17-07-2018

IT researchers´ 3D facial animation technology distinguished at the Web3D 2018

Verónica Orvalho and Ozan Cetinaslan, both researchers from IT in Porto were distinguished with the 2nd Best Paper Award in the 23rd international ACM conference on 3D web technology conference (Web3D 2018), held in Poznan, Poland between 20-22 June. With attendees from all over the world, the Web3D is a well-known and prestigious conference in the field of computer graphics, with an acceptance ...

15-07-2018

IT researchers win the IET Award for the best paper in Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation

Rafael Caldeirinha and Telmo Fernandes, both from IT in Leiria, Iñigo Cuiñas from the University of Vigo and David Ferreira (a former Ph.D student, now working at Blu Wireless, Lda, Bristol, England), have won the 2018 Premium Award for the Best Paper in IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation. The IET Premium Award, issued by the Institute of Engineering and Technology in the UK, is a highly ...

11-07-2018

Ciência Viva at IT: Where high-schoolers become telecommunication engineers for one week

Within the 22nd edition of the program “Ciência Viva no Laboratório - Ocupação Científica de Jovens nas Férias”, IT organised once again two internships, in Lisbon and Covilhã, with the aim of capturing the interest of high-school students for telecommunications. In both courses students were immersed in the research and development being done at IT, allowing them to “get into the skin” of ...

10-07-2018

Sheep+IoT´s = Better vineyards

The main goal of the project SheepIT is to improve an ancient and ecological weeding practice, consisting in the use of animals, usually ovines, to graze the vineyards, eliminating the unwanted weeds and fertilizing the soil. As sheep tend to feed also on grapes and lower branches of the vines, causing significant production losses, project SheepIT is developing an autonomous mechanism that aims ...