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POLICY OF A LUCID NATION
The individual merit of the scientist is an instrument, not an ending. Sun Tzu said that "Maneuvering with an army is advantageous; with an undisciplined multitude, most dangerous". The army is the organisation, the institution is the support.
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Combining skills is the path to excellence
INESC TEC’s exponential growth over the past years – 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?
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INESC TEC invests in technology for the Sea
INESC TEC participated in the second edition of the Sea Fair 2012, which took place between 10 and12 May at the Exponor in Matosinhos. As part of this international fair, INESC TEC signed two protocols with CIIMAR (Interdisciplinary Centre for Marine and Environmental Research) and the IPMA (the new Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere), a ceremony which was attended by the President of the Portuguese Republic and the Secretary of State for Maritime Affairs.
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INESC TEC sensors identify DNA in wines
The Optoelectronics and Electronic Systems Unit (UOSE) of INESC TEC has recently started an innovative project in the biosensors area, in collaboration with the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), the National Institute of Biological Resources (INRB) and SOGRAPE, LDA (Sociedade Agrícola S. Mateus), where the aim is to develop an optical biosensor to detect DNA hybridisation processes which can be used in wine traceability.
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INESC TEC participates in ‘Moving Houses’ project
INESC TEC's Manufacturing Systems Engineering Unit (UESP) recently started the Moving Houses project, together with the CEM company. The Unit will be responsible for designing and developing the project’s movement automation system.
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INESC TEC promotes autonomy of senior citizens
INESC TEC’s Telecommunications and Multimedia Unit (UTM) has recently concluded the project Living Usability Lab (LUL) – Living Laboratory for the Use of Innovative Technologies in Next Generation Networks, a collaborative R&D project between academia and industry in Portugal. The project aimed to develop technologies that allow senior citizens to become more healthy and active.
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INESC TEC helps the EDP estimate investments
INESC TEC's Power Systems Unit (USE) is currently collaborating with the EDP Distribuição (a Portuguese electricity distribution company) in a project where the aim is to implement procedures that will allow the distribution network to estimate the investments required for the electricity distribution network.
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HASLab/INESC TEC prevents errors in spreadsheets
A research team at the High-Assurance Software Laboratory (HASLab), INESC TEC’s Privileged Partner, has been applying strict methods – one of the group’s research areas – to spreadsheets in order to reduce errors.
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INESC TEC strengthens position in the smart grids area
INESC TEC’s Power Systems Unit (USE) is now part of two consortiums which were formed for the EC calls in the smarts grids area. The project proposals associated to each project were approved and the negotiation stage with the European Commission started on 22 June.
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INESC TEC organises international event in the Photonics area
From 27 to 29 June, the Faculty of Science of University of Porto (FCUP) hosted the 10th edition of the Symposium on Enabling Optical Networks and sensors (SEONs), which was organised by INESC TEC. As part of this symposium, the Portuguese Society for Research and Development in Optics and Photonics (SPOF) organised, in collaboration with INESC TEC and the IT-Aveiro, the first Summer School on Recent Advances in Optics and Photonics.
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INESC TEC organises workshop on entrepreneurship
INESC TEC’s Innovation and Technology Transfer Unit (UITT) organised the second edition of the SEEW – Science and Engineering Entrepreneurship Workshop – Leaning by Doing, which took place between 9 and 13 de July. This event was supported by the Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (I3S – the Institute for Research and Innovation in Health), by the Engineering Innovation Institute of the University of Florida and by the University of Porto.
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INESC Porto Fellow wins IEEE award
Armando Leite da Silva, a former collaborator at INESC TEC’s Power Systems Unit (USE) – who collaborates regularly with the institution and was awarded with the title of INESC Porto Fellow – was nominated to receive the IEEE PES Roy Billinton Power System Reliability Award for the year 2012.
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HASLab/INESC TEC project receives Google Research Award
A research project developed by INESC TEC’s High Assurance Software Laboratory (HASLab) has received a Google Research Award on 3 July. The project, entitled "Minha”, aims at simplifying and improving the development of software for cloud computing.
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INESC TEC provides advanced training services to Brazilian company
The Brazilian company Tractebel Energia (of the GDF Suez group) has requested INESC TEC’s Power Systems Unit to provide advanced training services on Microgeneration and Microgrids. This traning activity took place between 10 and 13 de July.
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Workshop at PETROBRAS - INESC TEC goes to Rio de Janeiro
INESC TEC participated in the 2nd Workshop organised together with the Brazilian oil company PETROBRAS. The event took place on 24 and 25 April at the company’s facilities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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INESC TEC welcomes a Director of the Brazilian National Petroleum Agency
On 29 June, INESC TEC welcomed Alan Kardec, a Director at the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuel (ANP) of Brazil. The purpose of the visit was to demonstrate INESC TEC’s activity, particularly in the areas of robotics, optoelectronics and energy.
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INESC TEC researchers awarded at StudECE conference
Cristina Oliveira and André Fernandes, researchers at INESC TEC’s Telecommunications and Multimedia Unit (UTM), were the great winners of the 1st PhD Students Conference in Electrical and Computer Engineering (StudECE2012), which took place on 28 and 29 June.
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INESC TEC researcher working in project at CERN
Fernando Pereira, a researcher at INESC TEC's Telecommunications and Multimedia Unit (UTM), is currently working on a project at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research), as part of his PhD. The project will last two years.
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INESC TEC project promotes interactive visits to the city of Porto
Tourists visiting the city of Porto can now know its history, monuments and historical characters in a leisurely way. This is made possible by an INESC TEC project, the TravelPlot Porto, developed by Soraia Ferreira, a collaborator at INESC TEC's Telecommunications and Multimedia Unit (UTM).
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CRACS/INESC TEC wins awards at conference
An article written by José Paulo Leal, Vânia Rodrigues and Ricardo Queiroz, researchers at INESC TEC’s Centre for Research in Advanced Computing Systems (CRACS), was awarded the "Best Paper Award" as part of the 2012 SLATE Conference, held in Braga, Portugal, on 21 and 22 June. As part of the same conference, CRACS researchers Ricardo Rocha and Miguel Areias received the award for best presentation.
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Limelight
Leonel Dias and André Rodrigues, Grasiela Almeida, Manuel Barbosa and José Orlando Pereira
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Free Nonsense
"I’m here today because I want to give you proof that tradition is not what it used to be. However, in this case I’m not referring to science and technology, but to sports and social traditions", Alfredo Martins (ROBIS)
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Have your say
"Today I have a crystal clear vision that INESC TEC is a key element to the development of Portugal and that INESC TEC and Portugal are very important factors for the sustainable development of Brazil (...)", Renato Francês (UTM)
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Gallery of the Uncommon
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. And this says it all. Take a look...
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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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Biptoon
More scenes of how life goes merrily on...
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