± 0.1290, respectively. This work represents a relevant assessment of the lung segmentation model, taking into consideration the pathological cases that can be found in the clinical routine, since a global assessment could not detail the fragilities of the model.

2022

Bragg Grating Tuning Techniques for Interferometry Applications

Authors
Dionísio, R;

Publication
Optical Interferometry - A Multidisciplinary Technique in Science and Engineering

Abstract
Fiber Bragg grating is widely used in optical fiber applications as a filter or a sensor due to its compact size and high sensitivity to physical conditions, such as temperature and strain. The purpose of this chapter is to describe the implementation and characterization of two tuning methods for optical fiber Bragg gratings, varying the temperature or the length of the fiber. Among the methods using mechanical deformation, compression of the fiber by bending a flexible sheet aggregated with the Bragg grating has shown very interesting tuning results, reaching 19.0 nm with minimum reflection bandwidth variation over the entire tuning range. Stretching the fiber has presented several drawbacks, including breaking of the fiber and a lower tuning range of 4.9 nm. Temperature tuning technique presents good linearity between tuning range and temperature variation but at the cost of a low tuning range (0.4 nm) and a permanent high current electrical source.

2022

Myope Models - Are face presentation attack detection models short-sighted?

Authors
Neto, PC; Sequeira, AF; Cardoso, JS;

Publication
2022 IEEE/CVF WINTER CONFERENCE ON APPLICATIONS OF COMPUTER VISION WORKSHOPS (WACVW 2022)

Abstract

2022

Editorial of the Special Issue from WorldCIST'20

Authors
Domingues, I; Sequeira, AF;

Publication
COMPUTATIONAL AND MATHEMATICAL ORGANIZATION THEORY

Abstract

2022

Classification of Facial Expressions Under Partial Occlusion for VR Games

Authors
Rodrigues, ASF; Lopes, JC; Lopes, RP; Teixeira, LF;

Publication
Optimization, Learning Algorithms and Applications

Abstract

Supervised Theses

2021

Tool for Incremental Database Migration

Author
Fernando Jorge Coelho Barreira Calheiros Alves

Institution
UP-FEUP

2021

Machine Learning Based Controller for the Robot used in Autonomous Driving Competition

Author
Gonçalo Freitas Ferreira Martins

Institution
UP-FEUP

2021

Modeling a Decentralized Market-Based Scheme for Responsive Demands

Author
Tiago de Sousa Garcia

Institution
UP-FEUP

2021

FPGA-based Machine for Regular expression matching

Author
José Pedro Baltazar Mendes

Institution
UP-FEUP

2021

Privacy Awareness for Mobile Devices

Author
Miguel António de Kermenguy Serpa Pimentel Ramos

Institution
UP-FCUP

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2020

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