The Laboratory of Robotics and Engineering Systems (LARSyS) held its Annual Meeting 2024 on July 11-12 at the Pavilhão do Conhecimento, Lisbon. This event brought together over 200 researchers and students from LARSyS’s four R&D centers: ISR, IN+, ITI, and MARETEC, fostering interdisciplinary debates on current and future challenges in robotics and engineering systems. The […]
The Interactive Technologies Institute participated in the 23rd annual ACM Interaction Design and Children (IDC) Conference, which took place from June 17-20, 2024, at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. As a premier global event, IDC 2024 provides a significant platform for researchers, educators, and practitioners to share groundbreaking research, innovative methodologies, and […]
Researchers from the Interactive Technologies Institute (ITI) are making a significant impact at the ACM Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) 2024 conference, held at IT University, Copenhagen, from July 1st to 5th. The conference, known for its emphasis on the power and potential of design to address contemporary challenges, provides a platform for the ITI team […]
The Interactive Technologies Institute is thrilled to announce the return of the DCitizens Summer School, taking place from July 9th to 11th in Lisbon, Portugal. Hosted at Creative Hub Beato, this three-day training event will explore strategies and techniques for engaging and collaborating with communities to co-create, deploy, and evaluate civic technologies. Participants will delve […]
The kNOwHATE project has recently launched the first episode of its Portuguese podcast ‘Cortar o mal pela raiz’ (Nip it in the bud). The podcast marks the end of the project’s research tasks that have been focused on understanding how online hate speech in Portuguese happens so that effective measures can be implemented to fight […]
The Interactive Technologies Institute wants to allow young students to experience the field of Human-Computer Interaction, contributing to their academic excellence from an early stage. Therefore, we invite highly motivated students to apply for a research assistant position running this Summer. We offer 14 Summer Internships (BIIC) starting in July 2024, with a fixed duration […]
The MODINA project, in which the Interactive Technologies Institute is a partner, has recently opened a call for artist residencies for multidisciplinary duos with dance and technology competencies, particularly in computational creativity and audience interaction. A duo consisting of a dancer/choreographer and a creative technologist would be an example of the profiles the project is […]
The Interactive Technologies Institute is pleased to announce its organisation of two groundbreaking workshops at the upcoming DIS 2024 conference. These workshops aim to foster innovative approaches in their respective fields, promoting collaborative research and transdisciplinary education. Fostering Feminist Community-Led Ethics The first workshop, titled Fostering Feminist Community-Led Ethics, will delve into the intersection of […]
The Interactive Technologies Institute participated in the CHI 2024 Conference, the premier international event on Human-Computer Interaction, organized by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). This year’s conference, themed “Surfing the World,” took place in Hawaiʻi, from May 11-16. The Interactive Technologies Institute is excited to contribute to this wave of technological advancement with three […]
Launch of CMU Portugal Academy to Shape Future Digital Professionals The Interactive Technologies Institute, in collaboration with the Instituto Superior Técnico and the CMU Portugal Program, is launching the CMU Portugal Academy. This initiative, supported by the Fundação Santander Portugal, aims to equip professionals with advanced skills in digital technologies. The inauguration will take place […]
The Technological Research Institute (IPT) and LARSyS signed acollaboration protocolto encourage and foster technical cooperation and the joint research, development and innovation projects between the two research centers.
When we are in a climate emergency, how can we change and redesign cities to make them more sustainable? Paulo Ferrão was the guest on this episode of the podcast "A Escala do Clima", a partnership between the School of Communication and Media Studies and radio Antena 1 [in Portuguese].
The LARSyS 2024 Annual Meeting took place on July 11th and 12th at Pavilhão do Conhecimento, in Lisbon, gathering over 200 researchers from IN+, ISR Lisboa, ITI and Maretec.
The master's thesis "Science Diplomacy, Portugal and the European Project" by Marta Ramilo Abrantes was recognised by the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD).
SocRob@Home achieved third place at RoboCup 2024, one of the world’s largest robotics and AI competitions. Competing against 17 teams from top universities such as Tsinghua, EPFL, and institutions like SoftBank Robotics, SocRob@Home showcased their expertise. The team, part of the long-term SocRob project, has evolved from RoboCup Soccer to various robotics tasks, emphasizing scientific […]
The MIR 2024 Annual Symposium and Robotics Championship proved to be an unforgettable event for all attendees, showcasing the latest advancements in marine and maritime intelligent robotics.
At ISR- Lisboa we are seeking outstanding researchers to apply for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships in 2024. Postdoctoral Fellowships offer researchers holding a PhD the opportunity to gain new skills and experience while carrying out their own research project abroad. The deadline to apply is 11 September 2024. There are 2 types of Postdoctoral Fellowships: European […]
As ISR-Lisboa continues to forge ahead in its quest for innovation and societal impact, these collaborative endeavors underscore its unwavering commitment to driving positive change through transformative research initiatives.
The AMADEE-24 Mars mission simulation has been taking place in Armenia, managed by the Austrian Space Forum and hosted by the Armenia Aerospace Agency. A small field crew of highly trained analog astronauts conducted experiments preparing for future human and robotic Mars exploration missions. ISR-Lisboa researcher Margarida Pereira was at the Mission Support Center (MSC), […]
The 2018 Research Award of the Belgian Committee of the International Water Association (BIWA) was awarded to Andreia Amaral, a joint Ph.D. student of Instituto Superior Técnico (MARETEC), Portugal and Ghent University (BIOMATH), Belgium. This year’s award was given based on the excellent research paper entitled: Towards advanced aeration modelling: from blower to bubbles to […]
The 2018 Research Award of the Belgian Committee of the International Water Association (BIWA) was awarded to Andreia Amaral, a joint Ph.D. student of Instituto Superior Técnico (MARETEC), Portugal and Ghent University (BIOMATH), Belgium. This year’s award was given based on the excellent research paper entitled: Towards advanced aeration modelling: from blower to bubbles to […]