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Combining skills is the path for excellence – the institution now integrates 12 R&D units and over 600 employees, including 200 PhD holders – has originated major challenges in terms of the efficient combination of expertise in the Associate Laboratory: could we use this diversity of skills to develop national and European multidisciplinary and added-value projects?
02nd July 2012
Imagine that you have an electric vehicle (EV) and that you want to go on a long trip. Because uncertainty is higher due to the lower autonomy of the car batteries, it is useful for the users to know when and where they can charge their batteries.
30th May 2012
On 30th and 31st January INESC TEC received a visit from the SAB - Scientific Advisory Board following the last evaluation three years ago. The SAB is a group of leading international researchers that the Directors invite to evaluate INESC TEC and offer suggestions for the continuous improvement of the institute. The evaluation this year could not have been more positive: according to the SAB, INESC TEC has suffered exponential growth, it continues to strive for high-quality science and publications and it is an institute we should be proud of.
06th March 2012
The Douro Valley portal is truly innovative as it allows users to choose a place and date for a visit and then see all of the places of interest and events that will be happening nearby, offering dozens of fully geo-referenced itineraries and even offering the possibility to design a route with different places of interest and book the accommodation. This is an intuitive tool, with INESC TEC branding, that will revolutionise tourism in the Douro Valley and strengthen the region’s reputation as a classified World Heritage site (2001 UNESCO).
02nd March 2012
INESC TEC, the coordinating entity of INESC Porto, was present in the Brainstorming session “Efficiency and Economic Competitiveness” that took place on 22nd November in Monte Real. The central themes of the event were Health, e-Government and the Economy.
14th December 2011
Palco Mobile is the name of the application developed by INESC Porto for the Android for the Palco Principal portal. This portal is for artists, those who like to listen to music and professionals in the world of music. The application is part of project Palco 3.0.
22nd June 2011
Rui Barros, researcher at INESC Porto, was present at the “Prioritizing innovation and moving towards Common Methodology for the Digital Local Agenda (DLA)” conference, where he presented the Community of Practice, ELANET CoP, as part of project CEMSDI. The conference took place on 4th May in Tartu (Estonia).
15th June 2011
Ademar Aguiar, a researcher at the Information and Computer Graphics Systems Unit (USIG) of INESC Porto was nominated to be vice-president of the Hillside Group. The nomination took place on 22nd March.
16th May 2011
INESC Porto is supporting the adoption and implementation of the Digital Local Agenda (DLA) in Europe. The DLA aims to improve living conditions for citizens through eInclusion strategies for local populations using ICT and with the support of civil servants in order to improve infrastructures, eGovernance and eInclusion.
02nd May 2011
In conjunction with the Business Informatics Service (SIG), INESC Porto’s Information and Computer Graphics Systems Unit (USIC) developed a collaborative platform to consult and analyse documents for the proposal for the alteration of the Regional Plan for Territory Planning in Lisbon (PROT-AML).
10th March 2011
In this year, so notoriously marked by the economic crisis, INESC Porto has increased its budget from 10 to 12.5 million Euros. However, this is actually one of the most conservative budgets so far: close to 90% of the predicted income has been contractually guaranteed since the beginning of the year. With his feet firmly on the ground the INESC Porto President admits that despite INESC Porto having practically doubled in size over the last five years, “this does not mean an obsession with records”. José Manuel Mendonça explains that a group effort from all of the collaborators will be necessary to maintain this sustainable growth and he recognises that guaranteeing a high level of quality while growing so rapidly will be an enormous challenge.
10th February 2011
European senior citizens are more autonomous thanks to technologies designed by INESC Porto
04th February 2011