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The necessary folly
"Let us praise this new alliance. Let us praise the constructive lucidness of the leaders of the new groups that join INESC Porto: in artificial intelligence, in computer science, in industrial management, in robotics..."
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INESC PORTO helps prepare Europe for the massification of the electric car
INESC Porto is the scientific leader of the project MERGE (Mobile Energy Resources for Grids of Electricity) – the largest EU-financed research project that will prepare the European electrical system for the massification of electric vehicles. The aim with this 4.5 million Euro project is to find solutions that will minimize the need to strengthen to electric grid infrastructures and power systems, and thus avoid extra costs that would have to be borne by the users of the electric vehicles.
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INESC Porto takes digital democracy to the entire country
INESC Porto has developed a collaborative platform for the elaboration and public discussion of the Regional Plans for Town and Country Planning (PROT) for the most part of Portugal’s regions. With this platform, all platform users managed to achieve significant time gains and to reduce costs. The Commissions for the Coordination and Regional Development of Lisbon and Tagus Valley (CCDR-LVT), North (CCDR-N) and Centre regions (CCDR-C) all adopted the platform, supporting the PROTs of the West and Tagus Valley (PROT-OVT), North (PROT-N), Centre (PROT-C) and Metropolitan Area of Lisbon (PROT-AML). Three years after the platform was launched, it is now time to make a balance of the tool’s functionalities. BIP interviewed some of the most important participants in these works in order to understand the benefits that the platform developed by INESC Porto brought to the regions and to citizens.
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Hungary follows recommendation from a study developed by USE
The Hungarian Energy Authority has announced that a call for applications for the installation of wind production in the country will be launched. The definition of the limits for the wind power to be installed in Hungary was the result of a study that the Power Systems Units (USE) developed for this Energy Authority in 2008.
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INESC Porto starts working on FIT4U European project
The kick-off meeting for the project FIT4U - Framework of Integrated Technologies for User Centred Products took place in Milan on 15 July. INESC Porto was represented at the meeting by Rui Rebelo, researcher at the Manufacturing Systems Engineering Unit (UESP).
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INESC Porto with a project approval rate higher than European average
Ever since the beginning of the EU Framework Programme in 2007, INESC Porto has participated in over 40 applications, which resulted in 13 approved projects, with INESC Porto being the scientific coordinator of one of them.
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INESC Porto creates music on wheels with the Skate Ensemble
The Telecommunications and Multimedia Unit (UTM) is currently developing the Skate Ensemble project, together with the Junior University programme. Promoted by Casa da Música’s Educational Service, this project aims at the creation of sounds and graphic images through the acrobatic movements of skaters, habitués at the Casa da Música outside space.
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INESC Porto starts working on the eCAALYX project
The first meeting of the project eCAALYX - Enhanced Complete Ambient Assisted Living Experiment took place on 14 and 15 July at the facilities of the CETEMMSA Technological Centre, in Mataró, Spain.
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INESC Porto contributes to the modernization of avionic communication networks
INESC Porto has recently started working on a new European project whose aim is to introduce the most advanced optical fibre communication network technologies in future aviation fleets. The kick-off meeting of the DAPHNE project took place at the AIRBUS head office in Hamburg, Germany, in September this year.
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USIC participates in European project for e-Inclusion
The Information and Communications Systems Unit (USIC) has participated in an application for the call ADD ME! - Activating Drivers for Digital eMpowerment in Europe, submitted for funding that will be provided by the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme - ICT Policy Support Programme (ICT PSP).
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INESC Porto participates in VISNET Network of Excellence
The Telecommunications and Multimedia (UTM) has participated in the VISNET Network of Excellence (Networked audiovisual media technologies), whose activities took place in two phases, with a total duration of five years. The activities were concluded in June 2009.
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UESP starts European project on Virtual Factories
The European project "Holistic, extensible, scalable and standard Virtual Factory Framework (VFF)" started on 1 September. Inserted in the 7th EU Framework Programme, the VFF project aims at supporting industrial companies, providing tools that make it possible to improve processes related to the design, management, evaluation and reconfiguration of new or existing industrial facilities.
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Researcher from LIAAD wins PremeIA award
Carlos Soares, researcher from the Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support (LIAAD) and professor at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Porto (FEP) was one of the winners of the Merit and Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Award - PremeIA. The winners were presented in a solemn session that took place on 4 July during the 25th Anniversary Session of APPIA (Portuguese Association for Artificial Intelligence), at the Convent of the Order of Christ, in the city of Tomar.
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Researcher from CRACS visits the Texas Advanced Computing Center
Inês Dutra, researcher at the Center for Research in Advanced Computing Systems (CRACS), visited the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TAAC), in Austin (USA), last August, in the context of the Colab programme, in collaboration with the Portuguese Government and the University of Texas.
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USE contributes to the integration of wind power in the electrical system
The Power Systems Unit (USE) of INESC Porto will be participating in another collaborative project in the context of the Energy 2009 programme (FP7) entitled TWENTIES (“Transmission system operation with large penetration of Wind and other renewable Electricity sources in Networks by means of innovative Tools and Integrated Energy Solutions”).
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Future Places Festival returns to Porto
The Future Places Festival, organised under the coordination of the University of Porto and with the intervention of researchers and professors from INESC Porto, from the School of Fine Arts and from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), took place once again in the city of Porto between 13 and 17 October. This Festival is financed by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) in the context of the UTAustin|Portugal Programme.
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Limelight
Tânia Leandro and Teresa Raposo Antunes (DIL), Rui Barros (USIC)
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Free Nonsense
"My cousin told me that, after a few months, the “short” 45-minute trip would become a daily challenge for me. At the time, it was hard for me to believe that, but today I partly agree with his point of view...", Daniel Delgado
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Gallery of the Uncommon
Who knows if we can now start working in the science of the teeth, prostheses and implants? And there are several types of implants...
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Have your say
"(...) I was positively surprised by what Portugal was doing in terms of research and innovation. I discovered in Porto that it is possible to achieve excellent results in a “stressless” way, in an environment where human relations are fostered.", Jean Akilimali
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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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