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Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support

At LIAAD, we work on the very strategic area of Data Science, which has an increasing interest worldwide and is critical to all areas of human activity. The huge amounts of collected data (Big Data) and the ubiquity of devices with sensors and/or processing power offer opportunities and challenges to scientists and engineers. Moreover, the demand for complex models for objective decision support is spreading in business, health, science, e-government and e-learning, which encourages us to invest in different approaches to modelling.

Our overall strategy is to take advantage of the data flood and diversification, and to invest in research lines that will help reduce the gap between collected and useful data, while offering diverse modelling solutions.

At LIAAD, our fundamental scientific principals are machine learning, statistics, optimisation and mathematics.

Latest News
Artificial Intelligence

When AI predicts and explains: electric buses with a new ally in fault prediction

Combining advanced techniques in machine learning, deep learning, and eXplainable AI, a new system is being developed to predict operational faults and generate understandable explanations for maintenance teams. FOX-PM is a project bringing together INESC TEC and CaetanoBus to create an innovative online and explainable predictive maintenance system for electric bus fleets. The goal is to increase system reliability, reduce downtime, and optimise resource use.

07th November 2025

Event dedicated to Data Science featured INESC TEC contributions

Promoting the exchange of experiences and knowledge in Data Science; this was the main objective of Data Powwow 2025. 

30th October 2025

Artificial Intelligence

Portugal won international computer science award for the first time – and the winner is an INESC TEC researcher

Miriam Seoane Santos, INESC TEC researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (FCUP), was recognised by her contribution to the responsible development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems: she is the first Portuguese scientist to win the international ERCIM Cor Baayen Award, which rewards early-career researchers in the fields of computer science and applied mathematics - - never awarded to Portugal, since its creation in 1995.

23rd October 2025

Artificial Intelligence

INESC TEC research analyses the creation of narratives in online news to tackle misinformation

Work framed within the International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation 2025 included a comprehensive annotation process leading to the creation of a multilingual dataset, providing the basis for training models capable of identifying narratives in European Portuguese.

07th October 2025

For one week, Porto became Europe’s AI and machine learning capital, thanks to INESC TEC

For five full days (from morning until night), close to 1,300 researchers from all over the world turned Porto into the epicentre of discussions that will shape the future of fields like machine learning and responsible AI. The largest European conference in the area could return to the city in 2035. 

30th September 2025

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Featured Projects

SMARTBOGIE

SMARTBOGIE – Solução Inovadora para a Mobilidade Ferroviária de Mercadorias

2025-2028

FOXPM

Failure Online eXplanation for Predictive Maintenance

2025-2028

ScopeAI

Sistema inteligente de caracterização e otimização de produto alimentar com base na experiência de consumidores.

2025-2028

CardioComplete

Automatic Complete Reporting of Cardiovascular Findings in Opportunistic Computed Tomography Screening

2025-2026

ATLAS

Atlantic Tracking with Lightwave Acoustic Sensing

2025-2028

ATAI

Aplicação de técnicas avançadas na gestão de escalas

2025-2027

PROD_AI

Solução IA/ML preditiva aplicada ao procurement e gestão de produção:

2025-2027

Doc2FraudDetection

Automated Detection of Fraudulent Documents

2025-2025

BolsasFCT_Gestao

Funding FCT PhD Grants - Management

2025-9999

Easy4ALL

AI Assistant for No-Code Plataform

2024-2026

ATE

Alliance for Energy Transition

2023-2026

PTPumpup

Building Portuguese Language Resources through machine learning and limited human interaction

2021-2024

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Publications

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2026

Preface

Authors
Ribeiro, P; Japkowicz, N; Jorge, AM; Soares, C; Abreu, PH; Pfahringer, B; Gama, MP; Larrañaga, P; Dutra, I; Pechenizkiy, M; Pashami, S; Cortez, P;

Publication
Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Abstract
[No abstract available]

2026

Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases. Research Track - European Conference, ECML PKDD 2025, Porto, Portugal, September 15-19, 2025, Proceedings, Part VII

Authors
Ribeiro, RP; Pfahringer, B; Japkowicz, N; Larrañaga, P; Jorge, AM; Soares, C; Abreu, PH; Gama, J;

Publication
ECML/PKDD (7)

Abstract

2026

Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases. Research Track - European Conference, ECML PKDD 2025, Porto, Portugal, September 15-19, 2025, Proceedings, Part VI

Authors
Ribeiro, RP; Pfahringer, B; Japkowicz, N; Larrañaga, P; Jorge, AM; Soares, C; Abreu, PH; Gama, J;

Publication
ECML/PKDD (6)

Abstract

2026

Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases. Research Track - European Conference, ECML PKDD 2025, Porto, Portugal, September 15-19, 2025, Proceedings, Part V

Authors
Ribeiro, RP; Pfahringer, B; Japkowicz, N; Larrañaga, P; Jorge, AM; Soares, C; Abreu, PH; Gama, J;

Publication
ECML/PKDD (5)

Abstract

2026

Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases. Research Track - European Conference, ECML PKDD 2025, Porto, Portugal, September 15-19, 2025, Proceedings, Part IV

Authors
Ribeiro, RP; Pfahringer, B; Japkowicz, N; Larrañaga, P; Jorge, AM; Soares, C; Abreu, PH; Gama, J;

Publication
ECML/PKDD (4)

Abstract

Facts & Figures

23Academic Staff

2020

0R&D Employees

2020

19Papers in indexed journals

2020