An app that knows the tastes of users is now available

Listening to music you enjoy, reading the news that interest you or watching films that you like: there is now an app for Android capable of doing that in an automatic and non-invasive way. The app is called CAMR (Context-Aware Personalized Multimedia Recommendations for Mobile Users) and it is being developed by INESC TEC (INESC Technology and Science), as part of the research programme MAT – Media Arts and Technology.

Date 03rd March 2015

Intelligent technology made in Portugal will allow energy savings

Until 2017, all homes will benefit from an intelligent metering technology that will allow significant energy savings. The device will interact, automatically and at a low cost, with the metering systems of the largest electricity, water and gas suppliers, reducing all associated tariffs and bringing benefits to the end-user. The cost of this technology should not exceed 100 euros.

Date 18th February 2015

Retail sales can go up by 21% with innovative technology

The future of the retail industry will involve the use of RFID (radio frequency identification) technology, which makes it possible to optimise the retail cycle management. It was based on this technology that the platform ‘CreativeRetail’ was created, and it not only improves customer satisfaction, but also increases sales between 4 and 21% in stores or store chains. The CreativeRetail was developed by Creativesystems, together with INESC TEC.

Date 22nd January 2015

Portuguese among international experts who have launched standards for the use of AI in the diagnosis of gastrointestinal cancers

Experts from two Portuguese health and research institutions - the IPO Porto and INESC TEC (Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science) - are involved in an international study that focuses on the use of AI to improve the quality of gastrointestinal endoscopy, which is fundamental in the early diagnosis of cancer. Ensuring thorough directives and appropriate development methodologies for the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in clinical practices is the main objective of the work developed by 32 international experts, which was recently published in the magazine Gut.  

Development of an observatory to monitor the impact of climate change on vineyards in Portugal

The Institute for System and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science (INESC TEC), GEODOURO, the  the Association for the Development of Viticulture in the Douro Region (ADVID) and the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD) developed a thematic Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) to support the management of climate change in vineyards. This platform, developed within the scope of the INFRAVINI project, is available online for the Douro region, but it will be expanded to other regions.

Portuguese Institute part of project to improve the flexibility of the European energy system

Over the next four years, the BeFlexible - Boosting Engagement to Increase Flexibility project will increase the flexibility of the energy system, improve cooperation between Distribution System Operators (DSOs) and Transmission System Operators (TSOs), and facilitate communication between all energy stakeholders. The Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science (INESC TEC) is the only Portuguese partner of the project, which will be financed by the European Commission (€10M) through the Horizon Europe programme.

Portuguese Institute coordinates €16M project for the development of deep-sea technology

The main goal of the project is the development of a reliable and transparent system for the continuous assessment of the environmental impact of deep-sea exploration. With €16M funding - with close to €12M provided by the EC's Horizon Europe programme -, the project brings together 26 institutions from 10 countries, five of them Portuguese, including the Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science (INESC TEC) - also acting as the project's leader.