27Apr2025
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27Apr2025
Beyond the Lab: A General Approach to Hand-Eye Calibration through Optimized Atomic Transformations
Hand–eye calibration is critical for robotics, enabling precise coordination between cameras and robotic systems. Our work introduces a general approach that stands out for its versatility and accuracy: Key Highlights • Handles Multiple Setups: Simultaneously supports eye-on-hand and eye-to-base configurations, as well as multiple cameras. • Nonlinear Optimization: Uses a nonlinear least squares method guided […]
25Apr2025
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25Apr2025
Leonor Teixeira Receives Cooperation Award at the 4th UAveiro Awards Ceremony
Leonor Teixeira, researcher at IEETA, was honored with the Cooperation Award at the 4th UAveiro Awards Ceremony, which took place on April 16th at the Renato Araújo Auditorium. The Cooperation Award recognizes significant contributions to developing a knowledge-based society, underpinned by solid scientific knowledge and technical excellence. Leonor Teixeira was distinguished in the Industrial and […]
25Apr2025
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25Apr2025
IEETA Researcher Joaquim Sousa Pinto Contributes to Enhancing Civil Registration in Guinea-Bissau
The Government of Guinea-Bissau has reported a significant increase in the civil registration of children up to the age of seven, attributing this improvement to the implementation of a new digital system. This advancement is part of the broader efforts to modernize the country’s civil registration processes. A key contributor to this development is Joaquim […]
25Apr2025
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25Apr2025
IEETA Researcher Moderated “Ethics of Artificial Intelligence” Session at Casa das Ciências 2025
Sónia Gouveia, researcher at IEETA, was invited to moderate the session “Ethics of Artificial Intelligence” during the 2025 edition of Casa das Ciências, held from April 14–16 in Caldas da Rainha. The session fostered a vibrant discussion on the ethical challenges, implications, and responsibilities linked to the development and use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The […]
15Apr2025
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15Apr2025
IEETA Uses VR to Support Stroke Victims and Wins Best Paper at International Workshop
A research team from the Virtual and Augmented Reality Lab (VAR Lab) at IEETA, in collaboration with the Center for Rehabilitation Medicine of the Central Region—Rovisco Pais—was awarded Best Long Paper at the International Workshop on eXtended Reality for Industrial and Occupational Supports, held in France last March. The award-winning paper, “Collaborative Virtual Reality Serious […]
15Apr2025
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15Apr2025
IEETA Receives EXCELLENT Evaluation from FCT
Today marks a proud moment for the Institute of Electronics and Informatics Engineering of Aveiro (IEETA). Following a rigorous assessment by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), IEETA has been awarded the classification of EXCELLENT in its most recent research unit evaluation. Out of 14 research units evaluated in the area, IEETA is […]
20Mar2025
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20Mar2025
APRP Spring Meeting
Last Friday, the APRP Spring Meeting took place at IEETA, with a full room! Eduardo Castro from LTPlabs spoke about the challenges of developing multi-agent generative artificial intelligence systems in the business setting. João Pereira, currently doing his PhD, at FCT NOVA Lisboa and in collaboration with DeepNeuronic, provided with and overview and current developments […]
14Mar2025
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14Mar2025
Armando J. Pinho Distinguished as APRP Fellow
IEETA is proud to announce that Armando J. Pinho, one of our researchers and a former coordinator of the unit, has been awarded the title of APRP Fellow by the Portuguese Association for Pattern Recognition (APRP). This prestigious distinction recognizes his outstanding contributions to the field of pattern recognition and data science, as well as […]
14Mar2025
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14Mar2025
Beyond the Lab: “Space-Time Models for Count Time Series”
Time series are data points collected at regularly spaced time intervals. Time series of counts are a special type of time series considering only non-negative integer values. An example is the daily number of hospital admissions, which can be zero or any other positive integer value. This type of data requires models that ensure the […]
24Feb2025
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24Feb2025
Beyond the Lab: “AltaiR – A Powerful New Toolkit for Tracking Genomic Changes Over Time”
AltaiR is a newly developed C-based toolkit that revolutionizes large-scale genomic and proteomic data analysis. By using alignment-free methodologies, AltaiR can efficiently handle millions of sequences, making it especially valuable for studying viruses like SARS-CoV-2. With AltaiR, researchers can quickly filter out low-quality data, track how genomes evolve over time, and detect unique segments of […]