How does INESC TEC aim to shape the future of the energy sector? From academia to industry, INESC TEC has been collaborating with several international communities to define a strategic R&D roadmap for

🔋How does #INESCTEC aim to shape the future of the energy sector?

We’ve been working with international communities to rethink how AI can be safely and effectively integrated into the energy systems we all rely on every day. Three peer-reviewed papers explore it all.

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Navigator Digital Forum showcased INESC TEC industry-related solutions INESC TEC carried out technological demonstrations at the Navigator Digital Forum, highlighting solutions in advanced simulation, control of autonomous mobile

What does digital transformation actually look like on the factory floor? 🏭

#INESCTEC took part in the Navigator Digital Forum, where we showcased our expertise in advanced simulation, dynamic factory layout, mobile robotics and computer vision, and much more.

🖇️ Read all about it: t.ly/T7K9Z

The digital transition in industry driven by INESC TEC – within the scope of the PRR INESC TEC’s contributions to digital transformation were showcased at a demonstration event held within the framework of the PRODUTECH R3 mobilising agenda

Imagine being able to change something in your factory and instantly see what would happen without stopping a single machine. 🏭

That idea it’s already taking shape through the work of #INESCTEC, recently showcased at Solzaima, focused on the creation of a digital twin.

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INESC TEC reinforced international position in HPC at CENTRA 9 and consolidated transnational collaborations INESC TEC took part in CENTRA 9, a meeting of the international CENTRA (Collaborations to Enable Transnational Cyberinfrastructure Applications) network, which brings together

#INESCTEC took part in CENTRA 9, an event organised by the international network Collaborations to Enable Transnational Cyberinfrastructure Applications, with researchers from all over the 🌍.

The aim? To promote transnational cyberinfrastructures and their applications.

📌 Find out more: t.ly/5EcXF

INESC TEC reaches third place nationwide for highest number of European patent applications Data from the latest annual report published by the European Patent Office (EPO) places INESC TEC among the top three

🎊 #INESCTEC just unlocked top 3 in Portugal for European patent applications. 14 new patents in 2025 (yep, we’ve been busy), turning brainpower into real-world impact across several domains.

The Institute has been in the top 10 since 2017… but then we said "why not top 3?"

🏆 More: t.ly/9hg0v

What if a image was not plain silence? Yes, you read it right.
Something with emotions, rhythm and movement 🤔.

That’s what is being explored at #INESCTEC. A new technology able to generate original soundtracks from video, creating music that doesn’t just match the visuals.

🎶 Know more: t.ly/__3CD

⌨️ Eager to put your coding skills to the test?

Well, the time has come! #INESCTEC is set to host the next #EPICURE Hackathon on Code Optimisation for Heterogeneous Environments, with speakers already confirmed!

📅 April 27-29
📍 Porto & online

Discover all about the event 🖇️ t.ly/klibh

International conference highlighted INESC TEC robotics – with an award and advances in industry and agriculture The twelfth edition of the International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Applications (ICARA 2026) provided the stage for the presentation

From #INESCTEC to Istanbul in the blink of an eye!

Riding on the back of the most innovative robotic solutions for industry and agriculture, we travelled to Istanbul to present our latest research at the 12th International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Applications.

🤖Know more: t.ly/VHeD7

Chairman of the Board at INESC TEC joins the Board of the TTO Circle João Claro, Chairman and CEO of INESC TEC, has been elected member of the Board of Directors of the TTO

João Claro, Chairman and CEO of #INESCTEC, has joined the Board of the TTO Circle, a key European network supported by the European Commission that helps turn research into real-world impact.

INESC TEC is the only Portuguese institution in this network.

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The essay on pragmatism that Justino writes every day at INESC TEC He might have become a sociologist or a geopolitics expert, but Justino has always been someone with “both feet on

“Sometimes the opportunity is right beside you.”

Justino Rodrigues didn’t plan 15 years at #INESCTEC. But he didn’t look away when the door opened. His path shows how curiosity, staying grounded, and focusing on real-world problems can take you far.

📖 Read the latest On a Personal Note: t.ly/9n3mv

INESC TEC and the Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave will organise the first meeting of the medical image analysis community The city of Porto will host the Meeting on Medical Image Analysis (MMIA). The first edition of this event dedicated

On 8 May, all roads lead to #INESCTEC 💥.
We will host the first Meeting on Medical Image Analysis (MMIA), co-organised with IPCA.

🗣️ It’s the first gathering of a community to share ideas, discuss real clinical challenges, and explore the future of medical imaging.

🖇️ Know more: t.ly/9dWeo

Robotics, sensors, computer vision, bias in language models: what they learned during the Summer Internships Months spent with hands-on activities, exploring and discovering how the future is being shaped. A first contact with scientific research and an awakening

🔙 Over the past years, #INESCTEC Summer Internships have been opening doors for students to experience research and innovation firsthand.

The programme strengthens the connection between academia and industry, helping to develop both technical expertise and essential soft skills.

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Who says you can’t record a podcast on top of a 5-meter-deep tank? 🤖

A year ago, #ScienceBits began a journey through the Laboratory Infrastructures of #INESCTEC. Guided by Paulo Mónica, we return to where it all connects, closing the cycle by exploring TEC4SEA.

👀 Take a look: y2u.be/mrdvSB6iTok

INESC TEC aims to make the dynamic and unpredictable conditions of 5G network testbeds reproducible Researchers at INESC TEC have developed a solution that makes it possible to repeat and reproduce any experimental scenario using

📡What if wireless experiments could always be repeated under the exact same conditions?

#INESCTEC researchers created digital twins of 5G testbeds allowing past experimental scenarios to be reproduced with precision using simulation - through the REPLICA project within 6G-SANDBOX.

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INESC TEC’s “Blue Revolution” motivates visit by the Secretary of State for Fisheries and the Sea From robotics and energy laboratories to the development of the ocean basin at the Leixões Blue Hub, INESC TEC had

🌊 Come meet Leixões Blue Hub!

#INESCTEC hosted Secretary of State Salvador Malheiro, an opportunity to showcase the research and innovation that will help shape the future of Portugal’s Blue Economy – including ongoing efforts to develop the INESCTEC.OCEAN Centre of Excellence.

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Projetos do INESC TEC para mitigação da pobreza energética em destaque no Prémio LIGAR Dois projetos, um mesmo objetivo: usar a tecnologia e inovação para combater a pobreza energética. Os projetos Ecovale e Asprela+Sustentável, dos quais o

🙌 Two projects, one mission: using technology and innovation to tackle energy poverty.

Ecovale and Asprela+Sustentável — with #INESCTEC as partner — ranked among the top 10 in the first LIGAR – Energia para Todos Award by the Observatório Nacional da Pobreza Energética.

🖇️ Know more: t.ly/BkoLa

Hybrid Human–AI Collaborative Networks took centre stage at international conference with INESC TEC participation The 26th edition of the international IFIP/SOCOLNET Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises took place in Porto, bringing together more than 100 participants and

📌Porto hosted PRO-VE 2025, bringing together 100+ participants!

With #INESCTEC organisation, the conference was chaired by António Lucas Soares and explored topics like AI-enabled collaboration, trust and ethics in human–AI relations, and digital-era collaborative networks.

👉 Read more: t.ly/0eczu

Engineering wasn’t imagined for women in the early 1900s.

Still, Edith Clarke became the first woman electrical engineer and created tools that helped engineers understand modern power systems. ⚡

Stories like hers matter.
Her legacy still echoes in the work we do at #INESCTEC.

Helping people understand how Artificial Intelligence works – the goal of a new book with made-in INESC TEC What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)? What are the potential uses? How does it affect everyday life? These are some of

🤖✨ AI is everywhere… but do we really understand it?

That’s where “AI and Chatbots – A Practical Guide for Everyone” comes in 📘💡

Written by #INESCTEC researcher Ricardo Queirós, this book makes AI feel less intimidating and more human: clear, accessible and grounded.

📌 More: t.ly/zQmxI

At #OSM26 in Glasgow this week.
Poster DO34A-1811 – Standardising software interoperability for Digital Twins of the Ocean
DO31A-02 – Portability & interoperability of ILIAD thematic and local twins
Let’s talk standards, metadata & twin architectures.
#DTO #ILIAD #INESCTEC #INESCTEC.OCEAN

Greater transparency in local government decisions – CitiLink project puts AI at the service of democracy The right of any citizen to access decisions taken in municipal council meetings, the main issues discussed, the way votes

Have you tried to find a specific topic in a municipal meeting minute? Endless pages. Slow searches. And giving up halfway through?

That’s where CitiLink comes in. Led by #INESCTEC, the project uses AI to transform dense municipal minutes into clear, searchable and meaningful data.

🖇️: t.ly/6BXIa

For Miriam Santos, “data should be perceived as a social object” – and the responsible creation was one of the main topics The 2025 edition of the Forum on Digital Ethics in Research – Beyond Compliance, organised within the scope of ERCIM, will be

🏆The 2025 edition of the Forum on Digital Ethics in Research Beyond Compliance, by ERCIM, was a milestone for Miriam Santos, a #INESCTEC 's researcher. In addition to being awarded the Cor Baayen Award, she took part as a speaker in the session “Data altruism and open resources”.

📌 More: t.ly/ZF8JC

Intellectual property brings INESC TEC and the University of Ghana together The European Patent Office (EPO) aims to strengthen relations between European and African technology transfer offices to promote innovation and

#INESCTEC and KNUST – Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, from Ghana, led another initiative of the PATLIB Knowledge Transfer to Africa (KT2A).

The goal? To promote innovation and technology transfer through shared experiences, knowledge, and best practices.

Learn more: t.ly/SoB0d

Conferência de reconhecimento de padrões conta com participação expressiva do INESC TEC Evento promovido pela Associação Portuguesa de Reconhecimento de Padrões contou com 32 artigos de investigadores do INESC TEC. Helena Montenegro, investigadora da instituição,

At RECPAD, promoted by the Portuguese Association for Pattern Recognition, #INESCTEC researchers left a mark with 32 accepted papers.

And there was a standout moment 🏆 Our researcher Helena Montenegro won the Best Paper Award for a work that challenges how we see image anonymisation!

📌: t.ly/yBsLl

On the #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience, it’s not enough to count how many women are in research. What matters is showing all the others that there is space for them.

Watch #INESCTEC video and follow the campaign until March 8, because your role in science should never depend on gender. ✨

INESC TEC boosts scientific and technological collaboration with open-source software initiative Accessing the open-source solutions developed by INESC TEC is now easier: the Institute has just launched the OSS (Open-Source Software)

#INESCTEC launched itsOpen-Source Software (OSS) platform, making research results easier to access, reuse and scale. ♻️

From AI to Power & Energy and Robotics, it’s more than just sharing: it’s about promoting collaboration and turning science into real-world innovation and impact.

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Bibidi-Bobidi-Boo. It is not magic, but science that will reinvent textiles Who remembers the incredible dress worn by Cinderella? Or that iconic glass slipper? Production time: two minutes. Actual time of

🔎In this Spotlight, we focus on future of the textile sector: ➖ waste, ➕ circularity, and data-driven decisions.

With inputs from Marcelo Petry, Helio Mendonca, Daniel Lopes, and Tony Ferreira, #INESCTEC shows how robotics, AI, and computer vision can take circularity to industry.

🤖: t.ly/Vrhe7

In the latest episode of #INESCTEC Science Bits, we went to the CommsLab to talk with researchers Luis Pessoa, Helder Fontes and Nuno Paulino about advanced communications, 5G, 6G and more.

Learn how research is building the networks that keep our world connected.

🎥 Watch here: y2u.be/C_AON57mgrM

INESC TEC joins project to accelerate the digital and green transition of the footwear sector INESC TEC aims to apply expertise to accelerate the digital and green transition of Portugal’s footwear sector. How? Thanks to

The future of footwear is here!

And it's sustainable, digital, and innovation-driven! 👣🌱
#INESCTEC is part of a new European project focused on accelerating the digital and green transition of the footwear sector.

Know more about the project with the help of our researcher Rui Rebelo🗞 t.ly/59iN2

From science to market: INESC TEC researchers headed to UT Austin for entrepreneurship programme One team works in Robotics and the other in Systems Engineering and Management; and they share the ambition to take

From the lab to the market and all the way to Austin, Texas

Two #INESCTEC research teams took an important step beyond R&D and into entrepreneurship. That journey led them to TechLaunch, an entrepreneurship bootcamp promoted by the UT Austin Portugal Program.

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