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''Nuno Crato, Minister of Education and Science and Leonor Parreira, Secretary of State of Science, have visited Instituto de Telecomunicações at Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon on Abril 8, to get a closer look at the one-going research activities in this State Associate Laboratory.
The visit started with a presentation by Carlos Salema, president of IT, who made an overview of the research strategy, management instruments and achievements that have translated into IT international recognition. IT is currently listed in ISI Essential Science Indicators and ranks in the 7th place in SIR Scimago Institutional Ranking report for Portugal.
A visit to some of the key Labs followed, the researchers answered interested technical questions from Nuno Crato and Leonor Parreira. At the end of the visit the Minister has acknowledged, in his address to the press, the importance of IT in the national map of science and technology, its international standing and self-funding capacity which has entitled IT for an Incentive Funding from FCT worth about 450k Euro in 2014.''