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AMALIA is the name of Portugal’s newest large language model (LLM), and INESC TEC was one of the partners behind the project, which was officially unveiled on 1 July at the Innovation Centre of Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon.
07th July 2026
Alípio Jorge, researcher at INESC TEC, where he coordinates the Artificial Intelligence area, has joined the new rectoral team at the University of Porto, taking on the role of Vice-Rector.
12th June 2026
The Artificial Intelligence models developed within the CitiLink project are now easily accessible, opening the doors to collaboration and the continuous evolution of solutions aimed at increasing municipal transparency.
16th April 2026
For five days, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) became the meeting point for the international scientific community dedicated to information retrieval, bringing together around 500 experts to discuss search and recommendation models, the integration of language models, and the challenges associated with evaluating and improving the efficiency of these systems. INESC TEC took part in the 48th edition of the European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR 2026) with a team of researchers presenting several scientific papers and organising a workshop.
13th April 2026
The first Tertulia AI of 2026 placed Responsible AI centre stage; researchers at INESC TEC have built a community in constant interaction and, through this event, showcase different perspectives on the topics under discussion.
24th February 2026
The EnSafe project (Enhancing Environmental Protection: Anomaly Detection in Waste Transportation using Network Science) – focusing on the development of Artificial Intelligence-based solutions to tackle environmental crimes - has now come to an end. It is now possible to detect anomalies and possible fraud in waste transportation. Integrated into the national strategy to eliminate environmental crimes, the project was funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).
03rd February 2026