Antibiotics are widely recognised for treating infections caused by bacteria. However, one of the biggest global public health challenges is the well-documented misuse of these medicines, whether due to excessive and unnecessary prescriptions or the diagnostic inaccuracies that sometimes lead to their use.

A solution developed by INESC TEC will make access to cardiac diagnoses easier in regions where reaching specialised care is more difficult. The project, which began this year, relies on Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions.

In early September, several INESC TEC research infrastructures welcomed researchers from SINTEF – one of Norway’s and the world’s most prominent R&D centres, with more than 70 years of experience and a vast repertoire on sea-related research activities. The main goal? To define a pilot project related to monitoring and maintenance systems for floating offshore energy structures.  

For five full days (from morning until night), close to 1,300 researchers from all over the world turned Porto into the epicentre of discussions that will shape the future of fields like machine learning and responsible AI. The largest European conference in the area could return to the city in 2035.