Offside
Corporate

INESC TEC, in the words of our partners – Statement by Luís Barruncho from CGI.

Limelight

Bárbara Maia, Marta Barbas, Lídia Vilas Boas, Vanda Ferreira and Pedro Almeida (CM), Mário Rui Pereira (CTM), Luís Filipe Antunes (CRACS), Sérgio Costa (CITE), Héber Sobreira, Elisabete Fernandes e Carlos Costa (CROB), Lino Oliveira (CSIG), Luís Miguel Miranda and João Ramos (CPES)

Have your say

"I have always believed – and I still do – that the key to the success of any organisation is the quality of its human resources. And in our service this is no exception.", Inês Castro (CF)

Free Nonsense

"Now, Portuguese people, yes come here and listen to me well: I know that you know the basics so why do you have to drive me crazy?", Dario Messina (CESE)

Gallery of the Uncommon

In fact, the initialism ECMLPKDD2015 is, in itself, a big data problem. For that reason, the organising committee chose it instead of a more pompous name.

Where are you now?

Every month INESC TEC sends highly qualified individuals into the market...

Jobs 4 the Boys & Girls

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

Biptoon

More scenes of how life goes merrily on...

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Where are you now?

Where are you now?

Every month INESC TEC sends highly qualified individuals into the market. These individuals often then go on to occupy important positions in some of the best national and international companies or they opt to form spin-offs. As the best way to perform technology transfer is through individuals, this section is dedicated to collaborators that trained at INESC TEC and now star in other companies and institutions.

Diana Viegas

Diana Viegas, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Postdoctoral researcher

  • Year when you began working at INESC TEC and when you left: 2003 - 2014
  • Centres at INESC Porto where you worked: CAP
  • Name(s) of the project(s) you were involved in: FLU, Optopack, Endurance / High Performance Optical Fibre based on Plasmonics

Explain your experience since leaving INESC TEC

After I concluded my PhD, I decided to start working at the quality laboratory of a company that manufactures electrical and communication cables (Cabelte SA). Because I had some experience in optical fibres, this seemed like a great opportunity to work in industry. At this company, I developed new skills in process optimisation, quality statistics studies, as well as the approval of products and audits to the product and quality system. However, I missed the research environment, and after three years I started working as a research fellow at the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL). At INL I am working in the area of nanomedicine.

I started working at INESC TEC immediately after I concluded my degree, and it was where I grew up personally and professionally. Ever since I left I feel that the institution has grown sustainably and is now a nationally and internationally renowned institute.

Manuel Au-Yong

Manuel Au-Yong OliveIra, Universidade de Aveiro, Professor Auxiliar

  • Year when you began working at INESC TEC and when you left: 2010 - 2014
  • Centres at INESC Porto where you worked: CITE
  • Name(s) of the project(s) you were involved in: Spin-Up

Explain your experience since leaving INESC TEC

I left INESC TEC in April 2014 after working there for 4 years. I have learned a lot while working at the Centre for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship. This coincided with the beginning of my doctoral studies at FEUP, with Professor João José Pinto Ferreira (also from INESC TEC, CITE) as my advisor. At CITE, I have also worked with Alexandra Xavier. There, I had the opportunity to grow professionally, more specifically due to my work in project Spin-Up, which allowed me not only to travel but also to become a better researcher.

I am currently teaching at the University of Aveiro, and right after I left INESC TEC I started publishing together with Professor João José Pinto Ferreira, in areas such as innovation and BNML (Business Narrative Modelling Language), a language that we have developed together.

INESC TEC is still growing and improving its competences. It is home to different cultures, and an example of how different nationalities and religions can get along and work together.