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INESC TEC demonstrated the potential of the Fed4FIRE+ test platform in the validation of new wireless communication solutions, developed within the scope of R&D projects, and Master’s/PhD theses. This was one of the presentations of the event Fed4FIRE+ – Porto Road Show, which took place on February 18, at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP).
02nd March 2020
On February 12, José Manuel Mendonça, Chairman of the Board and CEO of INESC TEC, participated in the closing session of the Public Consultation of the National Plan for the Integrated Rural Fire Management.
28th February 2020
The first Open Class will focus on the circumnavigation trip of the School Ship Sagres.
28th February 2020
INESC TEC, as leader of the ForestWISE – Collaborative Laboratory (CoLab) for Integrated Forest and Fire Management, participated in the workshop “Science with impact – Integrated Rural Fire Management”, which took place at the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), on February 10.
26th February 2020
The EUniversal – Market Enabling Interface to Unlock Flexibility Solutions for Cost-effective Management of Smarter Distribution Grids, whose kick-off meeting took place on February 10, aims to develop new market, innovative services and tools to allow the seamless integration of flexibility in the operation and planning of distribution networks. The main goal is to enable the massive integration of renewable energy sources via services that ensure the contribution of flexible resources, such as storage systems and electric vehicles – V2G, consumers and energy communities.
24th February 2020
On January 29, INESC TEC presented the last works developed under the “Industry 4.0 Cyber-Physical Production Systems” and the “Extended Collaborative Platform for the Footwear Industry“. Alongside the partners of the FAMEST project, the Institute demonstrated the potential of integrating i4.0 technologies in the operations and monitoring of footwear production.
21st February 2020
A total of 175 residential and business participants are testing new solutions aimed to improve the functioning of the electricity network, developed under the InteGrid project – coordinated by EDP Distribuição, with INESC TEC in charge of the technical coordination.
19th February 2020
“EyeWeS: Weakly Supervised Pre-Trained Convolutional Neural Networks for Diabetic Retinopathy Detection” is the title of the scientific article that earned the Best Practical Paper Award at the MVA 2019 (International Conference on Machine Vision Applications) held in Tokyo, Japan.
14th February 2020
In 2017, almost 8 million people worldwide used car sharing as a means of transportation. Studies indicate that this number will increase five times by 2025[1]. In Portugal, there are three companies providing this service, all of them headquartered in Lisbon; they comprehend a fleet of 400 vehicles, which, compared to other European cities, represents a relatively low offer.
12th February 2020
The European project BEACONING - Breaking Educational Barriers with Contextualized, Pervasive and Gameful Learning, developed in partnership with INESC TEC's Centre for Information Systems and Computer Graphics (CSIG), was the big winner of the “Gamification Software Award”. This competition aims to reward disruptive projects in the field of gamification.
10th February 2020
It won’t be a traditional book, but it won’t be an e-book either. It will support a learning model with innovative characteristics. This is the idea behind the “Augmented Book for the Creative Introduction to Programming”, a project by António Coelho, from INESC TEC’s Centre for Information Systems and Computer Graphics (CSIG), one of the winners of the competition for “Pedagogical Innovation Projects”, part of the “Promoting Pedagogical Excellence” programme by the University of Porto.
07th February 2020
INESC TEC signed a contract with the European Space Agency’s (ESA) General Support Technology Programme (GSTP) to test sensor-based perception technologies capable of detecting plastics in coastal areas and shallow waters.
30th January 2020