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Joint projects, advanced training, HR mobility and research endeavours are some of the initiatives established by the collaboration agreement signed between INESC TEC and the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR), in Brazil. The main goal is to develop R&D and innovation in sustainable and smart cities.
13th March 2025
How can we recognise human gestures, especially hand gestures? The answer would be by collecting pictures or videos of hands, and then process said data to recognise gestures, as this is the most conventional approach. However, the work developed by INESC TEC researchers in this area is far from traditional; in this case, the innovative character of the solution developed lies in the use of radio frequency (RF) data instead of images or videos. The work won the first ANACOM-URSI Portugal – International Union of Radio Science award, standing out as the best research in the field of radio electricity.
13th March 2025
Promoting greater municipal transparency and encouraging civic participation are the goals of the CitiLink project, coordinated by INESC TEC. The project leverages Artificial Intelligence (AI) to simplify access to information about municipal decisions.
12th March 2025
A new initiative brings together members from industry, research, universities and associations. The endeavour is called IAM-I, and José Carlos Caldeira will represent INESC TEC in the consortium.
05th March 2025
It's hard to think of current technologies or innovations that do not resort to Language Models (LM) or Natural Language Processing (NLP). Their presence in various society domains - some with significant relevance, like the legal or healthcare sectors - raise issues (and concerns) that often end up focusing on the same question: are LM-based technologies reaching all communities? Recently, two scientific papers featuring INESC TEC - both accepted at AAAI, an A* conference - sought to address some of the challenges in this new era, which directly influence the Portuguese language.
28th February 2025
INESC TEC and the University of Minho (UMinho) consolidated their cooperation for the coming years, by formalising the INESC TEC hub at UMinho, in Braga. The protocol signing ceremony took place on February 10, with João Claro, Chairman and CEO of INESC TEC, and Rui Vieira de Castro, Rector of U.Minho.
27th February 2025
The seasonality of search queries in search engines could be a factor for online businesses to consider if they seek to improve the ranking of their results. A new demo-paper featuring INESC TEC explored the creation of a database to present the Occasion-aware Recommender solution.
26th February 2025
A master's thesis and a scientific paper, both award winners, focus on one of the main concerns when it comes to research in Artificial Intelligence (AI): machine learning models’ bias. Inês Martins and Eduarda Caldeira are studying solutions for more inclusive, transparent, fair and ethical AI systems.
25th February 2025
INESC TEC researchers developed a study that aims to make adaptive variational quantum algorithms more efficient, thus reducing computational costs and make quantum computing more accessible and efficient.
21st February 2025
Homes in Europe are estimated to be responsible for approximately 40% of the European Union's energy consumption and 36% of greenhouse gas emissions. DECODIT, a European project featuring INESC TEC, will support the energy transition of homes, through the development of digital services to support citizens in the decision-making process of renovating and managing the energy of their homes. These services will help us choose the solutions that best meet our personal needs.
18th February 2025
Alexandra Ramôa, Ana Neri and Bruna Salgado, INESC TEC researchers in the field of quantum computing – together with Sara Franco, INL researcher – won second place in the PQHack 2025 competition, as the Team Quantum SHEmulation. The results achieved have potential application in neuroscience, seismology, ecology, and finance.
17th February 2025
The main goal of the PTicola project was to expand and build new Natural Language Processing (NLP) capabilities for the Portuguese language. The results of this project - which include, for example, an English/European Portuguese translator and a PT-BR/PT-PT language variety identifier - address the gap in NLP resources available for PT-PT compared to PT-BR.
14th February 2025