Mission

On the 1st October 1999, the Institute of Electronics and Telematics Engineering of Aveiro (IEETA) was established in Aveiro (Portugal). It is a private non-profit-making scientific association made up of the University of Aveiro, the Fundação João Jacinto de Magalhães and the GrupUnave. Within IEETA, is the Research Unit 127/94, approved by the Portuguese Ministry of Science and Technology, which was formerly INESC - Pólo da Universidade de Aveiro.
The mission of this Institute is the following:
Multidisciplinary research and advanced development in Electronics and Telematics, integrated in the international research community and contributing to national technological and social development, being Healthcare one of the areas of intervention.

Internal Organization

The Institute is organized in 4 Laboratories mapping the major scientific areas of activity of its researchers. A PhD researcher, the Lab-Coordinator, which is chosen by the researchers belonging to the Lab, coordinates each Lab.
The following management, scientific and advisory boards exist in the Institute:

Activity

A quick overview of main activities is available from this poster [in portuguese].

As the main focus of activity in the Institute we can identify the following:

• Theoretical work in the area of Signal Processing, leading to the nomination of one of our researchers as Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing;

• Interdisciplinary projects in the areas of Healthcare, Citizens with Special Needs and Remote Education and Training. The recent decision of the University of Aveiro to create an Health Sciences Program is based on the experience acquired by the researchers of the Institute, and will lead to the creation of a new School of Health Sciences.

Human resources

The following elements have their activity within the Institute:
> PhDs 35
> PhD students 33
> MSc. Students 16
> Research grants 13
> Administ. Staff 5

Post-graduate training

The researchers of the Institute are currently training 28 PhD students and are involved in two Master courses in the University of Aveiro:
> Master degree in Electronics and Telecommunications
> Master degree in Information Management

See also: University of Aveiro | Dep. of Electronics and Telecommunications | University of Aveiro Research Institute