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Editorial
Now is a perfect occasion to look back on the ending year and formulate wishes for the new year. This is certainly true for individuals, but it is also true for institutions such as IT.
In the field of AI technology or (as some prefer) machine learning, CHATGPT took the front row by storm. Specialists certainly had seen it coming, but for most of us being able to communicate with a machine in our language and instantly getting an “intelligent" answer either vocally or in writing was no longer Sci-Fi, but reality at our fingertips.
The consequences in our field of work are likely to be felt soon: From network planning to image coding, to source authentication. It is already difficult, even impossible, to distinguish an original, being a piano concerto, a novel, or a picture, from machine-made “originals”.
The effect of AI in our field of work is, for me, very hard to predict but I am pretty sure that next year will likely bring quite a few surprises.
Going away from technology into everyday life, it appears that the pandemic, which took a horrendous toll on lives in the past three years has been controlled and is no longer the menace it has been. Climate change is beginning to become the next problem facing mankind. Although some progress is being made, it is quite possible that our lifestyle, at least in the (so-called) developed world, may well have to change somehow too.
Now for the wishes, for the new year, I have only one wish: May there be peace everywhere. If this happens, I am sure that mankind will enjoy 2024. After all, peace is the most appealing wish at this moment.
Carlos Salema
(Member of IT Board)
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Life and work: an interview with Carlos Salema
In this short video, you can see a glimpse of the interview we have prepared with one of the founders of Instituto de Telecomunicações, Professor Carlos Salema. We have talked about his life, work, and hobbies. Did you know that Carlos Salema has been President of JNICT (former FCT), practiced windsurfing, and once played in a philharmonic orchestra? - Be tuned for more!
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Hugo Plácido da Silva was distinguished by the IEEE Entrepreneurship Impact Award 2023
We caught up with Hugo Plácido da Silva to learn more about this important recognition delivered by the IEEE Entrepreneurship Impact Award Committee.
Our Senior Researcher, Professor at the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Department of Bioengineering (BDE), and entrepreneur, is truly grateful for this excelling recognition, as his next testimonial underlines...
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Nuno Borges de Carvalho elected to coordinate IEEE's technical activities
Nuno Borges Carvalho was elected to coordinate IEEE's technical activities on Technical Community Outreach Engagement and Society Membership (TCOES)...
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Fernando Pereira awarded with 2023 IEEE SPS Leo L. Beranek Meritorious Service
Fernando Pereira, IEEE fellow, our researcher, and Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, has been honored with the prestigious IEEE SPS Leo L. Beranek Meritorious Service Award...
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ANACOM-URSI awards the scientific work of our researchers
Four IT researchers (from IST) were distinguished at the 17th Congress of the Portuguese Committee of URSI, under the theme “Smart materials for radioscience”...
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Pedro Escaleira won AP2SI Merit Award and IEEE Portugal Section's Outstanding MSc Thesis Award
Pedro Escaleira won two awards related to his Master's dissertation, entitled "Securing Real World 5G MEC Deployments”, conducted in the scope of NetEdge project...
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We caught up with André Martins, the local coordinator of the project NextGenAI - Center for Responsible AI, to learn more about this undertaking and collaborative initiative, which comprises 1 startup, 8 research centers in Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra, and several partners in the health area, from the area of Tourism and Retail...
Centre for Responsible AI (CRAI) overall mission is to revolutionize the AI landscape responsibly and to develop the next generation of AI products that are transparent, fair, and trustworthy...
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Pedro Gonçalves
Fault-Tolerant Predictive Control of PMSGs in Offshore Wind Turbines
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, at the University of Coimbra, concluded on May 2022, with the supervision of Sérgio Cruz and André Mendes, both from IT Coimbra.
His Ph.D. thesis introduces innovative finite control set model predictive control (FCS-MPC) techniques for multiphase permanent magnet synchronous machines (PMSMs) in offshore wind turbine applications.
Currently, Pedro is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at McMaster Automotive Resource Centre (MARC), Hamilton, ON, Canada.
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Cláudio Rodrigues
Strategy on the deployment of next generations optical networks Industrial Engineering and Management
Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Management at the University of Aveiro in 2022, under the supervision of António Teixeira and Marlene Amorim (from IT).
His thesis analysis the current telecommunications networks in several contexts; also, the latest access technologies, such as the 25GS-PON and 50G-PON, and economic epidemic diffusion models like Bi-Logistics, bi-gompertz, and Logistic Substitution.
Currently, Cláudio is an engineering and optical technology project at Altice Labs.
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Filipa Prudêncio, a skilled athlete in surfing and various sports and a guest professor at ISCTE, has earned multiple awards. She was honored with the “Best PhD Thesis” in multiple fields for 2013/2014 by institutions like Instituto Superior Técnico and ANACOM. In 2014, URSI recognized her with the “Best Student Paper Award” and “Young Scientist Award”. She also secured the 2nd spot in a paper competition at the 2013 “Advanced Electromagnetic Materials” Congress.
Recently, she was awarded the ANACOM Prize. Filipa shared her thoughts on this important achievement with us...
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