35 years separate the beginning and the end of the teaching career of João Gama, one of the most-cited scientists in the world. The INESC TEC researcher, who presented his Last Lecture on November 25, said “goodbye” to the classrooms of the Faculty of Economics of the University of Porto (FEP). The motto? "Where do We Come From? Where are we going?” – the culmination of a recognised academic career, particularly in the fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning.

What started with an algorithm designed to capitalise on the value of information and data from wind and solar farms has evolved into an innovative platform for forecasting renewable energy production, particularly offshore wind power. Predico, developed by INESC TEC, is already being tested in an operational environment with Elia, a system operator from Belgium and Germany.

INESC TEC's Modular-E robot received the 2024 Agriculture Innovation Award, worth €10K. This Timac Agro initiative, which included the newspaper Expresso and SIC Notícias as media partners, aimed to promote an innovation award in the sector. The competition welcomed any research project in the agriculture sector with real application or concrete cases identified and documented. The award ceremony took place in Lisbon, on November 26.