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Editorial
Initially viewed as a means to promote access to scientific knowledge for everyone, including colleagues in less-developed countries, open-access publications are now met with much more skepticism. Over time, we begin to realize that publication is a business that comes with inherent costs, and someone has to cover them.
Traditional journals operate on a pay-to-read model, where readers (or their institutions' libraries) pay to access a paper they find interesting. In contrast, open-access journals adopt a pay-to-publish model, charging authors to cover the costs of publication so that readers can access the paper for free. Many of us consider this approach fair, as most authors come from well-developed countries, making the model a form of solidarity within the scientific community.
The problem arises when we shift to open access while continuing to rely on citations (or, more specifically, impact factor, or journal quartile) as the primary measure of the quality of published research.
Citations may no longer indicate that work has attracted significant interest from colleagues who paid for accessing it; instead, they might simply reflect that the paper was made freely available. We all know examples of open-access journals with high-impact factors that do not necessarily command the same level of respect within their respective communities. Therefore, it seems to me that we must either move away from open access journals or urgently find a more reliable alternative to the impact factor or journal quartile as a true indicator of scientific quality.
José Carlos Pedro
(IT President)
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Instituto de Telecomunicações hosted the FCT Committee for the FCT R&D Units Evaluation 2023/2025
On January 22, Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT) hosted the FCT Committee for the FCT R&D Units Evaluation 2023/2025.
It was a dynamic and insightful day as FCT evaluators conducted a comprehensive assessment at the Instituto de Telecomunicações seventeen labs, in Aveiro, exploring cutting-edge advancements in ICT and telecommunications research.
IT has seventeen laboratories distributed throughout its multiple sites and branches, supporting high-intensity experimental research and development...
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CNN Inovação - Instituto de Telecomunicações
Watch the full episode featuring Instituto de Telecomunicações (Lx - Instituto Superior Técnico), highlighting what we do best!
Our brilliant researchers and Professors at Técnico - Mario Figueiredo, André Martins, and Hugo Plácido da Silva - take the spotlight to present two groundbreaking projects: FORTO 2.0 and Next Gen - Center for Responsible AI.
They presented their cutting-edge innovations and the impact they’re making in the world of technology.
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Instituto de Telecomunicações and Capgemini join forces to advance security in a quantum future
Capgemini and IT signed an agreement in Portugal to collaborate on research, development, dissemination, and exploration of projects and services in the field of quantum security.
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Fernando Guiomar honored with JLT Outstanding Reviewer Award for 2023 and 2024
Fernando Guiomar has been recognized two years in a row with the prestigious Reviewer Award from the Journal of Lightwave Technology (JLT).
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IT team won one of the top scientific recognitions in optical communications: the JLT Best Paper Award
A team of researchers from IT and the University of Aveiro (UA) was distinguished with an important scientific award, the Best Paper Award from the Journal of Lightwave Technology.
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Daniel Nicolau and Nicolas Vasconcellos were awarded two IEEE SPS merit grants
Proud of the master’s students in Electronic Engineering at the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, and our researchers, who were awarded two merit grants from the IEEE Signal Processing Society.
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6G-MUSICAL is a ground-breaking project that merges radio sensing and communication technologies to create new paradigms in Radio Frequency (RF) communication.
The project aims to equip edge infrastructure nodes of 6G with integrated RF/radar-based radio-sensing elements that co-work with communication components. This enables localisation, object tracking and 3D imaging, with cm-level precision and resolution.
As such, the project will investigate new spectrally and energy-efficient system architectures and signals, to facilitate high-rate communication across multi-frequency bands integrated with accurate sensing and localisation.
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ICOE - International Conference on Organic Electronics
ICOE 2025 is a premier event in Portugal for researchers and professionals in the field of organic electronics, covering areas such as novel materials, devices, and emerging applications of organic electronics.
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Start to Spark – The Entrepreneurship Challenge
The Start to Spark challenge is a new initiative at Técnico to ignite creativity, foster collaboration, and equip students with essential entrepreneurship skills. Applications are now open.
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HIRA 2025 - 8th International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications
CHIRA 2025 aims to bring together professionals, academics, and students interested in advancing research and practical applications of interaction design & human-computer interaction.
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João Bioco
Suitability of Agent-Based Models to Predict Spatio-temporal Distribution of Species
João Bioco concluded her Ph.D. in June 2024 at the University of Beira Interior, supervised by Paulo Fazendeiro (IT - UBI) and Fernando Cánovas.
His thesis addresses the integration of species distribution models with agent-based modeling to enhance the prediction of the spatio-temporal relationship between species and their environment. It proposes computational methods to analyze the impact of dynamic ecological variables and species' life cycles, tackling challenges such as computational cost and mapping computational time to geological time.
He is now a specialist in Digital Development at Angola Cables.
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"My experience at IT was essential for developing my thesis. The collaborative environment and access to cutting-edge technological resources provided the necessary support to investigate and develop my work. The guidance received and the enriching discussions with colleagues significantly contributed to the consolidation of my work and to my academic and professional growth."
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Luís Pereira
Optical Fiber Sensors for Structural Monitoring
Luís Pereira concluded his Ph.D. in Physics Engineering from the University of Aveiro, in March 2024, supervised by Paulo Antunes (I3N and IT) and Humberto Varum (FEUP).
The thesis reports the production of different optical fiber-based sensing devices with the potential for structural health monitoring applications. The capabilities of the optical fiber technology, namely fiber Bragg gratings, were explored to obtain simpler and cost-effective sensing solutions, thus contributing to their further establishment.
Currently, Luís is a Junior Researcher at I3N & Physics Department at the University of Aveiro.
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"The collaboration between i3N and IT created the ideal technical and experimental conditions for success. Additionally, its members' expertise and shared knowledge were instrumental in fostering my personal and scientific growth."
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