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Luís Fernandes, Pedro Carvalho and Luís Guardão

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"I remember a few years ago a research colleague of mine saying with some indignation that the authors of scientific papers should receive royalties when they transfer copyrights to the publishers. The rationale behind it was simple...", Alípio Jorge

Free Nonsense

"There are features that unite us, both Portuguese and Brazilian, and that are bigger than the language. And those are apparent in our way of being and in the way we live, in the refusal to live regulatory shapes and procedures that castrate the spontaneous.", José Celso Freire Júnior

Gallery of the Uncommon

Seca is kind of a cool guy and he tucked his meal in his comforted stomach, but one thing he brought for sure from the Azores: the certainty that some people are cooler than him...

Jobs 4 the Boys & Girls

In this section, the reader may find reference to public announcements made by INESC Porto offering grants, contracts and other opportunities of the same kind.

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More scenes of how life goes merrily on...

 
 

USIG stars working on e-Care innovative project

USIG stars working on e-Care innovative project

The Information and Computer Graphics Systems (USIG)  is participating in the European project "User-friendly ICT Tools to Enhance Self-Management and Effective Treatment of Depression in the EU (ICT4DEPRESSION)", within the 7th Framework programme, which kicked off on 25 January, in Amsterdam. This is a strongly innovative project since it is one of the first in the world to apply the concept of e-Health and e-Care in the context of mental illnesses.

The main objective of the ICT4DEPRESSION is to develop an intelligent and easy to use system for the control, clinical follow-up and self-support of patients suffering from depression. The intention is to collect information using sensors, in a way that is imperceptible for the user. Afterwards, based on the collected information, an intelligent analysis of patterns is carried out, so that it is possible to provide help in therapy follow-up and to avoid relapses, through an effective communication of the user’s progress. In this project, it will be possible to study new models and combinations of innovative techniques. Other than INESC Porto, the project includes the participation of Vrije Universiteit  and Trimbos Instituut, both in the Netherlands, Likköping Universitet, in Sweden, University of Limerick, in Ireland, PLUX, in Portugal and Pharmionic Systems, in Switzerland.

The project’s team is led by Artur Rocha and Ricardo Henriques, both from USIG.