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Uma das maiores conferências em sistemas de computação do mundo, a EuroSys (European Conference on Computer Systems), vai realizar-se este ano na cidade do Porto, de 23 a 26 de abril. São cerca de 300 os participantes de todo o mundo que se vão juntar naquela que é conhecida pela forte ligação entre o mundo académico e o mundo industrial.

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The Most Valuable Hacker is Portuguese. André Baptista was considered “The Most Valuable Hacker” at H1-202, one of the biggest competitions in the world for hackers that took place in Washington D.C. (USA).

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Would you change your behaviour regarding energy consumption if you had a mobile app or an interactive game on your home, tablet or PC to help you?  This is one of the main goals of FEEdBACk, an H2020 project, that is going to develop energy efficiency solutions.

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Until 2021, €26.4M will be invested in order to increase the integration of renewable energy sources in Europe. Of those, €20.0M will be funded by the European Commission. The goal of the European Commission is for at least 50% of the energy in Europe to come from renewable sources, mainly wind, solar and water. A total of 34 institutions will work towards the same goal and three of these are Portuguese – Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science (INESC TEC), EDP Distribuição and CNET – Centre for New Energy Technologies. Northern Portugal will have a real demonstration zone.

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There is a new method for monitoring the state of the national electrical grid and it has earned Bruna Tavares the REN award, amounting to €12,500. Imagine a robot with a path to follow. Along that path, the robot receives light and acoustic signals to guide it. It must combine these signals in order to form an internal map that allows it to understand the exterior reality. Let us now apply the same concept to the electrical system in order to understand the new method proposed by the researcher, which essentially consists of producing, in a similar manner, a sensor fusion of signals received by different devices in order to better understand the state of the national electrical grid. This was the prize winner of this year's edition of the oldest Portuguese award acknowledging scientific contributions.