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At the Port of Leixões Cruise Terminal, INESC TEC placed ocean research firmly on the Business2Sea agenda; throughout the event, researchers and representatives from the Institute participated in panels, round tables and presentations, sharing experiences and future perspectives on ocean innovation.
14th January 2026
Researchers at INESC TEC have developed a solution that makes it possible to repeat and reproduce any experimental scenario using a simulator.
14th January 2026
It is now possible to plan surgeries with greater detail and accuracy with the support of intelligent algorithms. One such example is the work developed by Ricardo Ferreira, INESC TEC researcher, who recently received the Best Student Paper Award at the 25th International Conference on BioInformatics and BioEngineering (BIBE 2025).
13th January 2026
Serious games can be a powerful tool for addressing complex topics; an INESC TEC researcher led a workshop covering all stages of the development of a serious game for global health and wellbeing.
13th January 2026
INESC TEC aims to apply expertise to accelerate the digital and green transition of Portugal’s footwear sector. How? Thanks to the STEP2Digital project, which seeks to help companies adopt advanced digital technologies, build skills and improve the sustainability of production systems.
12th January 2026
One team works in Robotics and the other in Systems Engineering and Management; and they share the ambition to take their R&D work to the market. This goal led them to participate in TechLaunch, an entrepreneurship bootcamp promoted by the UT Austin Portugal Program. Both INESC TEC research teams were selected for the initiative and had the opportunity to spend a week at UT Austin.
12th January 2026
When it comes to the digital transformation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), the risk is that an (often) endless list of questions becomes a barrier that prevents action from even starting: Where to begin? How much will it cost? How long will it take to see results? Is it worth it?
07th January 2026
Although separated by an ocean, there are several matters that bring the electrical systems of the two territories closer together. A group of national experts, including researchers from INESC TEC, travelled to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) to discuss grid stability and system resilience – within the scope of an initiative organised by the UT Austin Portugal Programme. The Colloquium The Resilience of the Electrical Systems in Portugal and Texas also featured Helena Canhão, Secretary of State for Science and Innovation.
05th January 2026
What is Artificial Intelligence and why is it taking centre stage? How do the language models we use on a daily basis work? What role can AI play in Portugal, and how far can it go? These questions were addressed at the Salão Nobre of the University of Porto Rectory (U.Porto), where INESC TEC researcher Alípio Jorge led the session Inteligência Artificial: onde estamos em 2025?
18th December 2025
DRIVOLUTION is one of the Mobilising Agendas under Portugal’s Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) and includes the participation of INESC TEC. The goal of this Agenda, which brings together 38 partners and involves an investment of over €50M, is to create a Factory of the Future model capable of addressing the challenges of the automotive sector. As a result of INESC TEC’s involvement, an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle designed to carry out logistics operations in industrial warehouses has already been developed.
18th December 2025
Following earlier tests in Italy, INESC TEC researchers have returned to the Mediterranean Sea for a new round of demonstrations under the NETTAG+ project, this time off the coast of the island of Vis, in Croatia. Supported by the autonomous vehicle IRIS, the goal was to test the tools developed to locate lost fishing nets on the seabed.
18th December 2025
In October, INESC TEC researchers contributed to a new data collection and mapping campaign of the Madeira–Tore geological complex. With the support of the autonomous vehicle EVA, it was possible to collect data and images of the seabed at depths of up to 1,100 metres.
18th December 2025