Other topics in this issue:

• Editorial | When Bureaucracy Backfires
• AdvayaTech: New Spin-Off from IT and CICECO Brings Breakthrough Photonic Security Across Global Supply Chains
• IT Team Secures Global Podium in AG-VPReID 2025 Competition
• IT Researcher Mohsen Barzegar Wins 2025 IEEE Portugal Best PhD Thesis Award
• IT Showcased as Strategic Innovation Partner at INOVARMY Summit & Expo
• Rafael Gonçalves Wins IEEE 2025 Outstanding MSc Thesis Award
• PROJECT SNAPSHOT | POEMS: Portuguese Competence Centre for Semiconductors
• PhD Hosted by IT | Ricardo Pereira & Daniel Bastos
• Season's Greetings Card