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Privacy in 6G networks can be a challenge: INESC TEC integrates European project focusing on protection

Future 6G networks should make data privacy a top priority. INESC TEC is part of PRIVATEER, a European project that aims to create a robust and decentralised AI-based security analysis for 6G networks. "Privacy" is the key word. 

13th June 2023

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INESC TEC researchers acknowledged for research work aimed at protecting the privacy of mobile phones

A group of INESC TEC researchers was acknowledged due to their research work on the management of permissions on mobile devices. The team developed a set of techniques to automate the response to requests for permissions by smartphone applications, with a reliability of 90%. This work received the award for best scientific paper at the ACM CODASPY conference, which took place in the United States of America.

08th July 2022

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INESC TEC part of project that will make autonomous vehicles safer

INESC TEC will contribute to the development of perception algorithms, computing and architectures based on artificial intelligence, within the scope of the project THEIA - Automated Perception Driving, a partnership between the University of Porto and Bosch - which aims to make autonomous vehicles safer through a better perception of the outside environment.

07th June 2022

Institutional

INESC TEC developed a tool to identify biological species

INESC TEC researchers developed Biolens, a web application that allows the classification of biological species through the submission of photographs. Currently, the platform is able to recognise a significant subset of the Portuguese species of dragonflies, butterflies and moths.

03rd June 2022

Institutional

INESC TEC researcher publishes book dedicated to gamification

Ricardo Queirós, researcher at INESC TEC, and professor at the School of Media Arts and Design of the Polytechnic of Porto (ESMAD-P.Porto), is one of the authors of the book Gamificação Aplicada às Organizações e ao Ensino, along with Mário Pinto, also a professor at ESMAD-P.Porto and a researcher at uniMAD.

24th March 2022

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INESC TEC participates in two projects to support teaching of computer science

INESC TEC's Centre for Advanced Computing Systems (CRACS) participates in two projects funded by the EU programme Erasmus+, whose objective is to develop new tools that support the teaching of computer science, thus contributing to improve programming knowledge.

24th May 2021

Institutional

INESC TEC researchers win Best Application Paper Award

The paper "A Framework for On-Demand Reporting of Cryptocurrency Ownership and Provenance" co-authored by António Pinto, a researcher at the Centre for Advanced Computing Systems (CRACS) and by Pedro Pinto, a researcher at the Centre for Telecommunications and Multimedia (CTM) of INESC TEC, received the Best Application Paper Award at the International Congress on Blockchain and Applications (BLOCKCHAIN'20).

21st October 2020

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INESC TEC researcher organised the first International Conference dedicated to teaching computer programming

Ricardo Queirós, researcher at the Centre for Advanced Computing Systems (CRACS), and lecturer at the School of Media Arts and Design of the Polytechnic of Porto (IPP-ESMAD), was one of the organisers of ICPEC. 

23rd September 2020

Institutional

INESC TEC developed a tool to detect and prevent cyber-attacks attacks in Europe

With the increasing use of I.T. by military units and command structures, cyber-threats and possible issues affecting the defence resources of the EU Member-States are becoming a reality that ought to be addressed, since a cyber-attack can compromise the security and integrity of countries, and even lead to the loss of human lives.

23rd September 2020

Institutional

INESC TEC researcher publishes new book dedicated to the development of web applications

Ricardo Queirós, researcher at the Centre for Advanced Computing Systems (CRACS), and lecturer at the School of Media Arts and Design of the Polytechnic of Porto (IPP-ESMAD), published, in August this year, a new book entitled Desenvolvimento Avançado para Web – do front-end ao back-end.

22nd September 2020

Institutional

INESC TEC organises workshops in the fields of Logic and Verification

Sandra Alves, researcher at INESC TEC’s Centre for Advanced Computing Systems (CRACS), was involved in the organisation of the fourth edition of the Women in Logic (WiL) workshop and the second edition of the Linearity & TLLA workshop.

27th July 2020

Institutional

INESC TEC uses statistical and psycholinguistic indicators to detect fake news

In early May, the European Commission registered more than 2.700 daily articles with fake news related to covid-19 on social networks, including false or misleading posts. Those responsible for said European body even considered misinformation the “disease of the century”.

26th May 2020

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