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INESC TEC’s Industry and Innovation Laboratory (iiLab) has already received six of the 12 planned pilots. The demonstrations aim to provide industrial solutions with different operating and coordination features.
29th October 2024
The Institute contributed to a solution that reduces manual efforts and ensures a more flexible supply chain. This involvement was “fundamental”, stemming from the ongoing progress of the PRODUTECH R3 mobilising agenda.
29th October 2024
INESC TEC researchers led discussions on innovative solutions for vineyards at an event that brought together companies, universities and players in the sector.
24th October 2024
Could the increasing interest in language models, like ChatGPT, be diverting resources away from companies to adopt advanced analytics practices that truly support smart decisions? Pedro Amorim, INESC TEC researcher, and João Alves (from INESC TEC LTPLabs spin-off) believe so. In a paper published in MIT Sloan Management Review, they warn about the quality and unpredictability of data generated solely from generative language models - despite advocating for more investment in Artificial Intelligence (AI) that incorporates these models with advanced analysis (with concrete reasons provided).
25th June 2024
INESC TEC researcher Marta Campos Ferreira participated in the development of a prototype that seeks to improve the experiences of people with reduced mobility in cities – and make them more inclusive. The new solution featured at an international conference, and the researcher's work was acknowledged. Now, the goal is for the solution to reach everyone through an application.
17th May 2024
The Smart Manufacturing Summit took place in March and brought together more than 10 000 professionals. INESC TEC presented skills in the area and the "portfolio of services in training and advanced consulting".
17th April 2024
The first pilot-projects to demonstrate 5G solutions aimed at the manufacturing industry have already started at INESC TEC Industry and Innovation Laboratory (iiLab). Companies will be able to test their solutions and develop products and services that resort to the new generation network. The pilots are part of the Test Bed 5G project, led by NOS – in partnership with Sonae MC and Wells, and with INESC TEC participation.
22nd February 2024
The research work The pallet loading problem: a review of solution methods and computational experiments, by Elsa Silva and José Fernando Oliveira, researchers at INESC TEC, and Gerhard Wäscher, professor at Otto-von-Guericke University, in Magdeburg (Germany), was one of 30 papers selected to feature in the edition marking the 30th anniversary of the International Transactions in Operational Research (ITOR) journal.
28th March 2023
The InsectERA is a mobilising agenda that features close to 40 national entities. Funded within the PRR – Recovery and Resilience Plan, this agenda aims to develop, industrialise, and commercialise nutritional solutions for people, animals, and plants, while fostering opportunities for the cosmetics and bioplastics industries, as well as for the biomedicines sector. It focuses on the creation of organic waste recovery solutions, contributing to the sustainability of value chains.
23rd March 2023
The article Operations Research in Healthcare: a survey, by Ana Viana, a researcher at INESC TEC, was one of the 30 articles selected for the 30th anniversary issue of International Transactions in Operational Research (ITOR); the researcher’s work identifies the main contributions related to the optimisation of health problems between the late 1990s and 2010. The work was acknowledged as one of the most influential articles in the field
31st January 2023
The Gentil – Text Mining project won the Portugal Digital Awards in the Best Future of Work Project category, which acknowledges the best initiative related to employees' productivity and effectiveness.
06th January 2022
INESC TEC is leading a project that aims to tackle food waste, by improving operational efficiency in the food value chain. The project, called Be Fresh – Integrating Consumer Behavior to Improve Food Value Chains, falls in with three of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), namely ending hunger, promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, and ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns. INESC TEC's new project will start in January 2022.
15th December 2021