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INESC TEC and the ocean exploration: full steam ahead!
About 60M€, distributed by 18 projects, will be used to develop and transfer sea-related technologies until 2018. INESC TEC has been investing in the development of prototypes in this sector in order to create a cluster of technological competences for the sea in Portugal, more specifically for the deep sea. The Institute hopes to play a fundamental role in the extension of the Portuguese Continental Shelf.
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INESC TEC develops platform to assess security of the electrical system
As part of European project iTesla (Innovative Tools for Electrical System Security within Large Areas), which now comes to an end, INESC TEC has developed a flexible, modular and interoperable platform that makes it possible to assess the dynamic security of the power system in real time, for several contingencies and types of security problems, taking into consideration the uncertainty associated with the growing integration of renewable power.
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INESC TEC develops probabilistic wind power forecasting algorithm for EDP Renováveis
In June, INESC TEC’s Centre for Power and Energy Systems (CPES) started an R&D consulting project on wind power forecasting for EDP Renováveis.
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INESC TEC concludes project to fight depression
Project Stop Depression (Stepped care treatments and digital solutions for depression and suicide prevention in primary care), which featured a large team from INESC TEC’s Centre for Information Systems and Computer Graphics (CSIG), was concluded in July, with the Conference “II Conferência Cuidar + da Depressão: Experiências e Práticas Inovadoras nos Cuidados de Saúde Primários” (Conference Care + for Depression), which took place at the University Institute of Maia (ISMAI).
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INESC TEC project develops services based on context for mobile devices
On 1 June, INESC TEC started a new project called “CONTEXTWA: Middleware and Context Inference Techniques from Data-Streams for the Development of Context-Aware Services using Mobile Devices”, where the goal is to apply middleware and inference techniques from data flows in order to develop services based on context for mobile devices. INESC TEC is the tenderer.
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INESC TEC cooperates with Siemens to develop microgrids
One of the best ways of obtaining larger rates of renewable energy integration in the power grid is investing in microgrids and energy storage. Microgrids can autonomously supply energy to remote regions, whether they are connected to the main grid or not.
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INESC TEC co-organises World Robotic Sailing Championship
Between 5 and 10 September, the River Lima, in the city of Viana do Castelo, Portugal, will be filled with 100% autonomous vehicles equipped with innovative robotic applications. The vehicles will be participating in the World Robotic Sailing Championship – WRSC 2016, organised by the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) and the Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science (INESC TEC).
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José Carlos Príncipe receives Faculty Achievement Award
José Carlos Príncipe, president of INESC TEC’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) and professor at University of Florida, USA, received the SEC Faculty Achievement Award 2016, which recognises faculty from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) for their academic and scientific background.
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INESC TEC project REStable receives Franco-German innovation award
Project REStable (Improvement of Renewables-based System Services Through Better Interaction of European Control Zones), which features INESC TEC’s Centre for Power and Energy Systems (CPES), received the Franco-German Innovation Award, promoted by Dena (Germany’s Energy Agency), together with the Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l'Energie (ADEME, France) and the German-French Office for Renewable Energies (DFBEE).
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INESC TEC researcher is Best Reviewer in international journal
Paulo Caldas, researcher at INESC TEC’s Centre for Applied Photonics (CAP) and assistant professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Viana (IPVC), was named Best Reviewer 2015 of the Journal of Optics & Laser Technology, published by Elsevier, for his “excellent work, quality and objectivity in the revision of papers.”
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Project 3Port chosen as good practice in Public Administration
The Portuguese RCC – Rede Comum do Conhecimento (Common Network of Knowledge), which is part of the AMA - Agência para a Modernização Administrativa (Agency for Administrative Modernisation), has chosen project 3Port (Ports and Environmental Management Information System) as a good practice in public administration. The RCC considers that the project is extremely relevant, as it enables a “more efficient, transparent and collaborative Public Administration.”
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INESC TEC researcher receives award for best master’s dissertation
Carlos Costa, researcher at INESC TEC’s Centre for Robotics in Industry and Intelligent Systems (CRIIS), won the award for best Portuguese master’s dissertation in the area of robotics.
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INESC TEC organises advanced training session on risk management in power systems
INESC TEC’s Centre for Power and Energy Systems (CPES) has organised the training session “Risk Management in Power Systems: from Theory to Practice”, which took place between 15 and 17 June at INESC TEC as part of the EES-UETP (Electric Energy Systems – University Enterprise Training Program) consortium.
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INESC TEC demonstrates Logistic Planner solution in London
Rui Dias, researcher at INESC TEC’s Centre for Enterprise Systems Engineering (CESE), has demonstrated the Logistic Planner solution at ICAPS 2016 - The 26th International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling, which took place in London, UK, between 12 and 17 July.
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INESC TEC receives award for most influential paper published in Transport Policy between 2013-2016
The paper “Understanding attitudes towards public transport and private car: A qualitative study”, authored by Gabriela Beirão and José Sarsfield Cabral, researchers at INESC TEC’s Centre for Industrial Engineering and Management (CEGI), received the Transport Policy Prize as part of the WCTR 2016 (14th World Conference on Transport Research), which took place in July 2016, in Shanghai, China.
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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.
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