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INESC TEC leads project to study lung cancer using Artificial Intelligence

The main goal of the LUCCA project, led by INESC TEC and funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) is to contribute to the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions that enable a more robust and precise support in the decision-making process related to lung cancer.

17th May 2023

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INESC TEC is looking for college students who wish to develop research in telecommunications and multimedia

During the summer holidays, higher education students will have the opportunity to participate in research and development activities, with the support of expert advisors in one of the four areas of the Centre for Telecommunications and Multimedia (CTM), at the Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science (INESC TEC). Through the "CTM Summer Internships" initiative, INESC TEC grants students the opportunity to gather knowledge and experience, while establishing contacts in the telecommunications and multimedia domain.

04th May 2023

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WATSON: the European project that promotes traceability and tackles fraud in the food sector

The main objective of the European project WATSON, with INESC TEC participation, is the development of tools and systems that contribute to prevent fraud and increase traceability in the food sector. The project brings together 44 partners from 19 countries; it will, on the one hand, provide solutions that improve the competitiveness of the different stakeholders of the production chains, and, on the other hand, raise the consumers’ awareness, promoting their confidence in what they wish to buy.

04th April 2023

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INESC TEC leads printed electronics project to create 6G antennas

Using printed electronics to develop reconfigurable antennas is the focus of the new project led by INESC TEC. TORIS - Towards Fully Printed Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces will resort to flexible printed electronics solutions to create prototypes adapted to the future of communications.  

03rd April 2023

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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

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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

Institutional

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

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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

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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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INESC TEC organised international workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Biometrics

The third edition of the workshop “Explainable & Interpretable Artificial Intelligence for Biometrics” (xAI4Biometrics) took place in early January, and brought together researchers from around the world; the event was promoted within the scope of WACV 2023, one of the major and most important international conferences on computer vision, organised by IEEE/CVF.

14th February 2023

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Portuguese institute leads project for the development of 6G communication solutions

Researching innovative technologies for the sixth generation (6G) of mobile communications, supporting the digital transition process of the European business ecosystem through the demonstration of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) THz - this is the main goal of the TERRAMETA project. Led by INESC TEC, the project brings together 13 European partners to carry out tests in telecommunications scenarios.

07th February 2023

Institutional

INESC TEC research acknowledged by the Portuguese Section of IEEE

The Portuguese Section of the IEEE acknowledged João Fonseca, a researcher at INESC TEC, for the development of Artificial Intelligence models to predict mortality rates in patients who suffered head trauma. This work, which was the first to use learning models to study of adult patients, was awarded the “IEEE Outstanding MSc Thesis Award”.

02nd January 2023

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